Chapter Nineteen
Transitional Provisions.
1.
Existing offices. (Article 269)
(1)
A person holding or acting in an office established by the 1967 Constitution and still
in agreement with the current Constitution, shall be taken to have been appointed in that office
under the new Constitution.
(2)
Any office established before the coming into force of the 1995 Constitution
and which is not in agreement with that Constitution is abolished.
(3)
The terms and conditions of service of a person to whom this article applies after
the coming into force of the 1995 Constitution shall remain as favorable as those prior to the 1995
Constitution and any benefits and length of service shall be deemed to continue under the 1995
Constitution.
(4)
At any time, a law can be made under the Constitution or any other law for the
abolition of the office or removal from office of persons holding or acting in any office and
for requiring persons to retire from office.
2.
Pending matters and proceedings pending before court. (Article 280)
(1)
Unless the President so directs, any matter started before the 1995 Constitution,
by any authority or person with powers to do so under any written or unwritten law which existed
before the coming into force of the 1995 Constitution, shall not be affected by the coming into force
of the 1995 Constitution.
(2)
Legal matters before any court yet to be finalised before the coming into force of
1995 Constitution may be completed after the coming into force of the Constitution.
3.
Prerogative of Mercy. (The right of the President to forgive a convicted person)
(Article 282)
The President may exercise his or her prerogative of mercy in respect of criminal offences committed
before or after the coming into force of the 1995 Constitution.
4.
Transfer of rights and liabilities. (Article 283)
(1)
Any right, prerogative, privilege or functions which under the written and unwritten
law of Uganda that existed immediately before the coming into force of the1995 Constitution vested
in the President shall vest in the President or other person or authority.
(2)
Any right, privilege, obligation, liability, or function vested in or subsisting against
the Government by or under an existing law shall continue to so vest or subsist.
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