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WITCHCRAFT ACT.<\/p>\n
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.<\/b><\/p>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Interpretation. <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Offences and penalties in relation to witchcraft. <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a03.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Imputation of witchcraft. <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a04.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Possession of articles used in witchcraft. <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a05.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Evidence of reputation. <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a06.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Confiscation and destruction of witchcraft implements. <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n CHAPTER 124 Commencement<\/i>: 28 March, 1957.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0An Act to make provision for the prevention of witchcraft and the punishment of persons practising witchcraft.<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Interpretation.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For the purposes of this Act, “witchcraft”<\/b> does not include bona fide<\/i> spirit worship or the bona fide<\/i> manufacture, supply or sale of native medicines.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a>2.<T<\/p>\n {mprestriction ids=”1,2,3″}<\/p>\n B>Offences and penalties in relation to witchcraft.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(1) Any person who directly or indirectly threatens another with death by witchcraft or by any other supernatural means commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for life.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(2) Any person who directly or indirectly threatens to cause disease or any physical harm to another, or to cause disease or harm to any livestock or harm to any property of whatever sort or another by witchcraft or by any other supernatural means commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(3) Any person who practises witchcraft or who holds himself or herself out as a witch, whether on one or more occasions, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(4) Any person who hires or procures another person to practise witchcraft or who for evil purposes consults or consorts with another who practises witchcraft or holds himself or herself out as a witch commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Imputation of witchcraft.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Any person who, other than to a person in authority, imputes the use of witchcraft to another, if any harm results to that other as a result of the imputation, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Possession of articles used in witchcraft.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(1) Any person, other than a person in authority acting in the course of his or her duty, in whose possession or control any article used in practising witchcraft is found, other than bona fide<\/i> for scientific purposes or as a curio, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(2) In any prosecution under this section the prosecution shall be required to show that the article found is by common repute or belief an article which is used for the purposes of witchcraft, but shall not be required to show the particular purpose or significance of the article.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n
WITCHCRAFT ACT.<\/p>\n
| \n History<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Legislation<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Number<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Commissioners’ note:<\/b> The Supreme Court of Uganda held, in Attorney General vs. Salvatori Abuki and Richard Obuga, that former section 7 of the Act, which dealt with exclusion orders, was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n {\/mprestriction}<\/p>\n \u00a0 WITCHCRAFT ACT. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Section \u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Interpretation. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Offences and penalties in relation to witchcraft. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a03.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Imputation of witchcraft. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a04.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Possession of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2657],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-repealed-acts"],"yoast_head":"\n |