Section 19Part 0 —
Jury may be permitted to separate
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Upon the trial by jury of any person for any offence the court may, at any time it thinks fit, permit the jury to separate and, in that behalf, the court may permit an application to be made before, or during the trial, either in court or in Chambers.
When a jury has not been permitted to separate, proper provision shall be made to prevent the jury from holding communication with any outside person:
Provided that the court may for sufficient cause allow one or more of the jurors to separate from the others, but not so as to hold communication with outside persons except with the leave of the court, so, however, that the jurors allowed to separate shall remain in the charge of one of the persons to whose charge the jury is committed.
The Court may give such directions as it thinks fit for the accommodation, refreshment and custody of the jury.