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Sebunya & Another v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 58 of 2016)

Citation: [2018] UGSC 73 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 2 July 2018 Jurisdiction: Uganda
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Held that the rule requiring arithmetic deduction of remand time has no retrospective effect, so the pre-Rwabugande sentences were not illegal; appeal dismissed.

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