Definition of bail: Originally bail meant security given to court by another person that the accused will attend his trial on the day appointed.

Section 3 of the TIA provides that except as provided by any other written law, all trials before the high court must be with the aid of assessors,

s.1 of the TIA provides that the High court shall have jurisdiction to try any offence under any written law and may pass

It is a fundamental principle of criminal law that an act in order to be criminal must be done with malice or mens rea or with criminal intent. "actus non facit reum,

  Criminal proceedings are the means by which a person who is alleged to have committed an offence is brought to justice. It is the machinery by which

Refers to the enquiry as to whether the defendant's conduct (or omission) caused the harm or damage. Causation must be established in all result crimes.

Money-laundering refers to the illegal process of concealing the origin of money obtained illegally by passing it through complex sequence of banking transfers

Criminal procedure states the rule under which criminal cases are conducted. It involves investigation, prosecution, adjudication and the punishment of the crimes .

Bail was defined in the case of Aliphusadi Matovu Vs Uganda Criminal as, ‘… the release from custody by a court of law of a person accused of a

Arrest refers to the act of apprehending a person in response to an alleged commission of an offence. It is an exercise of the legal authority to deprive a