Land Act

1. "association" means a communal land association established by section 15;
2. "authorised undertaker" means a person or authority authorised or required by law to execute public works;
3. "board" means a district land board established by Article 240 of the Constitution and referred to in section 57;
4. "bona fide occupant" and "lawful occupant" have the meanings assigned to them in section 29;
5. "certificate of customary ownership" means a certificate issued under section 4;
6. "certificate of occupancy" means a certificate issued under section 34;
7. "Commission" means the Uganda Land Commission established by Article 238 of the Constitution and referred to in section 47;
8. "committee" means a land committee established by section 65;

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1. (b) freehold;
2. (c) mailo; and
3. (d) leasehold.

1. (1) Customary tenure is a form of tenure-
2. (a) applicable to a specific area of land and a specific description or class of persons;
3. (b) subject to section 27, governed by rules generally accepted as binding and authoritative by the class of persons to which it applies;
4. (c) applicable to any persons acquiring land in that area in accordance with those rules;
5. (d) subject to section 27, characterised by local customary regulation;
6. (e) applying local customary regulation and management to individual and household ownership, use and occupation of, and transactions in, land;
7. (f) providing for communal ownership and use of land;
8. (g) in which parcels of land may be recognised as subdivisions belonging to a person, a family or a traditional institution; and

19 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) A person, family or community holding land under customary tenure on former public land may acquire a certificate of customary ownership in respect of that land in accordance with this Act.
2. (2) A certificate of customary ownership shall be in the prescribed form.
3. (3) An application for a certificate of customary ownership shall be in the prescribed form and shall be submitted, together with the prescribed fee, to the committee of the area in which the land the subject of the application is situated.

1. (1) On receipt of an application for a certificate of customary ownership, the committee shall-
2. (a) determine, verify and mark the boundaries of all interests in the land which is the subject of the application;
3. (b) demarcate rights of way and other easements over the land the subject of the application and any adjacent land which benefit or burden or are reputed to benefit or burden any such land or which it considers will be necessary for the more beneficial occupation of any such land in respect of which an application may be granted or any adjacent land;
4. (c) adjudicate upon and decide in accordance with and applying customary law any question or matter concerning the land referred to it by any person with an interest in land which is the subject of an application or any land adjacent to it, including the question of whether the customary law applicable to the land the subject of the application recognises individual rights to the occupation and use of land and, if so, subject to what conditions and limitations;
5. (d) record that if any person has, or two or more persons have, exercised rights under customary law over the land the subject of the application that should be recognised as ownership of that land, that person or those persons, as the case may be, shall, prirna facie, be entitled to be issued with a certificate of customary ownership and in the case of two or more persons, the shares of each person and the nature of their ownership;
6. (e) if any persons have exercised any right over the land or any part of it or are entitled to any interest in the land or part of it not amounting to ownership, including any lease, right of occupation or use, charge, pledge or other encumbrance whether by virtue of customary law or otherwise, hereafter in this Act referred to as a third party right, record the nature, incidents and extent of that third party right and the persons entitled to the benefit of it;
7. (f) advise the board upon any question of customary law;
8. (g) safeguard the interests and rights in the land which is the subject of the application of women, absent persons, minors and persons with or under a disability;

9 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (1) The Chairperson of a committee shall be responsible for ensuring that the procedures to be followed by the committee as set out in this section and any other procedures that may be prescribed are complied with.
2. (2) Where an application has been submitted to the committee, a notice in the prescribed form shall be published and posted in a prominent place in the area and on the land which is the subject of the application-
3. (a) specifying the location and approximate area of the land;
4. (b) requiring all persons who claim any interest in the land or in any adjacent land which may be affected by the application, including in respect of any adjacent land claims as to the boundaries of that land, to attend a meeting of the committee at a specified time and put forward their claims; and the time specified shall be not less than two weeks from the date on which the notice is published and posted as required by this subsection.
5. (3) On the date specified under subsection (2), the committee shall hear and determine all claims made under that subsection.
6. (4) The committee may adjourn any hearing into any claim and request an officer from the district land office, any other person or a group of persons recognised within the area as having knowledge about the land and its incidents of tenure to conduct further investigations into that claim.
7. (5) In hearing and determining any claim, the committee shall use its best endeavours to mediate between and reconcile parties having conflicting claims to the land.
8. (6) The committee shall-

4 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (1) The board shall, upon receipt of the report and recommendations of the committee referred to in section 6(6), consider the application in the light of that report and those recommendations and may-
2. (a) confirm the recommendations of the committee and where those recommendations are to issue a certificate of customary ownership with or without conditions, restrictions or limitations, approve the issue of a certificate of customary ownership accordingly and where the recommendations are to refuse to issue a certificate of customary ownership, confirm that refusal;
3. (b) where the recommendation of the committee is to approve the issue of a certificate subject to conditions, restrictions or limitations, vary the recommendation of the committee and approve the issue of a certificate of customary ownership, with or without conditions, restrictions or limitations in accordance with any such variations as it may make;
4. (c) return the report to the committee with directions as to what action, including further investigations or hearings, the committee is to undertake on the application; or
5. (d) reject the report of the committee and where the recommendation of the committee is to issue a certificate, refuse the issue of a certificate and where the recommendation of the committee is to refuse the issue of a certificate, approve the issue of a certificate.
6. (2) Where the board rejects or varies a recommendation of the committee, it shall give reasons for its decision.
7. (3) Where the committee has recorded under section 5(1)(e) that a person is entitled to the benefit of a third party right, a certificate of customary ownership may only be issued subject to that third party right, a record of which shall be endorsed on the certificate.
8. (4) The board shall communicate its decision in writing to the recorder.

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (1) A certificate of customary ownership shall be taken to confirm and is conclusive evidence of the customary rights and interests specified in it, and the land to which the certificate refers shall continue to be occupied, used, regulated and any transactions in respect of the land undertaken and any third party rights over the land exercised in accordance with customary law.
2. (2) A certificate of customary ownership shall confer on the holder of the certificate the right of the holder to undertake, subject to the conditions, restrictions and limitations contained in the certificate and subject to subsection (1), any transactions in respect of that land which may include, but shall not be limited to-
3. (a) leasing the land or a part of it;
4. (b) permitting a person usufructuary rights over the land or a part of it for a limited period which may include a period for the life of the person granting or the person granted the usufructuary right;
5. (c) mortgaging or pledging the land or a part of it, where a certificate of customary ownership does not restrict it;
6. (d) subdividing the land or a part of it, where a certificate of customary ownership does not restrict it;
7. (e) creating, or with the consent of the person entitled to the benefit, altering or discharging any easement, right in the nature of an easement or third party right applicable to the land or a part of it;
8. (f) selling the land or a part of it, where a customary certificate of customary ownership does not restrict it;

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (1) A person, family, community or association holding land under customary tenure on former public land may convert the customary tenure into freehold tenure in accordance with this Act.
2. (2) The decision of the board approving the conversion to freehold tenure shall be in the prescribed form.
3. (3) An application for conversion from customary tenure to freehold tenure shall be in the prescribed form and shall be submitted, together with the prescribed fee, to the committee of the area in which the land the subject of the application is situated.
4. (4) On receipt of the report and recommendations of the committee, the board shall cause the land in respect of which the application is made to be surveyed before approving the application.
5. (5) When the board approves an application for conversion, the board may attach conditions to the conversion.
6. (6) Any party aggrieved by the decision of the board may appeal to a district land tribunal; and the district land tribunal may confirm, reverse, vary or modify the decision and make such orders as it is empowered to make by this Act.

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

1. (1) A person who wishes to be granted a freehold shall apply in the prescribed form to the board.
2. (2) The application referred to in subsection (1) shall be lodged with the committee.

1. (1) Upon receipt of an application made under section 9 or 10, the committee shall, subject to this section, exercise in respect of the application all its functions under section 5.
2. (2) The committee shall when exercising the functions set out in section 5(1)(c) consider or take into account the question whether the customary law applicable to the land the subject of an application, to which this section applies, recognises or provides for individual ownership of land.
3. (3) In respect of an application made under section 9, the committee shall, when exercising the functions set out in section 5(1)(d), record whether the person or persons referred to in that paragraph are prima facie entitled to have their customary tenure converted to freehold tenure and in any case where two or more persons are prima facie entitled to convert their customary tenure to freehold tenure shall record whether they own or are entitled jointly or in common and in the latter case, the share of each.
4. (4) A person who holds a certificate of customary ownership shall be exempted in respect of that land from the verification described by section 5.

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

1. (1) The committee shall, subject to this section, in respect of an application made under section 9 or 10, comply with all the procedures set out in section 6.
2. (2) Where the applicant is in possession of a certificate of customary ownership-
3. (a) section 6(2)(b), (3), (4), (5) shall not apply to the application; and
4. (b) the committee may, when preparing a report on the application to which section 9 applies, make use of any report prepared under section 6(6)(a) but shall, in so doing, have regard to section 11 and whether, in the circumstances of the application, there are any new or additional matters not dealt with in the report submitted under section 6 that should be brought to the attention of the board.

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

1. (1) The board shall, upon receipt of the report and recommendations of the committee referred to in section 12(2)(b), consider the application in light of that report and those recommendations and, subject to section 12(1), may-
2. (a) confirm the recommendations of the committee and where those recommendations are to approve the application, with or without conditions and restrictions, confirm that approval and refer the approval to the Registrar of Titles to issue the applicant with a certificate of title or, as the case may be, a limited certificate under the Registration of Titles Act and where the recommendations are to refuse the application, confirm that refusal;
3. (b) where the recommendation of the committee is to approve the application, subject to conditions, restrictions and limitations, vary the recommendation of the committee and approve the application, with or without conditions, restrictions and limitations in accordance with any such variations as it may make;
4. (c) return the report to the committee with directions as to what action, including any further investigations or hearings, the committee is to undertake on the application; or
5. (d) reject the report of the committee and where the recommendation of the committee is to approve the application, refuse to approve the application and where the recommendation of the committee is to refuse the application, approve the application; and where the application is rejected, the board shall give reasons as to why the application was rejected.
6. (2) Where the committee reports, under section 12(2)(b) that a person is entitled to the benefit of a third party right, the board shall, if it accepts the report of the committee on the matter, and after taking into account the advice of the district land office, determine the nature of the third party right.
7. (3) Before approving the report and recommendations under subsection (1)(a) or (b), the board shall cause the land in respect of which the application is made to be surveyed.
8. (4) The board may, where it has determined that any person is entitled to the benefit of a third party right in land which is subject to an application for conversion to freehold tenure, determine that any freehold title of such land shall be subject to such restrictions, conditions and limitations as it considers desirable in the interests of efficiency and equity in land management or as will enable full effect to be given to those third party rights.

5 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (2) The Registrar of Titles may, in accordance with section 39 of the Registration of Titles Act, on the advice of the Commissioner responsible for surveys, issue to the applicant a certificate of title endorsed with the words "Limited as to Parcels".
2. (3) Where the decision of the board includes a request under section 13(6)(b) that the Registrar of Titles shall endorse the certificate of title with an incumbrance so as to give effect to a restriction, condition or limitation on the freehold title, the Registrar of Titles shall give effect to that request.

1. (1) A communal land association may be formed by any group of persons in accordance with this Act for any purpose connected with communal ownership and management of land, whether under customary law or otherwise.
2. (2) Within each district, the Registrar of Titles shall perform such functions relating to communal land associations as are conferred on that officer by this Act or as may be prescribed.
3. (3) The Registrar of Titles shall keep a public register of associations in the prescribed form and shall exercise a broad and general supervision over the administration of the associations within his or her district in order to ensure that they comply with their constitutions and manage the communal land under their control with due regard to the interests of the members of the association; and without limiting the generality of that function, the Registrar of Titles may, at any time that he or she considers it necessary for the proper performance of his or her functions or that it is in the public interest so to do, give directions to any officer of an association as to the proper performance of his or her duties, and that officer shall be under a duty to comply with any such order.

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

1. (1) A group of persons who wish to form themselves into an association may apply to the Registrar of Titles to become an association under the Act.
2. (2) The Registrar of Titles shall, on receipt of an application, convene a meeting of the group of persons.
3. (3) A notice to convene a meeting shall-
4. (a) state the place where and the time, being not less than twenty-one days from the date of the notice, at which the meeting is to be held;
5. (b) be drawn to the attention of all members of the group of persons in such manner that they will understand its nature and purpose.
6. (4) A meeting of a group of persons convened under this section shall-
7. (a) determine whether to incorporate themselves into an association;
8. (b) where not less than sixty percent of the group determine so to incorporate themselves, elect not more than nine nor less than three persons, of whom not less than one-third shall be women, to be the officers of the association.

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (1) The officers elected under section 16 shall be responsible for preparing a constitution for the association.
2. (2) The Registrar of Titles shall assist the officers in preparing a constitution for the association and may provide the officers with a model constitution containing such matters as may be prescribed.
3. (3) A constitution prepared by the officers shall be submitted to the Registrar of Titles for his or her certification that it complies with such matters as may have been prescribed or where no matter has been prescribed, that it provides for a transparent and democratic process of management of the affairs of the association.
4. (4) Where the Registrar of Titles is of the opinion that the constitution does not comply with subsection (3), the Registrar of Titles shall, within not more than thirty days from the receipt of that constitution, return it to the officers with a statement of reasons as to why he or she has rejected it.
5. (5) A constitution which has been rejected under subsection (4) may be revised and resubmitted for certification.
6. (6) A constitution which has been certified as complying with subsection (3) shall be put before and voted on by a meeting of the members of the association specifically convened for that purpose.
7. (7) A constitution shall be the approved constitution of the association when and only when it is approved by an absolute majority of all the members of that association at the meeting referred to in subsection (6).
8. (8) An approved constitution shall be binding on all members of the association.

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

1. (1) The officers of an association which has voted to approve a certified constitution shall apply to the Registrar of Titles on the prescribed form to be incorporated under this Act.
2. (2) On receiving an application under subsection (1), the Registrar of Titles shall, if he or she is satisfied that the requirements of this Act and any regulations made under this Act have been complied with, issue a certificate of incorporation of the officers of the association in the prescribed form, subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed.
3. (3) Upon the issue of a certificate of incorporation, the persons named in it as the officers shall become a body corporate with the name specified in the certificate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal.
4. (4) Where a certificate of incorporation has been issued subject to conditions and limitations, the officers may, with the approval of the Registrar of Titles, vary any of those conditions or limitations.

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

1. (1) The issue of a certificate of incorporation shall, subject to this Act, confer on the officers the powers to sue and the liability to be sued in the corporate name of the association, to make contracts binding on the association and all its members, to grant mortgages, pledges or liens over any property of the association and to dispose of any property of the association.
2. (2) The managing committee shall hold any land and other property which it holds as such and exercise its powers as such for and on behalf of all members of the association on any exercise of its functions.
3. (3) Where land is held on a certificate of customary ownership or a freehold or leasehold title by the managing committee on behalf of an association, no transactions of any kind in respect of the land or any part of the land shall be entered into or undertaken or concluded by the managing committee unless a majority convened for the purpose approve the specific transactions which are the subject of the meeting, and any transaction which is concluded which does not comply with this subsection shall be null and void and shall give rise to no rights or interest in the land.

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

1. (1) If a dispute arises within an association, the Registrar of Titles may of his or her own motion or on a request in writing by not less than one-tenth of the membership of that association-
2. (a) undertake an inquiry into the activities of the association and the matters which have caused or contributed to the dispute;
3. (b) refer the dispute to the board or such other person as he or she considers suitable to act as a conciliator to mediate the dispute between the members;
4. (c) propose amendments to the constitution or the rules of the association to avoid similar disputes in the future;
5. (d) take such other action as he or she shall consider appropriate in the circumstances, including action under this section.
6. (2) Where the Registrar of Titles has intervened in a dispute within an association under this section, all members of that association shall comply with any directions given by that officer in connection with the resolution of that dispute and shall cooperate with any person appointed by that officer to assist in resolving the dispute.

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

1. (1) The managing committee may apply to the Registrar of Titles for dissolution of the association.
2. (2) An application under subsection (1) shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be-
3. (a) signed by the officers;
4. (b) accompanied by the duly and properly signed minutes of the meeting of the members of the association specifically convened for the purpose at which a resolution to support the dissolution of the association was approved by a majority of all members of the association; and
5. (c) delivered or sent to the Registrar of Titles within fourteen days of the date on which the resolution was approved.
6. (3) The Registrar of Titles may, if he or she thinks fit, consent to the dissolution applied for; but the consent shall not affect any liability for any debts or remove any obligation to pay any taxes, fees, dues or other sums which the officers, on behalf of the association, owed up to the time of the dissolution, and any action or proceedings against those officers which have been or which may be commenced in respect of any such debts or sums owing may be continued or commenced, as the case may be.
7. (4) When an order of dissolution is consented to, the Registrar of Titles shall-
8. (a) give appropriate publicity to the dissolution and its effect;

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (1) Where an association holds land under a certificate of customary ownership or for a freehold title on behalf of a community, the association shall, where the customary law of the area makes provision for it, recognise and verify that all or part of the land so held by it is occupied and used by individuals and families for their own purposes and benefit.
2. (2) For the purpose of holding land under customary tenure, a family shall be deemed to be a legal person represented by the head of the family.
3. (3) Where any individual member of or family within a community referred to in subsection (1) or otherwise wishes to own, in his or her or its own capacity, land which is held communally but which, in accordance with customary law, is made available for the occupation and use of that individual or household, then-
4. (a) if it is before the land held by an association on behalf of the community, the individual or household may apply for a certificate of customary ownership under section 4, or for a freehold title under section 10, in respect of his or her or its portion of land, and sections 5 and 6 or, as the case may be, sections 11, 12, 13 and 14 shall apply to that application;
5. (b) where the land communally owned is held by an association under a certificate of customary ownership, the individual or family may apply to the association to transfer to him, her or it, his or her or its portion of land, and the association shall consider the application and take a decision in the matter; and if the association approves the application, the applicant may cause his or her or its portion of the land to be demarcated and transferred to the applicant and registered by the recorder;
6. (c) where the land communally owned is held by an association under freehold title, the individual or family may apply to the association to transfer to him, her or to it, his, her or its portion of land, and the association shall consider the application and take a decision in the matter; and if the association approves the application, the applicant may cause his or her or its portion of the land to be surveyed and transferred to the applicant and registered by the Registrar of Titles.
7. (4) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the association under this section may appeal against the decision to a district land tribunal; and the district land tribunal may confirm, vary, reverse or modify the decision of the association and make such other order as it is empowered to make under this Act.

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

1. (1) An association may, and shall, when so requested to do so by the community on whose behalf it holds land, set aside one or more areas of land for common use by members of the group.
2. (2) The boundaries of any area of land which has been set aside for common use shall be marked out in such a manner, including any such manner as is customary among the persons who will use that land, so as to enable those persons to recognise and keep to those boundaries.
3. (3) The purposes for which land may be set aside for common use are-
4. (a) the grazing and watering of livestock;
5. (b) hunting;
6. (c) the gathering of wood fuel and building materials;
7. (d) the gathering of honey and other forest resources for food and medicinal purposes; and
8. (e) such other purposes as may be traditional among the community using the land communally.

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

1. (1) An area of land set aside for common use shall be used and managed in accordance with the terms of a common land management scheme.
2. (2) A common land management scheme shall be made by an association, but it shall only come into effect when it is agreed to by the community on whose behalf the association holds land.
3. (3) A common land management scheme may extend to cover the use and management of more than one area of common land.
4. (4) A person who is not a member of the community may, with the agreement of the association, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld, use common land in accordance with the terms of the common land management scheme applicable to that land.
5. (5) Where a common land management scheme is made in respect of land held by an association under freehold, all members of the community and persons referred to in subsection (4) shall be deemed to have the benefit and be subject to the burden of easements and rights in the nature of easements in respect of their use of the common land.
6. (6) The board may prepare and publish a model common land management scheme; and where a model scheme has been published, an association shall have regard to that scheme when it makes its own scheme.

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

1. (1) A common land management scheme may include all or any of the following matters as seems most appropriate to the association-
2. (a) a description of the area of common land to which it applies;
3. (b) where common land is to be used for the communal grazing and watering of livestock-
4. (i) the numbers and type of livestock which each member of the community may graze on the common land;
5. (ii) the locations within the common land where livestock may be grazed and the times when those locations may be used for the grazing;
6. (iii) the routes to and from the common land which livestock are required to use;
7. (c) where the common land is to be used for hunting, the terms and conditions on which hunting may take place, due regard being given to the Animal Diseases Act, Cattle Grazing Act and the Uganda Wildlife Act; and
8. (d) where common land is to be used for the gathering of wood fuel, building materials and other natural resources-

10 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (1) The basic rights and duties of the members of a community under a common land management scheme are as follows-
2. (a) the right to make reasonable use of the common land, jointly with all other members of the group, in accordance with the terms of the scheme;
3. (b) the right to gather wood fuel and building materials and harvest the resources of the common land in accordance with the terms of the scheme;
4. (c) the duty to comply with and assist in the enforcement of the rules set out in the scheme;
5. (d) the right to exclude non-members of the group from the common land, other than those non-members who have been permitted to enter and use the common land;
6. (e) the duty to bear a reasonable and proportionate share of any expenses or losses incurred in using and managing the common land or through any natural disaster affecting the common land;
7. (f) the duty to support the establishment and management of a fund for the purposes of carrying out activities on and improvements to the common land in accordance with the terms of the scheme and to pay into the fund any fees and penalties collected under the scheme;
8. (g) the duty not to transfer any rights to occupy or use or gather the produce of any common land to any person whether for a fee or otherwise, except in accordance with the terms of the agreement and the rules of the scheme;

3 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. Any decision taken in respect of land held under customary tenure, whether in respect of land held individually or communally, shall be in accordance with the customs, traditions and practices of the community concerned, except that a decision which denies women or children or persons with a disability access to ownership, occupation or use of any land or imposes conditions which violate Articles 33, 34 and 35 of the Constitution on any ownership, occupation or use of any land shall be null and void

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

1. (1) Any lease which was granted to a Uganda citizen out of former public land and was subsisting on the coming into force of this Act may be converted into freehold if the board is satisfied that the following conditions have been complied with-
2. (a) that the leasehold is authentic and genuine;
3. (b) that there were no customary tenants on the land at the time of acquisition of the lease;
4. (c) that if there were any customary tenants on the land at the time of acquisition whose tenancy was disclosed, those tenants were duly compensated;
5. (d) that all development conditions and covenants have been complied with;
6. (e) that any other conditions imposed by law from time to time have been complied with; and
7. (f) that the conversion shall be limited to one hundred hectares and that any area in excess of one hundred hectares shall be converted only if the board has verified it and is satisfied that it is desirable in the public interest that it should be converted into freehold.
8. (2) Where a lease of land exceeding one hundred hectares is converted into freehold, the owner shall pay the market value as determined by the chief government valuer for the new interest before the conversion becomes effective and the money paid shall become part of the Land Fund.

6 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (1) "Lawful occupant" means-
2. (a) a person occupying land by virtue of the repealed-
3. (i) Busuulu and Envujjo Law of 1928;
4. (ii) Toro Landlord and Tenant Law of 1937;
5. (iii) Ankole Landlord and Tenant Law of 1937;
6. (b) a person who entered the land with the consent of the registered owner, and includes a purchaser; or
7. (c) a person who had occupied land as a customary tenant but whose tenancy was not disclosed or compensated for by the registered owner at the time of acquiring the leasehold certificate of title.
8. (2) "Bona fide occupant" means a person who before the coming into force of the Constitution-

8 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) Where a person has occupied and utilised or developed any land unchallenged by the registered owner of the land or agent of the registered owner for less than twelve years and therefore does not qualify to be a bona fide occupant under section 29, that person shall take all reasonable steps to seek and identify the registered owner of the land for the purpose of undertaking negotiations with that owner concerning his or her occupation of the land.
2. (2) Where any negotiations are entered into between the occupant and the registered owner under subsection (1) and the parties are unable, within a prescribed time, to reach agreement in the matter of the occupation of the land, either party may, in the prescribed manner, invite the mediator to assist them in their negotiations.
3. (3) The mediator may, upon being invited under subsection (2) and after satisfying himself or herself that there are reasonable prospects of reaching a satisfactory agreement between the parties, accept the invitation and give all reasonable assistance to the parties to reach an agreement on the occupation.
4. (4) Where, after a period of not less than three months, the mediator certifies that he or she is unable to assist the parties to reach an agreement under this section or the parties or any one of them declines to make use of the services of the mediator, either party may appeal to a district land tribunal and the district land tribunal may make such order as it thinks fit but if the district land tribunal determines that the occupation of land to which this section refers should come to an end, it shall give not less than one year's notice to the occupant of the land to vacate that land.

1. (1) A tenant by occupancy on registered land shall enjoy security of occupancy on the land.
2. (2) The tenant by occupancy referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a tenant of the registered owner to be known as a tenant by occupancy, subject to such terms and conditions as are set out in this Act or as may be prescribed.
3. (3) The tenant by occupancy shall pay to the registered owner an annual nominal ground rent as shall, with the approval of the Minister, be determined by the board.
4. (4) The Minister shall, within sixty days after receipt of a request for approval under subsection (3), communicate his or her decision in writing to the board.
5. (5) Where the Minister makes no communication of his or her ecision after the expiration of the period prescribed in subsection (4), it, shall be deemed that the approval has been given.
6. (6) For the purposes of this section, nominal ground rent shall mean reasonable ground rent-
7. (a) taking into consideration the circumstances of each case; and
8. (b) in any case, of a non-commercial nature.

6 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) In any case before a district land tribunal concerning the nonpayment of the ground rent referred to in section 31, whether the case is commenced by a tenant or a landlord, the district land tribunal shall have regard to the following factors-
2. (a) whether the person claiming the ground rent is the registered owner of the land or his or her lawfully authorised agent;
3. (b) whether the landlord has interfered with the quiet enjoyment by the tenant of his or her occupation of the land or contravened section 31(1) in any way;
4. (c) the circumstances, means and the necessary outgoings of the tenant;
5. (d) whether the tenant has vacated the land, leaving dependents with no means of support on the land;
6. (e) whether the non-payment of the ground rent is deliberate;
7. (f) the efforts made by the tenant or the dependents referred to in paragraph (d) to pay the ground rent;
8. (g) any negotiations over the arrears which have taken place between the landlord and the tenant and their outcome;

6 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) A lawful or bona fide occupant shall not be evicted from registered land except upon an order of eviction issued by a court and only for nonpayment of the annual nominal ground rent.
2. (2) A court shall, before making an order of eviction under this section, take into consideration the matters specified in section 32(1).
3. (3) When making an order for eviction, the court shall state in the order, the date, being not less than six months after the date of the order, by which the person to be evicted shall vacate the land and may grant any other order as to expenses, damages, compensation or any other matter as the court thinks fit.
4. (4) For the purposes of this section, the word "court" shall mean a court presided over by a magistrate grade I or a chief magistrate as the case may be, and reference to a district land tribunal in this Act and amendments thereto shall be interpreted accordingly.

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1. (1) A tenant by occupancy may apply to the registered owner for and be issued with a certificate of occupancy in the prescribed form in respect of the land which he or she occupies in accordance with this section.
2. (2) On receipt of the application, the registered owner shall notify the committee; and the committee shall appoint a day, being not less than three weeks and not more than three months from the date of the receipt of the application, when it will meet at the place where the land is situated to determine, verify and adjudicate on the boundaries to the land and shall inform the tenant by occupancy and the owner of that date.
3. (3) In exercising its functions of determining, verifying and adjudicating on the boundaries of the land, the committee shall, in the exercise of any of its powers under this section which involve a hearing of the affected parties, comply with the rules of natural justice and, subject to that duty, may-
4. (a) hear evidence which would not be admissible in a court of law;
5. (b) call evidence of its own motion;
6. (c) use evidence contained in any official record or adduced in any other claim; and
7. (d) generally, determine its own procedures.
8. (4) A determination of the committee on the boundaries of the land shall be sent to the tenant in occupancy and the owner of the land.

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) A tenant by occupancy may, in accordance with the provisions of this section, assign, sublet or subdivide the tenancy with the consent of the land owner.
2. (2) A tenancy by occupancy may be inherited.
3. (3) Prior to undertaking any transaction to which subsection (1) refers, the tenant by occupancy shall submit an application in the prescribed form to the owner of the land for his or her consent to the transaction.
4. (4) The registered owner shall, within six weeks from the date of receipt of the application or such longer time as may be prescribed, either grant a consent to the transaction in the prescribed form, with or without conditions, or refuse consent to the transaction.
5. (5) Where the registered owner refuses to grant consent to the transaction or grants consent subject to conditions which the tenant by occupancy objects to or fails within the prescribed time to give any decision on the application, the tenant by occupancy may appeal to a district land tribunal against the refusal or the conditions, as the case may be.
6. (6) For the purposes of appealing under this section, the failure to give a decision referred to in subsection (5) shall be taken to be a refusal.
7. (7) A district land tribunal shall, in the exercise of its functions under this section, grant the consent, with or without conditions which may include or depart from conditions imposed by the owner, or refuse consent to the transaction or may adjourn the proceedings to enable the parties to reach an agreement on the matter.
8. (8) A copy of every consent, signed by the owner or, where the consent has been granted by a district land tribunal, by the secretary of the district land tribunal, shall be delivered or sent to the recorder who shall keep a record in the prescribed form of all such consents.

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) A tenant by occupancy who wishes to assign the tenancy shall, subject to this section, give the first option of taking the assignment of the tenancy to the owner of the land.
2. (2) Subject to subsection (8), a tenant by occupancy who purports to assign the tenancy by occupancy without giving the first option of taking the assignment of the tenancy to the owner of the land commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding ninety-six currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years, or both; and the transaction shall be invalid and the tenant shall forfeit the right over the land and the land shall revert to the registered owner.
3. (3) The owner of land who wishes to sell the reversionary interest in the land shall, subject to this section, give the first option of buying that interest to the tenant by occupancy.
4. (4) Any offer made under this section shall be on a willing buyer willing seller basis.
5. (5) Where an option to buy is offered to any party under subsection (1) or (2), the party who makes the offer must set out the terms of the offer with sufficient detail and clarity for the party to whom the offer is made to understand the offer and make an appropriate response to it.
6. (6) A party to whom an offer to buy is made under subsection (1) or (2) shall, within three months after the receipt of the offer, either refuse the offer or make such a response as will enable meaningful negotiations to take place between the parties.
7. (7) Either party to the negotiations to which subsection (6) refers may, at any time after three months have elapsed since the negotiations commenced, refer the matter to the mediator for him or her to assist the parties to reach an agreement.
8. (8) Where the mediator is unable, after three months of negotiations, to assist the parties to reach an agreement on the option to buy, he or she shall make a declaration to that effect; and the party who made the offer of the option to buy shall thereupon be enabled to assign the tenancy by occupancy or, as the case may be, sell the reversionary interest free of the option to buy, to such other person as he or she thinks fit.

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) A registered owner and a tenant by occupancy may mutually agree that the land in which a tenant by occupancy has an interest be subdivided in such portions as the parties may agree with each party having exclusive occupancy or ownership of such portions as may be agreed or that the parties become joint proprietors of the land either as joint tenants or as tenants in common, and where they agree to be tenants in common, the shares of each in the land on such terms and conditions as they may agree.
2. (2) Where the parties agree to subdivide the land and become owners of individual portions of the subdivided land or where the parties agree to become joint proprietors of the land, they shall provide the Registrar of Titles with documentary evidence of their agreement and certified survey plans where applicable, and the Registrar of Titles shall-
3. (a) make the appropriate entries on the certificate of title of the land;
4. (b) issue new certificates of title to the parties;
5. (c) inform the recorder of the changes that must be made to the certificate of occupancy, including where relevant the cancellation of the certificate.

1. (1) Subject to section 27, where a tenant by occupancy voluntarily abandons his or her occupancy-
2. (a) the right of occupancy shall lapse;
3. (b) the occupant may remove any structures, buildings and other things placed by him or her on the land but not dams or trees;
4. (c) the occupant is not entitled to any compensation for loss of the occupancy.
5. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person shall be taken to have abandoned his or her occupancy -
6. (a) where he or she gives notice to the registered owner of his or her intention to abandon the occupancy; or
7. (b) where he or she leaves the whole of the land unattended to by himself or herself or a member of his or her family or his or her authorised agent for three years or more.
8. (3) Where the occupant proves that he or she was under a disability during any part of the period, the period of three years shall be extended by the period during which disability prevented the tenant by occupancy from exercising his or her right of occupancy and there was no member of the family and no authorised agent who could exercise the right of occupancy on behalf of the tenant.

6 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. "ordinary residence" means the place where a person resides with some degree of continuity apart from accidental or temporary absences; and a person is ordinarily resident in a place when he or she intends to make that place his or her home for an indefinite period;
2. "land from which a family derives sustenance" means-

1. "purchaser" means a grantee, lessee, sublessee, assignee, mortgagee, chargee or other person who acquires an estate or an interest or right in the land.

1. (1) Subject to Article 237(2)(c) of the Constitution, a non-citizen may acquire a lease in land in accordance with this section.
2. (2) A lease of five years or more acquired by a non-citizen shall be registered in accordance with the Registration of Titles Act.
3. (3) A non-citizen shall not be granted a lease exceeding ninety-nine years.
4. (4) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a non-citizen shall not acquire or hold mailo or freehold land.
5. (5) For the avoidance of doubt, any non-citizen who immediately before the coming into force of the Constitution held land as lessee on conversion within the meaning of the Land Reform Decree, 1975 shall be deemed to have continued to hold a lease for ninety-nine years from the first day of June, 1975.
6. (6) A citizen who holds land under freehold or mailo tenure and who ceases to be a citizen of Uganda, shall by virtue of ceasing to be a citizen, cease to hold land under freehold or mailo tenure and any such tenure shall automatically and without any other legal requirement than this subsection, be converted into a lease for a period of ninety-nine years from the date of that person ceasing to be a citizen of Uganda.
7. (7) For the purposes of this section, "non-citizen" means-
8. (a) a person who is not a citizen of Uganda as defined by the Constitution and the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act;

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) There is established a fund to be known as the Land Fund.
2. (2) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commission shall be responsible for the management of the Fund, and may contract out the management of any part of the Fund to an organisation in the public or private sector; but no such contract shall absolve the Commission from the responsibility of management.
3. (3) The money to form part of the Land Fund shall be derived from the following sources-
4. (a) money appropriated by Parliament;
5. (b) loans obtained by the Government;
6. (c) grants from any donors;
7. (d) any money paid into the Fund under this Act;
8. (e) any other source approved by the Minister in writing in consultation with the Minister responsible for finance.

26 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. The Government or a local government may acquire land in accordance with Articles 26 and 237(2) of the Constitution

1. A person who owns or occupies land shall manage and utilise the land in accordance with the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act, the Mining and Minerals Act, the National Environment Act, the Water Act, the Uganda Wildlife Act and any other law

1. (1) The Government or a local government shall hold in trust for the people and protect natural lakes, rivers, ground water, natural ponds, natural streams, wetlands, forest reserves, national parks and any other land reserved for ecological and touristic purposes for the common good of the citizens of Uganda.
2. (2) A local government may, upon request to the Government, be allowed to hold in trust for the people and the common good of the citizens of Uganda any of the resources referred to in subsection (1).
3. (3) Any resource that is not covered under subsection (1) which is identified after the coming into force of this Act may, upon request to the Government and with the approval of Parliament, be held in trust for the people and for the common good of the citizens of Uganda by a local government.
4. (4) The Government or a local government shall not lease out or otherwise alienate any natural resource referred to in this section.
5. (5) The Government or a local government may grant concessions or licences or permits in respect of a natural resource referred to in this section subject to any law.
6. (6) Parliament or any other authority empowered by Parliament may review any land held in trust by the Government or a local government whenever the community in the area or district where the reserved land is situated so demands.

1. Any use of the land shall conform to the provisions of the Physical Planning Act and any other law

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1. (1) There is established a commission to be known as the Uganda Land Commission.
2. (2) The Commission shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name.

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

1. (1) The Commission shall consist of a Chairperson and not less than four other members appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament.
2. (2) A person shall not qualify for appointment as a member of the Commission unless the person-
3. (a) is of or above the age of twenty-one years;
4. (b) is of sound mind;
5. (c) is of high moral character and proven integrity;
6. (d) has not been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; or
7. (e) has not been declared bankrupt.
8. (3) At least two of the members referred to in subsection (1) shall be persons with qualifications and experience in matters related to land.

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (1) The members of the Commission shall hold office for a period of five years and shall be eligible for re-appointment for a further one term.
2. (2) A member of the Commission may be removed from office by the President only for-
3. (a) inability to perform the functions of his or her office arising from infirmity of body or mind;
4. (b) misbehaviour or misconduct; or
5. (c) incompetence.

1. (b) where applicable, hold and manage any land acquired by the Government abroad, except that the Commission may delegate the management of such land to Uganda's missions abroad;
2. (c) procure certificates of title for any land vested in or acquired by the Government;
3. (d) perform such other functions as may be prescribed by or under this Act or any other enactment.

1. (1) There shall be a Secretary to the Commission who shall be a public officer appointed by the President on the advice of the Public Service Commission upon such terms and conditions as may be specified in the letter of appointment.
2. (2) The Secretary shall be a person with knowledge and experience in matters related to land.
3. (3) The Secretary shall not be a member of the Commission but shall conduct the correspondence of the Commission, keep records and perform such other functions as the Commission may direct.
4. (4) The Secretary shall keep custody of the seal of the Commission.
5. (5) The Commission shall have such other officers and employees as may be necessary for the discharge of its functions, and those officers or employees shall be appointed by the Public Service Commission on such terms and conditions as may be specified in their letters of appointment.

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

1. (1) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Commission and shall, in addition to his or her deliberative vote, have a casting vote.
2. (2) Where the Chairperson is absent from any meeting of the Commission, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside; and the member so elected shall have the powers and perform the functions of the Chairperson.
3. (3) The Commission shall meet for the discharge of its functions under this Act at least once in every two months at such place and time as the Chairperson shall appoint.
4. (4) Quorum at any meeting of the Commission shall be three, and any decision of the Commission shall be by consensus; but if there is no consensus it shall be by the majority of members present and voting.
5. (5) Subject to this Act, the Commission may regulate its own procedure.

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

1. (1) The common seal of the Commission shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairperson or of some other member authorised by the Commission in writing, and the signature of the Secretary.
2. (2) Any order or decision of the Commission shall be in writing and signed by-
3. (a) the Chairperson; or
4. (b) any other member duly authorised by it in writing; and
5. (c) the Secretary.
6. (3) Any instrument or contract which does not require to be under seal, may be entered into and executed on behalf of the Commission by any member or agent duly authorised in writing by the Commission for the purpose.
7. (4) Any document presented in evidence as-
8. (a) an instrument executed or issued by the Commission and sealed with the common seal of the Commission and authenticated in the manner prescribed in subsection (1);

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1. (b) erect, alter, enlarge, improve or demolish any building or other erection on any land held by it;
2. (c) sell, lease or otherwise deal with the land held by it;
3. (d) cause surveys, plans, maps, drawings and estimates to be made by or through its officers or agents; and
4. (e) do such other things as may be necessary for or incidental to the exercise of those powers and the performance of those functions.

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

1. (1) The members of the Commission shall be paid such salaries and allowances as may be specified in their letters of appointment, and the salaries and allowances shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund.
2. (2) All expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Commission in connection with or incidental to the performance of its functions under this Act shall be paid for out of funds appropriated by Parliament.

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

1. (1) In the performance of its functions under the Constitution and this Act, the Commission shall conform to the policy of the Government in relation to land matters.
2. (2) Subject to the Constitution, the Minister may, without prejudice to any other powers he or she may have under this Act, give to the Commission such policy directions as are necessary to ensure compliance with subsection (1), and the Commission shall give effect to the directions.

1. (1) There shall be for each district a district land board.
2. (2) A board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name.

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1. (1) A board shall be appointed by the district council on the recommendation of the district executive committee and with the approval of the Minister.
2. (2) Subject to a minimum membership of five, a board shall consist of the following persons-
3. (a) a Chairperson;
4. (b) one member representing municipal councils;
5. (c) one member representing urban councils;
6. (d) at least one member from each county in the district.
7. (3) A person shall not qualify to be appointed as a member of a board the person-
8. (a) is less than eighteen years of age;

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

1. (1) The members of a board shall hold office for a period of five years and may be eligible for re- appointment for a further one term.
2. (2) A member of a board may be removed from office by the district council on the recommendation of the district executive committee only for-
3. (a) inability to perform the functions of his or her office arising from infirmity of body or mind;
4. (b) misbehaviour or misconduct;
5. (c) incompetence; or
6. (d) absenting himself or herself from meetings of the board for six consecutive times without reasonable cause.

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1. (1) The functions of a board shall be to-
2. (a) hold and allocate land in the district which is not owned by any person or authority;
3. (b) facilitate the registration and transfer of interests in land;
4. (c) take over the role and exercise the powers of the lessor in the case of a lease granted by a former controlling authority;
5. (d) cause surveys, plans, maps, drawings and estimates to be made by or through its officers or agents;
6. (e) compile and maintain a list of rates of compensation payable in respect of crops, buildings of a non-permanent nature and any other thing that may be prescribed;
7. (f) review every year the list of rates of compensation referred to in paragraph (e) of this subsection; and
8. (g) deal with any matter which is incidental or connected to the other functions referred to in this subsection.

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) In the performance of its functions, a board shall be independent | F the Uganda Land Commission and shall not be subject to the direction or control of any person or authority but shall take into account the national and district council policy on land and the particular circumstances of different systems of customary land tenure within the district.
2. (2) A board shall have power to-
3. (a) acquire, by purchase or otherwise, rights or interests in land and easements;
4. (b) erect, alter, enlarge, improve or demolish any building or other erection on any land held by it;
5. (c) sell, lease or otherwise deal with the land held by it; and
6. (d) do and perform all such other acts, matters and things as may be necessary for or incidental to the exercise of those powers and the performance of those functions.
7. (3) In the performance of its functions, a board shall prepare and publish an annual report and shall have regard to any comments that the district council may make on that annual report.

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1. (1) There shall be a secretary to a board who shall be a public officer appointed by the district service commission.
2. (2) The secretary shall be a person with knowledge and experience in matters relating to land.
3. (3) The secretary to a board shall conduct the correspondence of the board, keep records and custody of the seal of the board and perform such other functions as the board may direct.
4. (4) A board shall have such support staff as may be recruited for the purpose in accordance with the public service regulations.

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1. (1) The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the board and shall, in addition to his or her deliberative vote, have a casting vote.
2. (2) Where the chairperson is absent from any meeting of the board, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside; and the member so elected shall have the powers and perform the functions of the Chairperson and shall have a casting vote.
3. (3) Aboard shall meet for the discharge of its functions under this Act at least once in every two months at such place and time as the Chairperson shall appoint.
4. (4) The quorum at any meeting of the board shall be three.
5. (5) A decision of the board shall be arrived at by consensus and, in case of a contentious issue, by a majority vote.
6. (6) Subject to this Act, the board may regulate its own procedure.

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

1. (1) All expenses of the board shall be charged on the district administration funds.
2. (2) Members of the board shall be remunerated and paid allowances out of the Consolidated Fund.
3. (3) The accounts of the board shall be audited annually.

1. (1) A district council, on the advice of the subcounty or division council, may, in accordance with this section, appoint a land committee at subcounty or division level which shall exercise the functions conferred on a committee by this Act or any other law.
2. (2) A committee appointed under this section shall consist of a chairperson and four other persons who shall serve on a part-time basis.
3. (3) A person holding office as a member of a local government council tall relinquish that office upon appointment as a member of a committee.
4. (4) A member of a committee shall hold office for a period of three years and is eligible for re- appointment for one further term.
5. (5) A district council may terminate the appointment of a member of a committee for his or her inability to perform the functions of his or her office, or for good cause.
6. (6) In determining whether to appoint a committee, the district council shall have regard to-
7. (a) any request from any of the areas referred to in subsection (1) for which a committee may be appointed and in particular, whether any request is for a committee to be appointed to perform the functions allocated to a committee in Part II of this Act;
8. (b) the extent of the demand, if any, from the people within the areas referred to in subsection (1) for any of the services which they may apply for under Part II of this Act;

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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