@article{2016:emmanuel:enforcemen,
title = {Enforcement of civil judgements – responsible law enforcement authorities, procedural obstacles and current issues in Uganda},
year = {2016},
note = {This paper gives an over view of the Execution process in Uganda.
Execution is provided by law as a means to realise the fruits of
judgment. The Civil Procedure Act and Rules made therein provide a
seemingly well structured manner of executing any matters but this is
marred by the legal gymnastics that fall in play hence causing
unnecessary delays.There are various actors in the process of
execution of which may not be ignored by parties to an execution. The
court which passes the decree or the court to which a decree is sent
for execution plays a critical mandate in helping a successful
litigant. The Advocates play the role of choosing the mode of
execution, the attachable property and giving a helping hand to the
bailiff in the process. The Bailiff whom the law demands should be one
registered for that purpose is the foot soldier that carries out the
actual execution. The Bailiff is assisted by the Police, Local Council
authorities and the prisons authorities who hold the judgment debtor
in custody. The principle judge of late has advised that courts should
stop sending the judgment debtors to prisons in order to decongest
them but again this destroys the very purpose of arrest and detention
which is to scare the judgment debtor into paying the said sums of
money demanded by warrant.},
journal = {KAS African Law Study Library},
pages = {392--404},
author = {Emmanuel, Elau},
volume = {3},
number = {3}
}