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Law Revision (Penalties in Criminal Matters) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act

Act 19 of 2021 Current version · as at 5 November 2021

An Act to amend the Penal Code Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2002 to remove the mandatory death penalty prescribed by these laws and to restrict the death penalty to the most serious crimes under those laws; to remove the restriction on mitigation in the case of convictions that carry a death penalty; to define life imprisonment or imprisonment for life;

Enacted2021
Commenced
Last amended

About this Act

An Act to amend the Penal Code Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2002 to remove the mandatory death penalty prescribed by these laws and to restrict the death penalty to the most serious crimes under those laws; to remove the restriction on mitigation in the case of convictions that carry a death penalty; to define life imprisonment or imprisonment for life;

Jurisdiction
Uganda
Type
Principal Legislation
Status
In force
Language
English

Full text of the Act

0 parts · 6 sections

The original consolidated PDF as published.