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UGA-1990-L-55305
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Title_of_text
Magistrate's Courts (Amendment) Act, 1990 (No. 6)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Uganda
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1990-09-17
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Amends the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1970 so as to increase the jurisdiction of Chief Magistrates and Magistrates Grade 1, to abolish the procedure of preliminary proceedings in criminal trials and to render certain serious offences, such as rape and the issuing of false cheques, bailable only by the High Court.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1990-09-28
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Serial region
Serial title
Uganda Gazette
Date
1990-09-28
Volume
Vol. LXXXIII
Number
No. 40
Page range
pp. 57-62