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HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

The Criminal Division is Responsible for hearing all serious criminal offences referred to it by the Magistrates' Courts. According to the Principal Judge's Circular, except for Commercial Court Judges who must attend to only Commercial Court cases, the rest of the Judges of the High Court who are based in Kampala are members of the Criminal Division irrespective of the other Divisions of the High Court that they belong to.

Each of the above judges is supposed to do, at least, one High Court Criminal Session in a year at Kampala

Physical address
High Court Building at Plot 2, the Square.
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https://judiciary.go.ug/data/smenu/13/Criminal%20Division.html
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March 1990
Bumbakali v Uganda (Miscellaneous Criminal Application 185 of 1990) [1990] UGHCCRD 13 (19 March 1990)
Accused held on prolonged remand with no committal prospects granted bail subject to deposit, sureties, and periodic reporting.
  • Criminal law — Bail — Prolonged remand without committal — Eligibility for bail under Section 14A (as amended). Criminal procedure — State non-opposition where police fail to submit file to DPP — relevance to bail. Bail conditions — cash deposit, sureties, periodic reporting; non-compliance leads to return to remand
19 March 1990
Bumukali v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.185 of 1989) [1990] UGHCCRD 12 (19 March 1990)
  • Criminal law
19 March 1990