Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
Uganda decisions
Decisions matching the current search
Kiwanuka v Uganda (Criminal Revision 2 of 2021) [2021] UGHCCRD 27 (24 March 2021)
The High Court set aside a magistrate’s fine of UGX 65,000,000 for exceeding the sentencing powers of a grade one magistrate and remitted the case for lawful sentencing.
Kizito v Reginam (Criminal Appeal 69 of 1955) [1955] EACA 341 (1 January 1955)
Second appeal in a robbery-with-violence case remitted to the High Court so it could consider an overlooked non-direction on the complainant's first report.
Queen v Butt (Criminal Revision Case No. 2706 of 1953) [1954] EACA 187 (1 January 1954)
The court held that a probation order is not a sentence, may be revised and set aside if made without statutory basis, and remitted the case for sentencing.
Rex (Through G. N. Holyoake) v Okado (Cr. Rev. Case No. 75 of 1938) [1938] EACA 188 (1 January 1938)
The Court held that a Subordinate Court of the Third Class has jurisdiction to impose a sentence of corporal punishment under section 27 (3) of the Penal Code. The Court reasoned that the restrictive interpretation adopted in Crown v. Anael Sowene and Another was in conflict with longstanding judicial practice and the views of the Attorney General. The language of the Penal Code and related sections (32 and 33) does not expressly limit the powers of Third Class Magistrates to imprisonment and fines. Previous decisions, including Rex v. Motibhai Patel, affirmed that Third Class Magistrates may…
Source excerpt
Rex v Patel (Cr. Rev. Case No. 302 of 1937) [1938] EACA 192 (1 January 1938)
The court held that jurisdiction under the Criminal Procedure Code turns on the maximum imprisonment prescribed, and confiscation does not prevent a subordinate court from trying the offence.
Rex v Imam (Cr. R. 82/1933.) [1933] EACA 25 (1 January 1933)
The court upheld a conviction for possession of intoxicating liquor but held that a fine could not replace the imprisonment prescribed by the Liquor Ordinance.
Rex v Omari (Con. C. 64/1931.) [1931] EACA 28 (1 January 1931)
The court confirmed twenty lashes and held that section 27 of the Penal Code did not allow imprisonment or hard labour in lieu of corporal punishment.
Rex v Deaf and Dumb Person (Cr. R. 62/1931.) [1931] EACA 31 (1 January 1931)
The court held that the Vagrancy Ordinance does not permit converting a detention order into imprisonment with hard labour; the detention sentence was restored.
Crown v Chegge wa Karigu (Confirmation Case No. 316 of 1928) [1928] EACA 12 (1 January 1928)
The court held there was no power to order detention in a reformatory in lieu of a fine, partly quashed the sentence, and affirmed the fine.
Crown v Karigu (Confirmation. Case No. 316/1928.) [1928] EACA 15 (1 January 1928)
The court held it had no power to order detention in a reformatory in lieu of a fine, affirmed the fine, and quashed the unlawful detention orders.
