Registration of Persons Act

1. (1) This Act applies to the registration of all persons in Uganda.
2. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), this Act does not apply-
3. (a) to a person who is not a resident or a person visiting Uganda for a period not exceeding ninety days;
4. (b) to a refugee recognised by the Government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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1. (b) to harmonise and consolidate the law on registration of persons;
2. (c) to establish a central registration body for the registration of all persons in Uganda;
3. (d) to establish a national identification register of all persons in Uganda; and
4. (e) to provide for access and use of the information contained in the national identification register.

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1. "alien's identification card" means an alien's identification card issued under this Act;
2. "applicant" means an individual who makes an application for an entry to be made in the register or for the issue or reissue of a national identification card or aliens identification card;
3. "Authority" means the National Identification and Registration Authority established under this Act;
4. "Board" means the Board of the Authority established under this Act;
5. "Citizen" means a citizen of Uganda under the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda;
6. "currency point" has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1;
7. "data" means facts or information which may be-
8. "document" includes any medium in which information is recorded, whether printed or on tape or film or by electronic means or otherwise and a map, diagram, photograph, film, microfilm, video-tape, sound recording, machine-readable record, or any record which is capable of being produced from a machine- readable record by means of equipment or a programme or a combination of both and which is used for that purpose by the authority which holds the record;

16 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) There is established a National Identification and Registration Authority.
2. (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and may, for the discharge of its functions under this Act-
3. (a) acquire, hold and dispose of moveable and immovable property;
4. (b) sue and be sued in its corporate name; and
5. (c) do all acts and things as a body corporate may lawfully do.

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1. (1) The functions of the Authority are-
2. (a) to create, manage, maintain and operate the National Identification Register;
3. (b) to register citizens of Uganda;
4. (c) to register non-citizens of Uganda who are lawfully resident in Uganda;
5. (d) to register births and deaths;
6. (e) to assign a unique national identification number to every person registered in the register;
7. (f) to issue national identification cards and aliens identification cards;
8. (g) to harmonise and incorporate into the register, where applicable, information from other databases in Government agencies relating to registration of persons;

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) The Authority shall cooperate with other government ministries, departments and agencies in the implementation of this Act.
2. (2) For the purpose subsection (1) all ministries, departments and agencies of government shall accord to the Authority such assistance as may be necessary to ensure the proper discharge of the functions of the Authority.

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1. (b) charge fees for services provided by the Authority.

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1. The Minister may give directions in writing to the Authority with respect to the policy to be observed and implemented by the Authority, and the Authority shall comply with those directions Board of the Authority

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1. (1) The Authority shall have a Board, which shall be the governing body of the Authority.
2. (2) The Board shall comprise of-
3. (a) a chairperson;
4. (b) a representative of-
5. (i) the ministry responsible for internal affairs;
6. (ii) the Electoral Commission;
7. (iii) the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control;
8. (iv) the Uganda Registration Services Bureau;

6 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (b) has been adjudged bankrupt under any law in force in Uganda and has not been dis-charged;
2. (c) has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for six months or more without the option of a fine by a competent court in Uganda or elsewhere; or
3. (d) is a Member of Parliament, a Minister or a member of a local government council; or
4. (e) is a civil servant except those stated under section 9 (2)(b).

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1. (1) A member of the Board shall hold office for four years and is eligible for reappointment for one further term.
2. (2) The chairperson and members of the Board shall hold office on terms and conditions specified in their instruments of appointment.
3. (3) A member of the Board may, at any time, resign his or her office by letter addressed to the Minister, giving notice of not less than one month.
4. (4) The Minister may, at any time suspend or remove a member of the Board only-
5. (a) for inability to perform the functions of his or her office arising from infirmity of body or mind;
6. (b) for misbehaviour or misconduct;
7. (c) for incompetence;
8. (d) for absence without prior permission of the chairperson, or without reasonable cause to the satisfaction of the Minister, for more than four consecutive meetings of the Board;

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. The chairperson and the members of the Board shall be paid such remuneration as may be specified in their instruments of appointment

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1. (1) The Board is responsible for the general direction and supervision of the Authority.
2. (2) Without limiting the general effect of subsection (1), the Board shall-
3. (a) oversee the operations of the Authority;
4. (b) advise the Minister on registration and identification of persons, related policy and strategic issues;
5. (c) review and approve business and operating plans, budgets, reports and audited financial statements of the Authority;
6. (d) establish and approve rules and procedures for appointment, promotion, termination, discipline, and terms and conditions of service of the staff of the Authority;
7. (e) provide guidance to the Executive Director and staff of the Authority;
8. (f) review the management of the Authority; and

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.

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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 may appoint committees-
2. (a) to inquire into and advise the Board on any matter concerning the functions of the Authority as the Board may refer to the committee;
3. (b) to exercise such powers or perform such functions of the Authority as the Board may delegate or refer to the committee.
4. (2) A committee appointed under subsection (1) shall consist of a chairperson and other persons, whether members of the Board or not, as the Board may determine.
5. (3) The Board may require a committee appointed under this section to act jointly or in co-operation with any other committee.
6. (4) The members of a committee appointed under this section may be paid such allowances as the Board may, with the written approval of the Minister, determine.
7. (5) Subject to any direction given by the Board, a committee appointed under this section may regulate its own procedure.

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1. (1) The Board may, by instrument of delegation, delegate to the chairperson, a member of the Board, an officer of the Authority or to a committee established under section 15, any of the powers, duties or functions of the Authority under this Act.
2. (2) The terms and conditions regulating the exercise of the powers delegated under this section shall be contained in the instrument of delegation.
3. (3) A person aggrieved by the decision of a delegate in the exercise of powers under this section may appeal to the Board.
4. (4) A person shall, in the exercise of a delegated power under this section, comply with directions or guidelines as the Board may, from time to time, issue in writing.

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1. (1) The Authority shall have an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the Minister on the recommendation of the Board on terms and conditions specified in his or her instrument of appointment.
2. (2) The executive Director shall be a person of high moral character and proven integrity, with the relevant professional qualifications and experience.
3. (3) The Executive Director shall hold office for five years and is eligible for reappointment for one further term.
4. (4) The Executive Director shall cease to hold office where-
5. (a) he or she resigns;
6. (b) he or she is declared bankrupt or insolvent or has made an arrangement with his or her creditors;
7. (c) he or she is convicted of a criminal offence, in Uganda or elsewhere, in respect of which the maximum penalty exceeds six months imprisonment without the option of a fine;
8. (d) he or she is removed from office by the Board for inability to perform the functions of his or her office arising from infirmity of body or mind; or

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 Executive Director is responsible for the day to day operations and administration of the Authority.
2. (2) Subject to this Act and to the general supervision and control of the Board, the Executive Director is responsible for-
3. (a) the implementation of the policies and programmes of the Authority and reporting on them to the Board ;
4. (b) the proper management of the funds and property of the Authority;
5. (c) the organisation and control of the staff of the Authority;
6. (d) the development of an operating plan to guide the Authority in achieving its objectives;
7. (e) co-operation with other lead agencies and organisations in matters related to registration of persons;
8. (f) the development of an economic, efficient and cost effective internal management structure;

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. (1) There shall be a secretary to the Authority who shall be appointed by the Board on terms and conditions specified in the instrument of appointment.
2. (2) The secretary to the Authority shall be the principal legal adviser to the Board and the Authority;
3. (3) The secretary to the Authority shall be responsible for-
4. (a) arranging the business at meetings of the Board;
5. (b) taking the minutes of the meetings of the Board;
6. (c) keeping the records of the decisions and other policy records of the Board;
7. (d) performing any other function assigned by the Executive Director
8. (4) In the performance of his or her functions, the secretary is answerable to the Executive Director.

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) The Board may appoint registration officers and other officers and staff of the Authority as may be necessary for the proper and efficient performance of the functions of the Authority.
2. (2) The employees appointed under this section shall hold office on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board and specified in their instruments of appointment.
3. (3) The Board shall regulate the manner of appointment, terms and conditions of service and the discipline of the staff appointed under this section.

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1. (1) The funds and sources of revenue of the Authority shall consist of-
2. (a) money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of the Authority;
3. (b) grants, gifts or donations from the Government or other sources made with the approval of the Minister and the Minister responsible for finance;
4. (c) revenue earned from activities of the Authority under this Act;
5. (d) fees charged and civil fines and penalties recovered by the Authority; and
6. (e) any other funds received by the Authority in the performance of its functions under this Act.
7. (2) All non-tax revenue raised by the Authority shall be remitted to the Consolidated fund.

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1. In the performance of its functions under this Act, the Authority shall have due regard to sound financial principles

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1. The Board with the authority of the Accountant General shall open and maintain such accounts as are necessary for the performance of the functions of the authority

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1. Subject to Article 159 of the Constitution, the Board may with the approval of Parliament borrow money as may be required for meeting its obligations or for the discharge of the functions of the Authority under this Act

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1. (1) The Executive Director shall, within three months before the end of each financial year, cause to be prepared and submitted to the Board for its approval, estimates of the income and expenditure of the Authority for the next financial year.
2. (2) The Board shall, within two months of receipt of the estimates referred to in subsection (1), cause to be submitted to the Minister for his or her approval, the estimates of income and expenditure as approved by the Board.

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1. The financial year of the Authority shall be same as the financial year of Government

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1. (1) The Authority shall keep proper books of accounts and all records relating to the transactions and affairs of the Authority.
2. (2) The Auditor General or an auditor appointed by the Auditor General shall, in each financial year, audit the accounts of the Authority.
3. (3) The Auditor General or an auditor appointed by the Auditor General shall within three months after receipt of the accounts submit to Parliament a report on the audited accounts of the Authority.
4. (4) The Auditor General shall submit the audited accounts of the Authority to Parliament in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act, 2015.

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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 registration officer in charge of a registration area shall register births and shall enter in the register, or cause to be entered, the prescribed particulars of every birth notified.
2. (2) Upon registration of a birth by a registration officer, the Authority will allocate a National Identification Number to a child identified as a citizen of Uganda or Alien Identification Number to a child identified as an alien.

1. (1) A parent, guardian or the person having charge of a child, shall immediately after the date of birth or finding of a child notify the registration officer for the purpose of registration of the birth of that child.
2. (2) A birth not registered immediately, shall not be registered unless the registrar is satisfied as to the truth of the particulars and is directed to register them by the Executive Director.

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1. (1) Upon the birth of a child, it is the duty of-
2. (a) both the father and mother of the child;
3. (b) in the absence of the father or the mother or in the absence of either parent or in circumstances where the available parent lacks capacity to inform on the birth, the occupier of the house in which the child is born; or
4. (c) in the absence of any of the stipulated informants under paragraphs (a) and(b), the guardian or the person having charge of the child, shall give notice of the birth to the registration officer of the registration area in which the birth occurs within such time as may be from time to time prescribed.
5. (2) Where a birth occurs in a prison, hospital, orphanage, barracks or quarantine station, the officer in charge of the establishment in which the birth takes place shall ensure that the parents or guardian or person having charge of the child notify the registration officer of the birth.

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1. (1) A person giving notice of the birth of a child shall give the prescribed particulars, which shall be entered forthwith by the registration officer in the register, and the person notifying the birth shall certify to the correctness of the entry by signing or by affixing a mark to the register.
2. (2) The registration officer shall before entering any information in the register, ensure that a person giving notice under subsection (1) provides the following particulars-
3. (a) in respect of a birth; the name, sex, date, disability if any weight at birth, place and district of birth;
4. (b) in respect of the mother; the name, age, marital status, usual residence, nationality, National Identification Number or Alien Identification Number for citizens and Aliens respectively; level of education, profession or occupation, and previous births;
5. (c) in respect of the father; the name, age, marital status, usual residence, nationality, National Identification Number or Alien Identification Number for citizens and Aliens respectively; level of education and profession or occupation; and
6. (d) in respect of the informant, the name, capacity, nationality, National Identification Number or Alien Identification Number for citizens and Aliens respectively; signature of informant, and date of notification.

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1. (1) The Authority shall register presumed births as provided for under Article 11(1) of the Constitution.
2. (2) Any person who finds the child whose parents are unknown or any person who is given to take care of such a child shall report immediately to the nearest police station or health centre and thereafter, the person in charge of the police station or health centre as the case may be, shall cause to be registered such particulars concerning the birth of the child to registration officer in the registration area, in which the child was found.

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1. (1) A person giving notice of a birth occurring outside Uganda of a child whose parent or guardian is a citizen of Uganda, shall produce to the registration officer the following evidence of the birth-
2. (a) a certificate of birth issued by the appropriate authority in the foreign country, with an English translation of the certificate if it is not in English; or
3. (b) if a certificate of birth are not issued in the foreign country, a certificate of the birth given by the doctor, midwife or other persons who attended to the birth, with an English translation of the certificate if it is not in English; or
4. (c) if there is a Uganda Mission in the country abroad, a certificate of an officer of the Mission that the officer is satisfied, from the evidence produced and inquiries the officer has made, that the particulars of the birth given in the certificate are correct; or
5. (d) if there is no Uganda Mission in the country abroad, such other evidence as the Minister may prescribe in the Regulations.
6. (2) The person giving notice of the birth shall certify in writing to the registration officer the correctness and authenticity of the evidence which such person submits.
7. (3) Upon receiving the evidence required under subsection (1), the registration officer shall forthwith enter the prescribed particulars of the birth in the register of births occurring outside Uganda.

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1. (1) A person shall not be entered in the register as the father of any child except-
2. (a) at the joint request of the father and mother of the child appearing physically before the registration officer;
3. (b) upon the production to the registration officer of DNA tests results;
4. (c) upon the production to the registration officer of a court order establishing paternity.
5. (2) In case of subsection 1(b) the person contesting parentage of the child shall be responsible for meeting the costs of carrying out the DNA test.

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1. (1) Any person, being over the age of eighteen years or a widower, widow, divorced person or a married person, who wishes to change his or her name, shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice in the prescribed form of his or her intention to do so.
2. (2) Not less than seven days after the publication of the notice, the person intending to change his or her name may apply in the prescribed form to the registration officer of the registration center in which his or her birth is registered.
3. (3) The registration officer shall, upon being satisfied that the requirements of this section have been carried out and upon payment of the prescribed fee, amend the register accordingly and shall sign and date the amendment.

1. (1) The parents or guardian of any child under the age of eighteen years may apply in the prescribed form to the registration officer of registration center in which the birth of the child is registered to change the name of the child.
2. (2) The registration officer shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, amend the register accordingly and shall sign and date the amendment.

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1. If a child born a hermaphrodite, after being registered, through an operation, changes from a female to a male or from a male to a female and the change is certified by a medical doctor, the registration officer shall, with the approval of the Executive Director of the Authority upon application of the parents or guardian of that child update the particulars of the child, which appear on the register

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1. (1) Upon receipt of the application in the prescribed form and upon payment of the prescribed fee, the Authority shall issue a certificate in the prescribed form of the birth of any person compiled in the prescribed manner from the records and register in the Authority's custody.
2. (2) A certificate of birth issued under subsection (1) shall contain-
3. (a) the information concerning the child which shall include;
4. (i) name;
5. (ii) place of birth;
6. (iii) date of birth;
7. (iv) sex;
8. (v) nationality;

5 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) Any ministry, department, agency or institution, in the exercise of its lawful function, may require production of a certificate of birth and such requirement shall be lawful.
2. (2) Any ministry, department, agency or institution under subsection (1) may, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law for the time being, defer consideration of the service until the certificate of birth of the said person has been produced or other proof that the birth of the person has been registered is provided.

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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. A registration officer in charge of a registration area shall register deaths and shall enter in the register, or cause to be entered, the prescribed particulars of every death notified

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1. (1) Upon the death of any person, it is the duty of-
2. (a) the next of kin or the relative of the deceased present at the time of death of the deceased;
3. (b) in the absence of persons contemplated in paragraph (a), the next of kin or relative of the deceased dwelling or being in the same area as the deceased; or
4. (c) in the absence of persons contemplated in paragraphs (a) and (b), the occupier of the house in which to the person's knowledge the death took place or an inmate of the house in which the death took place or any person finding or taking charge of the body of the deceased person or causing the body of the deceased person to be disposed of, in that order, to give notice to the registration officer of the area in which the death took place within such time as may be prescribed.

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1. (1) A person giving notice of a death shall, to the best of the person's knowledge and ability, give the prescribed particulars, which shall be entered forthwith by the registration officer in the register.
2. (2) A person notifying the registration officer in subsection (1) shall certify to the correctness of the entry by signing or affixing a mark on the register.
3. (3) Every death shall be registered immediately it occurs and in any case, not more than three months from the date of that death.
4. (4) A death shall not be registered after the expiration of three months from the date of that death except upon the applicant complying with such requirements as may be provided for in the regulations.

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1. (1) A person giving notice of the death of a citizen of Uganda which occurred outside Uganda shall produce to the registration officer the-
2. (a) certificate of death issued by the appropriate authority in the country in which the death occurred, with an English translation of the certificate, if it is not in English;
3. (b) where there is a Uganda Mission in the country in which the death occurred, a certification by an officer of the Mission that the officer is satisfied, from the evidence produced to that officer and inquiries which the officer has made, that the particulars of the death given are correct; or
4. (c) where there is no Uganda Mission in the country, any other evidence as the Minister may prescribe in the Regulations.
5. (2) The person giving notice of the death shall certify in writing, to the registration officer, the correctness and authenticity of the evidence produced.
6. (3) Upon receiving the information required under subsection (1), the registration officer shall enter the particulars of the death in the register in the prescribed manner.

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1. (1) In the case of a death occurring in Uganda of any person who has been attended during the person's last illness by a medical officer, the medical officer shall sign a certificate stating to the best of the medical officer's knowledge and belief the cause of death.
2. (2) A certificate of cause of death signed in accordance with subsection (1) shall be forwarded forthwith by the medical officer to the registration officer who shall cause the particulars of such death to be entered in the register in the prescribed manner.
3. (3) A medical officer who refuses or fails without reasonable cause to comply with any of the provisions of this section commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding twenty four currency points or both.
4. (4) Subject to the Inquest Act, where an inquest is held on the body of a deceased person, the Magistrate holding the inquest shall forward to the registration officer a certified copy of such finding and upon receipt of such report, shall cause the particulars of such death to be entered in the register in the prescribed manner."

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1. (1) Where it is proved that a person has not been seen and has not been heard of for seven years by those who might be expected to have seen or heard of the person if the person were alive, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person is dead.
2. (2) Where a person is presumed dead in accordance with subsection (1), any person who would have been under a duty under section 43 of this Act to give notice of the death of the person being presumed dead may apply for an order of a presumption of death in a court of competent jurisdiction, and the order, once issued, shall be served upon the Authority and shall have the same effect as a certificate of death issued under this Act.
3. (3) The Authority shall register presumed deaths and shall enter therein all orders issued by the court and served upon the Authority in respect of presumed deaths.

1. (1) The Authority shall upon application and payment of the prescribed fee issue a certificate of death in the prescribed form.
2. (2) A certificate of death issued under subsection (1) shall contain the-
3. (a) information concerning the deceased which shall include;
4. (i) name;
5. (ii) date of birth;
6. (iii) place of birth;
7. (iv) date of death;
8. (v) place of death;

6 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. Within ten days of the last day of each month, every registration officer shall forward to the supervising officer a copy of all entries made by him or her in the register during the preceding month

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1. (1) Upon payment of the prescribed fee by the applicant, the Authority shall furnish a certified copy of any entry in a register or return in its custody or a certified copy of any extract from that entry.
2. (2) The copy of any entry in the register or return, or a copy of any extract from the entry, which is certified under the hand of the authorised staff of the Authority to be a correct copy, shall be prima facie evidence in all court proceedings of the facts contained in the copy.

1. (1) The Executive Director may authorise staff of the Authority in writing to correct any error in the register, return, index or certificate.
2. (2) Any correction made under subsection (1) shall be done without erasure and shall be authenticated by the Executive Director or other staff of the Authority as may be authorised by the Executive Director.

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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 following persons shall register with the Authority-
2. (a) citizens of Uganda resident in or outside Uganda;
3. (b) subject to this Act, alien residents issued with a permit, certificate or pass under the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act.
4. (2) In the case of a person-
5. (a) below the age of eighteen years, it is the duty of the parent, guardian or other person responsible for the supervision or welfare of the person to take steps to cause the person to be registered; and
6. (b) incapacitated by illness, old age or other reason from applying for registration, it shall be the duty of the guardian or other person responsible for the supervision or welfare of the person to take steps to cause the person to be registered.

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) For the purposes of registration, every person shall provide to the Authority the information specified in Schedule 3.
2. (2) The Authority may, before registering a person, require the person to provide proof of the information required for the purposes of this Act.
3. (3) The Authority may require a person applying to be registered to produce any of the following-
4. (a) a birth certificate;
5. (b) where applicable, a voter's card, a driving permit, a passport, a baptismal certificate;
6. (c) any other information prescribed under the Act.
7. (4) Where an applicant is unable to produce any of the documents, a relative of the applicant or a person prescribed by the Minister, may identify the applicant under oath.
8. (5) Without limiting the general effect of subsection (1), an individual-

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. (1) The Minister shall, from time to time, by notice in the Gazette and the mass media, prescribe the dates upon which every person required to register under this Act shall register.
2. (2) The Minister may divide the persons required to register into different categories and appoint different dates for registration of persons in the different classes of locations.
3. (3) A person, who is outside Uganda at the time prescribed for registration, shall within thirty days of returning to Uganda attend before a registration officer for registration.

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 Authority shall cancel the registration of a person where-
2. (a) a person has under the law ceased to be a citizen of Uganda;
3. (b) the registration is based on inaccurate or incomplete information;
4. (c) the registration was obtained by fraud, false representation, bribery or deceit;
5. (d) the card needs to be re-issued due to a defect;
6. (e) double or multiple registrations have taken place; or
7. (f) there is an order of court for cancellation of registration
8. (2) Before cancellation of the registration and revocation of the document of registration and identification as provided for in subsection (1), the Authority shall issue notice to the holder of the Authority's intention to cancel the registration and shall provide the person with reasonable opportunity and forum to show cause why the registration should not be cancelled.

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 Authority shall by notice in the Gazette designate registration centres for the purpose of registration.
2. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Authority may use the polling stations created by the Electoral Commission.
3. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Authority may adopt other means that it considers appropriate to access persons to be registered.

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 official premises of a Uganda Mission shall serve as a registration centre for the purpose of this Act.
2. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Board may designate other locations outside Uganda as registration centres after consultation with the Minister responsible for foreign Affairs.

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 registration officer shall-
2. (a) ensure the accurate recording of information of an applicant;
3. (b) exercise control over the registration processes at a registration centre;
4. (c) have custody of registration forms, equipment and other materials assigned to the registration centre;
5. (d) promptly and in the most practicable manner report any difficulty that is encountered at the registration centre;
6. (e) at the close of each month, forward personally to the supervising officer a return of the registrations made in the month in the prescribed form.

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. A registration officer or a person, who processes personal data on behalf of the Authority, shall treat the information which comes to the knowledge of the person as confidential and shall not disclose the information unless required by law

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 Authority shall establish a National Identification Register.
2. (2) The register shall be maintained as an electronic database or in any other form.

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. The register shall contain information on all persons required to be registered 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) The Authority shall update the information contained in the Register on a continuing basis.
2. (2) For the purposes of this section, the Authority may use the information from other databases in Government agencies relating to registration of persons to update the register.
3. (3) A person registered under this Act shall notify the Authority of any change or error in the information recorded about that person in the register.
4. (4) The notification shall be given within ninety days after the change in circumstances occurs or when the person becomes aware of the error.
5. (5) A person who without reasonable cause fails to comply with subsection (3), commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding three years or both.

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 information in the register shall be used for-
2. (a) issuing national identification cards and alien's identification cards;
3. (b) issuing passports;
4. (c) immigration and passport control;
5. (d) national security purposes;
6. (e) statistical purposes;
7. (f) monitoring money laundering and human trafficking;
8. (g) taxation purposes;

7 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 ministry, department or agency of government or any other institution providing a public service shall require a person accessing the service to produce a national identification number or national identification card or alien's identification number or alien's identification card.
2. (2) For the avoidance of doubt, a ministry, department or agency of government or any other institution providing the following services shall require a person to produce a national identification number or national identification card or alien's identification number or alien's identification card-
3. (a) employment;
4. (b) identification of voters;
5. (c) application for, and issuance of a passport;
6. (d) opening of bank accounts;
7. (e) purchase of insurance policies;
8. (f) the purchase, transfer and registration of land by any individual or any transaction connected with the purchase, transfer and registration of land;

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) Access to the register shall be restricted to the information required by a ministry, department or agency of Government.
2. (2) The Board shall determine the levels of access relating to information in the Register under this section.
3. (3) A person other than a ministry, department or agency of Government may access the information in the Register in accordance with Regulations issued by the Board after consultation with the Minister.

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 Authority shall, upon entering a person's information in the register, allocate to that person a unique national identification number.
2. (2) Where any enactment requires a person to prove citizenship, the production of the unique national identification number shall be prima facie evidence of citizenship.

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 Authority shall issue to every citizen allocated a unique national identification number a national identification card.
2. (2) A national identification card is prima facie proof of the particulars contained in it.
3. (3) An issued national identification card remains the property of the Government.
4. (4) A national identification card shall be valid for such time as the Minister shall prescribe by regulations.
5. (5) Upon expiry of the national identification card, the Authority shall on the application by the holder, renew the card.
6. (6) Subject to subsection 68(2), for the avoidance of doubt, expiry of a National Identification Card does not amount to expiry of citizenship of a person.

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 Authority shall cancel a national identification card where-
2. (a) subject to section 57, the Authority cancels the registration of a person;
3. (b) the national identification card is lost, stolen, defaced or damaged, tampered with or destroyed;
4. (c) the Authority has modified the information in the register in relation to the person.
5. (2) Upon death of a person, his or her national identity card automatically lapses.

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. (b) a person-
2. (i) finds a national identification card that does not belong to that person or comes into possession of one without the authority of the holder or the Authority;
3. (ii) to whom a new national identification card is reissued, regains possession of the original national identification card; or
4. (iii) comes into possession of a national identification card that has expired, been cancelled, is of a description that the Authority requires to be re-issued or is otherwise invalid.

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. The Authority shall, upon entering an alien's information in the register, allocate to that alien a unique identification number

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 Authority shall issue to every alien allocated a unique identification number an alien's identification card.
2. (2) An alien's identification card is prima facie proof of the particulars contained in it.
3. (3) An issued alien's identification card remains the property of the Government.
4. (4) An alien's identification card is valid for the period of residence or visit.
5. (5) Upon expiry, the Authority may, on the application by the holder, renew an alien's identification card.

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 Authority shall cancel an alien's identification card where-
2. (a) Subject to section 57, the Authority cancels the registration of a person;
3. (b) The alien's identification card is lost, stolen, defaced or damaged, tampered with or destroyed;
4. (c) the Authority has modified the information in the register in relation to the person.
5. (2) Upon the death of an alien, his or her alien identity card automatically lapses.

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. (b) a person-
2. (i) finds an alien's identification card that does not belong to that person or comes into possession of one without the authority of the holder or the Authority;
3. (ii) to whom a new alien's identification card is re-issued, regains possession of the original alien's identification card; or
4. (iii) comes into possession of an alien's identification card that has expired, been cancelled, is of a description that the Authority requires to be re-issued or is otherwise invalid.

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. (b) gives false information or makes a false statement when providing information for an entry, making a modification to an entry, making a confirmation of the content of an entry or obtaining the issue or re-issue of a national identification card or alien's identity card;
2. (c) fraudulently obtains for the use of that person or for the use of another person, a national identification card or alien's identification card;
3. (d) forges an identity document for the purpose of registration;
4. (c) illegally influences the decision of a registration officer;
5. (d) falsely alleges the loss or destruction of his or her national identification card or alien's identification card and applies for a new card while in possession of an identification card or alien's identification card;
6. (e) tampers with the register by causing an unauthorised modification of information in the register, or preventing or delaying the retrieval of relevant information in a legible form from a computer used for the purposes of this Act, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred and twenty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding five years or both.

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

1. (b) without authority deprives or dispossesses a holder of his or her national identification card or alien's identification card;
2. (c) uses another person's national identification card or alien's identification card;
3. (d) unlawfully alters or modifies information on a national identification card or alien's identification card;
4. (e) unlawfully keeps or takes possession of a national identification card or alien's identification card that belongs to another person;
5. (f) is in possession of more than one national identification card or alien's identification card that is intended to show the person's identity; or
6. (g) permits a person to use his or her national identification card or alien's identification card or a national identification card or alien's identification card issued to another person, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding forty eight currency points or imprisonment not exceeding three years or both.

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) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person shall not make, produce, manufacture, print, bind, design, distribute any document purporting that document to be a national identification card or alien's identification card.
2. (2) A person who-
3. (a) makes, produces, manufactures, prints, binds, designs, distributes any document purporting that document to be a national identification card or alien's identification card;
4. (b) use any equipment or apparatus to produce a document purporting that document to be a national identification card or alien's identification card, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred and sixty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding seven years or both.
5. (3) A person who is convicted under subsections (1) and (2) shall forfeit to the state the equipment and material that was used to commit the offence.

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. Where a person contravenes any provision of this Act or Regulations made under this Act and where no penalty is specifically provided for, that person commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding thirty six currency points or imprisonment not exceeding eighteen months or both

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 registration officer or a police officer who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed an offence under this Act shall, if it appears to the registration officer or the police officer to be necessary to do so in order to ensure that the purposes of this Act are not defeated, arrest that person without a warrant.
2. (2) An arrest made under subsection (1) shall be subject to the relevant provisions of the law.

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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-
2. (a) establish an identification and registration committee to adjudicate over matters arising and or related to registration under this Act; and
3. (b) publish the general rules and guidelines to be used by the committee in execution of its work.
4. (2) A person who is dissatisfied with a decision of the committee established under subsection (1) (a) may appeal to High Court.
5. (3) Subject to subsection (1) (a), offences under this Act shall be tried by the High court.
6. (4) Prosecution for an offence under this Act may, without prejudice to any other powers granted to any other public officers, be instituted by a registration officer on his or her own initiative or on a complaint made by any person.
7. (5) Proceedings instituted under subsection (4) may be conducted by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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 Minister may, by statutory instrument, amend the Schedules to this Act.
2. (2) Any statutory instrument made under subsection (1) shall be laid before 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) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make regulations for the better carrying out of the purposes and provisions of this Act.
2. (2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations-
3. (a) prescribing the form for the application for registration;
4. (b) prescribing conditions and requirements for registration;
5. (c) prescribing further information required to be recorded in the register;
6. (d) providing the manner of attending before a registration officer;
7. (e) relating to verification of information entered in the register;
8. (f) prescribing the size, description, and content of a national identification card or alien's identification card;

15 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 Birth and Death Registration Act, Cap. 309, is repealed.
2. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Birth and Death Registration Act shall remain in force until Parts V and VI of this Act, come into force on a date appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument.
3. (3) The First Schedule to the Uganda Registration of Services Bureau Act, Cap. 210 is amended by repealing paragraph 2 - the reference to the Births and Deaths Registration Act.
4. (4) Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act, Cap.66 is amended-
5. (a) by repealing section 7(1) (a) and (e);
6. (b) in section 7(2) by repealing the reference to "(a)";
7. (c) by repealing Part IV;
8. (d) by repealing sections 56,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,79; and