Surveyors Registration Act

1. "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Surveyors Registration Board appointed under section 6;
2. "currency point" has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1 to this Act;
3. "member" means a member of the Surveyors Registration Board;
4. "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations;
5. "professional misconduct" means any act or omission which is specified in Schedule 2 to this Act;
6. "registered surveyor" means a person whose name is entered in the register;
7. "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 11;
8. "surveyor" includes land surveyors, quantity surveyors, building surveyors, mining and hydrological surveyors and valuation surveyors, as well as land agents and other professionals responsible for the management of land or buildings;

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

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1. There is established a board to be known as the Surveyors Registration Board which shall, in that name, be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name and subject to this Act may do and suffer all such other acts and things as bodies corporate may lawfully do and suffer.

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1. The functions of the Board shall be to regulate and control the profession of surveyors and the activities of registered surveyors within Uganda, and to advise the Government in relation to those functions

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1. (b) subject to this Act, exercise such powers in connection with the disciplining and the registration of or the suspension from registration of surveyors as are vested in it by or under this Act.

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1. (1) The seal of the Board shall be kept in such custody as the Board may direct, and shall not be affixed to any document or instrument except-
2. (a) where the Board, by resolution, authorises or ratifies the affixing; and
3. (b) where the affixing is authenticated by the signatures of the Chairperson or, in his or her absence, of any two members authorised by resolution of the Board whether generally or specially to act in that behalf, and any such signatures shall be independent of any person who may have signed the document or instrument as a witness.
4. (2) Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under the seal of the Board in accordance with this section shall be received in evidence in any court and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to be a document so executed.

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1. (1) The Board shall consist of a chairperson and nine other members appointed by the Minister, all of whom shall be registered surveyors.
2. (2) A member of the Board shall, unless he or she resigns or his or her appointment is revoked by the Minister, hold office for two years from the date of his or her appointment and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
3. (3) The Minister may revoke the appointment of any member of the Board, including the Chairperson, and may appoint a new member or Chairperson, as the case may be, to fill any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board to hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member causing the vacancy.
4. (4) The Chairperson or any member of the Board may resign his or her office by writing under his or her hand addressed to the Minister.

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1. (1) The members of the Board shall elect a vice chairperson from among their number.
2. (2) The Vice Chairperson shall hold office for a period of two years and shall be eligible for re-election.

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1. (1) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Board; and where he or she is absent from any meeting, the Vice Chairperson or, where both the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson are absent, such other member as the members present may elect, shall preside at the meeting of the Board.
2. (2) Meetings of the Board shall be held at intervals of not less than three months at such place and time as the Chairperson may appoint.
3. (3) The Chairperson shall, if requested by notice in writing signed by not less than three members of the Board, convene a special meeting of the Board within fourteen days beginning with the date when he or she received that notice.
4. (4) Every member of the Board shall have one vote, and in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
5. (5) At any meeting of the Board five members shall constitute quorum.
6. (6) All acts, matters and things authorised under this Act to be done by the Board shall be decided by a resolution at a meeting of the Board at which quorum is realised by a majority of votes of the members present and voting on the act, matter or thing.
7. (7) Subject to this Act, the Board may regulate its own procedure, including the manner in which matters subject to the determination of the Board are to be determined by or on behalf of the Board.
8. (8) A decision of the majority of the members present and voting at a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be the decision of the Board.

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1. The Board may, if the Board considers it proper, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers; and a resolution in writing approved in writing by all the members of the Board shall be as valid and effectual as if the resolution had been passed at a meeting of the Board by the votes of the members so approving the resolution.

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1. (1) The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make byelaws respecting the management and conduct of the profession of surveyors or any matter connected with the functions of or the proper exercise, discharge or performance by the Board of its functions under this Act, and the byelaws may provide for-
2. (a) the manner in which books of accounts are to be kept by the Board;
3. (b) the appointment, discipline and dismissal of officers, servants and employees of the Board;
4. (c) the remuneration of officers, servants and employees of the Board.
5. (2) Notwithstanding the Interpretation Act, unless the Minister otherwise directs, it shall not be necessary to publish by statutory instrument any byelaws made under this section.

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1. (1) The Board shall appoint a suitable person, who may be a person holding an office in the public service, to be Registrar and who shall hold and vacate office pursuant to the terms and conditions of his or her appointment.
2. (2) In addition to his or her other duties specified under or by this Act, the Registrar shall be the secretary to the Board and in that capacity shall perform such functions as the Board may assign him or her.

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1. (1) The Registrar shall keep and maintain a register in which the name of every person entitled to have his or her name entered in the register shall be entered, showing against his or her name-
2. (a) his or her address;
3. (b) the date of entry;
4. (c) his or her qualifications; and
5. (d) such other particulars as the Board may direct.
6. (2) Any change in the particulars registered under subsection (1) shall be entered in the register by the Registrar.

1. (1) The Registrar shall cause to be published in the Gazette, as soon as may be practicable, the name, address and qualifications of any person registered under section 12 and, subject to the directions of the Board, may cause to be published any other alterations made in the register.
2. (2) The Registrar shall cause to be published in the Gazette, as soon as may be practicable after the 1st day of January in each year, a list of all the names, addresses and qualifications of all registered surveyors remaining on the register at the close of the immediately preceding year.

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1. (1) A publication made under section 13 shall be prima facie evidence that the person named in it is validly registered under this Act, and the deletion from the register of the name of any person notified by any publication, or the absence of the name of any person from the publication, shall be prima facie evidence that the person is not so registered.
2. (2) The register, lists and all copies of or extracts from them which are certified under the hand of the Registrar shall be receivable in all courts, tribunals or other bodies authorised to receive evidence as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in them.

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1. (1) Subject to this Act, a person shall be entitled, on making an application to the Board in the prescribed manner and on payment to the Board of the prescribed fee, to have his or her name entered in the register if-
2. (a) he or she is a fellow of the Association of Surveyors of Uganda or a corporate member of any other institution of surveyors, by whatever name called, recognised for the time being by the Board as furnishing sufficient guarantee of academic knowledge of, and practical experience in, surveying;
3. (b) he or she is the holder of a degree, diploma or certificate awarded by a university or school of surveying or photogrammetry recognised for the time being by the Board and has had not less than three years' practical experience of such a nature as to satisfy the Board as to his or her competence to practise as a professionally qualified surveyor; or
4. (c) in the case of land surveyors, he or she is the holder of-
5. (i) a licence to practise land surveying issued by any licensing body approved by the Board;
6. (ii) the East African Land Survey Certificate; or
7. (iii) a class A licence issued under the Survey Act.
8. (2) Of the three years' practical experience required by subsection (1)(b), not less than two years of that period shall be after obtaining the degree, diploma or licence.

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

1. (1) Where a person satisfies the Board-
2. (a) that he or she is not ordinarily resident in Uganda;
3. (b) that he or she is, or intends to be, present in Uganda in the capacity of a professionally qualified surveyor for the express purpose of carrying out specific work for which he or she has been engaged; and
4. (c) that he or she is, or immediately prior to entering Uganda was, in practice as a surveyor in such a capacity as to satisfy the Board of his or her fitness to serve the public as a professionally qualified surveyor, the Board may authorise the Registrar to register that person only for the duration of the period of any specific work for which he or she has been engaged.
5. (2) An application for registration under this section shall be in the prescribed form, accompanied by the prescribed fee.
6. (3) The Board may require an applicant under this section to appear before it for the purposes of considering his or her application but shall require the applicant to produce documentary evidence to support his or her application.
7. (4) Registration of a person under this section shall continue only for the period or for the duration of the work as is directed by the Board under subsection (1) and on its termination that person shall cease to be so registered; and in the case of any doubt, the decision of the Board as to the termination of the work or works shall be conclusive.
8. (5) A person registered under this section shall, while he or she is still so registered, be subject to this Act.

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1. (b) is adjudged by a court to be insolvent, or a bankrupt or suffering from mental illness; or
2. (c) has been convicted by a court whether in Uganda or elsewhere of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty.

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1. (1) Where a registered surveyor-
2. (a) fails to notify the Registrar of his or her current address, within six months beginning with the date on which he or she receives an inquiry sent by the Registrar by prepaid registered letter to the address appearing in the register against his or her name;
3. (b) requests that his or her name be deleted from the register, in which case the person may be required to satisfy the Board by affidavit lodged with the Registrar that no criminal proceedings or proceedings under section 21 or 22, as the case may be, are being or are likely to be taken against him or her; or
4. (c) is found guilty of any offence or disgraceful conduct in a professional respect, the Board may direct that his or her name be struck off the register.
5. (2) The Registrar shall delete from the register the name of every deceased person and every entry which has been incorrectly or fraudulently made.
6. (3) Except in the circumstances specified in subsections (1)(a) and (2), every person whose name is struck off the register shall be notified by he Registrar by prepaid registered letter.
7. (4) Subject to section 24, a person whose name is struck off the register under this section shall, for the purposes of this Act, cease to be registered from the date of the deletion.

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1. (1) The Registrar shall issue a practising certificate to every surveyor whose name is on the register and who applies for the certificate on the prescribed form and pays the prescribed fee.
2. (2) A practising certificate shall remain valid until the 31st day of December next after its issue and shall be renewable annually on application being made on the prescribed form.
3. (3) Subject to this Act, no person shall engage in or carry out the practice of surveying, by whatever name called, unless he or she is the holder of a valid practising certificate granted to him or her in that behalf under this Act.

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1. Notwithstanding section 19, the Registrar shall refuse to issue to or renew a practising certificate of any registered surveyor who, on the date of his or her application for the certificate, has become subject to any of the disqualifications set out in section

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1. (1) Where the Board has reasonable cause to believe, whether on complaint made to it or otherwise, that a registered surveyor has done or committed any act amounting to professional misconduct as provided in Schedule 2 to this Act, the Board may appoint a Disciplinary Committee for the purpose of holding an inquiry into the conduct of that person.
2. (2) Schedule 3 to this Act shall apply in relation to the constitution of, and the procedure to be followed by, a Disciplinary Committee appointed under this section, the proceedings at an inquiry held by such committee and the powers of the Disciplinary Committee.

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1. (b) is convicted of any offence under this Act, the Board may-
2. (i) caution or reprimand that registered surveyor or direct that, during such period as the Board may specify, the registration of his or her name shall not have effect; or
3. (ii) direct that his or her name be struck off the register.

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1. (1) Where the name of a registered surveyor is struck off the register under this Act, it shall not be restored to the register except in accordance with this Act.
2. (2) Where the name of a registered surveyor is struck off the register or the effect of the registration of any person is suspended under section 22, the Board may, on application made in the prescribed manner by the person concerned, and after holding such inquiry as the Board considers appropriate, direct that-
3. (a) the name of that person be restored to the register; or
4. (b) the suspension of the effect of the registration of that person be terminated.
5. (3) A direction given by the Board under subsection (2) may include-
6. (a) a provision for the date upon which the restoration to the register or the termination of suspension of registration shall take effect;
7. (b) a requirement that the person concerned pay such fee, not exceeding the fee payable on an application for registration, as the Board may determine.

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1. (a) if the prescribed annual subscription fee remains unpaid for a period exceeding four months; or
2. (b) if he or she has become subject to any disqualifications set out under section 17.

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1. Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the Board to cancel or suspend his or her registration under this Act or the decision of a Disciplinary Committee constituted under this Act may, within thirty days of the decision, appeal to the High Court, and the decision of the High Court shall be final

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1. Every person whose name has been entered in the register shall, so long as his or her name remains in the register, be entitled to take and use the style and title "Registered Surveyor of Uganda" or the letters "R.S.U." after his or her name and subject to holding a valid practising certificate to offer his or her services to the public for gain or reward or by way of trade as a professionally qualified surveyor.

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1. (1) After the expiration of six months from the date of the coming into operation of this Act, or such further period as may be allowed by the Minister under subsection (2), any person who, not being a registered surveyor-
2. (a) falsely pretends to be such;
3. (b) uses the style or description "registered surveyor" or any other name, style, title or description implying, whether in itself or in the circumstances in which it is used, that the person is a registered surveyor; or
4. (c) holds himself or herself out, whether directly or by implication, to be a registered surveyor, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five thousand currency points.
5. (2) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, extend the period of six months provided for in subsection (1) either generally or in respect of any particular person.

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1. (b) fraudulently procures or attempts to procure himself or herself or any other person to be registered under this Act;
2. (c) knowingly and wilfully makes any statement which is false in a material particular, or which is misleading with a view to gaining any advantage, concession or privilege under this Act, whether for himself or herself or for another person; or
3. (d) contravenes or otherwise fails to comply with any provision of this Act, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred currency points.

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1. (b) the appointment of the Board among its members of subcommittees and the co-option of persons to the subcommittees;
2. (c) the duties of the Registrar;
3. (d) the issue of certificates of registration;
4. (e) the fees to be paid on the registration of a surveyor, and for the issue of a certificate or licence under this Act or for the inspection of the register, certificates, extracts, copies and lists of, or in relation to, entries in the register and for the issue of practising certificates;
5. (f) the forms to be used for the purposes of this Act;
6. (g) the exemption of any person or class of persons from all or any of the provisions of this Act provided they comply with such conditions as may be prescribed by the regulations; and
7. (h) anything which is permitted or required by this Act to be prescribed.

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1. (1) The Minister responsible for finance may, by statutory instrument, with the approval of Cabinet, amend Schedule 1 to this Act.
2. (2) The Minister may, by statutory order, on the recommendation of the Board, amend Schedules 2 and

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