Uganda Case Law

Rex v Okech (Confirmation Case No. 52 of 1941)

Rex v Okech (Confirmation Case No. 52 of 1941) [1940] EACA 64 (1 January 1940)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Confirmation Case No. 52 of 1941

Judge

Bartley J, Lucie-Smith, J. (Kenya)

The court held that a failure to sign and date a magistrate’s judgment was curable, but a successor magistrate could not sentence after a prior conviction. The trial was a nullity.

• Magistrate Jurisdiction
• Irregularities In Judgment
• Remand And Detention
• Sentencing Procedure
• Criminal-procedure
• Magistrate-jurisdiction