4thJul

y,2022
STATUTORYI
NSTRUMENTS
2022No……
THECONSTI
TUTI
ON(BAI
LGUIDELI
NESFORCOURTSOFJUDI
CATURE)
(
PRACTI
CE)DIRECTI
ONS,
2022
PARTI
—PRELI
MINARY
Par
agr
aph
1.Titl
e
2.Appli
cation
3.Object
ivesofPr
act
iceDi
rect
ions
4.I
nterpr
etati
on

PARTI
I—GENERALPRI
NCI
PLESANDTHERI
GHTTOAPPLYFORBAI
L
5.Gener
alprincipl
es
6.Ri
ghtt
oappl yforbai
l
7.St
ageofapplicat
ionforbail
8.Ti
mefordisposalofbailappl
icat
ioni
ntheHi
ghCour
t

PARTI
II
—PROCEDUREANDCONSIDERATI
ONSFORBAI
L
APPLI
CATI
ONS

9.Mandat orybailforoffencest riablebyHi ghCourtandMagistr

ates
Court
10.Mandat orybai
lforoff
encest ri
abl eonlybyHighCourt
11.Procedureforapplyi
ngf orbail
12.Contentsofbailappli
cation
13.Considerati
onsforbail
14.Considerati
onsofbailincapital of
fencesandothergr
aveof
fences
15.Determiningsui
tabi
li
tyofsur ety
16.Obli
gationsofsurety
17.Considerati
onforbailforchil
dren.
18.Considerati
onofbailforv ul
nerablepersons
19.Bailpendingappeal.
20.Lapseandcancel l
ati
onofbai l

PARTV—REVI
EW OFBAI
LTERMSANDI
NCI
DENTALMATTERS.

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21.Rev
iewofbai
lter
ms

PARTVI
—MANAGEMENTOFBAI
LFUNDS

22.
Recei
ptofbai
lfundsf
rom appl
i
cant
s
23.
Pay
mentwher
ebanknoteasi
l
yaccessi
ble
24.Mai
ntenanceofbai
lrecor
ds
25.Bailrefunds.
26.Reporti
ngr equi
rement
s.
27.Orderforforfei
tur
e

SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE1 BAI
LBOND-ACCUSEDPERSON
SCHEDULE2 APPLI
CATI
ONFORBAILREFUND

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 STATUTORYI
NSTRUMENTS
2022No……….
TheConst
it
uti
on(
Bai
lGui
del
inesforCour
tsofJudi
cat
ure)(
Pract
ice)
Dir
ections,
2022
(
UnderAr
ti
cl
e133(
1)(
b)oft
heConsti
tut
ionoft
heRepubl
i
cofUganda,
1995)
I
NEXERCI SEoft hepowersconf err
edupont heChi
efJust
icebyart
icl
e
133(1)(b)oft heConsti
tuti
on,thesePract
iceDir
ect
ionsar
eissuedthi
s
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PARTI-PRELI
MINARY
1.Titl
e
These Practi
ce Dir
ect
ions may be ci
ted as the Consti
tut
ion (
Bai
l
Guidel
inesforCour
tsofJudi
cat
ure)(
Practi
ce)Di
rect
ions,2022.
2.Appl
icat
ion
ThesePr
act
iceDi
rect
ionsappl
ytoal
lCour
tsofJudi
cat
ure.
3.Obj
ect
iveofPr
act
iceDi
rect
ions
Theobj
ect
iveoft
hesePr
act
iceDi
rect
ionsi
s—
(
a)t
oensur
ethatbai
ldeci
sionmaki
ngcompl
i
eswi
tht
hepr
ovi
sionsof
t
heConst
it
uti
on;

(
b)t
ogi
vef
urt
heref
fectt
otheexi
sti
ngl
egal
prov
isi
onsonbai
l
;

(
c)topr
omoteunif
ormi
tyandconsi
stencybycour
tswhenconsi
der
ing
bai
lappl
i
cat
ions;

(
d)to streamline and addr
ess di
spar
it
ies i
nthe handl
i
ng ofbai
l
appl
ications;

(
e)topromotethebal
anci
ngofri
ght
sofaccusedper
sonswi
tht
he
publ
i
cinter
estandt
heri
ght
sofcompl
ainant
s;

(
f)t
ofaci
li
tat
eeffect
iveint
er-
agencycooper
ati
onandcoor
dinat
ioni
n
t
hehandli
ngofbailappl
i
cati
ons;

(
g)t
oreducei
nci
dencesofpr
etr
ial
det
ent
ion;
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 (
h)t
osafeguar
dthei
nter
est
sandconcer
nsofsoci
etyi
nbai
ldeci
sion
maki
ng;

(
i)t
ofaci
l
itat
eef
fect
ivesuper
visi
onofper
sonsgr
ant
edbai
l
;and

(
j)topromotetr
anspar
encyandef
fi
ciencyi
nthemanagementofbai
l
deposi
tsandref
unds.

4.I
nter
pret
ati
on
I
nthesePract
iceDi
rect
ions,
unl
esst
hecont
extot
her
wiser
equi
res—
adv
“ ancedage”meansaper
sonwhoi
s60y
ear
sofageandabov
e;
appl
“ icant
”meansanaccusedper
sonwho hasappl
i
edt
o cour
tfor
r
eleaseonbai
l
;
“bai
l”meanst hetemporar
yrel
easeofanaccusedper
sonaft
erprov
idi
ng
securit
yforfutur
eappearanceincour
tonsuchconditi
onsasthecourt
considersr
easonable;
“secur
it
y”meansasum ofmoneyorpr oper
typl
edgedordeposi
tedin
Courtinexchangefort
herel
easeofanaccusedper
son,asaguar
antee
ofthatper
son'sappear
ancei
ncourt
;
“suret
y”meansaper sonwhounder t
akest oensur
ethatt
heappli
cant
willappearincourtandabidebythebailcondi
ti
onsandwhofurni
shes
securit
ysuchasmoneyort i
tl
etoproper
tywhichmaybefor
fei
tedtothe
Stateiftheappl
icantf
ail
stoappeari
ncourt;
“v
ulner
ablepersons”incl
udespersonsofadv ancedage,per
sonswi
th
gravei
ll
ness,expect
antmother
s,chil
dren,car
egiver
s,andper
sonswi
th
di
sabil
i
ties.

PARTI
I-GENERALPRI
NCI
PLESANDTHERI
GHTTOAPPLYFORBAI
L
5.Gener
alpri
ncipl
es
Thecourtshall,i
n consi
deri
ng a bai
lappl
icat
ion,begui
ded byt
he
fol
l
owingpri
ncipl
esasenshri
nedintheConst
it
uti
on—

(
a)t
heri
ghtofanappl
icantt
obepr esumedi
nnocentaspr
ovi
dedf
or
i
nar
ti
cle28(
3)(
a)oftheConst
it
ution;

(
b)theappli
cant
’sr
ightt
oli
ber
tyaspr
ovi
dedf
ori
nar
ti
cle23oft
he
Consti
tut
ion;
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 (
c)theappli
cant
’sobl
igati
ontoat t
endt r
ial
;
(
d)thediscr
eti
onofcourttogr antbailonsucht
ermsandcondi
ti
ons
asthecourtconsi
dersreasonable;
and

(
e)t
heneedtobal
ancet
her
ight
soft
heappl
i
cantandt
hei
nter
est
sof
j
ust
ice.

6.Righttoappl
yforbai
l
Wher eapersonischar
gedwit
horconv i
ctedofacrimi
nalof
fence,heor
shemayappl ytocourttobereleasedonbai landthecour
tmaygr ant
thatpersonbai
lonsuchcondi
ti
onsast hecourtconsi
der
sreasonable.

7.St
ageofappli
cat
ionf
orbail
Anaccusedper
sonmay,atanyti
meaf
terbei
ngchar
ged,
appl
yforbai
l
—

(
a) i
naMagi st
rat
e’sCour
t,f
orof
fencest
ri
abl
ebyaMagi
str
ate’
s
Cour
t;or

(
b) i
ntheHi
ghCour
t,f
orof
fencest
ri
abl
ebyt
heHi
ghCour
t;or

(
c) i
nanappell
atecourt
,uponconv
ict
ion,
onl
ywher
eanot
iceof
appeal
hasbeenfi
led.

8.Timef ordi
sposalofbai
lappl
icat
ionintheHighCour
t
The cour tshal
lconsiderand di spose ofan appl
icat
ion f
orbai
l
expedit
iousl
yand in anycase wit hi
n 30 daysfr
om recei
ptofthe
appli
cati
on.

PARTI
II-PROCEDUREANDCONSIDERATI
ONSFORBAI
L
APPLI
CATI
ONS

9.Mandator
ybai lforoff
encest r
iabl
ebyHi ghCour tandMagi str
ates
Court
Whereanoffenceistr
iabl
ebyt heHighCour
taswel lasbyasubor di
nate
Court,i
faper sonhasbeenr emandedincust odyi nrespectoft hat
off
encefor60day sandtrialhasnotcommenced,t hatper sonshallbe
rel
easedonbailonsuchconditi
onsasthecourtconsider
sr easonabl
e.

10.Mandator
ybailf
oroffencestr
iabl
eonlybyHighCourt
(1)Whereanoff
enceistri
ableonl
ybyt heHighCour
t,i
fthatper
sonhas
beenremandedincustodyforonehundredandeightydaysbefor
ethe

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caseiscommitt
edtotheHighCourt
,thatper
sonshallber
eleasedon
bail
onsuchcondi
ti
onsast
hecourtconsi
dersr
easonabl
e.

(2)Inthecaseofaper sonwhohasbeenonr emandf or180daysin

accordancewit
harticl
e23( 6)
(c)oftheConst
it
uti
on,theMagistr
ate’
s
Courtshall
immedi
atelyref
erthefi
l
etotheHi
ghCourt.

(3)Fortheavoi
danceofdoubt
,mandator
yrel
easeonbailf
oroffences
tri
abl
ebyt heHi
ghCourtunderar
ticl
e23(
6)(
c)oftheConst
it
uti
onshall
onlybegrant
edbytheHi
ghCourt.

11.Proceduref
orapply
ingf
orbai
l
(1)Anappl i
cat
ionformandat
orybai
lmaybeor
ali
ntheMagi
str
ate'
s
Court
.

(2)An appl
icati
on formandatory bai
li nthe Hi
gh Courtand an
appl
i
cat
ionforbaili
nt hei
ntheHighCourt,t
heCourtofAppealandt
he
Supr
emeCour t
,shal
lbebynoti
ceofmot i
onsuppor
tedbyaff
idavi
t.

(3)AMagi
strat
e’sCourtshallsubmittotheHighCour t,f
il
esofpersons
whoareel
i
gibleformandatorybailand,uponr ecei
pt,t
heRegist
rarshal
l
causet
hefi
l
est oberegist
eredinthebailregi
ster.

(4)TheRegi
str
arshal
lli
stt
hef
il
essubmi
tt
edundersubr
egul
ati
on(
3)f
or
heari
ngbytheJudge.

(5)Upondi sposalofthebai
lappli
cat
ion,t
hef
il
eshal
lberet
urnedt
othe
Magistrat
e’sCour ttoenabl
et hecourttopr
oceedwit
hthecommi t
tal
process.

12.Cont
entsofbailapplicati
on
Anappli
cat
ionforbailshallcont
ain—

(
a)t
hepar
ti
cul
arsoft
heappl
i
cant
,accompani
edby
—

(
i) acopyoftheapplicant
’snati
onali
dent
it
ycar
d,orpassportor
al
iensidenti
fi
cat
ioncar d,oremploymentcar
d,orst udent
i
denti
tycard;
(
ii
) anint
roduct
ionl
ett
erfr
om theLocalCounci
l1chai
rper
sonof
thear
eawher et
heappli
cantr
esides;
(
ii
i) wher
e appl
i
cabl
e,asy
lum seekerorr
efugee r
egi
str
ati
on
6
 document
sissuedbyt
heOf
fi
ceoft
hePr
imeMi
nist
er;
and
(
b)ex
poundedgr
oundsf
ort
heappl
i
cat
ion.

13.Consider
ati
onsf orbai
l
(1) The court shallconsi
der t
he f
oll
owi
ng i
n handl
i
ng a bai
l
appl
icat
ion—
(
a)t
hegr
avi
tyoft
heof
fence;

(
b)t
henat
ureoft
heof
fence;

(
c)t
heant
ecedent
soft
heappl
i
cantsof
arast
heyar
eknown;

(
d)t
hepossi
bil
i
tyofasubst
ant
ial
del
ayoft
het
ri
al;

(
e)t
heappl
i
cant
'sage,
phy
sical
andment
alcondi
ti
on;

(
f)t
hel
i
kel
i
hoodoft
heappl
i
cantt
oat
tendcour
t;

(
g)t
hest
ageoft
hepr
oceedi
ngs;

(
h)t
hel
i
kel
i
hoodoft
heappl
i
cantt
ocommi
tanof
fencewhi
l
eonbai
l
;

(
i)t
hel
i
kel
i
hoodoft
heappl
i
canti
nter
fer
ingwi
thwi
tnesses;

(
j)t
hesaf
etyoft
heappl
i
cant
,thecommuni
tyandcompl
ainant
s;

(
k)whet
hertheappl
i
canthasaf i
xedplaceofabodewit
hinUgandaor
whet
herheorsheisor
dinar
il
yresi
dentoutsi
deUganda;

(
l)whethertheappli
canthassuf f
ici
entsur
eti
eswi t
hinUgandato
undert
akethatt
heappli
cantshal
lcompl
ywiththecondi
ti
onsofhi
s
orherbai
l;

(
m) whet
hertheappl
icanthas,onaprevi
ousoccasi
onwhenr
eleased
onbail
,fai
l
edtocompl ywit
hhisorherbai
lter
ms;

(
n)whet
hert
her
ear
eanyot
herchar
gespendi
ngagai
nstt
heappl
i
cant
;
or

7
 (
o)whethertheof
fencef
orwhi
cht
heappl
i
canti
schar
gedi
nvol
ved
vi
olence.

(2)Thecourtmaygiveacompl ai
nantanopportuni
tytosubmi
tany
i
nformat
ion whi
ch,int he opi
nion ofthe complai
nant
,shoul
d be
consi
der
edbythecour
tinmakingthebail
deci
sion.

(
3) The inf
ormati
on given under subpar
agraph (2) shal
lincl
ude
i
nfor
mati
onont hesaf
etyofthecomplai
nantandthei
rfamili
es.

(4)The courtshall,before deci

ding whet
herto grantordenythe
appli
cantbai
l,gi
vetheappli
cantanoppor t
uni
tyt
orebutthecl
aimsoft
he
prosecut
ionandthevict
im ofthecri
me.

(5)Where courtgr
ants an appl
i
cati
on forbail
,the reasons and
condi
ti
onsatt
achedt
othegrantofbai
lshal
lbesetoutintherul
ingand
copi
esoftherul
i
ngshal
lbeavai
ledt
otheparti
es,
uponrequest.

(6)Anappli
cantgrantedbai
lundersubpar
agraph(5)shal
lsi
gnt
hebai
l
bondsetoutinSchedule1tothi
sPract
iceDi
recti
ons.

(7)Wherecourtdeni
esanappl i
cati
onforbail
,theaccusedshal
lbe
remandedincust
odyandthereasonsfort
hedenialofbai
lshal
lbeset
outintherul
i
ng,andcopi
esoftheruli
ngshal
lbeav ai
l
edtothepar
ti
es,
uponrequest
.

14.Consider
ati
onsforbai
lincapi
taloff
encesandothergraveoffences
(1)TheHi ghCourtmay,i
nexcept i
onalcir
cumstances,grantbailt
oa
personaccusedofcommit
tinganyofthefol
lowi
ngof f
ences—

(
a)anof
fencet
ri
abl
eonl
ybyt
heHi
ghCour
t;

(
b)t
err
orism andanyotherof
fencepunishabl
ebymor et
han10y
ear
s
i
mprisonmentundertheAnti
-Ter
ror
ism Act
,2002;

(
c) 
cat
tl
erust
li
ngcont
rar
ytosect
ion266oft
hePenal
CodeAct
;

(
d)offencesundertheFi
rear
msAct
,puni
shabl
ebymor
ethan10
yearsimpr
isonment
;

(
e)r
ape,
cont
rar
ytosect
ion123oft
hePenal
CodeAct
;

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 (
f)aggrav
ateddef
il
ementcont
rar
ytosect
ion129(
3)and(
4)oft
he
PenalCodeAct
;

(
g)embezzl
ement
,cont
rar
ytosect
ion19oft
heAnt
i-
Cor
rupt
ionAct
,
2009;

(
h)causingfi
nanci
all
oss,
cont
rar
ytosect
ion20oft
heAnt
i-
Cor
rupt
ion
Act,2009;

(
i)cor
rupt
ion,
cont
rar
ytosect
ion2oft
heAnt
i-
Cor
rupt
ionAct
,2009;

(
j)br
iberyofamemberofapublicbody
,cont
rar
ytosect
ion5oft
he
Anti
-Cor
rupt
ionAct
,2009;
and

(
k)anyot
herof
fenceinrespectofwhi
chaMagi
str
ate’
sCour
thasno
j
uri
sdi
cti
ont
ogr antbai
l
.

(
2)The except
ionalci
rcumst
ances r
efer
red t
oin subpar
agr
aph (
1)
i
ncl
ude-

(
a)grav
eill
nesscerti
fi
edbyamedi calofficerofthepri
sonorot her
i
nsti
tut
ion orplace wher
et he appl
icantis detai
ned as being
i
ncapableofadequatemedicalt
reat
mentwhi letheappl
icanti
si n
cust
ody;

(
b)a cer
ti
fi
cate ofno obj
ect
ion si
gned byt
he Di
rect
orofPubl
i
c
Pr
osecuti
on;and

(
c)t
hei
nfancyoradv
ancedageoft
heappl
i
cant
.

15.Deter
mini
ngsui t
abil
it
yofsurety
(1)Whenconsider
ingthesuitabi
l
ityofasur
ety
,thecour
tshal
ltakei
nto
accountt
hefol
lowingfactor
s—
(
a)t
heageoft
hesur
ety
;
(
b)wor
kandr
esi
denceaddr
essoft
hesur
ety
;
(
c)char
act
erandant
ecedent
soft
hesur
ety
;
(
d)r
elat
ionshi
ptot
heaccusedper
son;
and
(
e)anyot
herf
act
orast
hecour
tmaydeem f
it
.

9
(2)Subj
ectt
osubparagraph(1)t
hepr
oposedsur
etyshal
lpr
ovi
de
documentar
ypr
oofincluding—
(
a)acopyofhi sorhernat
ionali
dent
it
ycar
d,passpor
toral
i
ens
i
dent
if
icat
ioncar
d;
(
b)anint
roduct
ionl
etterf
rom t
heLocalCounci
l1Chai
rper
sonoft
he
ar
eawher et
hesuretyi
sordi
nar
il
yresi
dent
;or
(
c)asy
lum seekerorr
efugeeregi
str
ati
ondocument
sissuedbyt
he
Off
iceoft
hePr i
meMinist
er.
16.Obli
gati
onsofsurety
(1)Thecourtshal
lexplai
ntoasur et
ytheobl
igat
ionst
hatar
isewhenhe
orshestandsassuretyforanaccusedper
son.
(
2)Theobl
i
gat
ionsr
efer
redt
oinsubpar
agr
aph(
1)i
ncl
ude—
(
a)thedutyofthesuretytoensuretheattendanceoft
heaccused
personbef
orecour
t,whenev
errequi
red;
(
b)thedutytosi
gnt
hebai
lbondf
orm setouti
nSchedul
e1t
othese
Dir
ecti
ons;
(
c)thedut
ytoinf
orm cour
twher
eanaccusedper
soni
snotabl
eto
att
end;
and
(
d)t
hel
iabi
li
tytopayt
hebai
lbondsum shoul
dheorshef
ailt
oensur
e
t
heatt
endanceoft
heaccusedper
sonbefor
ecour
t.
(3)Wherecourtacceptsapersonassur ety
,thecourtshallr
equirethe
persontosi gnabai lbondsetouti nSchedul e1tot hesePr act
ice
Dir
ecti
ons setting out the appl
icant’
s bail condi
ti
ons and t he
consequencesforthesur
etyi
ftheappli
cantbreachest
heconditi
ons.

17.Consi
derati
onforbai lf
orchil
dren.
(1)Acourtbefor
ewhi chachi l
dappearschargedwi
thanyoff
enceshall
uphol
dt he chil
d’sr ight to applyfor bai
lguarant
eed under t
he
Consti
tut
ionandthelaw.
(2)Thecour tshall
,in addit
ion tot hegeneralpr
incipl
essetoutin
paragr
aph5,beguidedbyt hefoll
owingpri
ncipl
es—
(
a)achil
dshallnotbedeni edbailwherethecour tisunl
i
kel
yto
i
mposeacust odialorder,uponproofofanoffenceagai
nstt
he
chi
l
d;and

10
 (
b)thedepr
ivat
ionofper sonalli
bertypendi
ngtr
ialshal
lbeused
onl
yinexcepti
onalcircumstances,asameasureoflastr
esor
t
andfort
heshortestpossibl
eperiodofti
me.
(
3)Acourtconsi
der
ingabai
lappl
i
cat
ionby
,oronbehal
fof
,achi
l
d,shal
l
i
nqui
rei
nto—
(
a)thecr
imi
nalchargeagainstthechi
l
d, i
ncl
udi
ngt
henat
ureoft
he
off
enceandseveri
tyofpunishment;

(
b)thelikel
ihoodofser
iousdangertothechi
ldandi fi
tisi
nthe
chi
ld’swel f
aret
oremovehim orherfr
om associ
ati
onwit
hany
person;or

(
c)theli
keli
hoodt
hatt
her
eleaseoft
hechi
l
dwoul
ddef
eatt
heends
ofjust
ice.

11
(
4)I
ngr
ant
ingbai
l
,acour
tshal
lrel
easeachi
l
donbai
l
—
(
a)onacour
tbondont
hechi
l
d’sownr
ecogni
sance;
or

(
b)wit
hsureti
es,pr
efer
abl
yt hechil
d’sparent
sorguar
dianswho
shal
lbeboundonacourtbond,notcash.
(
5)Acourtmayrel
easeachi
l
donbail
oncondi
tionsthatmayi
ncl
ude—
(a)
theobli
gati
ontoappearonaspecif
iedtime,dateandplace
befor
ethecourt
;

(
b)theobligat
iont
orepor
tper
iodi
cal
l
ytoaspeci
fi
edper
sonor
place;

(
c)theprohi
bit
ion nottoi
nter
fer
ewith wi
tnesses,t
amperwi
th
evi
dence,
orassociat
ewi
thanyper
son;or
(
d)theobl
igat
iont
oret
urnt
othechi
l
d’shomeort
oaspeci
fi
ed
addr
ess.

(6)Thecondit
ionsofr
eleaseofachil
donbailundersubpar
agraph(5)
shal
lbereasonabl
eandinaccor
dancewit
htheseri
ousnessofthecri
me
committ
ed.

(7)Acour tmay
,indeal
ingwi
thabai
lappl
i
cat
ionby
,oronbehal
fof
,a
chil
d,r
efusetor
eleaset
hechi
l
dandshal
l
—
(
a)r
ecor
dther
easonsforr
efusalwhichmayinclude—
(i
)thenat
ureandsever
ityofthecri
minalcharges;

(
ii
)thatt
hechi
l
disi
nimmedi
atedangert
osel
forot
her
s;

(
ii
i)thatthe chi
l
d hasfai
led t
o att
end cour
ton a cr
imi
nal
chargeonaprevi
ousoccasi
on;or

(
iv)thatt
hechi
ldhasprev
iousl
ybeengr antedbai
lbyacour
t
andhasf
ail
edtocomplywit
htheconditi
onsofbai
l
;

(
b)i
nfor
mthechi
l
dofhi
sorherr
ightt
oappeal
agai
nstt
hedeci
sion;
and

(
c)makeanor
derf
ort
hedet
ent
ionoft
hechi
l
dinar
emandhome
12
 ori
napl
aceofsaf
ecust
ody
.

18.Considerati
onofbailforvulnerablepersons
Thecour tmaygr antbailtoav ul
nerablepersononhi sorherown
recogni
zance,oronar ecognizancebei ngenteredi ntobyhisorher
parent,
guardianorotherresponsibleperson,wi
thorwi thoutsur
eti
es,f
or
suchanamountas,i ntheopi nionofcour t
,shallsecuretheatt
endance
ofthevulner
ableperson.

19.Bai
lpendingappeal
Thecourtshall
,inhandl
i
nganappl
icat
ionf
orbai
lpendi
ngappeal
,take
i
ntoconsi
derati
onthefol
lowi
ngf
act
ors—

(
a)t
hechar
act
eroft
heappl
i
cant
;
(
b)whet
hert
heappl
i
canti
saf
ir
stof
fenderornot
;
(
c)whet
herthe off
ence f
orwhi
ch t
he appl
i
cantwas conv
ict
ed
i
nvol
vedv
iol
ence;
(
d)theappeali
snotf
ri
vol
ousandhasar
easonabl
epossi
bil
i
tyof
success;
(
e)t
hel
ossi
ncur
redbyt
hecompl
ainantort
hev
ict
im;
(
f)thepossi
bil
i
tyofsubst
ant
ialdel
ayi
nthedet
ermi
nat
ionoft
he
appeal
;or
(
g)whet
herthe appl
icanthas compl
ied wi
tht he bai
lcondi
ti
ons
gr
ant
edbythetri
alcour
tbef
oretheconv
ict
ionoftheappl
i
cant
.

20.Lapseandcancel
lat
ionofbai
l
(1)Bai
lshal
ll
apsewhereanaccusedper
soni
sconv
ict
edoracqui
tt
ed.
(
2)Thecour
tmaycancel
bai
lwher
e—
(
a)anaccusedper
sonhasbr
eachedt
hebai
lcondi
ti
ons;
(
b)asur
etywi
thdr
awsfrom bei
ngsuret
yandanaccusedper
sonf
ail
s
t
oprovi
deanot
hersuff
ici
entsur
ety;
or
(
c)f
oranyot
herr
easont
hatt
hecour
tmaydeem sat
isf
act
ory
.

(
3)Wher
eacour
tcancel
sbai
linaccor
dancewi
thsubpar
agr
aph(
2)(
b),
13
t
hecour
tshallrequi
retheaccusedper
sont
opr
esentnew sur
eti
esor
r
emandtheaccusedper
son.

(4)Wherebai
liscancel
l
ed,t
heaccusedper
sonmayf
il
eanew bai
l
appl
i
cati
on.

14
 PARTV—REVI
EW OFBAI
LTERMSANDI
NCI
DENTALMATTERS.
21.Revi
ewofbai lt
erms
(1)Theprosecut
or,anaccusedper
sonorasuret
ymayapplytocourtto
vary
,rev
ieworsetasidethecondi
ti
onsofbai
latanyt
imeaf
tertherul
ing
hasbeenmade.
(2)Subjecttotheprovi
sionsofSecti
on75( 3)&(4)oftheMagistr
ates
CourtAct,anappli
cati
onundersubpar agr
aph(1)shal
lbemadet othe
ChefMagi st
rat
ewher ethebailhasbeendeniedbyalowerCourt;orto
theHighCourtwherebailhasbeendeniedbyaChiefMagist
rat
e.

(3)Anyappli
cati
onbyt heprosecut
ororarepr
esent
edaccusedper
son
undersubparagr
aph( 1)shallbemadet ocourtbynoti
ceofmot i
on
suppor
tedbyanaf f
idavi
t.

(
4)Anappl
i
cati
onbyanaccusedper
sonorsur
etyundersubpar
agr
aph
(
1)maybemadetocour
tor
all
yorbyl
ett
er

(5)Thecour
tmaysummonanyot herconcer
nedpart
ytobepr
esenti
n
cour
twhenconsi
der
inganappl
i
cat
iontorevi
ewbai
lter
ms.

22.I
nsuf
fi
cientsur
eti
es

(1)Wher et hroughami st
ake,fraudorot herwise,insuf
f i
cientsuret
ies
have been accept ed,or wher et he sur et
ies af t
erwards become
i
nsuf f
ici
ent,thecour tmayi ssueawar r
antofar restdirectingthatthe
personreleasedonbai lbebroughtbefor
ei tandmayor derhi m orherto
fi
ndsuf f
icientsuret
iesand,onhisorherf ail
ingt ofi
ndsur eties,commit
him orherinpr i
son.

(2)Alloranyoft hesuret
iesfortheappear
anceandat t
endanceofa
personrel
easedonbailmayatanyt i
meapplytocourttodischar
get he
bondeit
herwholl
yorsofarasitrel
atest
otheappl
icantorappli
cants.

(
3)Whereanappl
icat
ionismadeundersubpar
agr
aph(
2),
thecour
tshal
l
i
ssueawarr
antofarr
estagai
nstt
heaccused.

(4)Onappearance,t
hecour
tshal
linqui
rei
ntot
hemat
terandmakean
appropr
iat
edecisi
on.

15
 PARTVI–MANAGEMENTOFBAI
LFUNDS

23.Recei
ptofbai
lfundsf
rom appl
icant
s
(1)Upongrant
ingbail
,shal
lsubmi
tthef
il
eoft
heaccusedper
sontothe
cashi
erforonl
ineassessmentont
heUgandaRev
enueAuthor
it
yport
al.

(2)Anappl i
cati
onf orr
eleaseonbailunderS.
75(3)&(4)oftheMCA,
wherebailhasbeendeni edbylowercourtshal
lbemadet oaChief
Magistr
ate;ort otheHighCourtwher ebailhasbeendeniedbythe
ChiefMagistr
ate.

(3)Thecashi ershall
,uponreceiptofthefil
eundersubparagraph(1)
,
printandi ssueanassessmentf ormtot heappli
cant,whoshal lt
hen
depositt hebailamounti nt
her elev
antbankanduponpay mentbei ng
recognisedbyt heUgandaRev enueAut hori
tysyst
em andi ssuean
acknowl edgement .

(4) The appl

i
cant shal
lpresent t
he Uganda Rev
enue Aut
hor
it
y
acknowl
edgmentrecei
ptt
othecashi
er.

(5)The cashi
ershall
,afterconfir
ming t
he deposi
tinthe Uganda
RevenueAuthori
tysyst
em,i ssuea GovernmentofUganda general
recei
ptint
ri
pli
cat
e,bear
ingthecasenumber ,t
henameoftheaccused
person,
andthePaymentRegistr
ati
onNumber( PRN)

(
6)I
nrecei
pti
ngf
orbai
lfunds—

(
a) t
heor
igi
nal
recei
ptshal
lber
etai
nedont
hecasef
il
e;
(
b) thedupli
cat
ecopyoftherecei
ptshal
lbeissuedtot
heappl
i
cant
orhisorherr epr
esentat
ivewit
hast ampi ndi
cat
ingt
hatthe
ori
ginal
hasbeenretai
nedbythecour
t;and

(
c) t
het
ri
pli
cat
ecopyoft
her
ecei
ptshal
lber
etai
nedbyt
hecashi
er.

(
7)Thecashi
ershal
lpr
esentthefi
l
etothecourtcl
erkwhoshal
lsubmi
t
i
ttot
hepresi
dingj
udi
cial
off
icerf
orfur
theract
ion.

16
24.
Pay
mentwher
ebanknoteasi
lyaccessi
ble
Inar
easwher
ebanksar
enoteasi
l
yaccessi
ble,t
hef
oll
owi
ngpr
ocedur
e
shal
l
—
(
a)thecour tshal
lseekauthor
ityinwri
ti
ngfrom t
heSecret
aryt
ot he
Judiciar
yt o col
lectbailfunds i
n cash,and per
missi
on shal
l
grantedbei nwri
ti
ng.
(
b)t
hecashi
ershal
l
—
(
i) makeanonl
i
neassessmentoft
hebai
lamountt
obepai
d;
(
ii
) recei
vethecashindi
catedontheassessmentf
orm andt
he
appli
cabl
ebankcharges;and
(
ii
i) i
ssueaGov er
nmentofUgandagener
alr
eceiptintr
ipl
i
cat
e
bear
ingt
hecasenumberandt
henameoftheaccused
(
c)i
nrecei
pti
ngf
orbai
lfundsi
ncash—
(
i) t
heor
igi
nal
recei
ptshal
lber
etai
nedont
hecasef
il
e;
(
ii
) the dupl
icat
e copyoft her eceiptshal
lbe issued t
ot he
appli
cantorhisorherr
epresent at
ivewi
thastampi ndi
cat
ing
thattheori
ginal
hasbeenretainedbythecour
t;and
(
ii
i) thetr
ipl
icat
ecopyoft
her
ecei
ptshal
lber
etai
nedbyt
he
cashi
er;
(
d)the cashier shal
l depositthe cash col lect
ed agai
nst t
he
assessmentf ormsinthebankont henextconv eni
entday
,and
i
ndicatethePRNont heorigi
nalrecei
ptont hecasefi
l
eandonthe
tri
pli
cat
er ecei
ptsi
nhisorherpossession;
(
e)thecashi
ershal
lpr
esentthefil
et othecour
tcler
kwho shal
l
submi
titt
othepr
esi
dingj
udi
cial
offi
cerf
orf
urt
heract
ion;
(
f)t
heUgandaRev
enueAut
hor
it
yrecei
ptshal
lbef
il
edont
hecasef
il
e.

25.Mai
ntenanceofbai
lrecor
ds

(1)Thecour
tshallmai
ntainbailr
ecor
dst
oenabl
eaccur
ater
epor
ti
ng
andmanagementofbai
lfunds.

(
2)Thebai
lrecor
dsshal
lbeupdat
edonar
egul
arbasi
sandmade
17
av
ail
abl
etost
akehol
der
s,i
ncl
udi
ngi
nspect
orsandaudi
tor
s.

(
3)Thef
oll
owi
ngr
ecor
dsshal
lbemai
ntai
ned—
(
a)abailr
egi
sterwhichshal
lindi
cat
et hecasenumber,t
hepartiest
o
t
hecase,thebailamountpaid,thedateofpayment,theamount
r
efundedorfor
fei
tedandthedateofrefundorf
orf
eit
ure;and
(
b)acashbooki
nwhi
chshal
lber
ecor
dedal
lbai
lfundscol
l
ect
edand
banked.

26.Bailr
efunds.
(1)Immediatel
yupondisposalofacase,thecour
tshal
linf
ormt
he
accusedpersonofhi
sorherri
ghtt
oabai
lref
und.

(2)Thebailr
efundappli
cat
ionfor
m prescri
bedinSchedule2tothese
Dir
ecti
onsshal
lbeavai
ledtothecl
aimanttofi
ll
befor
eleavi
ngthecour
t.

(3)Thecl
aimantshal
ldeposi
ttheor
igi
nalbai
lbondf
orm wi
tht
hecour
t
cler
k.

(4)Thecourtclerkshallsubmi
tthefil
l
edbail r
efundappl
i
cati
onform,t
he
courtorderf orr efund ofbailbearing t
he name and signat
ure of
respect
ivejudicialoffi
cerandacour tseal,andt heor
igi
nalbai
lbond
formreceiv
edf rom theclai
manttothecashier.

(
5)I
nhandl
i
ngbai
lref
unds,
thecashi
er—
(
a)att
ach the ori
ginalreceiptand an ori
ginalUganda Rev
enue
Author
it
y acknowl edgmentr ecei
pt,where appl
icabl
e,tothe
documentsrecei
v edfrom thecour
tcl
erk;
and
(
b)prepar
ear equi
sit
iontotheSecr
etarytot
heJudici
aryf
orthe
si
gnatureofRegi
strar
,Chi
efMagi
strat
eorMagi
str
ateinchar
ge
ofthecour
t.

(6)Thesignedrequi
sit
ionundersubparagr
aph(5)shal
lbedel i
ver
edby
thecourtanddulyacknowledgedbyt heoffi
ceoftheSecretar
ytothe
Judici
aryforpr
ocessingoft heref
unddi r
ectl
ytot heaccountofthe
clai
mantorthei
rregi
steredmobil
emoneynumber .

(7)Ther equi
si
ti
onforbailref
undshal
lbemadebyt hecourttothe
Secret
arytotheJudi
ciar
yassoonaspossi
ble,
inanycasenotl
atert
han
thi
rt
ydaysf r
om r
ecei
ptoftheappl
i
cat
ionfr
om thecl
aimant
.

18
(8)Uponreceiptoft herequi
sit
ion,t
heSecr et
arytotheJudi
ciar
yshal
l
forwar
dittotheInternalAudi
tUni tf
orveri
fi
cati
ontoascert
ainwhet
her
alltherel
evantdocument sareat t
ached and whet
herpaymentwas
recei
vedontherelevantbankaccount.

(9)When veri
fi
cat
ioniscomplete,therequi
sit
ion i
sret
urned t
othe
Secr
etar
ytotheJudici
aryf
oraut
hori
sati
onofpayment.

(10)Anyqueri
esrai
sedbyI nter
nalAuditUni
tduri
ngv eri
fi
cati
onoft he
documents shal
lbe referred tot he Chi
ef Regist
rar for onward
transmi
ssi
ontothecour
tthatsubmitt
edtherequi
sit
ionforbail
refund.

27.Report
ingrequi
rements.
(1)Thecashi
ershal
l pr
epareabai
lrepor
tonamont
hlybasi
s.

(
2)Thebailreportshallbesubmitt
edtotheSecretar
yt otheJudici
ary
,
wi
thacopyt otheChi efRegi
str
ar,byt
heRegist
rar,ChiefMagistr
ateor
Magi
str
ateinchargeoft hecourtandacopyshallbemai ntai
nedatthe
r
espect
ivecourt
.

(
3)Ther
epor
tshal
lcont
ain—
a)b
( ai
lassessment
smadedur
ingt
hemont
h;
b)b
( ai
lfundscol
l
ect
eddur
ingt
hemont
h;
c)b
( ai
lref
undsr
equi
si
ti
oneddur
ingt
hemont
h;and
d)b
( ai
lfor
fei
tur
esdur
ingt
hemont
h.
(
4)TheSecret
aryt
otheJudici
aryshal
ltakeappr
opr
iat
eact
ioni
nrel
ati
on
t
otherepor
tssubmit
tedundersubr
ule(1).

28.Orderforforf
eit
ure
(1)Whereasur et
yfail
stocompl
ywiththebailbondexecutedi
nrul
e16,
thepr
ov i
sionsofsection83oft
heMagi st
rat
esCour tsActandsecti
on
21oftheTr i
alonIndi
ctment
sActrel
ati
ngtoforfei
tur
eshall
apply
.

(2)Whenev eritisprov edt othesat i

sfact
ionofacour tbywhi cha
recogni
sanceundertheMagi st
rat
esCour tsAct,theTri
alonI ndictments
Actorbothhasbeent aken, orwhent herecognisanceisforappear ance
beforeacourt,tothesat i
sfact
ionoft hecourt,thatsuchr ecognisance
hasbeenf orf
eit
ed,thecour tshal
lrecordthegr oundsoft hepr oof,and
maycalluponanyper sonboundbyt herecognisancetopayt hepenalty
,
ortoshowcausewhyi tshouldnotbepai d.

19
(3)Wher
esuf f
ici
entcauseisnotshownandt hepenaltyisnotpaid,t
he
cour
tmayr ecoverthepenalt
ybyi ssuingawar rantf
ortheattachment
andsal
eoft hemov abl
epropert
ybel ongi
ngtot hesuret
yoranyper son,
orhi
sorherestatewherethesuret
yorper sonisdead.

(4)Thewarrantmaybeex ecutedwit
hinthelocalli
mitsofthejuri
sdi
cti
on
ofthecourtwhichissuedit
,andshallauthor
isetheattachmentandsale
ofthemov ablepropert
ybelongi
ngtot hesuretybeyondt helocall
i
mits,
when endorsed byanymagi str
ate wit
hint he l
ocallimit
s ofwhose
j
urisdi
cti
onthatpropert
yisfound.

(5)Wherethepenalt
yisnotpaidandcannotberecoveredbyatt
achment
andsale,thesuretyisli
able,byorderofthecour twhichissuedthe
warrant
,toimpr
isonmentforaperi
odnotexceedingsixmonths.

(
6)Thecour
tmay ,atit
sdi
scr
eti
on,r
emi
tanypor
ti
onoft
hepenal
ty
i
mposedi
nparagr
aph(5)
.
(7)Whenasur et yoranypersonwhohasf ur
nishedsecurit
yisconvi
cted
ofanof f
encet hecommi ssi
onofwhi chconst it
utesabr eachoft he
conditionsofhisorherr ecogni
sance,acer ti
fi
edcopyoft hejudgmentof
thecour tbywhi chheorshewasconv ictedoft hatoff
encemaybeused
asev idenceinpr oceedingsunderthi
ssect i
onagainsthisorhersurety
orsur eties,and,wher et hatcert
ifi
ed copyi s used,the courtshal
l
presumet hattheof fencewascommi ttedbyhi m orher ,unlessthe
contraryisproved.

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Sec.
122(
1)Cr
.Pr
oc.
Code
Par
agr
aph13(
6),16(
2)(
b)
and16(
3)

U.C.
FORM 61
THEREPUBLI
COFUGANDA

I
NTHE…………………………COURTOF……………………….AT……………………………….

CRIMINALAPPLICATI
ONCASENO.………….OF20……………
(Ari
singf
rom Cr
imi
nalCaseNo.…………….of20………….
)

BAILBOND
(
Undersect
ion122(
1)oftheCr
imi
nalPr
ocedur
eCodeAct
)

I,………………………. .
.…….of…………………………………….( addr ess)beingbrought
befor
ethe………………………. ……………… ( nameofcour t)at…………………….t o
answertothechar geof……………………. .cont r
arytosect ion…………….oft he
…………………………,Ido her eby bi
nd my selfto attend i nthe courtat
……………………….( name of court and pl ace) every mont h beginni
ng
……………. ….(dat
e)andt oconti
nueat tendingunt i
lother wi
sedirect
edby
thecour
t.

Ial
sobindmy sel
fbydeposi
ti
ngt
hesum ofshi
ll
i Cash)….
ngs( …………………
orIunder
taket NotCash)*
opay………………………….(

Dat
edt
his……………dayof………………………………….20…….

……………………….
. …………….……………………….
.
APPLI
CANT REGISTRAR/
MAGISTRATE

*
Indi
cat
easappl
i
cabl
e.

I
/We ……………………………. and ……………………… do her
eby decl
are
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my sel
f/oursel
ves suret
ies tothe abov e named accused and I /
we
undertake to ensur
et hatt he appl
icantattends courtev ery month
beginning……………….asdi r
ect
edbycour t
.Incaseofhis/herdefaul
tther
ein,
I
/ we,herebybindmy sel
f/our
sel
veseacht oforfei
ttotheSov erei
gnState
thesum ofShi l
li
ngs………………………. ..
.(NotCash)

Dat
edt
his……………dayof………………………………….20…….

st nd
1 Sur
ety 2 Sur
ety
Name:………………………. Name:……………………………
Addr
ess……………………… Addr
ess………………………….
Nat
ional
Ident
if
icat
ionNo(
NIN) Nat
ional
Ident
if
icat
ionNo(
NIN)
………………………………… ……………………………….
.….

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REGISTRAR/MAGI STRATE

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 SCHEDULE2
Par
agr
aph25(
2)

APPLI
CATI
ONFORBAI
LREFUND

Dat
e:_
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__
Nameofappl
i
cant
:__
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___
CaseNumber
:__
___
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___
Par
ti
esi
nthecase:
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__
Cour
t:_
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___
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___
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__
Bai
lamount
:__
___
___
___
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___
___
___
___
___
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___
__
Pay
mentRegi
str
ati
onNumber(
PRN)
:__
___
___
___
___
___
___
___
___
___
___
Gov
ernmentofUgandaGener
alRecei
ptNumber
:__
___
___
___
___
___
___
___

Pr
efer
redmodeofpay
ment(
Tickone)
BankAccount
Mobi
l
eMoney

Det
ail
sofbankaccountt
owhi
cht
her
efundshoul
dbet
ransf
err
ed:
Nameofbankwher
eaccounti
shel
d:_
___
___
___
___
___
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___
__
Bankbr
anch:
___
___
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_
Accountname:
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___
AccountNumber
:__
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__
Si
gnat
ureofCl
aimant
:__
___
___
___
___
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___
___
___
___
___
___
___
___
_

Detai
lsofMobi
leMoneyAccountr
egi
ster
edi
nthenameoft
he
cl
aimant
Tel
ephoneNumber
:…………………………………………
Regi
ster
edName………………………………………………

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FOROFFI
CIALPURPOSES
Ver
if
iedby
: Appr
ovedby
:

…………………………. ………………………………..
Cashier Regi
str
ar/
Chi
ef
Magistr
ate/
Magi
str
ate

…………….
.………………………………. .
ALFONSECHIGAMOYOWI NY-DOLLO
ChiefJust
ice

CrossReferences
TheConstituti
onofUganda, 1995
TheAnti
-Cor r
uptionAct ,Act6/2009
TheAnti
-Ter r
ori
sm, 2002,Act14/2002
TheChil
drenAct ,Cap.59
TheCri
mi nalProcedur eCodeAct ,Cap116
TheFir
eAr msAct ,Cap.299
TheMagistrate’
sCour tsAct,
Cap.16
TheTri
alonI ndictment sAct,Cap.23
ThePenal CodeAct , Cap.120

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