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Amnesty (Amendment) Act

Current version · as at 19 July 2006

An Act to amend the Amnesty Act, Cap 294.

Enacted2006
Commenced19th July, 2006
Last amended—
Point-in-time consolidation · as at 19 July 2006. 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 amend the Amnesty Act, Cap 294.

Jurisdiction
Uganda
Type
Principal Legislation
Status
In force
Language
English

Full text of the Act

0 parts · 2 sections

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Uganda

Amnesty (Amendment) Act

Commenced on 19th July, 2006

[This is the version of this document at 19 July 2006.]

An Act to amend the Amnesty Act, Cap 294.

3. Substitution of section

An Act to amend the Amnesty Act, Cap 294.

DATE OF ASSENT: 24th May, 2006. Date of Commencement: 19th July, 2006.

BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows: This Act may be cited as the Amnesty (Amendment) Act, 2006.

The Amnesty Act is amended by inserting immediately after section 2 , the following new section-

"2A. Persons ineligible for amnesty Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of the Act a person shall not be eligible for grant of amnesty if he or she is declared not eligible by the Minister by statutory instrument made with the approval of Parliament."

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What this section does
Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Substitution of section”.

“An Act to amend the Amnesty Act, Cap 294.”
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Practical effect

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

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Elements or requirements

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  1. DATE OF ASSENT: 24th May, 2006. Date of Commencement: 19th July, 2006.
  2. BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows: This Act may be cited as the Amnesty (Amendment) Act, 2006.
  3. "2A. Persons ineligible for amnesty Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of the Act a person shall not be eligible for grant of amnesty if he or she is declared not eligible by the Minister by statutory instrument made with the approval of Parliament."
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
Amnesty Act
Amendment notes

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

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3. Insertion of section 16 The Amnesty

Act is amended by replacing section 16 with the following "16. Duration (1) This Act will remain in force for a period of two years from the date of coming into force of this Act.

(2)

The Minister may, by statutory instrument, extend the period referred to in subsection (1).

(3)

The Minister may, by statutory instrument, declare the lapse of the operation of Part II of this Act."

Original Laws of Uganda consolidation (as at 19 July 2006) — 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.