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(1)Subject to the limitations under this Part, every suit shall be instituted in a court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction—
(a)the defendant or each of the defendants, where there are more than one, at the time of the commencement of the suit, actually and voluntarily resides, or carries on business, or personally works for gain;
(b)any of the defendants, where there are more than one, at the time of the commencement of the suit, actually and voluntarily resides, or carries on business, or personally works for gain, if in that case either the leave of the court is given, or the defendants who do not reside, or carry on business or personally work for gain, as aforesaid acquiesce in such institution; or
(c)the cause of action wholly or in part arises.
(2)Where a person has a permanent dwelling at one place and also a temporary residence at another place, he or she shall be deemed to reside at both places in respect of any cause of action arising at the place where he or she has a temporary residence.
(3)A corporation shall be deemed to carry on business at its sole or principal office in Uganda or, in respect of any cause of action arising at any place where it has also a subordinate office, at that place.
(4)In suits arising out of contract, the cause of action arises within the meaning of this section at any of the following places—
(a)the place where the contract was made;
(b)the place where the contract was to be performed or the performance of the contract is completed;
(c)the place where in performance of the contract any money to which the suit relates was expressly or impliedly payable.
If you are suing someone, you have to start the case in a court that covers where the defendant actually and voluntarily lives, runs a business, or wo...
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