Section 38: How Court Delivers Judgment on Appeal in Uganda
38.Delivery of judgment
(1)On the termination of the hearing of an appeal, the court shall, either at once or at some future date which shall either then be appointed or of which notice shall subsequently be given, deliver judgment in open court; except that—
(a)in the case of an appeal against a conviction, if the court is of the opinion that the appeal shall be allowed and the appellant discharged, it may on the termination of the hearing of the appeal order the release of the appellant if he or she is in custody; and
(b)if it is inconvenient for the judge or any of the judges who heard the appeal to deliver the judgment, the judgment may be read in open court by another judge or by the registrar at the time and place appointed or fixed.
(2)In this section, "judge" referred to in subsection (1)(b) includes a magistrate.
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You have the right to receive a judgment from the court after your appeal hearing. The court must deliver its decision in open court, either immediate...
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