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Rwanyarare & Another v Attorney General (Constitutional Petition 11 of 1997)

Citation: [1997] UGCC 13 Court: Constitutional Court Decided: 19 December 1997 Jurisdiction: Uganda
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Held that the Constitutional Court's jurisdiction is limited to interpretation under Article 137; the petition was time-barred and improperly challenged election validity, so it was struck out.

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