Uganda Country Profile - Legal Frameworks

1. Domestic Legislation

• Prevention of Corruption Act, 1970 (Cap. 121);
• Penal Code Act, 1950 (Cap. 120);
• Inspectorate of Government Act, 2002 (Act No. 5 of 2002);
• Leadership Code Act, 2002 (No. 17 of 2002);
• Extradition Act, 1964; and
• Financial Institutions Act, 2004.

2. Bilateral Treaties

No information available.

3. Regional Treaties

• African (AU) Convention on Prevention and Combating Corruption: ratified in October 2004;
• East African Community Treaty: signed on 30 November 1999 and ratified on 7 July 2000.

4. International Treaties

• UNCAC: ratified on 9 September 2004;
• OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: no information available;
• Scheme relating to mutual assistance in criminal matters within the Commonwealth (including amendments made by Law Ministers in April 1990, November 2002 and October 2005);
• The London Scheme for Extradition within the Commonwealth (incorporating the amendments agreed at Kingstown in November 2002);
• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime: ratified in March 2005. This Convention requires member states to criminalize participation in an organised criminal group and the laundering of the proceeds of crime, to criminalise corruption and to adopt measures to combat it, to freeze, confiscate and forfeit assets, to extradite offenders, to render mutual assistance in transnational criminal matters and to foster international cooperation in law enforcement.