Poor Persons Defence Act (Chapter 20)
Uganda
Poor Persons Defence Act
Chapter 20
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Commenced on 24 April 1998
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2000.]
- [Note: The version of the Act as at 31 December 2000 was revised and consolidated by the Law Reform Commission of Uganda. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for ULII.]
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— Where it appears for any reason that it is desirable, in the interests of justice, that a prisoner should have legal aid in the preparation and conduct of his or her defence at his or her trial and that the means of the prisoner are insufficient to enable him or her to obtain such aid— may certify that the prisoner ought to have the legal aid, and if an indictment is filed against the prisoner and it is possible to procure an advocate, the prisoner shall be entitled to have an advocate assigned to him or her. The Chief Justice may make rules— The Minister may, by statutory instrument, in consultation with the Minister responsible for finance, amend the Schedule to this Act.
1. Interpretation
2. Provision of legal aid
3. Remuneration of advocate
4. Power to make rules
5. Minister to amend Schedule