(4) Any person who complies with subsection (1), or who is convicted of an offence under that subsection, shall not be liable to be convicted for having imported or having in his or her possession the same publication or extract from it. 37. Publication of information prejudicial to security. (1) A person who publishes or causes to be published in a book, newspaper, magazine, article or any other printed matter, information regarding military operations, strategies, troop location or movement, location of military supplies or equipment of the armed forces or of the enemy, which publication is likely to— (a) endanger the safety of any military installations, equipment or supplies or of the members of the armed forces of Uganda; (b) assist the enemy in its operations; or (c) disrupt public order and security, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years. (2) For the purposes of this section, “enemy” includes a person or group of persons engaged in waging war or war-like activities against the Republic of Uganda. (3) A person shall not be prosecuted for an offence under this section without the written consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions. 38. Power to examine packages. (1) Any of the following officers— (a) any police officer not below the rank of inspector; (b) any other officer authorised in that behalf by the Minister, may detain, open and examine any package or article which he or she suspects to contain any publication or extract from a publication which it is an offence under section 35 to import, publish, sell, offer for sale, distribute, reproduce or possess and during such examination may detain any person importing, distributing or posting such package or article or in whose possession such package or article is found. (2) If any such publication or extract from it is found in such package or article, the whole package or article may be impounded and retained by the officer; and the person importing, distributing or posting it or in whose

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