Uganda Case Law

Rex v Hughes (Cr.App. 1/1929.)

Rex v Hughes (Cr.App. 1/1929.) [1929] EACA 145 (1 January 1929)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Cr.App. 1/1929.

Judge

Sheridan, J, Thomas, J. (Kenya)

The court held that section 9 of the Resident Native Labourers Ordinance did not clearly require production of the register on demand or create a penal offence for refusal.

• Statutory Interpretation
• Failure To Produce Document
• Magistrate Powers
• Penal Provisions
• Labour Regulation
• Statutory-interpretation