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However, while Uganda's mandatory death penalty law for murder cases was again held to be unconstitutional, the Supreme Court of Uganda upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty as a whole and declared that hanging was not a cruel and unusual method of execution and was thus still constitutional. [16] [18]
The Penal Code of 1950 states in Section 141, "Attempts to procure abortion": Any person who, with intent to procure the miscarriage of a woman whether she is or is not with child, unlawfully administers to her or causes her to take any poison or other noxious thing, or uses any force of any kind, or uses any other means, commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.
The Sexual Offences Bill, 2019 was a bill in Uganda that consolidated a number of previous laws regarding sexual offences, introduced some provisions toward addressing sexual violence, and criminalised same-sex relationships.
Before the Penal Code Amendment (Gender References) Act 2000 was enacted, only same-sex acts between men were criminalised. In 2000, that Act was passed and changed references to "any male" to "any person" so that grossly indecent acts between women were criminalised as well, and are now punishable by up to seven years imprisonment.
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