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Nothing in this Code shall affect—
(a)the liability, trial or punishment of a person for an offence against any other written law in force in Uganda other than this Code;
(b)the liability of a person to be tried or punished for an offence under the provisions of any law in force in Uganda relating to the jurisdiction of Uganda courts in respect of acts done beyond the ordinary jurisdiction of such courts;
(c)the power of any court to punish a person for contempt of such court;
(d)the liability or trial of a person, or the punishment of a person under any sentence passed or to be passed, in respect of any act done or commenced before the commencement of this Code;
(e)any power of the President to grant any pardon or to remit or commute in whole or in part or to respite the execution of any sentence passed or to be passed; or
(f)any of the written laws for the time being in force for the armed forces of Uganda or the police force established in Uganda,
except that if a person does an act which is punishable under this Code and is also punishable under another written law of any of the kinds mentioned in this section, he or she shall not be punished for that act both under that written law and also under this Code.
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