Difference between revisions of "Arrest"
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===Uganda=== | ===Uganda=== | ||
− | Criminal Procedure Act, 1950 | + | Criminal Procedure Act, 1950, Article 10 |
− | + | *(a) any person whom he or she suspects upon reasonable grounds of having committed a cognisable offence, an offence under any of | |
− | (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; |
− | the provisions of Chapter XVI of the Penal Code Act or any offence for which under any law provision is made for arrest | + | *(b) any person who commits a breach of the peace in his or her presence; |
− | without warrant; | + | *(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; |
− | + | *(d) any person whom he or she suspects upon reasonable grounds of being a deserter from the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces; | |
− | (b) any person who commits a breach of the peace in his or her | + | *(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; |
− | presence; | + | *(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; | |
− | (c) any person who obstructs a police officer while in the execution | + | *(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; |
− | of his or her duty, or who has escaped or attempts to escape from | + | *(h) any person for whom he or she has reasonable cause to believe a warrant of arrest has been issued; |
− | lawful custody; | + | *(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. | |
− | (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=== |