245. The following persons shall not serve as jurors :-
| (a) the President of the Republic of Sri Lanka; |
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| (b) Judges of Courts established under the law in force ; |
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| (c) Members of Parliament; |
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| (d) Representatives of Foreign Governments ; |
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| (e) Officers and other employees of Parliament and of Courts and of the Ministry of Justice ; |
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| (f) inquirers appointed under this Code ; |
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| (h) police and customs officers ; |
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| (j) persons employed in the departments of the Attorney-General, Commissioner of Prisons and Commissioner of Probation and Child Care Services ; |
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| (k) persons who have suffered imprisonment for a term of one month or more; |
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| (l) persons who labour under such bodily or mental incapacity or profess such religious tenets as render them unfit to discharge the duty of a juror. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts