or akin to piracy is liable to be tried and punished according to the law of
England for the time being in force.
CHAPTER VIII—UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES, RIOTS AND OTHER OFFENCES
AGAINST PUBLIC TRANQUILLITY.
56.
Unlawful society.
(1) A society means any combination of two or more persons whether
the society is known by any name or not.
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
A society is an unlawful society—
if formed for any of the following purposes or if it encourages or
supports any such purpose—
(i) levying war or encouraging or assisting any person to levy
war on the Government or the inhabitants of any part of
Uganda;
(ii) killing or injuring or inciting to the killing or injuring of
any person;
(iii) destroying or injuring or inciting to the destruction or
injuring of any property;
(iv) subverting or promoting the subversion of the Government
or of its officials;
(v) committing or inciting to acts of violence or intimidation;
(vi) interfering with or resisting or inciting to interference with
or resistance to the administration of the law; or
(vii) disturbing or inciting to the disturbance of peace and order
in any part of Uganda; or
if prior to the 1st October, 1959, it was declared by an order of
the Governor in Council to be a society dangerous to the good
government of Uganda; or
if declared by a statutory order of the Minister to be a society
dangerous to peace and order in Uganda.
(3) Where a society is an unlawful society by virtue of a declaration
by an order of the Minister made under subsection (2)(c) and another society
is formed after such declaration—
(a) having, subject to section 61(5), any of the same office bearers as
the unlawful society;
(b) having a name similar to that of the unlawful society; or
(c) having substantially the same membership as the unlawful
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