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(1)There shall be established a police disciplinary court at every police unit.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), there shall be established police disciplinary courts, whenever a breach of the Code occurs at any place and time within the jurisdiction of the following police units'
(a)Force headquarters, which shall also serve as a disciplinary court for any police officer, and for every person subject to the Code, for any disciplinary offence committed anywhere in Uganda;
(b)regional or extra-regional police headquarters;
(c)district or division headquarters;
(d)police stations; and
(e)police posts or police detachments.
(3)A police disciplinary court established under subsection (1) shallÂ'
(a)hear and determine any disciplinary matter involving a person subject to the Code;
(b)have powers to award any punishment authorised by or under this Act.
(4)A senior police officer or an officer in charge of a police unit or establishment shall have power to institute disciplinary proceedings against any officer under his or her command who commits a disciplinary offence.
(5)A presiding officer senior in rank to the officer in charge shall be appointed in accordance with this Act to hear and determine the disciplinary case in accordance with the rules of procedure governing the disciplinary trials as the Inspector General may prescribe in the police standing orders.
(6)In the performance of his or her duties under subsection (3), a member of a police disciplinary court shall enjoy the same immunity and privileges as enjoyed by a magistrate.
(7)Nothing in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction of any ordinary civil court to try a person for an offence triable by a police disciplinary court.
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