commit crimes.

To safeguard conduct that is without fault from condemnation as criminal.

To give a fair warning of the nature of the conduct declared to an offence.
To differentiate on reasonable grounds between serious and minor offences.
4. Which of the following is a source of criminal law in Uganda?
a) Constitution b) judicial decisions c) penal code act d) (a) and (c)
5. Mention four (4) elements of criminal Law
Politicality Article 79 of the Constitution of the republic of Uganda
Specificity Shaw Vs D.P.P (1961)2 AllER
Uniformity
Penal sanctions
6. State three (3) differences between criminal law and civil law
7. Politicality as an element of criminal law includes rules and regulations of trade
unions,
judicial opinion in a criminal case. TRUE or FALSE.
8. Differentiate between legal burden of proof and evidential burden of proof in a
criminal case.
Legal burden of proof refers to the decree of proofing a case and it is always on the
prosecution
in criminal matters to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt while evidential burden of
prove