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Finance Act

Statute 4 of 1988 Current version · as at 01 July 1987

An Act to provide for the alteration of certain taxes and duties and to amend certain enactments relating thereto and for other matters connected therewith.

Enacted1988
Commenced01 July 1987
Last amended
Point-in-time consolidation · as at 01 July 1987. 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 provide for the alteration of certain taxes and duties and to amend certain enactments relating thereto and for other matters connected therewith.

Jurisdiction
Uganda
Type
Principal Legislation
Status
In force
Language
English

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Uganda

Finance Act

Commenced on 01 July 1987

[This is the version of this document at 01 July 1987.]

An Act to provide for the alteration of certain taxes and duties and to amend certain enactments relating thereto and for other matters connected therewith.

1. Amendment to the East African Excise Management Act

The East African Excise Management Act is amended by substituting for the expression “Commissioner of Customs and Excise” wherever it occurs, the expression “Director General of Customs and Excise”.

2. Amendments to the East African Customs and Transfer Tax Management Act

Management Act.

The East African Customs and Transfer Tax Management Act is amended— (a) in section 114 , by substituting for subsection (1) the following—

“114. (1) Where any goods are liable to duty, then such duty shall constitute a civil debt due to the Government and be charged on the goods in respect of which the duty is payable; and such duty shall be payable by the owner of such goods and may, without prejudice to any other means of recovery, be recovered summarily by legal proceedings brought by the Director General of Customs and Excise.”;

(b)

in section 154 , by substituting for the expression “twenty thousand shillings” occurring at the end of the section, the expression “not exceeding five million shillings or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment”; (c) by substituting for the expression “Commissioner of Customs” wherever it occurs, the expression “Director General of Customs and Excise”.

Original Laws of Uganda consolidation (as at 01 July 1987) — 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.