Interpretation Act

Application of Act

(1)

Subject to this section, this Act shall apply-

(a)

for the construction and interpretation of, and otherwise in relation to, all Acts of Parliament, including this Act and Acts enacted before the commencement of this Act;

(b)

for the construction and interpretation of statutory instruments and specified instruments, including instruments made before the commencement of this Act; and

(c)

in all other cases where its provisions are relevant and capable of being applied.

(2)

Where-

(a)

it is expressly provided that this Act or any provision of it shall not apply; or

(b)

there is something in the subject or context inconsistent with the application of this Act or any provision of it, this Act or that provision of it, as the case may be, shall not apply.

(3)

This Act shall not apply for the construction or interpretation of the constitutional instruments or an applied law.

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What this section does

Scope rule

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

“(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall apply-”

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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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Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall apply-
(a) for the construction and interpretation of, and otherwise in relation to, all Acts of Parliament, including this Act and Acts enacted before the commencement of this Act;
(b) for the construction and interpretation of statutory instruments and specified instruments, including instruments made before the commencement of this Act; and
(c) in all other cases where its provisions are relevant and capable of being applied.
(2) Where-
(a) it is expressly provided that this Act or any provision of it shall not apply; or
(b) there is something in the subject or context inconsistent with the application of this Act or any provision of it, this Act or that provision of it, as the case may be, shall not apply.
(3) This Act shall not apply for the construction or interpretation of the constitutional instruments or an applied law.

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

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Definitions

The following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereafter assigned to them respectively "Act" or "Act of Parliament" used with reference to legislation means a law made by Parliament;

"act" used with reference to an offence or civil wrong includes a series of acts, and words which refer to acts done extend to illegal omissions;

"administrative officer" means a resident district commissioner and any public officer or class of public officers declared by the Minister by statutory order to be an administrative officer or administrative officers;

"advocate" means a person entitled to practise as such in Uganda under the law for the time being in force;

"aircraft" includes every description of craft used in aerial navigation;

"amend" includes repeal, revoke, rescind, cancel, replace, add to or vary and the doing of any two or more of those things simultaneously or in the same written law;

"applied law" means an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or an Order-in-Council or other legislative instrument made thereunder otherwise than by an authority in Uganda (excluding the constitutional instruments), which has effect in Uganda;

"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of Uganda;

"Cabinet" means the Cabinet constituted under Article 111 of the Constitution;

"calendar year" means a period of twelve months ending on 31st December;

"cent" means a cent in the currency of Uganda;

"coin" means any coin legally current in Uganda;

"commencement" used with reference to any Act means the date on which the Act comes into force;

"common law" means the common law of England;

"Common Services Organisation" means the former East African Common Services Organisation;

"Commonwealth" includes any independent country of the Commonwealth and any dependency of that country and the Republic of Ireland;

"Community" means the East African Community established by the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, dated 30th November, 1999;

"Consolidated Fund" means the Consolidated Fund of Uganda;

"Constitution" means the Constitution of Uganda as by law established;

"constitutional instruments" means the Uganda Independence Act, 1962, of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the Constitution;

"contravene" in relation to any requirement or condition prescribed in any Act of Parliament, or in any grant, permit, lease, licence or authority granted by or under any Act includes a failure to comply with that requirement or condition;

"court" means a court of competent jurisdiction in Uganda;

"Court of Appeal" means the Court of Appeal of Uganda established under Article 129 of the Constitution;

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

"Deputy Speaker" means the Deputy Speaker of Parliament;

"district" means a district of Uganda;

"East African Legislative Assembly" means the East African Legislative Assembly of the Community;

"enactment" includes any provision contained in any Act;

"financial year" means the period of twelve months ending on the 30th day of June in any year, or any other period declared by the President to be the financial year;

"foreign service officer" means a person holding or acting in an office in the foreign service of Uganda;

"Gazette" means The Uganda Gazette (including any supplement or Gazette Extraordinary);

"Government" means the Government of Uganda;

"High Court" means the High Court of Uganda;

"import" means bring or cause to be brought into Uganda;

"Kenya" means the Republic of Kenya;

"land" includes messuages, tenements, hereditaments, houses and buildings of any tenure and land covered by water;

"magistrate" means a magistrate deemed or appointed to be a magistrate of any grade under the Magistrates Courts Act;

"master" used with reference to a ship, means any person, except a pilot or harbour master, having for the time being control or charge of the ship;

"medical practitioner" means a person registered or licensed in Uganda as a medical practitioner under the law for the time being in force, subject, in the case of a person so licensed, to the terms and conditions of his or her licence;

"Minister" means a Minister of the Government of Uganda;

"month" means a month reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar;

"municipality" means a municipality in Uganda established by law;

"oath" or "affidavit" in the case of persons for the time being allowed by law to affirm or declare instead of swearing includes affirmation and declaration, and "swear", in the like case, includes affirm and declare;

"Parliament" means the Parliament of Uganda;

"person" includes any company or association or body of persons corporate or unincorporate;

"police officer" means an attested member of a police force established by the Constitution or by the Police Act;

"prescribed" means prescribed by or under the Act in which the word occurs;

"President" means the President of Uganda;

"public holiday" means a day declared to be a public holiday in Uganda under the law for the time being in force;

"public office", "public officer" and "public service" have the same meanings as in the Constitution;

"public seal" means the public seal of Uganda;

"registered" used with reference to a document means registered under the provisions of the law for the time being applicable to the registration of such documents;

"rules of court" used in relation to a court means rules, orders or other legislative instruments for regulating the practice and procedure of that court made by the authority having for the time being the power to do so;

"section" means a section of the Act in which the word occurs;

"sell" includes barter, exchange, offer for sale and expose for sale;

"shilling" means one hundred cents in the currency of Uganda;

"ship" includes every description of vessel used in water navigation not exclusively propelled by oars or paddles;

"sign" used with reference to a person who is unable to sign his or her name includes "mark";

"Speaker" means the Speaker of Parliament;

"specified instrument" means the specified instrument as defined in section 19 ;

"statutory declaration" means a statutory declaration made under the Statutory Declarations Act;

"statutory instrument" means the statutory instrument as defined in section 14 ;

"subsection" means a subsection of the section in which the word occurs;

"Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of Uganda established under Article 129 of the Constitution;

"Tanzania" means the United Republic of Tanzania;

"town" means a town in Uganda established by law;

"United Kingdom" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

"vessel" includes any ship or boat or other description of vessel used in water navigation;

"Vice President" means the Vice President of Uganda;

"will" includes codicil;

"writing" includes printing, photography, lithography, typewriting and any other modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form;

"written law" means the constitutional instruments, Acts, statutory instruments and any other legislative instruments having effect in Uganda;

"year" means a year reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar.

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What this section does

Definition

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

“The following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereafter assigned to them respectively "Act" or "Act of Parliament" used with reference to legislation means a law made by Parliament;”

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Practical effect

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

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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"act" used with reference to an offence or civil wrong includes a series of acts, and words which refer to acts done extend to illegal omissions;
"administrative officer" means a resident district commissioner and any public officer or class of public officers declared by the Minister by statutory order to be an administrative officer or administrative officers;
"advocate" means a person entitled to practise as such in Uganda under the law for the time being in force;
"aircraft" includes every description of craft used in aerial navigation;
"amend" includes repeal, revoke, rescind, cancel, replace, add to or vary and the doing of any two or more of those things simultaneously or in the same written law;
"applied law" means an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or an Order-in-Council or other legislative instrument made thereunder otherwise than by an authority in Uganda (excluding the constitutional instruments), which has effect in Uganda;
"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of Uganda;
"Cabinet" means the Cabinet constituted under Article 111 of the Constitution;

64 further items remain in the statutory text above.

Judicial interpretation

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

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High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

Section 2 of the Interpretation Act provides that "public officer" has the same meaning as in the Constitution.

Mukwaya v Bwambale & Another (Civil Suit 13 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 1064 (4 November 2024)

[2024] UGHC 1064 · High Court · 2024-11-04

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

Related provisions

Section 19 · Publication of specified instruments Section 14 · Definition of statutory instrument Magistrates Courts Act Police Act Statutory Declarations Act

Amendment notes

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

[Amended by Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Grammatical variations, gender and number

(1)

Where any word or expression is defined in any Act, the definition shall extend to the grammatical variations of the word or expression so defined.

(2)

Words and expressions importing the masculine gender include females.

(3)

Words and expressions in the singular include the plural, and words and expressions in the plural include the singular.

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Grammatical variations, gender and number”.

“(1) Where any word or expression is defined in any Act, the definition shall extend to the grammatical variations of the word or expression so defined.”

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Practical effect

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

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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(1) Where any word or expression is defined in any Act, the definition shall extend to the grammatical variations of the word or expression so defined.
(2) Words and expressions importing the masculine gender include females.
(3) Words and expressions in the singular include the plural, and words and expressions in the plural include the singular.

Judicial interpretation

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

1

High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

Section 3 of the Interpretation Act provides: "Words and expressions in the singular include the plural, and words and expressions in the plural include the singular."

Osinde Osudo v Attorney General and Another (Misc Cause No. 271 of 2021) [2022] UGHCCD 120 (8 August 2022)

[2022] UGHCCD 120 · High Court · 2022-08-08

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

References to holders of office

A reference to the holder of an office by the term designating his or her office shall be construed as meaning the person for the time being lawfully holding, acting in or performing the functions of that office

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “References to holders of office”.

“A reference to the holder of an office by the term designating his or her office shall be construed as meaning the person for the time being lawfully holding, acting in or performing the functions of that office”

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Practical effect

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

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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A reference to the holder of an office by the term designating his or her office shall be construed as meaning the person for the time being lawfully holding, acting in or performing the functions of that office

Judicial interpretation

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

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High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

Counsel further cited Section 4 of the Interpretation Act by which a reference to a holder of an office by the term designating his or her office shall be construed as meaning the person for the time being lawfully holding, acting in or performing the functions of that office.

Magino Fenikasi Mweru v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 6 of 2025) [2026] UGHCACD 7 (30 March 2026)

[2026] UGHCACD 7 · High Court · 2026-03-30

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

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Section 4 of the Interpretation Act provides that a reference to the holder of an office by the term designating his or her office shall be construed as meaning the person for the time being lawfully

Quality Inspection Services INC Japan v Uganda National Bureau of Standards and Others (18 of 2023 Application 15 of 2023) 2023 UGPPDPAAT 17 (8 August 2023)

[2023] UGPPDPAAT 17 · Tribunal · 2023-08-08

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

References to "the President"

A reference to the President, however expressed, shall be construed as a reference to the President for the time being.

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “References to "the President"”.

“A reference to the President, however expressed, shall be construed as a reference to the President for the time being.”

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Practical effect

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

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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A reference to the President, however expressed, shall be construed as a reference to the President for the time being.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

References to "the United Kingdom Parliament"

A reference to the Parliament of the United Kingdom shall be construed as including a reference to the Parliament of the former United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England.

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “References to "the United Kingdom Parliament"”.

“A reference to the Parliament of the United Kingdom shall be construed as including a reference to the Parliament of the former United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England.”

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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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A reference to the Parliament of the United Kingdom shall be construed as including a reference to the Parliament of the former United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

References to "the Minister" and "the Treasury"

(1)

A reference to "the Minister" shall be construed as a reference to the Minister for the time being responsible for the matter in connection with which the reference is made.

(2)

A reference to "the Treasury" shall be construed as a reference to the Ministry responsible for finance.

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “References to "the Minister" and "the Treasury"”.

“(1) A reference to "the Minister" shall be construed as a reference to the Minister for the time being responsible for the matter in connection with which the reference is made.”

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Practical effect

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

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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(1) A reference to "the Minister" shall be construed as a reference to the Minister for the time being responsible for the matter in connection with which the reference is made.
(2) A reference to "the Treasury" shall be construed as a reference to the Ministry responsible for finance.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

General references to written law

(1)

A general reference to Acts shall be construed as including-

(a)

a general reference to any Ordinance, Statute or Decree included in a revised edition of the Laws of Uganda and re-designated as an Act when so included; and

(b)

except in the Acts of Parliament Act and section 13 , a general reference to statutory instruments.

(2)

A general reference to statutory instruments shall be construed as including a general reference to any proclamations, rules, regulations, byelaws, orders or other instruments having legislative effect which-

(a)

were made before the commencement of this Act; and

(b)

are included in a revised edition of the Laws of Uganda taken into use after that commencement; and

(c)

are redesignated as statutory instruments when so included.

(3)

In this section, the expression "general reference" used in relation to Acts and statutory instruments means any reference to Acts or statutory instruments, either in the singular or the plural and however expressed, except a reference to a particular Act or instrument or to particular Acts or instruments.

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What this section does

Definition

This section supplies the definitions or statutory meaning governing “General references to written law”.

“(1) A general reference to Acts shall be construed as including-”

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Practical effect

Use this definition when interpreting other provisions that employ the language addressed by “General references to written law”.

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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(1) A general reference to Acts shall be construed as including-
(a) a general reference to any Ordinance, Statute or Decree included in a revised edition of the Laws of Uganda and re-designated as an Act when so included; and
(b) except in the Acts of Parliament Act and section 13, a general reference to statutory instruments.
(2) A general reference to statutory instruments shall be construed as including a general reference to any proclamations, rules, regulations, byelaws, orders or other instruments having legislative effect which-
(a) were made before the commencement of this Act; and
(b) are included in a revised edition of the Laws of Uganda taken into use after that commencement; and
(c) are redesignated as statutory instruments when so included.
(3) In this section, the expression "general reference" used in relation to Acts and statutory instruments means any reference to Acts or statutory instruments, either in the singular or the plural and however expressed, except a reference to a particular Act or instrument or to particular Acts or instruments.

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 13 · Effect of repeal Acts of Parliament Act

Amendment notes

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

[Amended by Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Particular references to written law

(1)

A reference to a particular Act shall be construed as including a reference to that Act as amended from time to time and to any statutory instrument made under that Act.

(2)

A reference to a particular statutory instrument shall be construed as including a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Particular references to written law”.

“(1) A reference to a particular Act shall be construed as including a reference to that Act as amended from time to time and to any statutory instrument made under that Act.”

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Practical effect

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

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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(1) A reference to a particular Act shall be construed as including a reference to that Act as amended from time to time and to any statutory instrument made under that Act.
(2) A reference to a particular statutory instrument shall be construed as including a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Repeal and substitution

Where any Act repeals wholly or partially any enactment and substitutes provisions for the enactment repealed, the repealed enactment shall remain in force until the substituted provisions come into force

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Repeal and substitution”.

“Where any Act repeals wholly or partially any enactment and substitutes provisions for the enactment repealed, the repealed enactment shall remain in force until the substituted provisions come into force”

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.

1

Where any Act repeals wholly or partially any enactment and substitutes provisions for the enactment repealed, the repealed enactment shall remain in force until the substituted provisions come into force

Judicial interpretation

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

2

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Repeal to include repeal of amendments

Where any Act which has been amended by any other Act is itself repealed, that repeal shall include the repeal of all those Acts by which such first-mentioned Act has been amended

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Repeal to include repeal of amendments”.

“Where any Act which has been amended by any other Act is itself repealed, that repeal shall include the repeal of all those Acts by which such first-mentioned Act has been amended”

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.

1

Where any Act which has been amended by any other Act is itself repealed, that repeal shall include the repeal of all those Acts by which such first-mentioned Act has been amended

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Effect of repeal on statutory instruments

Where any Act or part of an Act is repealed and re-enacted, with or without modification, statutory instruments made under it shall, unless a contrary intention appears, remain in force, so far as they are not inconsistent with the repealing Act, until they have been revoked or repealed by statutory instruments made under the repealing Act, and until that revocation or repeal, shall be deemed to have been made under the repealing Act.

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Effect of repeal on statutory instruments”.

“Where any Act or part of an Act is repealed and re-enacted, with or without modification, statutory instruments made under it shall, unless a contrary intention appears, remain in force, so far as they are not inconsistent with the repealing Act, until they have been revoked or repealed by statutory instruments made under the repealing Act, and until that revocation or repeal, shall be deemed to have been made under the repealing Act.”

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.

1

Where any Act or part of an Act is repealed and re-enacted, with or without modification, statutory instruments made under it shall, unless a contrary intention appears, remain in force, so far as they are not inconsistent with the repealing Act, until they have been revoked or repealed by statutory instruments made under the repealing Act, and until that revocation or repeal, shall be deemed to have been made under the repealing Act.

Judicial interpretation

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

4

High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

only one option to consider and that is Section 12 of the Interpretation Act which provides for the effect of repeal on Statutory Instruments made under a repealed law.

Kigongo v Mosa Courts Apartment Ltd (Company Cause No. 01 of 2015) [2016] UGHCCD 11 (9 February 2016)

[2016] UGHCCD 11 · High Court · 2016-02-09

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

The new Act does not mention expressly that other existing rules under Cap 110 had been saved. This therefore leaves only one option to consider and that is Section 12 of the Interpretation Act which provides for the effect of repeal on Statutory Instruments made under a repealed law.

Olive Kigongo v Mosa Courts Apartment Ltd (Company Cause No. 01 of 2015) [2016] UGHC 10 (9 February 2016)

[2016] UGHC 10 · High Court · 2016-02-09

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Effect of repeal

(1)

Where this Act or any other Act repeals and reenacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former Act, references in any other enactment to the provisions so repealed, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the provisions so re-enacted.

(2)

Where any Act repeals any other enactment, then unless the contrary intention appears, the repeal shall not-

(a)

revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect;

(b)

affect the previous operation of any enactment so repealed or anything duly done or suffered under any enactment so repealed;

(c)

affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any enactment so repealed;

(d)

affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any enactment so repealed; or

(e)

affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment; and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if the repealing Act had not been passed.

(3)

Upon the expiry of any Act, this section shall apply as if the Act had been repealed.

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What this section does

Offence or consequence

This section creates or governs statutory liability concerning “Effect of repeal”.

“(1) Where this Act or any other Act repeals and reenacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former Act, references in any other enactment to the provisions so repealed, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the provisions so re-enacted.”

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.

8

(1) Where this Act or any other Act repeals and reenacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former Act, references in any other enactment to the provisions so repealed, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the provisions so re-enacted.
(2) Where any Act repeals any other enactment, then unless the contrary intention appears, the repeal shall not-
(a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect;
(b) affect the previous operation of any enactment so repealed or anything duly done or suffered under any enactment so repealed;
(c) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any enactment so repealed;
(d) affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any enactment so repealed; or
(e) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment; and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if the repealing Act had not been passed.
(3) Upon the expiry of any Act, this section shall apply as if the Act had been repealed.

Judicial interpretation

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

8

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Definition of statutory instrument

Where any Act confers on the President, a Minister or any other authority, a power to make or a power exercisable by making proclamations, rules, regulations, byelaws, statutory orders or statutory instruments, any document by which that power is exercised shall be known as a statutory instrument, and the provisions of this Act shall apply to it accordingly

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What this section does

Definition

This section supplies the definitions or statutory meaning governing “Definition of statutory instrument”.

“Where any Act confers on the President, a Minister or any other authority, a power to make or a power exercisable by making proclamations, rules, regulations, byelaws, statutory orders or statutory instruments, any document by which that power is exercised shall be known as a statutory instrument, and the provisions of this Act shall apply to it accordingly”

Primary legislation Source quotation matched

Practical effect

Use this definition when interpreting other provisions that employ the language addressed by “Definition of statutory instrument”.

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

Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

1

Where any Act confers on the President, a Minister or any other authority, a power to make or a power exercisable by making proclamations, rules, regulations, byelaws, statutory orders or statutory instruments, any document by which that power is exercised shall be known as a statutory instrument, and the provisions of this Act shall apply to it accordingly

Judicial interpretation

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

10

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Citation of statutory instrument

Any statutory instrument may be cited by reference to its short title if any, or by reference to the number of the notice under which it appeared in the Gazette

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What this section does

Statutory power

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

“Any statutory instrument may be cited by reference to its short title if any, or by reference to the number of the notice under which it appeared in the Gazette”

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.

1

Any statutory instrument may be cited by reference to its short title if any, or by reference to the number of the notice under which it appeared in the Gazette

Judicial interpretation

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

2

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Publication of statutory instruments

Every statutory instrument shall be published in the Gazette and shall be judicially noticed

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Publication of statutory instruments”.

“Every statutory instrument shall be published in the Gazette and shall be judicially noticed”

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.

1

Every statutory instrument shall be published in the Gazette and shall be judicially noticed

Judicial interpretation

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

11

High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

38 of 2021 was signed and published in the Gazette on 1st July 2021 and that is its date; its date cannot be 18th June 2021 because of the clear provisions of Section 16 of the Interpretation Act, which state that ''Every statutory instrument shall be published in the Gazette and shall be judicially noticed." There was no instrument on 18th June 2021 and the Court should find so.

Mabirizi Kiwanuka v Attorney General (Miscellaneous Cause No. 193 of 2021) [2021] UGHCCD 96 (29 July 2021)

[2021] UGHCCD 96 · High Court · 2021-07-29

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

38 of 2021 was signed and published in the Gazette on 1st July 2021 and that is its date; its date cannot be 18th June 2021 because of the clear provisions of Section 16 of the Interpretation Act, which state that ''Every statutory instrument shall be published in the Gazette and shall be judicially noticed." There was no instrument on 18th June 2021 and the Court should find so.

Male H. Mabirizi K.Kiwanuka v Attorney General of Uganda (Miscellaneous Cause No. 194 of 2021) [2021] UGHCCD 58 (23 July 2021)

[2021] UGHCCD 58 · High Court · 2021-07-23

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

Section 16 of the Interpretation Act provides that every statutory instrument shall be judicially noticed.

Uganda Crop Industries Ltd v Uganda Revenue Authority (HCCS 5 of 2009) [2011] UGCommC 38 (19 May 2011)

[2011] UGCOMMC 38 · High Court · 2011-05-19

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Commencement of statutory instruments

(1)

Subject to this section-

(a)

the commencement of a statutory instrument shall be such date as is provided in or under the instrument or, where no date is so provided, the date of its publication as notified in the Gazette',

(b)

every statutory instrument shall be deemed to come into force immediately on the expiration of the day next preceding its commencement.

(2)

A statutory instrument may be made to operate retrospectively to any date which is not earlier than the commencement of the Act under which the instrument is made.

(3)

Nothing in this section shall be deemed to empower the making of a statutory instrument so as to make a person liable to any penalty in respect of any act committed before the date on which the instrument was published in the Gazette.

(4)

A statutory instrument made and published on the date of commencement of the Act under which the instrument is made shall be deemed to come into force simultaneously with that Act.

(5)

References in this section to the commencement of the Act under which a statutory instrument is made shall, where different provisions of that Act come into force on different dates, be construed as references to the commencement of the particular provision under which the instrument is made.

(6)

The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to the operation of section 21 .

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What this section does

Statutory power

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

“(1) Subject to this section-”

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.

8

(1) Subject to this section-
(a) the commencement of a statutory instrument shall be such date as is provided in or under the instrument or, where no date is so provided, the date of its publication as notified in the Gazette',
(b) every statutory instrument shall be deemed to come into force immediately on the expiration of the day next preceding its commencement.
(2) A statutory instrument may be made to operate retrospectively to any date which is not earlier than the commencement of the Act under which the instrument is made.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to empower the making of a statutory instrument so as to make a person liable to any penalty in respect of any act committed before the date on which the instrument was published in the Gazette.
(4) A statutory instrument made and published on the date of commencement of the Act under which the instrument is made shall be deemed to come into force simultaneously with that Act.
(5) References in this section to the commencement of the Act under which a statutory instrument is made shall, where different provisions of that Act come into force on different dates, be construed as references to the commencement of the particular provision under which the instrument is made.
(6) The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to the operation of section 21.

Judicial interpretation

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

5

High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

Section 17 of the Interpretation Act provides that the commencement of Statutory Instrument shall be such a date as is provided in or under the instrument 5 or, where no date is so provided, the date of its publication as notified in the gazated.

Unicargo Forwarders and Agents Ltd v Attorney General & 2 Ors (Miscellaneous Application No. 858 of 2016) [2016] UGCommC 209 (7 December 2016)

[2016] UGCOMMC 209 · High Court · 2016-12-07

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

Related provisions

Section 21 · Exercise of power between publication and commencement of Act

Amendment notes

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

[Amended by Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

General provisions relating to statutory instruments

(1)

Any reference in a statutory instrument to "the Act" shall be construed as a reference to the Act under which the instrument was made.

(2)

Terms and expressions used in a statutory instrument shall have the same meaning as in the Act under which the instrument was made.

(3)

A statutory instrument may at any time be amended by the authority by which it was made or, if that authority has been lawfully replaced by another authority, by that other authority.

(4)

Any provision of a statutory instrument which is inconsistent with any provision of the Act under which the instrument was made shall be void to the extent of the inconsistency.

(5)

Any act done under or by virtue of or in pursuance of a statutory instrument shall be deemed to be done under or by virtue of or in pursuance of the Act conferring power to make the instrument.

(6)

Every statutory instrument shall be deemed to be made under all powers enabling it, whether or not it purports to be made in exercise of a particular power or particular powers.

(7)

Section 13(2) shall apply on the revocation of a statutory instrument as it applies on the repeal of any Act.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “General provisions relating to statutory instruments”.

“(1) Any reference in a statutory instrument to "the Act" shall be construed as a reference to the Act under which the instrument was made.”

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.

7

(1) Any reference in a statutory instrument to "the Act" shall be construed as a reference to the Act under which the instrument was made.
(2) Terms and expressions used in a statutory instrument shall have the same meaning as in the Act under which the instrument was made.
(3) A statutory instrument may at any time be amended by the authority by which it was made or, if that authority has been lawfully replaced by another authority, by that other authority.
(4) Any provision of a statutory instrument which is inconsistent with any provision of the Act under which the instrument was made shall be void to the extent of the inconsistency.
(5) Any act done under or by virtue of or in pursuance of a statutory instrument shall be deemed to be done under or by virtue of or in pursuance of the Act conferring power to make the instrument.
(6) Every statutory instrument shall be deemed to be made under all powers enabling it, whether or not it purports to be made in exercise of a particular power or particular powers.
(7) Section 13(2) shall apply on the revocation of a statutory instrument as it applies on the repeal of any Act.

Judicial interpretation

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

4

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

Section 13 · Effect of repeal

Amendment notes

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

[Amended by Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Publication of specified instruments

(1)

All specified instruments shall be published in the Gazette and shall be judicially noticed.

(2)

In this section, "specified instruments" means-

(a)

orders, regulations and statutory instruments made in the exercise of power conferred by the constitutional instruments on the President or on a commission established by the Constitution; and

(b)

rules, regulations, orders and other instruments having legislative effect made by an authority in Uganda in the exercise of a power conferred by an applied law.

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What this section does

Definition

This section supplies the definitions or statutory meaning governing “Publication of specified instruments”.

“(1) All specified instruments shall be published in the Gazette and shall be judicially noticed.”

Primary legislation Source quotation matched

Practical effect

Use this definition when interpreting other provisions that employ the language addressed by “Publication of specified instruments”.

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

Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

4

(1) All specified instruments shall be published in the Gazette and shall be judicially noticed.
(2) In this section, "specified instruments" means-
(a) orders, regulations and statutory instruments made in the exercise of power conferred by the constitutional instruments on the President or on a commission established by the Constitution; and
(b) rules, regulations, orders and other instruments having legislative effect made by an authority in Uganda in the exercise of a power conferred by an applied law.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Reprint of amended instruments

Section 16 of the Law Revision Act shall apply where statutory instruments and specified instruments have been amended as it applies to the reprinting of amended Acts of Parliament.

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Reprint of amended instruments”.

“Section 16 of the Law Revision Act shall apply where statutory instruments and specified instruments have been amended as it applies to the reprinting of amended Acts of Parliament.”

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.

1

Section 16 of the Law Revision Act shall apply where statutory instruments and specified instruments have been amended as it applies to the reprinting of amended Acts of Parliament.

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

Section 16 · Publication of statutory instruments Law Revision Act

Amendment notes

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

[Amended by Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Exercise of power between publication and commencement of Act

Where, by any Act which is not to come into force immediately on its publication there is conferred (a) a power to make or a power exercisable by making statutory instruments;

(b)

a power to make appointments; or

(c)

a power to do any other thing for the purposes of the Act, that power may be exercised at any time on or after the date of publication of the Act in the Gazette*, but no instrument, appointment or thing made or done under the power shall, unless it is necessary to bring the Act into force, have any effect until the commencement of the Act.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Exercise of power between publication and commencement of Act”.

“Where, by any Act which is not to come into force immediately on its publication there is conferred (a) a power to make or a power exercisable by making statutory instruments;”

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.

2

(b) a power to make appointments; or
(c) a power to do any other thing for the purposes of the Act, that power may be exercised at any time on or after the date of publication of the Act in the Gazette*, but no instrument, appointment or thing made or done under the power shall, unless it is necessary to bring the Act into force, have any effect until the commencement of the 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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Time for exercise of power

Where any Act confers any power or imposes any duty, the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed from time to time as occasion requires

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Time for exercise of power”.

“Where any Act confers any power or imposes any duty, the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed from time to time as occasion requires”

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.

1

Where any Act confers any power or imposes any duty, the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed from time to time as occasion requires

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Implied power

Where any Act confers a power on any person to do or enforce the doing of any act or thing, all such powers shall be understood to be also given as are reasonably necessary to enable the person to do or enforce the doing of the act or thing

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What this section does

Statutory power

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

“Where any Act confers a power on any person to do or enforce the doing of any act or thing, all such powers shall be understood to be also given as are reasonably necessary to enable the person to do or enforce the doing of the act or thing”

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.

1

Where any Act confers a power on any person to do or enforce the doing of any act or thing, all such powers shall be understood to be also given as are reasonably necessary to enable the person to do or enforce the doing of the act or thing

Judicial interpretation

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

3

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Power to appoint includes power to remove

Where, by any Act, a power to make any appointment is conferred the authority having power to make the appointment shall also have power (subject to any limitations or qualifications which affect the power of appointment) to remove, suspend, re-appoint or reinstate any person appointed in the exercise of the power

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Power to appoint includes power to remove”.

“Where, by any Act, a power to make any appointment is conferred the authority having power to make the appointment shall also have power (subject to any limitations or qualifications which affect the power of appointment) to remove, suspend, re-appoint or reinstate any person appointed in the exercise of the power”

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.

1

Where, by any Act, a power to make any appointment is conferred the authority having power to make the appointment shall also have power (subject to any limitations or qualifications which affect the power of appointment) to remove, suspend, re-appoint or reinstate any person appointed in the exercise of the power

Judicial interpretation

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

10

High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

Section 24 of the Interpretation Act provides; Where, by any Act, a power to make appointment is conferred, the authority having power to make appointment shall also have power (subject to any limitations or qualifications which affect the power of appointment) to remove, suspend, reappoint or reinstate any person appointed in the exercise of the power.

Abaliwano v The Uganda Cancer Institute and Another (Judicial Review Miscellaneous Cause 5 of 2023) [2024] UGHCCD 147 (6 September 2024)

[2024] UGHCCD 147 · High Court · 2024-09-06

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Section 24 of the Interpretation Act and Regulation 10(d) of Part (A) of the Uganda Public Service Standing Orders (2010), provide that where, by any Act, a power to make any appointment is conferred, the authority having power to make the appointment also has power to remove, confirm, suspend, discipline, re-appoint or reinstate any person appointed in the exercise of the power.

Nassuna v Atwine & 3 Ors (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO 322 OF 2018) [2019] UGHCCD 73 (11 April 2019)

[2019] UGHCCD 73 · High Court · 2019-04-11

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Chairperson and the other members that she is mandated to appoint. He relies on Section 24 of the Interpretation Act (Cap 30 which provides that "where, by any Act, a power to make any appointment is conferred, the authority having power to make the appointment shall also have power to remove, suspend, reappoint or reinstate any person appointed in exercise of the power."

Mwesigye v Attorney General & Anor (Misc Cause No. 103 of 2011) [2012] UGHC 61 (29 March 2012)

[2012] UGHC 61 · High Court · 2012-03-29

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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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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Power to appoint member of board, etc. temporarily

Where, by any Act, a power is conferred on any authority to appoint any person to be a member of any board, commission, committee or similar body, that authority may, if during any period owing to absence or inability to act from illness or any other cause any member so appointed is unable to act as such, appoint some other person to act temporarily for that member during the period of absence or inability

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Power to appoint member of board, etc. temporarily”.

“Where, by any Act, a power is conferred on any authority to appoint any person to be a member of any board, commission, committee or similar body, that authority may, if during any period owing to absence or inability to act from illness or any other cause any member so appointed is unable to act as such, appoint some other person to act temporarily for that member during the period of absence or inability”

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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

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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Where, by any Act, a power is conferred on any authority to appoint any person to be a member of any board, commission, committee or similar body, that authority may, if during any period owing to absence or inability to act from illness or any other cause any member so appointed is unable to act as such, appoint some other person to act temporarily for that member during the period of absence or inability

Judicial interpretation

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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

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Power to appoint chairperson, etc

Where, by any Act, a power is conferred on any authority to appoint the members of any board, commission, committee or similar body, that authority may appoint a chairperson, a vice chairperson and a secretary of that board, commission, committee or similar body.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Power to appoint chairperson, etc”.

“Where, by any Act, a power is conferred on any authority to appoint the members of any board, commission, committee or similar body, that authority may appoint a chairperson, a vice chairperson and a secretary of that board, commission, committee or similar body.”

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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

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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Where, by any Act, a power is conferred on any authority to appoint the members of any board, commission, committee or similar body, that authority may appoint a chairperson, a vice chairperson and a secretary of that board, commission, committee or similar body.

Judicial interpretation

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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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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Appointment by name or office

Where, by any Act, any authority is empowered to appoint a person (a) to exercise any power or perform any duty;

(b)

to be a member of any board, commission, committee or similar body; or

(c)

to be or to do any other thing, that authority may make the appointment either by appointing a person by name or by appointing the holder of an office by the term designating his or her office; and any such appointment of the holder of an office shall be construed as the appointment of the person for the time being lawfully holding, acting in or performing the functions of the office.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Appointment by name or office”.

“Where, by any Act, any authority is empowered to appoint a person (a) to exercise any power or perform any duty;”

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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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(b) to be a member of any board, commission, committee or similar body; or
(c) to be or to do any other thing, that authority may make the appointment either by appointing a person by name or by appointing the holder of an office by the term designating his or her office; and any such appointment of the holder of an office shall be construed as the appointment of the person for the time being lawfully holding, acting in or performing the functions of the office.

Judicial interpretation

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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

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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Power of majority

Where, by any Act, any act or thing may or is required to be done by more than two persons, a majority of them may do it

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Statutory power

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

“Where, by any Act, any act or thing may or is required to be done by more than two persons, a majority of them may do it”

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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

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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Where, by any Act, any act or thing may or is required to be done by more than two persons, a majority of them may do it

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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Law officers

Any power conferred or duty imposed on the Attorney General by or under any Act may be exercised or performed by the Solicitor General (a) in any case where the Attorney General is unable to act owing to illness or absence; and

(b)

in any case or class of cases where the Attorney General has authorised the Solicitor General to do so.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Law officers”.

“Any power conferred or duty imposed on the Attorney General by or under any Act may be exercised or performed by the Solicitor General (a) in any case where the Attorney General is unable to act owing to illness or absence; and”

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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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(b) in any case or class of cases where the Attorney General has authorised the Solicitor General to do so.

Judicial interpretation

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There was yet the issue of whether the accused persons did not require the approval of the Attorney General before signing the agreement. The answer to this question is found in the Constitution Article 119(4) section 29 of the Interpretation Act

Uganda v andrua (Case 54 of 2012) [2014] UGHCACD 1 (7 February 2014)

[2014] UGHCACD 1 · High Court · 2014-02-07

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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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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Powers of certain bodies not affected by vacancy, etc

(1)

Any body to which this section applies may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership; and its proceedings shall not be invalidated by-

(a)

the presence or participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to participate in the proceedings; or

(b)

any minor irregularity in the convening or conduct of any meeting.

(2)

The bodies to which this section applies are-

(a)

the council of a district and any committee of that council;

(b)

any municipal council or town council established under the law for the time being in force and any committee of any such council;

(c)

any board, commission or similar body, whether corporate or unincorporate, established by any Act.

(3)

This section shall be deemed always to have been in force-

(a)

in respect of the bodies to which it applies; and

(b)

in the case of a body mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b), in respect of any council or authority or committee thereof, established in the area where that body is established before that body came into existence.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Powers of certain bodies not affected by vacancy, etc”.

“(1) Any body to which this section applies may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership; and its proceedings shall not be invalidated by-”

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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

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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(1) Any body to which this section applies may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership; and its proceedings shall not be invalidated by-
(a) the presence or participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to participate in the proceedings; or
(b) any minor irregularity in the convening or conduct of any meeting.
(2) The bodies to which this section applies are-
(a) the council of a district and any committee of that council;
(b) any municipal council or town council established under the law for the time being in force and any committee of any such council;
(c) any board, commission or similar body, whether corporate or unincorporate, established by any Act.
(3) This section shall be deemed always to have been in force-

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

Judicial interpretation

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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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Exercise of Minister's power

Where a power is conferred on a Minister by any Act (a) the exercise of the power may be signified under the hand of the President or any Minister; and

(b)

the President or the Minister signifying the exercise of the power shall be deemed to be the Minister for the time being authorised to exercise it.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Exercise of Minister's power”.

“Where a power is conferred on a Minister by any Act (a) the exercise of the power may be signified under the hand of the President or any Minister; and”

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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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(b) the President or the Minister signifying the exercise of the power shall be deemed to be the Minister for the time being authorised to exercise it.

Judicial interpretation

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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

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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Distance

Any distance to be measured for the purposes of any Act shall be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane

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Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Distance”.

“Any distance to be measured for the purposes of any Act shall be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane”

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Practical effect

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

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Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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Any distance to be measured for the purposes of any Act shall be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane

Judicial interpretation

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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

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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Time

Where any expression of time occurs in any Act, the time referred to shall signify the standard time of Uganda which, unless the President prescribes otherwise by proclamation, shall be three hours in advance of Greenwich Mean Time

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Time”.

“Where any expression of time occurs in any Act, the time referred to shall signify the standard time of Uganda which, unless the President prescribes otherwise by proclamation, shall be three hours in advance of Greenwich Mean Time”

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Practical effect

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

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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Where any expression of time occurs in any Act, the time referred to shall signify the standard time of Uganda which, unless the President prescribes otherwise by proclamation, shall be three hours in advance of Greenwich Mean Time

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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Computation of time, etc

(1)

In computing time for the purpose of any Act-

(a)

a period of days from the happening of an event or the doing of any act or thing shall be deemed to be exclusive of the day in which the event happens or the act or thing is done;

(b)

if the last day of the period is a Sunday or a public holiday, which days are in this section referred to as "excluded days", the period shall include the next following day, not being an excluded day;

(c)

where any act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or taken on a certain day, then if that day happens to be an excluded day, the act or proceeding shall be considered as done or taken in due time if it is done or taken on the next day afterwards, not being an excluded day; or

(d)

where any act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or taken within any time not exceeding six days, excluded days shall not be reckoned in the computation of time.

(2)

Where no time is prescribed or allowed within which anything shall be done, that thing shall be done without unreasonable delay and as often as due occasion arises.

(3)

Where, by any Act, a time is prescribed for doing any act or taking any proceeding and power is given to a court or other authority to extend that time, that power may be exercised by the court or other authority although the application for the exercise of the power is not made until after the expiration of the time prescribed.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Computation of time, etc”.

“(1) In computing time for the purpose of any Act-”

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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

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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(1) In computing time for the purpose of any Act-
(a) a period of days from the happening of an event or the doing of any act or thing shall be deemed to be exclusive of the day in which the event happens or the act or thing is done;
(b) if the last day of the period is a Sunday or a public holiday, which days are in this section referred to as "excluded days", the period shall include the next following day, not being an excluded day;
(c) where any act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or taken on a certain day, then if that day happens to be an excluded day, the act or proceeding shall be considered as done or taken in due time if it is done or taken on the next day afterwards, not being an excluded day; or
(d) where any act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or taken within any time not exceeding six days, excluded days shall not be reckoned in the computation of time.
(2) Where no time is prescribed or allowed within which anything shall be done, that thing shall be done without unreasonable delay and as often as due occasion arises.
(3) Where, by any Act, a time is prescribed for doing any act or taking any proceeding and power is given to a court or other authority to extend that time, that power may be exercised by the court or other authority although the application for the exercise of the power is not made until after the expiration of the time prescribed.

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Section 34 of the Interpretation Act provides thus; 24 (1)In computing time for the purpose of any Act-

Kangave v King Albert Distillers Limited (Civil Suit 4 of 2022) [2024] UGHC 221 (19 April 2024)

[2024] UGHC 221 · High Court · 2024-04-19

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18 Section 34 of the Interpretation Act offers guidance regarding computation of time. It provides thus:

Asiimwe Philemon v Setengeri Clever (Miscellaneous Application 110 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 112 (25 March 2024)

[2024] UGHC 112 · High Court · 2024-03-25

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Section 34 of the Interpretation Act provides in (a)

Simon Tendo Kabenge Advocates & Anor v Mineral Access Systems Ltd (HCT-00-CC-MA 570 of 2011) [2013] UGCommC 150 (27 August 2013)

[2013] UGCOMMC 150 · High Court · 2013-08-27

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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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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Service by post

Where any Act authorises or requires any document to be served by post, the service shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting by registered post a letter containing the document and, unless the contrary is proved, to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post

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What this section does

Procedural rule

This section establishes the governing procedure for “Service by post”.

“Where any Act authorises or requires any document to be served by post, the service shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting by registered post a letter containing the document and, unless the contrary is proved, to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post”

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Practical effect

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

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Elements or requirements

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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Where any Act authorises or requires any document to be served by post, the service shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting by registered post a letter containing the document and, unless the contrary is proved, to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post

Judicial interpretation

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10 The law regarding service by post is found in Section 35 of the Interpretation Act, which requires a document to be properly addressed, prepaid, and dispatched by registered post.

Barnabas Samuel Aliku and Another v Housing Finance Bank Ltd and Others (Civil Suit No. 21 of 2019) [2026] UGCommC 261 (31 May 2026)

[2026] UGCOMMC 261 · High Court · 2026-05-31

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While it is permissible under the law that service of documents can be effected through the post, the same must meet the conditions set down under section 35 of the Interpretation Act .

Kabale Institute of Health Sciences Limited v The Miscrofinance Support Centre Limited (Miscellaneous Cause 144 of 2023) [2024] UGCommC 219 (12 July 2024)

[2024] UGCOMMC 219 · High Court · 2024-07-12

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Section 35 of the Interpretation Act provides that;

Gastervus Muwanga and 3 Others v Rev Fr. Blaise Zzimbe and Anor (Miscellaneous Cause No. 146 of 2020) [2021] UGHCCD 82 (21 June 2021)

[2021] UGHCCD 82 · High Court · 2021-06-21

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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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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Disposal of forfeits, etc

(1)

Where, under any Act of Parliament, any animal or any thing is adjudged by any court or other authority to be forfeited, it shall be forfeited to the Government, and the net proceeds of the animal or thing, if it is ordered by a competent authority to be sold, shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(2)

Nothing in this section shall affect any provision in any Act by which any portion of any fine or forfeit or of the proceeds of any forfeit is expressed to be recoverable by any person or may be granted by any authority to any person.

(3)

Any fine or pecuniary penalty imposed under any Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Disposal of forfeits, etc”.

“(1) Where, under any Act of Parliament, any animal or any thing is adjudged by any court or other authority to be forfeited, it shall be forfeited to the Government, and the net proceeds of the animal or thing, if it is ordered by a competent authority to be sold, shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.”

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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

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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(1) Where, under any Act of Parliament, any animal or any thing is adjudged by any court or other authority to be forfeited, it shall be forfeited to the Government, and the net proceeds of the animal or thing, if it is ordered by a competent authority to be sold, shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect any provision in any Act by which any portion of any fine or forfeit or of the proceeds of any forfeit is expressed to be recoverable by any person or may be granted by any authority to any person.
(3) Any fine or pecuniary penalty imposed under any Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Penalties prescribed to be maximum penalties

Where, in any Act, a fine or penalty is prescribed for an offence against that Act, that provision shall indicate that the offence shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine or penalty not exceeding the fine or penalty prescribed

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What this section does

Offence or consequence

This section creates or governs statutory liability concerning “Penalties prescribed to be maximum penalties”.

“Where, in any Act, a fine or penalty is prescribed for an offence against that Act, that provision shall indicate that the offence shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine or penalty not exceeding the fine or penalty prescribed”

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.

1

Where, in any Act, a fine or penalty is prescribed for an offence against that Act, that provision shall indicate that the offence shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine or penalty not exceeding the fine or penalty prescribed

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Penalty under statutory instrument

A statutory instrument may provide in respect of any contravention of it that the offender shall be liable, to a fine, not exceeding six currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Penalty under statutory instrument”.

“A statutory instrument may provide in respect of any contravention of it that the offender shall be liable, to a fine, not exceeding six currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both”

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.

1

A statutory instrument may provide in respect of any contravention of it that the offender shall be liable, to a fine, not exceeding six currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Provision as to offences under two or more laws

Where an act constitutes an offence under two or more enactments, then the offender shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished under either or any of those enactments, but shall not be liable to be punished twice for the same offence

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What this section does

Offence or consequence

This section creates or governs statutory liability concerning “Provision as to offences under two or more laws”.

“Where an act constitutes an offence under two or more enactments, then the offender shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished under either or any of those enactments, but shall not be liable to be punished twice for the same offence”

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.

1

Where an act constitutes an offence under two or more enactments, then the offender shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished under either or any of those enactments, but shall not be liable to be punished twice for the same offence

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Evidence of signature of Attorney General or Director of Public Prosecutions

(1)

Where, under any Act, the consent or authority of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions is necessary before any action or prosecution is commenced, any document purporting to be the consent or authority of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions shall be received as prima facie evidence in any proceeding without proof being given that the signature to the consent or authority is that of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions, as the case may be.

(2)

Where, under section 29 , the Solicitor General is exercising the powers of the Attorney General, this section shall apply to the Solicitor General as it applies to the Attorney General.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Evidence of signature of Attorney General or Director of Public Prosecutions”.

“(1) Where, under any Act, the consent or authority of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions is necessary before any action or prosecution is commenced, any document purporting to be the consent or authority of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions shall be received as prima facie evidence in any proceeding without proof being given that the signature to the consent or authority is that of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions, as the case may be.”

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.

2

(1) Where, under any Act, the consent or authority of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions is necessary before any action or prosecution is commenced, any document purporting to be the consent or authority of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions shall be received as prima facie evidence in any proceeding without proof being given that the signature to the consent or authority is that of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions, as the case may be.
(2) Where, under section 29, the Solicitor General is exercising the powers of the Attorney General, this section shall apply to the Solicitor General as it applies to the Attorney General.

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 29 · Law officers

Amendment notes

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

[Amended by Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Saving of rights of Government

No Act shall in any manner affect the rights of the Government, unless it is expressly provided in that Act or unless it so appears by necessary implication

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Saving of rights of Government”.

“No Act shall in any manner affect the rights of the Government, unless it is expressly provided in that Act or unless it so appears by necessary implication”

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.

1

No Act shall in any manner affect the rights of the Government, unless it is expressly provided in that Act or unless it so appears by necessary implication

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Acts for benefits of particular persons

Every Act which affects or benefits some particular person or association or body corporate shall be deemed to contain provision saving the rights of the Government, of all bodies politic and corporate and of all other persons except persons affected or benefited by the Act and those claiming by or under them

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Acts for benefits of particular persons”.

“Every Act which affects or benefits some particular person or association or body corporate shall be deemed to contain provision saving the rights of the Government, of all bodies politic and corporate and of all other persons except persons affected or benefited by the Act and those claiming by or under them”

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.

1

Every Act which affects or benefits some particular person or association or body corporate shall be deemed to contain provision saving the rights of the Government, of all bodies politic and corporate and of all other persons except persons affected or benefited by the Act and those claiming by or under them

Judicial interpretation

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

1

High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

Section 42 of the Interpretation Act also buttresses this point on vested right as it provides; Every Act which affects or benefits some particular person or association or body corporate shall be deemed to contain provision saving the rights of Government, of all bodies politic and corporate and of all other persons except persons affected or benefitted by the Act and those claiming by or under them.

Lukwago & 13 Others v Electoral Commission & 2 Others (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 431 OF 2019) [2020] UGHCCD 4 (21 February 2020)

[2020] UGHCCD 4 · High Court · 2020-02-21

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Deviation from form

Where any form is prescribed by any Act, an instrument or document which purports to be in such form shall not be void by reason of any deviation from that form which does not affect the substance of the instrument or document or which is not calculated to mislead

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What this section does

Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Deviation from form”.

“Where any form is prescribed by any Act, an instrument or document which purports to be in such form shall not be void by reason of any deviation from that form which does not affect the substance of the instrument or document or which is not calculated to mislead”

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.

1

Where any form is prescribed by any Act, an instrument or document which purports to be in such form shall not be void by reason of any deviation from that form which does not affect the substance of the instrument or document or which is not calculated to mislead

Judicial interpretation

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

22

Appellate court — binding on lower courts ✓ Source matched

Section 43 of the Interpretation Act provides thus; " Where any form is prescribed by any Act, an instrument or document which purports to be in such form shall not be void by reason of any deviation from that forum which does 185 not affect the substance of the instrument or document or which is not calculated to mislead"

Nabadda Ritah v Nantaba Idah Erios (Election Petition Appeal No. 22 of 2021) [2022] UGCA 162 (16 June 2022)

[2022] UGCA 162 · Court of Appeal · 2022-06-16

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

Appellate court — binding on lower courts ✓ Source matched

Section 43 of the Interpretation Act provides thus:

Namboowa Rashida v Bavekuno Mafumu Godfrey Kyeswa & Another (Election Petition Appeal No. 69 of 2016) [2017] UGCA 125 (22 December 2017)

[2017] UGCA 125 · Court of Appeal · 2017-12-22

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

High Court — persuasive authority ✓ Source matched

Section 43 of the Interpretation Act provides that;

Balbinder v Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (Civil Suit 34 of 2012) [2023] UGHC 234 (4 December 2023)

[2023] UGHC 234 · High Court · 2023-12-04

Court level is shown; confirm that the quoted proposition forms part of the ratio before treating it as binding.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Fees

(1)

Where any Act confers power on any person to prescribe fees or charges, the instrument prescribing the fees or charges may provide for all or any of the following matters-

(a)

the imposition either generally or under specified conditions or in specified circumstances of -

(i)

specific fees or charges;

(ii)

maximum or minimum (or maximum and minimum) fees or charges; or

(iii)

no fee or charge;

(b)

the reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of any such fees or charges, either upon the happening of a certain event or in the discretion of a specified person.

(2)

Where any reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of any fee or charge is provided for, that reduction, waiver or refund may be expressed to apply or be applicable either generally or specifically-

(a)

in respect of certain matters or transactions or classes of matters or transactions;

(b)

in respect of certain documents or classes of documents;

(c)

when any event happens or ceases to happen;

(d)

in respect of certain persons or classes of persons; or

(e)

in respect of any combination of such matters, transactions, documents, events or persons, and may be expressed to apply or be applicable subject to such conditions as may be specified in the instrument or in the discretion of any person specified in the instrument.

(3)

Fees and charges imposed by any Act shall, when collected, be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

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What this section does

Statutory power

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

“(1) Where any Act confers power on any person to prescribe fees or charges, the instrument prescribing the fees or charges may provide for all or any of the following matters-”

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.

13

(1) Where any Act confers power on any person to prescribe fees or charges, the instrument prescribing the fees or charges may provide for all or any of the following matters-
(a) the imposition either generally or under specified conditions or in specified circumstances of -
(i) specific fees or charges;
(ii) maximum or minimum (or maximum and minimum) fees or charges; or
(iii) no fee or charge;
(b) the reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of any such fees or charges, either upon the happening of a certain event or in the discretion of a specified person.
(2) Where any reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of any fee or charge is provided for, that reduction, waiver or refund may be expressed to apply or be applicable either generally or specifically-
(a) in respect of certain matters or transactions or classes of matters or transactions;

5 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Power to issue licences, etc

subject to conditions Where any Act confers a power to issue any licence, permit or authorisation, then, unless a contrary intention appears, the licence, permit or authorisation may be issued subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with that law, as the authority issuing it deems expedient

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Power to issue licences, etc”.

“subject to conditions Where any Act confers a power to issue any licence, permit or authorisation, then, unless a contrary intention appears, the licence, permit or authorisation may be issued subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with that law, as the authority issuing it deems expedient”

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.

1

subject to conditions Where any Act confers a power to issue any licence, permit or authorisation, then, unless a contrary intention appears, the licence, permit or authorisation may be issued subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with that law, as the authority issuing it deems expedient

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Change in designation of public office

Where the Minister is satisfied that a change in the designation of a public office has been or is about to be made, he or she may, by order published in the Gazette, declare the new designation and appoint a day on which the change shall take effect; and from the day so appointed, any reference tothe former designation shall be construed as a reference to the designation declared in the order

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Change in designation of public office”.

“Where the Minister is satisfied that a change in the designation of a public office has been or is about to be made, he or she may, by order published in the Gazette, declare the new designation and appoint a day on which the change shall take effect; and from the day so appointed, any reference tothe former designation shall be construed as a reference to the designation declared in the order”

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.

1

Where the Minister is satisfied that a change in the designation of a public office has been or is about to be made, he or she may, by order published in the Gazette, declare the new designation and appoint a day on which the change shall take effect; and from the day so appointed, any reference tothe former designation shall be construed as a reference to the designation declared in the order

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Power to appoint substantively pending retirement, etc. of existing holder

Where a substantive holder of any office in the service of the Government is on leave of absence pending relinquishment of his or her office, another person may be appointed substantively to the same office; and in respect of every power conferred or duty imposed on the holder of that office, the person last appointed to the office shall be deemed to be the holder of that office

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Power to appoint substantively pending retirement, etc. of existing holder”.

“Where a substantive holder of any office in the service of the Government is on leave of absence pending relinquishment of his or her office, another person may be appointed substantively to the same office; and in respect of every power conferred or duty imposed on the holder of that office, the person last appointed to the office shall be deemed to be the holder of that office”

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.

1

Where a substantive holder of any office in the service of the Government is on leave of absence pending relinquishment of his or her office, another person may be appointed substantively to the same office; and in respect of every power conferred or duty imposed on the holder of that office, the person last appointed to the office shall be deemed to be the holder of that office

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Ex officio proceedings not to abate on death, etc

Any civil or criminal proceedings taken by or against any person by virtue of his or her office shall not be discontinued or abated by his or her death, resignation, absence or removal from office, but may be carried on by or against, as the case may be, the person for the time being lawfully holding, acting in or performing the functions of that office.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Ex officio proceedings not to abate on death, etc”.

“Any civil or criminal proceedings taken by or against any person by virtue of his or her office shall not be discontinued or abated by his or her death, resignation, absence or removal from office, but may be carried on by or against, as the case may be, the person for the time being lawfully holding, acting in or performing the functions of that office.”

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.

1

Any civil or criminal proceedings taken by or against any person by virtue of his or her office shall not be discontinued or abated by his or her death, resignation, absence or removal from office, but may be carried on by or against, as the case may be, the person for the time being lawfully holding, acting in or performing the functions of that office.

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 Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[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

Power to amend Schedule

The Minister responsible for finance may, by statutory instrument, with the approval of Cabinet, amend the Schedule to this Act Schedule (Sections 1 , 49 )

Currency point A currency point is equivalent to twenty thousand shillings.

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What this section does

Statutory power

This section confers or regulates the statutory power described as “Power to amend Schedule”.

“The Minister responsible for finance may, by statutory instrument, with the approval of Cabinet, amend the Schedule to this Act Schedule (Sections 1, 49)”

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.

1

The Minister responsible for finance may, by statutory instrument, with the approval of Cabinet, amend the Schedule to this Act Schedule (Sections 1, 49)

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 1 · Application of Act

Amendment notes

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

[Amended by Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2015) on 6 March 2015]
[Amended by Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023 (Act 17 of 2023) on 28 July 2023]

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About this Act

Amendments

Full text of the Act

Part I

1. Application of Act Judicial treatment · 0 cases

Part II

2. Definitions Judicial treatment · 2 cases

3. Grammatical variations, gender and number Judicial treatment · 1 case

4. References to holders of office Judicial treatment · 2 cases

5. References to "the President" Judicial treatment · 0 cases

6. References to "the United Kingdom Parliament" Judicial treatment · 0 cases

7. References to "the Minister" and "the Treasury" Judicial treatment · 0 cases

8. General references to written law Judicial treatment · 0 cases

9. Particular references to written law Judicial treatment · 0 cases

Part III

10. Repeal and substitution Judicial treatment · 2 cases

11. Repeal to include repeal of amendments Judicial treatment · 0 cases

12. Effect of repeal on statutory instruments Judicial treatment · 4 cases

13. Effect of repeal Judicial treatment · 8 cases

Part IV

14. Definition of statutory instrument Judicial treatment · 10 cases

15. Citation of statutory instrument Judicial treatment · 2 cases

16. Publication of statutory instruments Judicial treatment · 11 cases

17. Commencement of statutory instruments Judicial treatment · 5 cases

18. General provisions relating to statutory instruments Judicial treatment · 4 cases

19. Publication of specified instruments Judicial treatment · 1 case

20. Reprint of amended instruments Judicial treatment · 1 case

Part V

21. Exercise of power between publication and commencement of Act Judicial treatment · 0 cases

22. Time for exercise of power Judicial treatment · 0 cases

23. Implied power Judicial treatment · 3 cases

24. Power to appoint includes power to remove Judicial treatment · 10 cases

25. Power to appoint member of board, etc. temporarily Judicial treatment · 0 cases

26. Power to appoint chairperson, etc Judicial treatment · 0 cases

27. Appointment by name or office Judicial treatment · 0 cases

28. Power of majority Judicial treatment · 0 cases

29. Law officers Judicial treatment · 2 cases

30. Powers of certain bodies not affected by vacancy, etc Judicial treatment · 1 case

31. Exercise of Minister's power Judicial treatment · 0 cases

Part VI

32. Distance Judicial treatment · 0 cases

33. Time Judicial treatment · 0 cases

34. Computation of time, etc Judicial treatment · 11 cases

35. Service by post Judicial treatment · 7 cases

36. Disposal of forfeits, etc Judicial treatment · 0 cases

37. Penalties prescribed to be maximum penalties Judicial treatment · 0 cases

38. Penalty under statutory instrument Judicial treatment · 0 cases

39. Provision as to offences under two or more laws Judicial treatment · 0 cases

40. Evidence of signature of Attorney General or Director of Public Prosecutions Judicial treatment · 0 cases

41. Saving of rights of Government Judicial treatment · 1 case

42. Acts for benefits of particular persons Judicial treatment · 1 case

43. Deviation from form Judicial treatment · 22 cases

44. Fees Judicial treatment · 1 case

45. Power to issue licences, etc Judicial treatment · 0 cases

46. Change in designation of public office Judicial treatment · 0 cases

47. Power to appoint substantively pending retirement, etc. of existing holder Judicial treatment · 0 cases

48. Ex officio proceedings not to abate on death, etc Judicial treatment · 0 cases

49. Power to amend Schedule Judicial treatment · 0 cases

Application of Act

Definitions

Grammatical variations, gender and number

References to holders of office

References to "the President"

References to "the United Kingdom Parliament"

References to "the Minister" and "the Treasury"

General references to written law

Particular references to written law

Repeal and substitution

Repeal to include repeal of amendments

Effect of repeal on statutory instruments

Effect of repeal

Definition of statutory instrument

Citation of statutory instrument

Publication of statutory instruments

Commencement of statutory instruments

General provisions relating to statutory instruments

Publication of specified instruments

Reprint of amended instruments

Exercise of power between publication and commencement of Act

Time for exercise of power

Implied power

Power to appoint includes power to remove

Power to appoint member of board, etc. temporarily

Power to appoint chairperson, etc

Appointment by name or office

Power of majority

Law officers

Powers of certain bodies not affected by vacancy, etc

Exercise of Minister's power

Distance

Time

Computation of time, etc

Service by post

Disposal of forfeits, etc

Penalties prescribed to be maximum penalties

Penalty under statutory instrument

Provision as to offences under two or more laws

Evidence of signature of Attorney General or Director of Public Prosecutions

Saving of rights of Government

Acts for benefits of particular persons

Deviation from form

Fees

Power to issue licences, etc

Change in designation of public office

Power to appoint substantively pending retirement, etc. of existing holder

Ex officio proceedings not to abate on death, etc

Power to amend Schedule