The Supreme Court of Uganda. 130. Supreme Court of Uganda. The Supreme Court shall consist of— (a) the Chief Justice; and (b) such number of justices of the Supreme Court, not being less than six, as Parliament may by law prescribe. 131. Composition of the Supreme Court. (1) The Supreme Court shall be duly constituted at any sitting if it consists of an uneven number not being less than five members of the court. (2) When hearing appeals from decisions of the Court of Appeal sitting as a constitutional court, the Supreme Court shall consist of a full bench of all members of the Supreme Court; and where any of them is not able to attend, the President shall, for that purpose, appoint an acting justice under article 142(2) of this Constitution. (3) The Chief Justice shall preside at each sitting of the Supreme Court, and in the absence of the Chief Justice, the most senior member of the court as constituted shall preside. 132. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. (1) The Supreme Court shall be the final court of appeal. (2) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from such decisions of the Court of Appeal as may be prescribed by law. (3) Any party aggrieved by a decision of the Court of Appeal sitting as a constitutional court is entitled to appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision; and accordingly, an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court under clause (2) of this article. (4) The Supreme Court may, while treating its own previous decisions as normally binding, depart from a previous decision when it appears to it right to do so; and all other courts shall be bound to follow the decisions of the Supreme Court on questions of law.

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