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Administration of Estates (Small Estates) (Special Provisions) Act

Decree 13 of 1972 Current version · as at 31 December 2023

An Act to confer jurisdiction on magistrates courts to grant probate or letters of administration in respect of small estates of deceased persons and for related matters.

Enacted1972
Commenced6 June 1972
Last amended28 July 2023Act 17 of 2023
Point-in-time consolidation · as at 31 December 2023. This page may not reflect amendments made after that date. Confirm the current position against the latest Uganda Gazette before relying on it.

About this Act

An Act to confer jurisdiction on magistrates courts to grant probate or letters of administration in respect of small estates of deceased persons and for related matters.

Jurisdiction
Uganda
Type
Principal Legislation
Status
In force
Language
English

Amendments

1 amending instrument
  1. 28 July 2023 Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 Act 17 of 2023

Full text of the Act

0 parts · 12 sections

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Uganda

Administration of Estates (Small Estates) (Special Provisions) Act

Commenced on 6 June 1972

[This is the version of this document at 31 December 2023.]

An Act to confer jurisdiction on magistrates courts to grant probate or letters of administration in respect of small estates of deceased persons and for related matters.

Application of Act

(1)

This Act shall be read and construed as one with the Succession Act; and where they conflict, this Act shall prevail.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), Part V of the Succession Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the administration of small intestate estates.

(3)

Part XXXI of the Succession Act, which relates to the practice of granting and revoking probate and letters of administration, shall not apply to the administration of small estates.

(4)

Section 5 of the Administrator General's Act shall not apply to an application for letters of administration made under this Act.

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What this section does
Scope rule

This section defines when and how “Application of Act” applies.

“(1) This Act shall be read and construed as one with the Succession Act; and where they conflict, this Act shall prevail.”
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Practical effect

Confirm that the matter and forum fall within this section before applying the Act's remaining provisions.

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. (1) This Act shall be read and construed as one with the Succession Act; and where they conflict, this Act shall prevail.
  2. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), Part V of the Succession Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the administration of small intestate estates.
  3. (3) Part XXXI of the Succession Act, which relates to the practice of granting and revoking probate and letters of administration, shall not apply to the administration of small estates.
  4. (4) Section 5 of the Administrator General's Act shall not apply to an application for letters of administration made under this Act.
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
Section 5 · Application for grant of probate or letters of administration Succession Act
Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires

"currency point" has the value assigned to it in the Schedule to this Act;

"Minister" means the Minister to whom functions under this Act are assigned;

"small estate" means any estate the value of which is specified in section 3(1) .

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What this section does
Definition

This section supplies the definitions or statutory meaning governing “Interpretation”.

“In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires "currency point" has the value assigned to it in the Schedule to this Act;”
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Practical effect

Use this definition when interpreting other provisions that employ the language addressed by “Interpretation”.

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. "Minister" means the Minister to whom functions under this Act are assigned;
  2. "small estate" means any estate the value of which is specified in section 3(1).
Judicial interpretation

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

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Section 2 of the Administration of Estates (Small Estates) (Special Provisions) Act Cap 156 provides the jurisdiction to grant probate and letters of administration in small estates. It provides therein that the Magistrate Grade II, where the total value of the estate does not exceed ten thousand shillings; a Magistrate Grade I, where the total value of the estate exceeds ten thousand shillings but does not exceed fifty thousand shillings; and a Chief Magistrate, where the total value of the estate exceeds fifty thousand shillings but does not exceed one hundred thousand shill
Namutebi v Ssozi and Another (Civil Suit No. 3 of 2018) [2021] UGHCCD 215 (3 December 2021)
[2021] UGHCCD 215 · High Court · 2021-12-03

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Related provisions
Section 3 · Jurisdiction to grant probate or letters of administration of small estates
Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Jurisdiction to grant probate or letters of administration of small estates

(1)

Notwithstanding any provision of the Succession Act or the Administrator General's Act to the contrary, jurisdiction to grant probate or letters of administration in respect of small estates of deceased persons shall be exercised by-

(a)

a magistrate grade I, where the total value of the estate does not exceed one thousand currency points;

(b)

a chief magistrate, where the total value of the estate does not exceed two thousand five hundred currency points.

(2)

Grant of probate or letters of administration shall be made in the prescribed form under the seal of the court, and the grant shall have effect over all the property of the deceased, movable and immovable, in all parts of Uganda and shall be conclusive evidence as to the representative title against all debtors of the deceased and all persons holding property which belongs to the deceased.

(3)

No grant shall be made by a magistrate's court-

(a)

in any case in which there is contention until the contention is disposed of;

(b)

in respect of an estate of a deceased person who at the time of his or her death had no fixed place of abode within the jurisdiction of the court.

(4)

The grant of probate or letters of administration may be revoked, altered or annulled for just cause, and any errors appearing in the grant of probate or letters of administration may be rectified by the court.

(5)

A grant of probate or letters of administration shall be revoked or annulled for want of jurisdiction if during the administration of the estate it is subsequently discovered that the total value of the estate is greater than the total value of the estate declared in an application for the grant unless the court is satisfied that the interests of the beneficiaries are thereby prejudiced.

(6)

The Minister may, by statutory order, amend the jurisdiction of magistrates courts under subsection (1).

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What this section does
Jurisdictional rule

This section establishes the jurisdictional rule for “Jurisdiction to grant probate or letters of administration of small estates”.

“(1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Succession Act or the Administrator General's Act to the contrary, jurisdiction to grant probate or letters of administration in respect of small estates of deceased persons shall be exercised by-”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

A litigant should establish this jurisdictional basis before asking the court to determine the merits.

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Succession Act or the Administrator General's Act to the contrary, jurisdiction to grant probate or letters of administration in respect of small estates of deceased persons shall be exercised by-
  2. (a) a magistrate grade I, where the total value of the estate does not exceed one thousand currency points;
  3. (b) a chief magistrate, where the total value of the estate does not exceed two thousand five hundred currency points.
  4. (2) Grant of probate or letters of administration shall be made in the prescribed form under the seal of the court, and the grant shall have effect over all the property of the deceased, movable and immovable, in all parts of Uganda and shall be conclusive evidence as to the representative title against all debtors of the deceased and all persons holding property which belongs to the deceased.
  5. (3) No grant shall be made by a magistrate's court-
  6. (a) in any case in which there is contention until the contention is disposed of;
  7. (b) in respect of an estate of a deceased person who at the time of his or her death had no fixed place of abode within the jurisdiction of the court.
  8. (4) The grant of probate or letters of administration may be revoked, altered or annulled for just cause, and any errors appearing in the grant of probate or letters of administration may be rectified by the court.

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

Judicial interpretation

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

0

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
Succession Act
Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Jurisdiction of High Court

Nothing in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction of the High Court to grant probate or letters of administration in respect of estates of persons having no fixed place of abode in Uganda

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What this section does
Jurisdictional rule

This section establishes the jurisdictional rule for “Jurisdiction of High Court”.

“Nothing in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction of the High Court to grant probate or letters of administration in respect of estates of persons having no fixed place of abode in Uganda”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

A litigant should establish this jurisdictional basis before asking the court to determine the merits.

Deterministic editorial synthesis — not a substitute for the statutory text Editorial synthesis approved
Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. Nothing in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction of the High Court to grant probate or letters of administration in respect of estates of persons having no fixed place of abode in Uganda
Judicial interpretation

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

0

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

No express internal or cross-Act reference appears in this section.

Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Application for grant of probate or letters of administration

An application for the grant of probate or letters of administration shall be made in the prescribed form and shall contain such matters as may be prescribed

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What this section does
Scope rule

This section defines when and how “Application for grant of probate or letters of administration” applies.

“An application for the grant of probate or letters of administration shall be made in the prescribed form and shall contain such matters as may be prescribed”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

Confirm that the matter and forum fall within this section before applying the Act's remaining provisions.

Deterministic editorial synthesis — not a substitute for the statutory text Editorial synthesis approved
Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. An application for the grant of probate or letters of administration shall be made in the prescribed form and shall contain such matters as may be prescribed
Judicial interpretation

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

1

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

Related provisions

No express internal or cross-Act reference appears in this section.

Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Grantee of probate or administration alone to sue

After any grant of probate has or letters of administration have been made no person other than the holder of the grant may sue or otherwise act as representative of the deceased, until the grant is revoked

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What this section does
Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Grantee of probate or administration alone to sue”.

“After any grant of probate has or letters of administration have been made no person other than the holder of the grant may sue or otherwise act as representative of the deceased, until the grant is revoked”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

The power must be exercised by the authorised decision-maker, within the conditions and purpose stated in the section.

Deterministic editorial synthesis — not a substitute for the statutory text Editorial synthesis approved
Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. After any grant of probate has or letters of administration have been made no person other than the holder of the grant may sue or otherwise act as representative of the deceased, until the grant is revoked
Judicial interpretation

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

0

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

No express internal or cross-Act reference appears in this section.

Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Effect of payment to executor or administrator

Where any probate is or letters of administration are revoked, all payments bona fide made to any executor or administrator under the probate or administration before its revocation shall, notwithstanding the revocation, be a legal discharge to the person making the payments; and an executor or administrator who has acted under the revoked probate or administration may retain and reimburse himself or herself in respect of any payments made by him or her, which the person to whom probate or letters of administration shall be afterwards granted might have lawfully made

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What this section does
Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Effect of payment to executor or administrator”.

“Where any probate is or letters of administration are revoked, all payments bona fide made to any executor or administrator under the probate or administration before its revocation shall, notwithstanding the revocation, be a legal discharge to the person making the payments; and an executor or administrator who has acted under the revoked probate or administration may retain and reimburse himself or herself in respect of any payments made by him or her, which the person to whom probate or letters of…”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

The power must be exercised by the authorised decision-maker, within the conditions and purpose stated in the section.

Deterministic editorial synthesis — not a substitute for the statutory text Editorial synthesis approved
Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. Where any probate is or letters of administration are revoked, all payments bona fide made to any executor or administrator under the probate or administration before its revocation shall, notwithstanding the revocation, be a legal discharge to the person making the payments; and an executor or administrator who has acted under the revoked probate or administration may retain and reimburse himself or herself in respect of any payments made by him or her, which the person to whom probate or letters of administration shall be afterwards granted might have lawfully made
Judicial interpretation

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

0

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

No express internal or cross-Act reference appears in this section.

Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Appeals

An appeal shall lie (a) from any order or decision of a magistrate's court presided over by a chief magistrate or a magistrate grade I in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, to the High Court;

(b)

from any order or decision made in appeal by a chief magistrate to the High Court.

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What this section does
Jurisdictional rule

This section establishes the jurisdictional rule for “Appeals”.

“An appeal shall lie (a) from any order or decision of a magistrate's court presided over by a chief magistrate or a magistrate grade I in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, to the High Court;”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

A litigant should establish this jurisdictional basis before asking the court to determine the merits.

Deterministic editorial synthesis — not a substitute for the statutory text Editorial synthesis approved
Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. (b) from any order or decision made in appeal by a chief magistrate to the High Court.
Judicial interpretation

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

1

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

Related provisions

No express internal or cross-Act reference appears in this section.

Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Appeals to Court of Appeal

An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from any order or decision made in appeal by the High Court on any of the following grounds, namely that (a) the order or decision is contrary to law or usage having the force of law;

(b)

the order or decision has failed to determine some material point of law or usage having the force of law; or

(c)

a substantial error in the procedure has occurred which may have produced error or defect in the decision of the case upon merits.

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What this section does
Procedural rule

This section establishes the governing procedure for “Appeals to Court of Appeal”.

“An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from any order or decision made in appeal by the High Court on any of the following grounds, namely that (a) the order or decision is contrary to law or usage having the force of law;”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

A litigant should address this rule at the procedural stage named in the section and preserve evidence of compliance.

Deterministic editorial synthesis — not a substitute for the statutory text Editorial synthesis approved
Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. (b) the order or decision has failed to determine some material point of law or usage having the force of law; or
  2. (c) a substantial error in the procedure has occurred which may have produced error or defect in the decision of the case upon merits.
Judicial interpretation

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

0

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

No express internal or cross-Act reference appears in this section.

Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Probate rules

The Minister may, in consultation with the Chief Justice, make rules (a) for regulating the practice and procedure of the magistrates courts in probate business;

(b)

prescribing the fees and costs payable on and incidental to probate business;

(c)

prescribing the forms to be used in probate business; and

(d)

prescribing anything required to be prescribed under this Act.

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What this section does
Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Probate rules”.

“The Minister may, in consultation with the Chief Justice, make rules (a) for regulating the practice and procedure of the magistrates courts in probate business;”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

The power must be exercised by the authorised decision-maker, within the conditions and purpose stated in the section.

Deterministic editorial synthesis — not a substitute for the statutory text Editorial synthesis approved
Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. (b) prescribing the fees and costs payable on and incidental to probate business;
  2. (c) prescribing the forms to be used in probate business; and
  3. (d) prescribing anything required to be prescribed under this Act.
Judicial interpretation

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

0

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

No express internal or cross-Act reference appears in this section.

Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Punishment for false averment in petition or declaration

If any person makes in his or her application or declaration which is required to be made or verified under this Act any averment which he or she knows or believes to be false, he or she commits an offence and is liable to the penalties provided by the law for the time being in force for the punishment of the offence of giving or fabricating false evidence

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What this section does
Offence or consequence

This section creates or governs statutory liability concerning “Punishment for false averment in petition or declaration”.

“If any person makes in his or her application or declaration which is required to be made or verified under this Act any averment which he or she knows or believes to be false, he or she commits an offence and is liable to the penalties provided by the law for the time being in force for the punishment of the offence of giving or fabricating false evidence”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

A party alleging or defending liability should test the facts and prescribed consequence against each operative requirement.

Deterministic editorial synthesis — not a substitute for the statutory text Editorial synthesis approved
Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. If any person makes in his or her application or declaration which is required to be made or verified under this Act any averment which he or she knows or believes to be false, he or she commits an offence and is liable to the penalties provided by the law for the time being in force for the punishment of the offence of giving or fabricating false evidence
Judicial interpretation

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

0

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

No express internal or cross-Act reference appears in this section.

Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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

Administrator General not precluded from grant

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to preclude (a) the Administrator General from applying to the court for letters of administration;

(b)

the court from granting letters of administration to the Administrator General, in any case where the court is empowered under this or any other part of this Act to grant letters of administration to any person other than an executor appointed under the will of the testator.

Schedule (Section 2 )

Currency point A currency point is equivalent to twenty thousand shillings

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What this section does
Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Administrator General not precluded from grant”.

“Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to preclude (a) the Administrator General from applying to the court for letters of administration;”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

The provision uses mandatory language; the responsible person or institution should be able to demonstrate compliance.

Deterministic editorial synthesis — not a substitute for the statutory text Editorial synthesis approved
Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. (b) the court from granting letters of administration to the Administrator General, in any case where the court is empowered under this or any other part of this Act to grant letters of administration to any person other than an executor appointed under the will of the testator.
Judicial interpretation

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

0

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
Section 2 · Interpretation
Amendment notes

No section-specific note is recorded. Act-level consolidation history:

  • [Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

Act-level history only · Do not infer that every amendment changed this section

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 (as at 31 December 2023) — 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.