Question-Subject: Arrest
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On what grounds and when can someone be arrested (administrative arrest)?
– To keep peace – As preventive action
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On what grounds and when can someone be arrested (judicial arrest)?
In execution of an order of a court or upon reasonable suspicion to have committed an offence
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What is a judicial arrest under Ugandan law?
Act of apprehending a person in response to an alleged commission of an offence
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On what grounds and when can someone be arrested (administrative arrest)?
– In the case of national security – Inciting disobedience of the laws – Disorderly conduct or disruption of institutions
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On what ground and when can someone be arrested (judicial arrest)?
After the commission of an offence and in the presence of strong evidence of guilt