Live statuteSupportedUGListed-speech offence
s.9
Anti-Terrorism Act, 2002 (Act 14 of 2002; Cap. 120)
- Target
- Promoting terrorism, or publishing and disseminating news or materials that promote terrorism
- Test
- s.9(1) is establishing, running, or supporting an institution for those purposes (or for training / recruiting / fundraising). s.9(2) is the free-standing limb: publishing or disseminating materials that promote terrorism without establishing such an institution. No requirement that a further terrorist act follow.
- Max
- Liable to suffer death (s.9(1) and s.9(2) as enacted). Act 19 of 2021 removed mandatory death from s.7(1)(a) only; s.9's death maximum remains on the face of the Act
Any person who establishes, runs or supports any institution for— (a) promoting terrorism; (b) publishing and disseminating news or materials that promote terrorism; or (c) training or mobilising any group of persons or recruiting persons for carrying out terrorism or mobilising funds for the purpose of terrorism; commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to suffer death. Any person who, without establishing or running an institution for the purpose, trains any person for carrying out terrorism, publishes or disseminates materials that promote terrorism, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to suffer death.
Official English, Uganda Gazette no. 33 of 7 June 2002, Anti-Terrorism Act 2002 s.9, as hosted by ULII (Judiciary of Uganda). Working English is the official English of the Gazette.
Cite · Anti-Terrorism Act 2002, s.9 · as of 2026-09-05
- Do not collapse s.9 promotion into s.8 support or s.7 the terrorist act. Do not treat the 2026 Computer Misuse strikes as having repealed s.9.
- Promoting terrorism, and publishing materials that promote terrorism, are on the face of s.9. The (2) limb is free-standing — not gated on running an institution.
- The 2026 Constitutional Court speech strikes named in EXTRA_PARTIAL are Computer Misuse Act sections, not this quote.
- s.8 (aiding, abetting, financing, harbouring, or rendering support for the preparation, commission, or instigation of terrorist acts) is a neighbouring support cell, not this quote.