[2000] UGHC 32

[2000] UGHC 32

The court held that Rule 8 of the Commissioner for Oaths Rules is procedural and relates only to exhibits produced and exhibited to a court during trial or hearing, not to annextures attached to affidavits. The omission to verify annextures does not render the affidavit incompetent; at most, the annextures...

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Citation
[2000] UGHC 32
Parties
Applicant: Lugazi Progressive School; Applicant: Immaculate Mututa; Respondent: Sserunjogi and 4 others
Court
High Court of Uganda
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Number
Misc.App. No.50 of 2000
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Preliminary Objections
Outcome
preliminary_objections_overruled
Legal Topics
Affidavit Verification, Preliminary Objections, Jurisdiction of Lc Courts, Land Allocation Disputes
Source Language
en
Civil Procedure Land and Property Affidavit Verification Preliminary Objections Jurisdiction of Lc Courts Land Allocation Disputes

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Parties

Lugazi Progressive School

Applicant

Immaculate Mututa

Applicant

Sserunjogi and 4 others

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Preliminary Objections

  1. 1 Whether failure to verify annextures to an affidavit by a Commissioner for Oaths renders the affidavit and application incompetent.
  2. 2 Whether an alleged falsehood in the motion or affidavit warrants striking out the affidavit and dismissal of the application.

Ratio Decidendi

The court held that Rule 8 of the Commissioner for Oaths Rules is procedural and relates only to exhibits produced and exhibited to a court during trial or hearing, not to annextures attached to affidavits. The omission to verify annextures does not render the affidavit incompetent; at most, the annextures themselves may be rejected. The Court of Appeal's decision in Uganda Corporation Creameries Ltd. & Henry Kawalya vs. Reamation Ltd. is binding and must be followed. Regarding the alleged falsehood, the court found that the question of ownership of the disputed land is a substantive issue for trial and cannot be determined at the preliminary objection stage. The affidavit in support of...

Court Disposition

preliminary_objections_overruled

Orders

  • Both preliminary objections are overruled.
  • Costs in the cause.