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National Women’s Council (Amendment) Act

Act 10 of 2010 Current version · as at 25 June 2010

An Act to amend the National Women's Council Act to provide for membership of the village women's council, to empower the Electoral Commission to designate a period for registering voters and to maintain a voters register for the village women's council.

Enacted2010
Commenced25th June, 2010
Last amended—
Point-in-time consolidation · as at 25 June 2010. This page may not reflect amendments made after that date. Confirm the current position against the latest Uganda Gazette before relying on it.

About this Act

An Act to amend the National Women's Council Act to provide for membership of the village women's council, to empower the Electoral Commission to designate a period for registering voters and to maintain a voters register for the village women's council.

Jurisdiction
Uganda
Type
Principal Legislation
Status
In force
Language
English

Full text of the Act

0 parts · 3 sections

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Uganda

National Women’s Council (Amendment) Act

Commenced on 25th June, 2010

[This is the version of this document at 25 June 2010.]

An Act to amend the National Women's Council Act to provide for membership of the village women's council, to empower the Electoral Commission to designate a period for registering voters and to maintain a voters register for the village women's council.

3. Amendment of section

THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010.

An Act to amend the National Women's Council Act to provide for membership of the village women's council, to empower the Electoral Commission to designate a period for registering voters and to maintain a voters register for the village women's council.

DATE OF ASSENT: 5th June, 2010.

Date of Commencement: 25th June, 2010.

BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows:

The National Women's Council Act, in this Act referred to as the principal Act is amended in section 6 - (a) by substituting for subsection (1) the following- "(1) A village women's council shall consist of women who reside in the village and are willing to be members of the village council." (b) by inserting immediately after subsection(l) the following- "(la) Without prejudice to subsection (1), woman who is not a citizen of Uganda shall not be a member of a village women's council.

(lb)

The decisions of a village women's council shall be binding on all the women in a village."

The principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after section 6 the following- "6A. Electoral Commission to maintain voters register The Electoral Commission shall- (a) by statutory instrument designate a period for registering women who want to participate in the women council elections at all levels; (b) compile, maintain, revise and update the voters register for women's councils at the village level; and (c) by statutory instrument designate a period for updating the voter's register for women's council elections.

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What this section does
Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Amendment of section”.

“THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010.”
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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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  1. (lb) The decisions of a village women's council shall be binding on all the women in a village."
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 amendment note or instrument-level amendment history appears in this consolidation.

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6B. Electoral Commission to settle election disputes

The powers of the Electoral Commission to settle disputes provided in section 15 of the Electoral Commission Act shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to women council elections."

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What this section does
Mandatory duty

This section imposes mandatory requirements concerning “Electoral Commission to settle election disputes”.

“The powers of the Electoral Commission to settle disputes provided in section 15 of the Electoral Commission Act shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to women council elections."”
Primary legislation Source quotation matched
Practical effect

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

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

Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.

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  1. The powers of the Electoral Commission to settle disputes provided in section 15 of the Electoral Commission Act shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to women council elections."
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
Electoral Commission Act
Amendment notes

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

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

3. Amendment of section 7 The principal

is amended by substituting for section 7(1)(f)(i) the "women members of Parliament in the case of district women's committee" The principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after section 7 the following-

"7A. Sponsorship of candidates by political organisations or political parties Under the multi party political system, nomination of candidates may be made by a political organisation or a political party sponsoring a candidate or by a candidate standing for election as an independent candidate without being sponsored by a political party or political organisation."

The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 23 the

"23. Regulations (1) The Minister may, after consultation with the council, by statutory instrument, make regulations for better carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to subsection (1) the Minister shall after consultation with the council, make regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this Act regarding election of members of the council. (3) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Minister may, prescribe as penalties for contravention of regulations made under that subsection- (a) a fine not exceeding seventy two currency points or imprisonment not exceeding three years or both; (b) a daily fine not exceeding five currency points for each day on which the contravention continues; and (c) disqualification for a period not exceeding five years from the date of the conviction from holding an office on a women's committee or being a member of any women's council other than a cell or village women's council".

Original Laws of Uganda consolidation (as at 25 June 2010) — public-domain legislation, consolidated by ULII / Laws.Africa (CC BY 4.0). This is a point-in-time text and may not reflect later amendments; confirm against the latest Uganda Gazette before relying on it.