Section 151, THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACTS, 1965

(1) Subject to the exemptions in subsection (2) every male person between the ages of thirty and sixty years whois resident in Sierra Leone and is literate in English shall be liable to serve. (2) The following persons shall be exempted from serving on any jury— i. Ministers and Members of the House of Representatives; ii. Judges and Magistrates; iii. Legal practitioners in actual practice and all Court Officers; iv. Medical practitioners and dental surgeons in actual practice and their dispensers and assistants; v. Registered druggists and nurses in actual practice; vi. Priests and ministers of the various religions practiced in Sierra Leone. vii. The Mayor of Freetown, Paramount Chiefs and Chairman of Town Councils and of other local authorities; viii. Diplomatic and consular representatives and all salaried functionaries of Commonwealth and foreign Governments; ix. Teachers in public and private schools; x. Masters of vessels; xi. Pilots of ships in actual practice and licensed as such; xii. Constables and prison officers; xiii. Members of the armed forces; xiv. The managers and cashiers of any Banks but so that not more than four persons from any one branch of each bank shall be so exempted; xv. Clerks and other persons employed in the Judicial and Law Officers’ Departments; xvi. Holders of such other offices in the public service that the Governor-General, may from time to time require to be exempted. (3) Any person convicted of treason or felony or any offence involving dishonest (unless he has obtained a free pardon) shall be disqualified from serving as a juror.