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Presidential Elections Act

Cap. 179 Act 16 of 2005 Current version · as at 31 December 2023

An Act to provide for elections to the office of President; to provide for qualifications and disqualifications for candidates and the manner of establishing equivalent qualifications; to provide for the nomination, campaigning, polling procedure, counting and tallying and declaration of results of a presidential election and the procedure for challenging the results and for related matters.

Enacted2005
Commenced21 November 2005
Last amended27 July 2020Act 11 of 2020

About this Act

An Act to provide for elections to the office of President; to provide for qualifications and disqualifications for candidates and the manner of establishing equivalent qualifications; to provide for the nomination, campaigning, polling procedure, counting and tallying and declaration of results of a presidential election and the procedure for challenging the results and for related matters.

Jurisdiction
Uganda
Type
Principal Legislation
Status
In force
Language
English

Amendments

3 amending instruments
  1. 27 July 2020 Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act, 2020 Act 11 of 2020
  2. 1 October 2015 Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act, 2015 Act 14 of 2015
  3. 25 June 2010 Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act, 2010 Act 14 of 2010

Full text of the Act

11 parts · 93 sections

The original consolidated PDF as published.