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Interpretation
Understand the meanings of important legal terms like cognisable offence, chief magistrate, and police officer...
Part 1: Part I - Interpretation
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Arrest
Learn the legal rules for arrests in Uganda: police must touch or confine you unless...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested
Learn your rights: Occupants must allow police entry if they believe a suspect is inside....
Part 2: Part II - General
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Power to break out for purposes of liberation
Section 4 of the Criminal Procedure Code Act: learn when police can break out of...
Part 2: Part II - General
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No unnecessary restraint
Section 5 of Uganda's Criminal Procedure Code protects arrested persons from unnecessary physical restraint. Only...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Search of person arrested
Learn your rights when arrested in Uganda: police may search you and seize items for...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Power of police officer to detain and search vehicles and persons
Learn when police can stop, search, and detain vehicles and persons in Uganda. Understand your...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Mode of searching women
Explains that only a woman can search a woman, and the search must be done...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Power to seize offensive weapons
When arrested, police can seize any offensive weapons you carry. They must deliver those weapons...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Arrest without warrant
Learn when a police officer can arrest you without a warrant in Uganda. Understand your...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Arrest of vagabonds, habitual robbers, etc.
Understand when a police officer in Uganda can arrest you without a warrant as a...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
Learn when a senior police officer must give a written order for a subordinate to...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Refusal to give name and residence
Learn when a police officer can arrest you for refusing to give your name and...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Disposal of persons arrested
After arrest without warrant, police must quickly take you to a magistrate or police station....
Part 2: Part II - General
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Arrest by private person
Learn when a private person can arrest someone in Uganda: for serious crimes seen or...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Disposal of person arrested by private person
If a private person arrests you in Uganda, they must quickly take you to police....
Part 2: Part II - General
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Detention of persons arrested without warrant
Police must release you on bond within 24 hours after arrest without warrant unless for...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Police to report arrests
Police must report arrests without warrant to the nearest magistrate within 24 hours. This law...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Offence committed in presence of magistrate
Discover how magistrates can arrest offenders they see committing crimes, and the bail procedures that...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Arrest by magistrate
Learn when a magistrate can arrest you or order your arrest in Uganda. Understand your...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Recapture of person escaping
Section 21 of the Criminal Procedure Code Act allows the custodian of an escaped or...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Sections 3 and 4 to apply to arrests under section 21
Section 22 requires private citizens making arrests under Section 21 to follow the same arrest...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Assistance to magistrate or police officer
Section 23 of the Criminal Procedure Code Act requires every person to help police or...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Police to prevent cognisable offences
Learn about police duty to prevent cognisable offences in Uganda. Understand what police may and...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Information of design to commit offences
Section 25 of Uganda's Criminal Procedure Code requires police officers to report any information about...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Arrest to prevent offences
Section 26 allows police in Uganda to arrest without warrant if they know you plan...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Prevention of injury to public property
Section 27: A police officer may act on their own authority to stop any attempt...
Part 2: Part II - General
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Notice of appeal
Learn the rules for filing a criminal appeal in Uganda: 14-day deadline, notice requirements, grounds...
Part 3: Part III - Appeals
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Fee on appeal
Learn about the appeal fee for criminal cases in Uganda. This section explains when to...
Part 3: Part III - Appeals