{"id":393,"date":"1951-09-13T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T06:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legal.indiafin.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2026-02-23T06:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T06:03:56","slug":"habitual-criminals-preventive-detention-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legal.indiafin.com\/index.php\/1951\/09\/13\/habitual-criminals-preventive-detention-act\/","title":{"rendered":"HABITUAL CRIMINALS (PREVENTIVE DETENTION) ACT."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"title\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Level-Centeredblue\">\n<p>HABITUAL CRIMINALS (PREVENTIVE DETENTION) ACT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ListingCentered\"><b>ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Section<\/p>\n<p class=\"ListingRI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#Ch118s1\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Court may impose sentence of preventive detention on certain persons. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ListingRI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#Ch118s2\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Imprisonment in certain cases may be commuted to preventive detention. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ListingRI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#Ch118s3\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Commencement of preventive detention. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ListingRI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#Ch118s4\">4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Establishment of special prisons or prison camps. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ListingRI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#Ch118s5\">5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0President to review sentences. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ListingRI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#Ch118s6\">6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Discharge of person undergoing sentence of preventive detention. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ListingRI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#Ch118s7\">7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rules. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"centerNote\">CHAPTER 118<br \/>HABITUAL CRIMINALS (PREVENTIVE DETENTION) ACT.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><i>Commencement<\/i>: 13 September, 1951.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<b>An Act to make provision for the introduction in Uganda of preventive detention for habitual criminals.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"L8\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Level-Iblue\"><a name=\"Ch118s1\"><\/a>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Court may impose sentence of preventive detention on certain persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(1) When a person who in the opinion of the court is not less than 30 years of age\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>a<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0is convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term of two years or more; and<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>b<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0has been convicted on at least three previous occasions since reaching, in the opinion of the court, the age of 16 years, of offences punishable with such a sentence, and was on at least two of those occasions sentenced to imprisonment,<\/p>\n<p>then, if the court is satisfied that it is expedient for the protection of the public that the person should be detained in custody for a substantial time, the court may pass on the person, in addition to or <i>in lieu <\/i>of any other sentence, a sentence of preventive detention for such term of not less than five nor more than 14 years as the court may determine; but where a sentence of preventive detention is passed in addition to any other sentence, the total term of preventive detention and imprisonment shall not exceed 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(2) No person shall be sentenced to preventive detention unless\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>a<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the Director of Public Prosecutions either in person or in writing asks that such a sentence be imposed; but no such request shall be deemed to fetter the discretion of the<\/p>\n<p>{mprestriction ids=&#8221;1,2,3&#8243;}<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">court as to whether or not such a sentence should be imposed; and<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>b<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0at least three days&#8217; notice in writing has been given to the offender that it is intended to prove his or her previous convictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(3) Without prejudice to any right of the offender to tender evidence as to his or her character and repute, evidence of character and repute may, if the court thinks fit, be admitted as evidence on the question whether it is expedient for the protection of the public that he or she should be detained in custody for a substantial time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"L8\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Level-Iblue\"><a name=\"Ch118s2\"><\/a>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Imprisonment in certain cases may be commuted to preventive <b>detention.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When a person has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years or upwards and he or she appears to the President to have been a habitual criminal, the President may, at any time after two years of the term of imprisonment have expired, commute the whole or any part of the residue of the sentence to a sentence of preventive detention, so, however, that the total term of the sentence when so commuted shall not exceed the term of imprisonment originally awarded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"L8\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Level-Iblue\"><a name=\"Ch118s3\"><\/a>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Commencement of preventive detention.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A sentence of preventive detention passed in addition to a term of imprisonment shall take effect immediately on the determination of the sentence of imprisonment, whether that sentence is determined by effluxion of time or by order of the President.<\/p>\n<p class=\"L8\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Level-Iblue\"><a name=\"Ch118s4\"><\/a>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Establishment of special prisons or prison camps.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(1) The President may establish special prisons or prison camps for persons undergoing sentences of preventive detention, and all such persons shall normally be detained in them and shall be employed at such work as the Commissioner of Prisons shall determine; but\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>a<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the court, at the time of passing a sentence on a person of preventive detention, or the President, at any time, may, if of the opinion that the offender is not a suitable person to live in a special prison or camp, order that offender to be confined during his or her term of detention in a prison established under the Prisons Act, in which case he or she shall be treated as a prisoner undergoing imprisonment; and<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>b<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0any person who escapes from a special prison or camp while undergoing a sentence of preventive detention shall, when recaptured, serve, in a prison established under the Prisons Act, such part or the whole of the remainder of his or her sentence undergoing such term of imprisonment as the President may determine.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(2) All the provisions of the Prisons Act which relate to\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>a<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the admission, control, release and discharge of prisoners;<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>b<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0offences by and in relation to prisoners;<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>c<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0visits to and communications with prisoners;<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>d<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0prison ministers and visiting justices; and<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>e<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the disposal of deceased prisoners&#8217; estates,<\/p>\n<p>shall apply to such special prisons and prison camps and the persons detained in it; but the commissioner shall be entitled, at his or her discretion, to relax the provisions of any rules made under that Act relating to visits to and communications with prisoners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"L8\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Level-Iblue\"><a name=\"Ch118s5\"><\/a>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0President to review sentences.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(1) The President\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>a<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0may, at any time, whether on the application of the Commissioner of Prisons or otherwise; and<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>b<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0shall once at least in every two years,<\/p>\n<p>during which a person is detained in custody under a sentence of preventive detention, take into consideration the condition, history and circumstances of that person with a view to determining whether he or she shall be placed out on licence, and, if so, on what conditions; and in coming to any conclusion the President may seek the advice of any person or body of persons whom he or she is of the opinion may be of assistance to him or her.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(2) The President may at any time discharge on licence a person undergoing preventive detention if satisfied there is reasonable probability that the person will abstain from crime and live a useful and industrious life or that the person is no longer capable of engaging in crime, or that for any other reason it is desirable to release him or her from confinement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(3) A person so discharged on licence may be discharged subject to such conditions as may be deemed appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(4) The Commissioner of Prisons shall report periodically to the President on the conduct of persons undergoing preventive detention, and their past history and probable behaviour on release.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(5) A licence under this section shall be substantially in the same form as a licence under section 48 of the Prisons Act, due regard being had to any conditions imposed under subsection (3) of this section.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(6) Section 48(4) to (10) of the Prisons Act shall apply to licences issued under this section with the following modifications\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>a<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0for any reference to the Commissioner of Prisons occurring in those subsections there shall be substituted a reference to the President; and<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>b<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0section 48(5) of that Act shall have effect as if the following were added at the end of it\u2014<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;and during the unexpired portion the person may be treated as a prisoner undergoing imprisonment or preventive detention for such period or periods as the President may determine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"L8\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Level-Iblue\"><a name=\"Ch118s6\"><\/a>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Discharge of person undergoing sentence of preventive detention.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Notwithstanding section 5, the President may at any time discharge absolutely any person sentenced to preventive detention whether that person has been released on licence or is still in confinement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"L8\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Level-Iblue\"><a name=\"Ch118s7\"><\/a>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(1) All rules made under the Prisons Act where the same are applicable shall apply, unless other provision is made under this Act, to persons undergoing sentence of preventive detention and to special prisons and prison camps established under section 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(2) The President may make rules under this Act for any of the following purposes in respect of such persons and places\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>a<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the safe custody, management, organisation, hours, mode and kind of labour and employment, clothing, maintenance, instruction, discipline, treatment, restraint, correction and discharge of prisoners;<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>b<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the provision of a suitable diet and dietary scale for prisoners according to their age, state of health and kind of punishment being suffered; and prescribing conditions under which such diet and scale may be varied;<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>c<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the construction, description, equipment and supervision of cells and wards;<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>d<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the selection and terms of appointment of convict leaders;<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(<i>e<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0anything which by this Act may, or is to be prescribed, and generally for the effective administration of the Act, or any amendments to it, for the good management and government of special prisons and prison camps established under section 4 and the prisoners in them whether in, about or beyond the limits of the special prisons or camps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TI\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<table class=\"tableborder\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"font-size: 12px\">\n<td class=\"tableborder\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p class=\"centerNote\"><b><i>History<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-size: 12px\">\n<td class=\"tableborder\">\n<p class=\"centerNote\"><i>Legislation<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"tableborder\">\n<p class=\"centerNote\">Number<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-size: 12px\">\n<td class=\"tableborder\">Cap.<\/td>\n<td class=\"tableborder\">112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"CenteredBold\">Cross Reference<\/p>\n<p>Prisons Act, Cap. 304.<\/p>\n<p>{\/mprestriction}<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 HABITUAL CRIMINALS (PREVENTIVE DETENTION) ACT. 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