Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995
Composition of the Court of Appeal.
- Jurisdiction
- Uganda
- Provision
- 135
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source(1) The Court of Appeal shall be duly constituted at any sitting if it
consists of an uneven number not being less than three members of the court.
(2) The Deputy Chief Justice shall preside at each sitting of the court
and in the absence of the Deputy Chief Justice, the most senior member of
the court as constituted shall preside.
(3) The Chief Justice, in consultation with the Deputy Chief Justice,
may create divisions of the Court of Appeal as the Chief Justice may consider
necessary—
(a) consisting of such numbers of justices of Appeal as may be
assigned to them by the Chief Justice;
(b) sitting at such places in Uganda as the Chief Justice may, after
consultation with the Attorney General, by statutory order,
determine.
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Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 · judiciary.go.ug · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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