{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juries-act-1974/section-20D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juries-act-1974/section-20D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/23",
  "legislation_title": "Juries Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juries-act-1974",
  "path": "section/20D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20D",
  "heading": "Offence: disclosing jury's deliberations",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person intentionally—\n(a) to disclose information about statements made, opinions expressed, arguments advanced or votes cast by members of a jury in the course of their deliberations in proceedings before a court, or\n(b) to solicit or obtain such information,\nsubject to the exceptions in sections 20E to 20G.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).\n(3) Proceedings for an offence under this section may not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Attorney General.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 20D-20G inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 74(1), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 59 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(a))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/23/section/20D",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:44:59.863919+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}