133. Administrative functions of the Chief Justice.
(1)
(a)
(b)
The Chief Justice—
shall be the head of the judiciary and shall be responsible for the
administration and supervision of all courts in Uganda; and
may issue orders and directions to the courts necessary for the
proper and efficient administration of justice.
(2) Where the office of the Chief Justice is vacant or where the Chief
Justice is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his or her office,
then until a person has been appointed to and has assumed the functions of
that office or until the Chief Justice has resumed the performance of those
functions, those functions shall be performed by the Deputy Chief Justice.
The Court of Appeal of Uganda.
134. Court of Appeal of Uganda.
(1)
(a)
(b)
The Court of Appeal of Uganda shall consist of—
the Deputy Chief Justice; and
such number of justices of Appeal not being less than seven as
Parliament may by law prescribe.
(2) An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from such decisions of
the High Court as may be prescribed by law.
135. Composition of the Court of Appeal.
(1) The Court of Appeal shall be duly constituted at any sitting if it
consists of an uneven number not being less than three members of the court.
(2) The Deputy Chief Justice shall preside at each sitting of the court
and in the absence of the Deputy Chief Justice, the most senior member of
the court as constituted shall preside.
(3) The Chief Justice, in consultation with the Deputy Chief Justice,
may create divisions of the Court of Appeal as the Chief Justice may consider
necessary—
(a) consisting of such numbers of justices of Appeal as may be
assigned to them by the Chief Justice;
(b) sitting at such places in Uganda as the Chief Justice may, after