What is an Express Penalty Scheme ticket in Uganda?
Pending verification: The current EPS penalty amounts per offence. Treat the flagged points as provisional and confirm them before relying on them.
In brief
The Express Penalty Scheme is set up by regulations under the Traffic and Road Safety Act, letting traffic officers issue a fixed penalty for prescribed minor offences (EPS Regulations 2024). Paying the EPS resolves the matter without a court case. If you believe the ticket is wrong, you can decline to pay the EPS and have the matter taken to court instead, where you can contest it.
A little more detail
Unpaid EPS tickets can accumulate and block services like vehicle transactions, so deal with a ticket promptly — pay it or formally dispute it.
What to do next
See the road-accident checklist for what to do after a crash, and the vehicle-transfer checklist for ownership changes.
The law
- Traffic and Road Safety Act, Cap. 361 (2023 Revision) — s.33.
- Traffic and Road Safety (Express Penalty Scheme) Regulations, 2024.
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Last reviewed 9 June 2026; next review due 9 June 2027.
This resource is a practitioner orientation and general information, not legal advice, and does not create an advocate–client relationship. It is AI-generated. Ugandan law changes and chapter and section numbers were revised in the 2023 Laws of Uganda. Verify every statute, rule, form, fee and authority against the current primary source — and the specific facts of your matter — before relying on it.