Uganda Case Law

Rex v Puja (Cr. App. 13/1931.)

Rex v Puja (Cr. App. 13/1931.) [1931] EACA 14 (1 January 1931)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Cr. App. 13/1931.

Judge

Barth CJ, Griffin C.J. (Uganda),, Pickering, C.J. (Zanzibar)

The Court held that, under section 157 of the Tanganyika Criminal Procedure Code, the judge may inquire into an accused’s fitness to plead without assessors.

• Fitness To Plead
• Lunacy In Criminal Trials
• Role Of Assessors
• Criminal Procedure Code Interpretation
• Fitness-to-plead
• Criminal-procedure