Persons exempted from service as jurors

(1) The following persons shall be severally exempt from being returned to serve and from serving on juries, (a) the Chief Justice, the judges and their spouses; (b) members of the National Assembly; (c) officers of Her Majesty’s Navy, Army and Air Force on the active list and their spouses; (d) officers and members of the paid staff of the Belize Defence Force; (e) staff of the Governor-General; (f) such persons employed in the public service as may be prescribed in rules of court; (g) members of the consular posts of foreign powers or of any Commonwealth country or of the Republic of Ireland and members of their families forming part of their households; (h) ministers of religion; (i) women who are vowed members of religious orders and who are living in convents or other religious communities or are engaged wholly or mainly in work associated with membership of such religious orders; (j) [Repealed by Act 10 of 2003] (k) practising attorneys-at-law, their spouses and their clerks; 10 Juries (l) registered medical practitioners, registered dentists, registered opticians, and their assistants; (m) nurses and midwives registered under the Nurses and Midwives Registration Act, Cap. 321; (n) registered chemists and druggists actually carrying on business as such; (o) pilots and mariners actually employed; (p) [Repealed by Act 10 of 2003] (q) [Repealed by Act 10 of 2003] (r) the Mayor or a Councillor of a City or Town Council duly constituted under the applicable law in Belize; (s) the manager of any bank or of a branch thereof licensed to carry on the business of banking and the manager of any credit union incorporated under the laws of Belize; (t) members of the police department and their spouses; (u) editors of daily or weekly newspapers and such members of their staff in respect of whom the Registrar is satisfied that jury service would disrupt the publication of such newspapers; (v) Magistrates. (2) The names of the persons described in subsection (1) of this section, shall not be inserted in any jury list or in any Juries 11 Juror’s Book, but if their names are inserted therein, such persons may claim exemption.