Catchwords
Constitutional law (Cth) – Indictable offence – Trial by jury – Whether law enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory a "law of the Commonwealth" – Whether s 80 of the Constitution applies to trials on indictment in the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory for offences against a law of the Commonwealth – Whether Territory law permitting reserve jurors, who are discharged prior to commencement of jury deliberations, is inconsistent with s 80 of the Constitution.
Constitution – s 80.
Criminal Code (NT) – ss 162, 165, 348.
Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) – s 70A.
Juries Act 1962 (NT) – ss 6, 37, 37A.
Northern Territory (Self –Government) Act 1978 (Cth), Pt III, Div 1.