Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
- Jurisdiction
- Uganda
- Provision
- 132
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source(1) The Supreme Court shall be the final court of appeal.
(2) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from such decisions of
the Court of Appeal as may be prescribed by law.
(3) Any party aggrieved by a decision of the Court of Appeal sitting
as a constitutional court is entitled to appeal to the Supreme Court against the
decision; and accordingly, an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court under
clause (2) of this article.
(4) The Supreme Court may, while treating its own previous
decisions as normally binding, depart from a previous decision when it
appears to it right to do so; and all other courts shall be bound to follow the
decisions of the Supreme Court on questions of law.
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