Constitution of Uganda / Article 119 of the Constitution of Uganda
The Cabinet
119.Attorney General
(1)There shall be an Attorney General who shall be a Cabinet Minister appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament.
(2)A person shall not be qualified to be appointed Attorney General unless he or she is qualified to practise as an advocate of the High Court and has so practised or gained the necessary experience for not less than ten years.
(3)The Attorney General shall be the principal legal adviser of the Government.
(4)The functions of the Attorney General shall include the following—
(a)to give legal advice and legal services to the Government on any subject;
(b)to draw and peruse agreements, contracts, treaties, conventions and documents by whatever name called, to which the Government is a party or in respect of which the Government has an interest;
(c)to represent the Government in courts or any other legal proceedings to which the Government is a party; and
(d)to perform such other functions as may be assigned to him or her by the President or by law.
(5)Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, no agreement, contract, treaty, convention or document by whatever name called, to which the Government is a party or in respect of which the Government has an interest, shall be concluded without legal advice from the Attorney General, except in such cases and subject to such conditions as Parliament may by law prescribe.
(6)Until Parliament makes the law referred to in clause (5) of this Article, the Attorney General may, by statutory instrument, exempt any particular category of agreement or contract none of the parties to which is a foreign government or its agency or an international organisation from the application of that clause.