Difference between revisions of "Arrest"
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(h) any person whom he suspects of being a loiterer in contravention of the provisions of the Human Resources Deployment Act, 1983. | (h) any person whom he suspects of being a loiterer in contravention of the provisions of the Human Resources Deployment Act, 1983. | ||
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| + | ===Uganda=== | ||
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| + | Criminal Procedure Act, 1950 | ||
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| + | (a) any person whom he or she suspects upon reasonable grounds of having committed a cognisable offence, an offence under any of | ||
| + | the provisions of Chapter XVI of the Penal Code Act or any offence for which under any law provision is made for arrest | ||
| + | without warrant; | ||
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| + | (b) any person who commits a breach of the peace in his or her | ||
| + | presence; | ||
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| + | (c) any person who obstructs a police officer while in the execution | ||
| + | of his or her duty, or who has escaped or attempts to escape from | ||
| + | lawful custody; | ||
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| + | (d) any person whom he or she suspects upon reasonable grounds of being a deserter from the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces; | ||
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| + | (e) any person whom he or she finds in any highway, yard or other | ||
| + | place during the night and whom he or she suspects upon | ||
| + | reasonable grounds of having committed or being about to | ||
| + | commit a felony; | ||
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| + | (f) any person whom he or she suspects upon reasonable grounds of | ||
| + | having been concerned in any act committed at any place out of | ||
| + | Uganda which, if committed in Uganda, would have been | ||
| + | punishable as an offence, and for which he or she is, under the | ||
| + | provisions of any written law, liable to be apprehended and | ||
| + | detained in Uganda; | ||
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| + | (g) any person having in his or her possession without lawful excuse, | ||
| + | the burden of proving which excuse shall lie on that person, any | ||
| + | implement of housebreaking; | ||
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| + | (h) any person for whom he or she has reasonable cause to believe a | ||
| + | warrant of arrest has been issued; | ||
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| + | (i) any person in whose possession anything is found which may | ||
| + | reasonably be suspected to be stolen property or who may | ||
| + | reasonably be suspected of having committed an offence with | ||
| + | reference to that thing. | ||
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===Zimbabwe=== | ===Zimbabwe=== | ||
