Uganda Case Law

Uganda v Hassan

Uganda v Hassan (Criminal Appeal 9 of 1990) [1991] UGSC 19 (1 March 1991)

Court

Supreme Court of Uganda

Case number

Criminal Appeal 9 of 1990

Judge

Manyindo, DCJ, Platt, JSC, Seaton, JSC

The Supreme Court held that section 51 of Uganda’s Penal Code covers libel, not spoken slander, so the charge based on oral questioning did not disclose an offence.

• Defamation Of Foreign Dignitaries
• Interpretation Of Penal Code
• Distinction Between Libel And Slander
• Criminal Procedure Revision
• Criminal-law
• Statutory-interpretation