Section 90W: Offences with violence

(1) Any person who- (a) maliciously shoots at an aircraft, vessel or vehicle in the service of the Uganda Revenue Authority; or (b) maliciously shoots at, maims, or wounds, an officer while in the execution of his duty; or (c) commits with violence any of the offences referred to in subsection (4), commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding four hundred and eighty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding twenty years or both. (2) Any person who- (a) while committing any offence under this Act is armed with any firearm or otherwise offensive weapon; or (b) while being so armed, is found with any goods liable to forfeiture under this Act, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and forty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding ten years or both. (3) Any person who- (a) while committing any offence under this Act is disguised in any way; or (b) while being so disguised, is found with any goods liable to forfeiture under this Act, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding seventy two currency points or imprisonment not exceeding three years or both. (4) Any person who- (a) staves, breaks or destroys, any goods for the purpose of preventing seizure; or (b) rescues, staves, breaks or destroys, any goods for the purpose of preventing the securing of such goods after they have been seized; or (c) rescues any person arrested for an offence under this Act; or (d) in any way obstructs any officer in the execution of his duty, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and forty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding ten years or both. (5) For the purposes of this section, the expression "violence" means any criminal force or harm to any person, or any criminal mischief to any property, or any threat or offer of such force, harm, or mischief, or the carrying or use of any dangerous or offensive weapon in such manner that terror is likely to be caused to any person, or such conduct as is likely to cause in any person a reasonable apprehension of criminal force, harm, or mischief, to them or to their property.