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Section 221: Assaults punishable with two years' imprisonment - Uganda Penal Code

221.Assaults punishable with two years’ imprisonment

Any person who—

(a)assaults any person with intent to commit a felony or to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of himself or herself or of any other person for any offence;

(b)assaults, resists or wilfully obstructs any police officer in the due execution of his or her duty, or any person acting in aid of that officer;

(c)assaults any person in pursuance of any unlawful combination or conspiracy to raise the rate of wages, or respecting any trade, business, or manufacture or respecting any person concerned or employed in any trade, business or manufacture;

(d)assaults, resists or obstructs any person engaged in the lawful execution of process, or in making a lawful distress, with intent to rescue any property lawfully taken under the process or distress; or

(e)assaults any person on account of any act done by him or her in the execution of any duty imposed on him or her by law,

commits a misdemeanour, and is liable, on conviction to imprisonment for a term of two years.

Plain English Summary

You commit a misdemeanour and can be imprisoned for up to two years if you assault someone intending to commit a felony, or to resist or prevent lawfu...

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