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Section 150: Idle and disorderly persons - Uganda Penal Code

150.Idle and disorderly persons

Any person who—

(a)being a prostitute, behaves in a disorderly or indecent manner in any public place;

(b)wanders or places himself or herself in any public place to beg or gather alms, or causes or procures or encourages any child to do so;

(c)plays at any game of chance for money or money's worth in any public place;

(d)publicly conducts himself or herself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace;

(e)without lawful excuse, publicly does any indecent act;

(f)in any public place solicits or loiters for immoral purposes; or

(g)wanders about and endeavours by the exposure of wounds or deformation to obtain or gather alms,

shall be deemed an idle and disorderly person, and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding six currency points or to imprisonment for a term of three months, or both, but in the case of an offence contrary to paragraph (a), (e) or (f) that person is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of seven years.

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You can be declared an idle and disorderly person if you engage in certain public behaviors. These include prostitution, begging, gambling in public, ...

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