Chapter 7
OFFENCES AFFECTING RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN STATES AND EXTERNAL TRANQUILLITY.
53. Defamation of foreign princes.
Any person who, without such justification or excuse as would be sufficient in the case of the defamation of a private person, publishes anything intended to be read, or any sign or visible representation, tending to degrade, revile or expose to hatred or contempt any foreign prince, potentate, ambassador or other foreign dignitary with intent to disturb peace and friendship between Uganda and the country to which such prince, potentate, ambassador or dignitary belongs, commits a misdemeanour.
54. Foreign enlistment.
Any person commits a misdemeanour who does any of the following acts without the licence of the President—
(a) who prepares or fits out any naval or military expedition to proceed against the dominions of any friendly State, or is engaged in such preparation or fitting-out, or assists in it, or is employed in any capacity in such expedition;
(b) who, being a citizen of Uganda, accepts or agrees to accept any commission or engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign State at war with any friendly State, or whether a citizen of Uganda or not, induces any other person to accept or agree to accept any commission or engagement in the military or naval service of any such foreign State;
(c) who, being a citizen of Uganda, quits or goes on board any vessel with a view of quitting Uganda, with intent to accept any commission or engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign State at war with a friendly State, or, whether a citizen of Uganda or not, induces any other person to quit or to go on board any vessel with a view of quitting Uganda with the like intent;
(d) who, being the master or owner of any vessel, knowingly either takes on board, or engages to take on board or has on board such vessel any illegally enlisted person; or
(e) who, with intent or knowledge, or having reasonable cause to believe that the same will be employed in the military or naval service of any foreign State at war with any friendly State builds, agrees to build, causes to be built, equips, dispatches, or causes or allows to be dispatched, any vessel, or issues or delivers any commission for any vessel; except that a person building, causing to be built, or equipping a vessel in any of the cases aforesaid, in pursuance of a contract made before the commencement of such war as aforesaid, is not liable to any of the penalties specified in this section in respect of such building or equipping if—
(i) upon a proclamation of neutrality being issued by the President, he or she forthwith gives notice to the Minister that he or she is so building, causing to be built, or equipping such vessel, and furnishes such particulars of the contract and of any matters relating to, or done, or to be done under the contract as may be required by the Minister; and
(ii) he or she gives such security, and takes and permits to be taken such other measures, if any, as the Minister may prescribe for ensuring that such vessel shall not be dispatched, delivered or removed without the licence of the President until the termination of such war as aforesaid.
55. Piracy.
Any person who is guilty of piracy or any crime connected with or relating or akin to piracy is liable to be tried and punished according to the law of England for the time being in force