JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

   Section

   1.   Appointment of justices of the peace.

   2.   General powers of justices.

   3.   Justices to have certain powers and duties of magistrates to administer oaths, etc.

   4.   Power of justices to arrest.

   5.   Power of justices to take cognisance of an offence on complaint or police report.

   6.   Examination of complainant by a justice.

   7.   Issue of process or dismissal of complaint.

   8.   Jurisdiction of a magistrate on a process issued by a justice.

   9.   Power of the High Court to order further inquiry; appeal by person aggrieved.

   10.   Power of the Chief Justice to issue instructions and rules of court.

   11.   Justices to account for fees, etc. received.

      Schedule   Form of warrant.

CHAPTER 15
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT.

Commencement: 15 February, 1915.

   An Act relating to justices of the peace.

1.   Appointment of justices of the peace.

   (1) The Minister may appoint under his or her hand, as occasion may require, any resident of Uganda being a citizen of Uganda or of a country of the Commonwealth to be a justice of the peace for Uganda or for any part of Uganda, whose appointment shall be notified in the Gazette.

   (2) Every justice of the peace shall on appointment take and subscribe the same oaths or affirmations as are required to be taken by a magistrate and in the manner prescribed by law for the taking of an oath or affirmation by a magistrate.

2.   General powers of justices.

   A justice of the peace shall, subject to this Act, have and exercise within the limits for which he or she is appointed such powers, rights, duties and jurisdictions as are vested in a justice of the peace by this Act or by or in virtue of any other Act for the time being in force in Uganda.

3.   Justices to have certain powers and duties of magistrates to administer oaths, etc.

   (1) A justice of the peace shall have the same powers and duties as a magistrate to administer oaths and affirmations, to release on bail, to remand in custody, to take affidavits, to attest signatures and to certify to copies of documents, and shall exercise those powers in like manner and take the same fees therefor on behalf of the Government.

   (2) Any person remanded in cust