The Supreme Court of Uganda.
130. Supreme Court of Uganda.
The Supreme Court shall consist of—
(a) the Chief Justice; and
(b) such number of justices of the Supreme Court, not being less than
six, as Parliament may by law prescribe.
131. Composition of the Supreme Court.
(1) The Supreme Court shall be duly constituted at any sitting if it
consists of an uneven number not being less than five members of the court.
(2) When hearing appeals from decisions of the Court of Appeal
sitting as a constitutional court, the Supreme Court shall consist of a full
bench of all members of the Supreme Court; and where any of them is not
able to attend, the President shall, for that purpose, appoint an acting justice
under article 142(2) of this Constitution.
(3) The Chief Justice shall preside at each sitting of the Supreme
Court, and in the absence of the Chief Justice, the most senior member of the
court as constituted shall preside.
132. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
(1)
The Supreme Court shall be the final court of appeal.
(2) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from such decisions of
the Court of Appeal as may be prescribed by law.
(3) Any party aggrieved by a decision of the Court of Appeal sitting
as a constitutional court is entitled to appeal to the Supreme Court against the
decision; and accordingly, an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court under
clause (2) of this article.
(4) The Supreme Court may, while treating its own previous
decisions as normally binding, depart from a previous decision when it
appears to it right to do so; and all other courts shall be bound to follow the
decisions of the Supreme Court on questions of law.