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Where the defendant is believed to reside in kenya, uganda. Human resource policies and procedures manual for the. This act shall extend to proceedings in the high court and. Procedure in case of nonattendance of one or more of several plaintiffs. The ugandan legal system is based on the english common law system, owing to the fact that uganda was once a protectorate of the british empire. A focus on the practical aspects by anthony conrad k.
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The human resource policies and procedures manual provides guidelines in the management and development of human resource capacity towards the achievement of various national goals and objectives. The defendant is the attorney general of the republic of uganda and is sued in that. An act of parliament to make provision for procedure in civil courts. Suit for immovable property situate within jurisdiction of different courts. The civil procedure act cpa and the civil procedure rules cpr govern the civil proceedings. Civil 2 draft notes on the law and practice relating to affidavits in uganda. Registered marriage affidavits that conform to section 10 of the marriage act. According to the scp rules only a natural person may institute an action in court. This act shall extend to proceedings in the high court and magistrates courts. Pdf civil procedure notes lb206 sijabulisiwe sijae. On ad hoc basis there are various statutes that allows for setting up of.