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Access to Information (Commencement) Instrument

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Jurisdiction
Uganda
Type
Principal Legislation
Status
In force
Language
English

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Uganda

Access to Information (Commencement) Instrument

1. This Instrument may be cited as the Access to Title

Information (Commencement) Instrument, 2006.

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Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “This Instrument may be cited as the Access to Title”.

“Information (Commencement) Instrument, 2006.”
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The power must be exercised by the authorised decision-maker, within the conditions and purpose stated in the section.

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Related provisions

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Amendment notes

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2. The 20th day of April, 2006,

is appointed as the date on Appoint ment of which all provisions of the Access to Information Act, 2005 shall commence come into force. ment date for Act No. 6 of 2005.

DR. JAMES NSABA BUTURO, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.

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“is appointed as the date on Appoint ment of which all provisions of the Access to Information Act, 2005 shall commence come into force. ment date for Act No. 6 of 2005.”
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The provision uses mandatory language; the responsible person or institution should be able to demonstrate compliance.

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  1. is appointed as the date on Appoint ment of which all provisions of the Access to Information Act, 2005 shall commence come into force. ment date for Act No. 6 of 2005.
Judicial interpretation

Express propositions in source-matched passages from judgments citing this section.

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

Related provisions
Access to Information Act
Amendment notes

No section-specific amendment note or instrument-level amendment history appears in this consolidation.

Authority status: legislation is primary authority; judgment weight follows the displayed court level and the ratio caveat. Check version history

Original Laws of Uganda consolidation — public-domain legislation, consolidated by ULII / Laws.Africa (CC BY 4.0). This is a point-in-time text and may not reflect later amendments; confirm against the latest Uganda Gazette before relying on it.