Uganda Case Law

Rex v Luima and Others

Rex v Luima and Others (Criminal Appeals Nos. 35 and 37 of 1949, consolidated) [1949] EACA 33 (1 January 1949)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeals Nos. 35 and 37 of 1949, consolidated

Judge

Gray CJ, Nihill P, Pearson J

The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa held that publishing a seditious publication under the Uganda Penal Code did not require extrinsic proof of intention or mens rea.

• Sedition
• Mens Rea
• Publication Offences
• Penal Code Interpretation
• Mens-rea
• Publication-offences