Constitutional Court of Uganda - 2021 August

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August 2021
Court upheld ACD and section 34, struck down BOU freezing/immunity provisions and ordered protracted freezes lifted.
Constitutional law – Judicial organisation – Chief Justice’s power to create divisions of the High Court; Anti‑corruption law – Section 34 Anti‑Corruption Act – Court‑ordered freezing/restriction of assets; Property rights – Article 26 and limitations under Article 43 – proportionality and reasonable time; Financial regulation – Sections 118 & 124 FIA – Central Bank power to freeze accounts and immunity from suit; Access to court – right to judicial review of executive/regulatory freezing orders; Remedies – discharge of prolonged freezing orders; No damages where insufficient evidence.
26 August 2021
23 August 2021
19 August 2021
19 August 2021
Court struck down key Anti‑Pornography Act provisions as vague, unjustifiably limiting expression and infringing privacy and property rights.
Constitutional law — Criminal law vagueness — Definition of "pornography" overly broad and vague — Principle of legality (Art.28(12)) — Freedom of expression limitation unjustified (Art.43) — Enforcement powers infringe privacy, property and liberty (Arts.23,26,27) — Evidentiary rules in constitutional petitions.
13 August 2021
9 August 2021