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High Court of Uganda

The High Court of Uganda is the third court of record in order of hierarchy and has unlimited original jurisdiction, which means that it can try any case of any value or crime of any magnitude. Appeals from all Magistrates Courts go to the High Court. 

The High Court is headed by the Honorable Principal Judge who is responsible for the administration of the court and has supervisory powers over Magistrate's courts. 

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Plot 2, the Square Kampala
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2 judgments
May 1991
Uganda v Olinga (Criminal Session 334 of 1989) [1991] UGHC 50 (17 May 1991)
An acquittal entered before the prosecution closed its case is erroneous but not revisable under section 341(1)(b).
  • Criminal procedure — withdrawal of charge under s.119(a) Magistrates Courts Act 1970 — acquittal under s.125 MCA 1970 requires closure of prosecution case — closure may be by offering no evidence — revisional jurisdiction barred by s.341(1)(b) Criminal Procedure Code.
17 May 1991
Charles Kilama v Uganda (Revision Order No. 30/91) [1991] UGHC 107 (3 May 1991)
A magistrate may not acquit under section 125 before the prosecution closes; such premature acquittal is a nullity.
  • Criminal law — Magistrates' Courts Act s.125 — acquittal only after close of prosecution case — premature acquittal a nullity — limitation under s.341(b) CrPC.
3 May 1991