Chapter 24

OFFENCES AGAINST LIBERTY.

239. Definition of kidnapping from Uganda.

Any person who conveys any person beyond the limits of Uganda without the consent of that person or of some person legally authorised to consent on behalf of that person is said to kidnap that person from Uganda.

240. Definition of kidnapping from lawful guardianship.

Any person who takes or entices any minor under fourteen years of age if a male, or under sixteen years of age if a female, or any person of unsound mind, out of the keeping of the lawful guardian of that minor or person of unsound mind, without the consent of the guardian, is said to kidnap the minor or person from lawful guardianship.

241. Definition of abduction.

Any person who by force compels, or by any deceitful means induces, any person to go from any place is said to abduct that person.

242. Punishment for kidnapping.

Any person who kidnaps any person from Uganda or from lawful guardianship commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for ten years.

243. Kidnapping or detaining with intent to murder, etc.

(1) Any person who by force or fraud kidnaps, abducts, takes away or detains any person against his or her will—

(a) with intent that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered;

(b) with knowledge that such person will probably be murdered; or

(c) with intent to procure a ransom or benefit for the liberation of such a person from the danger of being murdered, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to suffer death.

(2) Where a person so kidnapped or detained is thereafter not seen or heard of within a period of six months or more, the accused person shall be presumed to have had the intention and knowledge stipulated in subsection (1)(a) and (b).

244. Kidnapping or abducting with intent to confine person.

Any person who kidnaps or abducts any person with intent to cause that person to be secretly and wrongfully confined commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for ten years.

245. Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous

harm, slavery, etc. Any person who kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be subjected or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being subjected to grievous harm, or slavery, or to the unnatural lust of any person, or knowing it to be likely that such person will be so subjected or disposed of, commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fifteen years.

246. Wrongfully concealing or confining kidnapped or abducted person.

Any person who, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines that person commits a felony and shall be punished in the same manner as if he or she had kidnapped or abducted the person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose, as that with or for which he or she conceals or detains the person in confinement.

247. Kidnapping or abducting child under fourteen years.

Any person who kidnaps or abducts any child under the age of fourteen years with the intention of taking dishonestly any movable property from the person of such child commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for ten years.

248. Wrongful confinement.

Any person who wrongfully confines any other person commits a misdemeanour.

249. Buying, etc. of any person as a slave.

Any person who imports, exports, removes, buys, sells or disposes of any person as a slave, or accepts, receives or detains against his will any person as a slave, commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for ten years.

250. Habitual dealing in slaves.

Any person who habitually imports, exports, removes, buys, sells, traffics or deals in slaves commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fifteen years.

251. Inducing a person to give up himself or herself as a slave.

(1) Any person who induces another person to give up himself or herself as a slave commits a felony and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for ten years.

(2) Any person who attempts or conspires with another person to induce a person to give up himself or herself as a slave or is an accessory thereto commits a felony and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for five years.

252. Unlawful compulsory labour.

Any person who unlawfully compels any person to labour against the will of that person commits a misdemeanour.