Section 79: Limitation for appeals

Civil Procedure Act · Uganda

Provision: Section 79 Consolidation: 2023-12-31 Currency check: 2026-08-04 2000 Revised Edition: Cap. 71 2023 Revised Edition: Cap. 282

Wakilii explanation

What this page provides

Section 79 of Uganda’s Civil Procedure Act is the governing provision headed “Limitation for appeals”. This page reproduces the available consolidated text dated 2023-12-31. Read the official text below for every qualification and exception. The judgments listed here are verified as citing the section; Wakilii does not infer their treatment. Displayed consolidation dated 2023-12-31; matched to ULII's latest reliably enumerated expression on 2026-08-04. Read the exact consolidated text or go to verified citing cases.

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Official statutory text

Section 79 — Limitation for appeals

(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in any other law, every appeal shall be entered- (a) within thirty days of the date of the decree or order of the court; or (b) within seven days of the date of the order of a registrar, as the case may be, appealed against; but the appellate court may for good cause admit an appeal though the period of limitation prescribed by this section has elapsed. (2) In computing the period of limitation prescribed by this section, the time taken by the court or the registrar in making a copy of the decree or order appealed against and of the proceedings upon which it is founded shall be excluded.

Public-domain Ugandan legislation reproduced from a consolidation sourced through ULII and Laws.Africa. Displayed expression: 2023-12-31. View this provision in the full Act.