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4. What makes a person eligible to serve Jury Duty?
No person who-
(a) is not a Commonwealth citizen; or
(b) Cannot speak, read and write English; or
(c) is at the date on which he is required to serve as a juror-
(i) a person awaiting trial in a Parish Court for an indictable offense; or
(ii) a person in respect of whom a preliminary inquiry into an indictable offense is pending or who has been committed for trial for such an offense; or
(d) has been convicted of treason or any offense for which he has been sentenced to imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a period in excess of six months, unless he has received a free pardon, shall be qualified to serve on juries.