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Court of Appeal of Uganda

The Court of Appeal is the second highest court in the land.  It came into being following the promulgation of the 1995 Constitution, and the enactment of the Judicature Statute, 1996. Article 134 of the Constitution established the structure of the Court of Appeal.

While presiding over matters , it is duly constituted when it consists of an odd number of not less than three (3) justices of the Court of Appeal. It is this court that constitutes itself into a Constitutional Court in accordance with the Constitution to hear constitutional cases.

The Constitutional Court consists of fifteen (15) justices and handles the matters, issues or cases concerning the interpretation of the Constitution  When presiding over a constitutional matter, there must be a quorum of at least five (5) justices of the court.

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Twed Towers along Kafu Road, Nakasero,Kampala.
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January 1957
Convictions quashed for inadmissible evidence, misdirection on character evidence, and failure to prove the object was a firearm.
Firearms law – requirement to prove seized item falls within statutory definition (s.2 Firearms Ordinance No.36/1955); Evidence – inadmissible hearsay/overheard conversation and bad‑character assertions wrongly admitted; Right to call witnesses and adduce character evidence – exclusion and judicial misdirection prejudicial; Miscarriage of justice – wrongful admission/exclusion warrant quashing and retrial; Retrial before another magistrate ordered.
8 January 1957