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Recent Changes in the Uganda Legal System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1962

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2 Ibid., s. 94 (1). Section 32 refers to the enforcement of provisions protecting fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals; s. 49 refers to the determination of questions as to membership of the National Assembly; s. 55 refers to the offence of an unqualified person sitting or voting in the National Assembly; and s. 95 to the determination of questions relating to the interpretation of the Constitution.

3 Ibid., s. 94 (2) (a).

4 Ibid., s. 94(3).

5 Ibid., s. 94 (5).

page 211 note 1 Ordinance No. 62 of 1962. The Ordinance came into force on the 9th October, 1962.

page 211 note 2 Ibid., s. 7.

page 211 note 3 Uganda Order in Council, 1902, article 20.

page 212 note 1 The provisions of Chapter III relate to the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual.

page 212 note 2 Section 49 (3) provides that the determination by the High Court of Uganda of any questions relating to membership of the National Assembly shall not be subject to appeal.

page 213 note 1 No. 10 of 1962.

page 213 note 2 Cap. 76. This Ordinance still applies in those districts where the African Courts Ordinance (No. 1 of 1957) has not been applied.

page 213 note 3 No. 12 of 1962.

page 213 note 4 No. 1 of 1957.

page 213 note 5 African Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, s. 2(a) (ii).

page 214 note 1 African Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, s. 4.

page 214 note 2 Ibid., s. 8.

page 215 note 1 African Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, s. 12.

page 215 note 2 No. 11 of 1962.

page 215 note 3 Cap. 4.