Defines “security officer” as any member of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, the Uganda Police Force, or the Uganda Prisons Service. A security officer may use whatever force they deem necessar…
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“Defines “security officer” as any member of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, the Uganda Police Force, or the Uganda Prisons Service.”
Defines “security officer” as any member of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, the Uganda Police Force, or the Uganda Prisons Service. A security officer may use whatever force they deem necessary to stop a person suspected of committing robbery from escaping when the officer has reason to believe the person has committed or is about to commit robbery and the person resists or tries to evade arrest; this operates notwithstanding section 16 of the Penal Code Act.
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A security officer may use whatever force they deem necessary to stop a person suspected of committing robbery from escaping when the officer has reason to believe the person has committed or is about to commit robbery and the person resists or tries to evade…
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Defines “security officer” as any member of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, the Uganda Police Force, or the Uganda Prisons Service.
Section 1. Interpretation Section In this Act, “security officer” means any member of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, the Uganda Police Force or the Uganda Prisons Service.
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§ 22. Use of force to arrest robbery suspectOffence
A security officer may use whatever force they deem necessary to stop a person suspected of committing robbery from escaping when the officer has reason to believe the person has committed or is about to commit robbery and the person resists or tries to evade arrest; this operates notwithstanding section 16 of the Penal Code Act.
Section 2. Use of force to arrest robbery suspect Section Notwithstanding section 16 of the Penal Code Act, where a security officer has reason to believe that any person has or is about to commit the offence of robbery within the meaning of section 285 of the Penal Code Act and that person refuses or neglects to submit to arrest by any person or does any act calculated to evade arrest, then the security officer may use any force he or she may deem necessary to prevent the escape of that person.
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