Uganda (Amendment) Order in Council, 1958
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1958/1516 |
| Year | 1958 |
1958 No. 1516
The Uganda (Amendment) Order in Council, 195811thSeptember 1958
17thSeptember 1958
27thSeptember 1958
At the Court at Balmoral, the 11th day of September, 1958
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890(a), or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased,
(a) 53 & 54 Vict. c. 37.
by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation, construction and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Uganda (Amendment) Order in Council, 1958, and shall be construed as one with the Uganda Orders in Council, 1902 to 1955(a).
(2) The Uganda Orders in Council, 1902 to 1955, and this Order may be cited together as the Uganda Orders in Council, 1902 to 1958.
(3) This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Protectorate and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by Proclamation published in the said Gazette, which day shall not be earlier than the day after the day on which this Order shall have been laid before both Houses of Parliament.
Insertion of Article 15A in Uganda Order in Council, 1902
2. The following Article is inserted in the Uganda Order in Council, 1902(b), immediately after Article 15:—
"15A.—(1) A judge of the High Court may be removed from office only for inability to discharge the functions of his office (whether arising from infirmity of body or mind or any other cause) or for misbehaviour, and shall not be removed except in accordance with the next following paragraph.
(2) A judge of the High Court shall be removed from office by the Governor by order under the Public Seal of the Protectorate if the question of the removal of that judge from office has, at the request of the Governor, made in pursuance of the next following paragraph, been referred by Her Majesty to the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty's Privy Council under section 4 of the Judicial Committee Act, 1833(c), or any other enactment enabling Her Majesty in that behalf, and the Judicial Committee has advised Her Majesty that the judge ought to be removed from office for inability as aforesaid or misbehaviour.
(3) If the Governor considers that the question of removing a judge of the High Court from office for inability as aforesaid or misbehaviour ought to be investigated, then
(a) the Governor shall appoint a tribunal, which shall consist of a...
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