What are the legal safeguards for police custody?

Uganda

Custody with a warrant

The person executing a warrant of arrest shall notify its substance to the person arrested (and if required shall show her/him the warrant). Then she/he shall – without unnecessary delay – bring the person arrested before the court named in the warrant.

Custody without a warrant

Officers in charge of police stations shall report to the nearest magistrate within 24 hours the cases of all persons arrested without warrant within the limits of their respective stations, whether the persons have been admitted to bail or otherwise.

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