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Bamanya & Another v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 22 of 2016)

Citation: [2021] UGSC 6 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 27 August 2021 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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A sentence that ignores the period spent on remand contrary to Article 23(8) is illegal; the Rwabugande arithmetic-deduction rule does not apply to pre-2017 sentences.

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