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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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Judgment date
January 2007
Interlocutory jurisdictional defects in election petitions are appealable; application to strike out the appeal dismissed with costs.
Election law – jurisdiction and competence – filing before results gazetted (s.138(4) LGA) – interlocutory objections going to root of petition are appealable under s.145(1) LGA; nullity of petition requires striking out rather than fixing for hearing.
30 January 2007
Appellate court upheld 14‑year sentence for defilement, finding it neither illegal nor excessive.
Criminal law – Defilement – Sentence – Appellate review of custodial sentence for defilement – whether sentence excessive or illegal – credibility assessment of child witness – mitigation considered.
28 January 2007
Fraudulent misrepresentation in election evidence can justify admitting fresh elucidative documents on appeal; recusal requires cogent proof of bias.
Appeal – admission of fresh evidence on appeal – fraud as exceptional ground – elucidation of evidence already on record – inherent power under Rule 2(2) – Ladd v Marshall principles applied; Election petitions – qualification and nomination documents; Recusal – reasonable suspicion of bias – objective test under Article 28.
8 January 2007