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| Attribute | MauritiusReviewed | IndiaReviewed | UgandaReviewed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal family | Mixed French civil law and English common law | Common law with personal-law pluralism | Mixed (common law and customary law) |
| System of government | Parliamentary republic | Federal parliamentary republic | Unitary presidential republic |
| Constitution | Constitution of Mauritius | Constitution of India | Constitution of the Republic of Uganda |
| In force since | 1968 | 1950 | 1995 |
| Capital | Port Louis | New Delhi | Kampala |
| Official languages | English, French, Mauritian Creole | Hindi, English, +22 scheduled languages | English, Swahili, Luganda |
| Currency | Mauritian rupee (MUR) | Indian Rupee (INR) | Ugandan Shilling (UGX) |
| Population | 1,260,000 | 1,441,000,000 | 48,600,000 |
| Division of powers | Unitary, with Rodrigues holding a statutory autonomous status and its own Regional Assembly, and Agalega and St Brandon administered as outer islands. | Parliamentary federalism with subjects distributed across Union, State and Concurrent Lists; judicial review is entrenched, and writ jurisdiction under Articles 32 and 226 is broad. | Presidential system with a Prime Minister, a unicameral Parliament, and a judiciary in which the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal (sitting also as the Constitutional Court) and High Court form the superior courts. |
| How law is made | Bills pass three readings in the National Assembly with committee scrutiny and receive presidential assent. Constitutional amendments require a three-quarters majority, and certain entrenched provisions — including the electoral and 'best loser' arrangements — require both a three-quarters majority and, for some, a referendum. | Bills pass three readings in each House; money bills originate only in the Lok Sabha. Presidential assent follows, and ordinances may be promulgated between sessions. | Bills receive three readings with committee scrutiny; certificates of financial implication are required for money bills. The President assents, returns the bill twice with recommendations, or it becomes law if passed a third time by two-thirds. |
| Legal profession | A three-branch profession unusual in the region: barristers hold rights of audience, attorneys handle procedure and instruct barristers, and notaries deal with conveyancing and authenticated instruments under the civil-law tradition. | A single fused profession of advocates enrolled with State Bar Councils under the Advocates Act 1961, subject to the All India Bar Examination. | Fused; an LLB, the Law Development Centre post-graduate diploma and enrolment admit an advocate. The Uganda Law Society is the professional body. |
A comparison table flattens nuance by design. Where a difference matters to a decision you are making, open both portals and read the section in full — the constitutional detail behind a one-line summary is often the part that governs the outcome.