Workers Compensation Act

1. (1) This Act shall apply to all employment within Uganda.
2. (2) This Act shall apply to workers employed by or under the government of Uganda in the same way and to the same extent as if the employer were a private person, but the Act shall not apply to active members of the armed forces of Uganda.

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

1. "currency point" has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1 to this Act;
2. "dependants" means those members of the family including children and the parents substantially dependent on the earnings of a worker at the time of his or her death;
3. "Director General of Health Services" means an officer appointed as the Director General of Health Services in the Ministry responsible for health by the Health Service Commission;
4. "disabilities" means lack or restriction of ability, caused by impairment, to perform any activity in a manner or within the range considered normal for a human being, within the cultural context;
5. "earnings" includes wages and any allowances paid by the employer to the worker, including the value of any food, accommodation or benefit in kind;
6. "employer" means the Government of Uganda, any person incorporated or unincorporated, association or partnership, which directly engages a worker or which, in respect of any worker, carries on the business of hiring out his or her services;
7. "Industrial Relations Charter" means the Charter governing the relationship between national workers and employers organisations in Uganda adopted in 1964 and recognised by the Government, as from time to time amended;
8. "injury" includes an accident and a scheduled disease;

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1. (1) If personal injury by accident arises out of and in the course of a worker's employment, the injured worker's employer shall be liable to pay compensation in accordance with this Act.
2. (2) The employer shall not be liable in respect of an injury which does not either-
3. (a) result in permanent incapacity; or
4. (b) incapacitate the worker for at least three consecutive days from earning full wages at the work at which he or she was employed.
5. (3) An act shall be deemed to be done out of and in the course of employment when a worker acts to protect any person on the employer's premises whom the worker believes to be injured or imperilled, or when a worker acts to protect property on the employer's premises.
6. (4) Any personal injury by accident arising while the employee is travelling directly to or from his or her place of work for the purpose of employment shall be deemed to be an accident arising out of and in the course of his or her employment.
7. (5) For the purposes of this section, it shall be for the employee who suffers injury by accident arising while travelling to or from his or her place of work to show that such travel was direct.
8. (6) Compensation shall be payable under this section whether or not the incapacity or death of the worker was due to the recklessness or negligence of the worker or otherwise.

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) Where the deceased worker leaves any family members who are dependent on his or her earnings, the amount of compensation shall be a sum equal to sixty times his or her monthly earnings, computed in accordance with section 8 subject to a maximum which may be varied by the Minister on the recommendation of the Labour Advisory Board.
2. (2) Where the deceased worker does not leave any family members who are dependent on his or her earnings, the employer shall pay the expenses of the medical aid provided and the burial expenses of the deceased.
3. (3) Where the deceased worker has, in respect of the same accident, received compensation under section 5 or 6, half of that amount shall be deducted from the sum payable under subsection (1).
4. (4) It shall be presumed for the purposes of this Act that a worker has dependants unless the local authority of the home area of the deceased proves otherwise.
5. (5) Where an injury results in the death of a worker, any compensation payable under this Act shall be paid to the Commissioner for labour who, in consultation with the Administrator General, will pay it to the beneficiaries according to the degree of dependence of the survivors to the deceased.
6. (6) If the worker is killed as a result of an accident for which the employer has liability under this Act, the dependants, if any, of the deceased may recover from the employer the expenses of medical treatment of the deceased, burial of the deceased and expenses incidental to the medical treatment and burial of the deceased.

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) Except where the terms and conditions of service provide for a higher compensation, where permanent total incapacity results from any injury, the amount of compensation shall be a sum equal to sixty months' earnings.
2. (2) Where an injury under this section is such as to be likely to require the injured worker to have the constant assistance of another person on a permanent basis, then the amount of compensation payable shall be increased by one-quarter.

1. (1) Where permanent partial incapacity results from the injury, the amount of compensation shall be-
2. (a) in the case of an injury specified in Schedule 3 to this Act, such percentage of sixty times the workers' monthly earnings as is specified in that Schedule as being the percentage of the loss of earning capacity caused by that injury;
3. (b) in the case of an injury not specified in Schedule 3 to this Act, such percentage of sixty times the workers' monthly earnings as is proportionate to the loss of earning capacity permanently caused by the injury.
4. (2) Where more than one injury results from the same accident, the amount of compensation shall be aggregated, but the amount of compensation payable under this section shall not be greater than the amount that would have been payable if the accident had caused the worker to suffer permanent total incapacity.
5. (3) The Minister on the recommendation of the Labour Advisory Board may, by statutory instrument, increase the amount of compensation payable under this section.

1. (1) Where temporary incapacity, whether total or partial, results from the injury, the compensation shall be either a lump sum or periodic payments as the court may order, having regard to the circumstances in which the accident took place, the probable duration of the incapacity of the worker, the injuries suffered by the worker and the financial consequences for the worker and his or her dependants.
2. (2) The period covered by hospitalisation or absence from duty certified necessary by a medical practitioner shall be regarded as a period of temporary total incapacity irrespective of the outcome of the injury, and any period subsequent but preceding final assessment of disability shall be regarded as a period of temporary partial incapacity, both periods being continuous with each other, variations in payments notwithstanding; and the maximum duration of periodical payments under this section shall not exceed ninety-six months, except where in the opinion of a medical practitioner, the period of incapacity is longer, it may be extended beyond the ninety-six months.

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 purpose of this Act, the monthly earnings of a worker shall be computed in a manner best calculated to give the rate per month at which the worker has been remunerated during the twelve months immediately preceding the accident, and the computation of annual earnings shall be a multiple of twelve of that sum.
2. (2) Where, by reason of the shortness of time during which the worker has been employed or for other good cause, it is not possible to compute the earnings of the worker in the way mentioned in subsection (1), regard may be had to the average monthly amount which was being earned by a person of similar earning capacity in the same grade as the worker and employed at the same or similar employment.
3. (3) Where a dependant dies before payment of compensation in respect of a worker's death is made to the dependant, his or her legal representative shall have no right to receive the payment, and the claim for compensation shall be dealt with as if that dependant had died before the worker.
4. (4) Where an employer makes a payment to a worker or the dependants of a deceased worker pending the settlement of determination of a claim arising under this Act, the receipt shall be deducted from the amount of the compensation payable in respect of the accident, except medical expenses as provided for under section 24.

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) Compensation may not be payable under this Act unless notice of the accident has been given to the employer by or on behalf of the worker as soon as is reasonably practicable, and in any case within one month after the date when the accident occurred or within three months after the date the symptoms of the occupational disease became apparent; but no notice is required where it is shown that the employer was aware of the accident or disease at or about the time it occurred or at the time when the symptoms became evident, or for any reasonable cause.
2. (2) Notice in respect of an accident causing injury to which this Act applies shall be given in a form prescribed by the Minister, by regulations.

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) After the happening of an accident causing injury to a worker of such a nature as would entitle him or her to compensation under this Act, the employer shall, at once, report the accident either by telephone, telegram, telefax or telex or any other reasonable means to the labour officer of the area; and the report shall be followed immediately by a written report of the accident before the worker has voluntarily left the employment in which he or she was injured.
2. (2) Where the death of a worker from any cause is brought to the attention of, or comes to the knowledge of his or her employer, the employer shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the death, give notice to the labour officer, stating the circumstances of the death if they are known to the employer.
3. (3) Any employer who fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) without reasonable cause, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding ten currency points.
4. (4) Nothing in this section shall prevent any person from making a claim for compensation 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) Where a worker has given notice of an accident, the employer shall, as soon as reasonably possible after the date on which notice has been given, arrange to have the worker medically examined by a qualified medical practitioner, at no charge to the worker.
2. (2) The worker shall be entitled to have his or her own medical practitioner or an official of a trade union of which he or she is a member present at the examination, but the attendance shall be at the worker's own expense.
3. (3) Failure without good cause to appear for a medical examination under this section, or failure to observe the clinical instructions given by a medical practitioner and given at or following the examination, may be taken into account by the court in assessing the amount of compensation payable under this Act; and the court may use the failure to justify the making of a deduction from any sum which would otherwise have been payable in respect of an injury suffered by the worker.
4. (4) During the period of temporary total incapacity, the employer shall be liable to pay the costs of medical care.

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 employer and the worker may, with the written approval of the labour officer, agree that compensation be paid in respect of an injury which would otherwise give rise to a claim under this Act.
2. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the following requirements shall be complied with-
3. (a) the compensation agreed upon shall not be less than the amount payable under this Act; and
4. (b) it shall be for the employer to show that the worker was able to understand the terms of the agreement.
5. (3) The court may, on the application by any party within three months after the date of the agreement, cancel it and make such order as it thinks just, if the court is satisfied-
6. (a) that the sum paid or to be paid was less than required by this section;
7. (b) that the agreement was entered into in ignorance of, or under a mistake as to the true nature of the injury; or
8. (c) that the agreement was obtained by fraud, trickery or the use of undue influence or other improper means.

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 the final assessment of disability made by a medical practitioner after a medical examination, made in accordance with section 11, is disputed by the employer or the worker, the employer or the worker may apply to the labour officer to request that the dispute be referred to the Medical Arbitration Board.
2. (2) The application for referral shall be made within a reasonable time from the date of receipt of the notice of final assessment.
3. (3) The decision of the Medical Arbitration Board on the matter shall be final unless a party aggrieved by the decision goes to court.
4. (4) The Medical Arbitration Board shall be appointed by the Minister in consultation with the Director General of Health Services upon terms and conditions that the Minister may determine by statutory instrument and shall consist of a chairperson, who shall be a registered medical practitioner, and two other members one of whom shall be a person knowledgeable in disabilities.
5. (5) The Medical Arbitration Board may at any time and for a specific period co-opt not more than two persons on the Board to provide specialised expertise to the Board.
6. (6) The Medical Arbitration Board shall have a secretary who shall be the Assistant Commissioner for labour in charge of workers compensation.

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) If any employer on whom notice of the accident has been served under section 9 does not, within twenty-one days after the receipt of the notice, agree in writing with the worker as to the amount of compensation to be paid, the worker may, in the prescribed form and manner, make an application for enforcing a claim to compensation to the court having jurisdiction in the district in which the accident giving rise to the claim occurred.
2. (2) All claims for compensation under this Act, unless determined by agreement, and any matter, except disputes as to the assessment of disability under section 13, arising out of proceedings under this Act shall be determined by the court, whatever may be the amount involved.
3. (3) The court may for the purpose of any proceedings under this section call upon any government officer or any independent medical practitioner to give evidence, if the court is of the opinion that the officer or practitioner is, by virtue of expert knowledge, capable of assisting the court.

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 court may, if it thinks fit, submit any question of law for the decision of the High Court.
2. (2) The submission shall be in the form of a special case in accordance with rules made under section

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 this section and sections 12 and 25, an appeal shall lie to the High Court from any order of the court.
2. (2) Except with the leave of the court or of the High Court, no appeal shall lie if the amount in dispute is less than one currency point.
3. (3) Leave shall not be granted under subsection (1) unless in the opinion of the court or of the High Court a substantial question of law is involved in the appeal.
4. (4) No appeal shall lie in any case in which the parties have agreed to abide by the decision of the court, or in which the order of the court gives feet to an agreement of the parties.
5. (5) No appeal shall lie after the expiration of thirty days from the ate of the order of the court, except that the High Court may extend the time for appealing under this section even if the time for appealing has elapsed.

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) When the injury in respect of which compensation is payable under this Act arises from an accident the circumstances of which create a legal liability on the employer, either directly or vicariously, or on some other person, for which the worker may recover damages in an action at law, the worker or person authorised to bring proceedings on his or her behalf, may, notwithstanding this Act, bring proceedings and recover damages.
2. (2) Where a claim for damages as referred to in subsection (1) is brought by a worker, the amount of compensation which he or she has been awarded under this Act shall be taken into account in the assessment of his or her loss.
3. (3) Where a claim for compensation under this Act is brought by a worker who has suffered injury, the amount of compensation payable shall be reduced by the amount of any damages following a finding of legal liability received in respect of the injury from any person.
4. (4) Where a claim for damages as referred to in subsection (1) is brought by a worker, the court in which the proceedings are taken may decide whether the circumstances of the claim are such that compensation under this Act is payable to the plaintiff and may assess the amount of compensation so payable, but may deduct from that compensation any extra costs which have been incurred by bringing proceedings independently of this Act.
5. (5) Where a worker has brought proceedings under this Act or otherwise against an employer and the proceedings have either been disposed of by the judgment of a competent court or have been the subject of agreement under section 12, no further proceedings under this Act or otherwise in respect of the same injury shall be brought.

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 subsections (2) and (3), every employer shall insure and keep himself or herself insured in respect of any liability which he or she may incur under this Act to any worker employed by him or her.
2. (2) The insurers empowered to offer insurance under this section shall be specified in a list kept by the Minister responsible for finance and published in the official Gazette.
3. (3) An employer shall not, for the purpose of obtaining a policy of insurance as required by this section, make any false statement or willfully do any act in consequence of which the policy is liable to be voided or payment under the policy refused.
4. (4) An employer shall provide information regarding insurance effected to meet the requirements of this section, when reasonably requested by the Commissioner for labour or any person acting on his or her behalf.
5. (5) An employer who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable-
6. (a) on a first conviction, to a fine not exceeding ten currency points;
7. (b) on a second conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty currency points; and
8. (c) on a third and subsequent convictions, to a fine not exceeding one hundred fifty currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, 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) paying benefits under that policy in circumstances where judgment of any liability required to be covered by section 18 has been obtained by the worker against the employer.

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 any employer has entered into a contract with any insurer in respect of any liability under this Act to any worker, then if the employer becomes bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with his or her creditors, or if the employer is a company, if the company has commenced o be wound up or a receiver or manager of the company's business or undertaking has been duly appointed, the rights of the employer against the insurer as regards liability shall, notwithstanding anything in any law relating to bankruptcy and the winding up of companies, be transferred to and vest in the worker.
2. (2) Where any transfer takes place under subsection (1), the insurer shall have the same rights and remedies and be subject to the same liabilities as if it were the employer; except that the insurers shall not be under any greater liability to the worker than they would have been under the employer.
3. (3) If the liability of the insurer to the worker is less than the liability of the employer to the worker, the worker may prove for the balance in the bankruptcy or liquidation, or, as the case may be, he or she may recover the balance from the receiver or manager.
4. (4) The amount due in respect of any compensation or liability for compensation shall be included among the debts which under section 11 of the Insolvency Act are-
5. (a) in the distribution of the property or assets of a bankrupt, to be paid in priority to all other debts; and
6. (b) in the winding up of a company to be paid in priority to all debts.
7. (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the amount due in respect of compensation or liability for compensation shall have accrued before the following dates-
8. (a) in the situation referred to in subsection (4)(a), the date of bankruptcy proceedings;

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 contract or agreement, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, by which a worker relinquishes any right to compensation from an employer for injury arising out of and in the course of the worker's employment, shall be null and void insofar as it seeks to remove or reduce the liability of any person to pay compensation under this Act

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1. (1) Where a person awards a contract or subcontract to an employer for the execution of any piece of work, that person shall be liable to pay to any worker employed in the execution of the contract or subcontract by the employer any compensation under this Act as if that worker had been directly employed by that person.
2. (2) Where compensation is claimed or proceedings are taken against a person under subsection (1), any reference to the employer under this Act shall apply to that person except that the amount of compensation shall be calculated with reference to the earnings of the worker as paid by the employer.
3. (3) Where a person pays compensation under subsection (1), he or she shall be entitled to be indemnified by the employer.
4. (4) Where a claim is made under subsection (1), the person contracting or subcontracting out work shall notify the employer about the claim and the employer shall make preparation-
5. (a) to pay compensation to the worker; or
6. (b) to indemnify the person who paid the compensation to the worker.
7. (5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a worker from making a claim for compensation directly against the employer.
8. (6) This section shall not apply where the accident occurred in a place other than the place of execution of the contract or subcontract.

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. Compensation payable under this Act shall not be capable of being assigned, larged or attached, and shall not pass to any other person by operation of aw nor shall any claim be set off against that compensation.

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 accident occurs entitling the worker to compensation under this Act, the employer shall defray the reasonable costs incurred by the worker-
2. (a) in respect of medical expenses; and
3. (b) in respect of transport and incidental expenses, in each case arising out of and in connection with the accident.
4. (2) The court may, when determining any dispute in respect of the compensation or upon the application of any interested person, order the payment of any of the expenses referred to in this section to the persons entitled to receive it.
5. (3) If the worker is killed as a result of an accident for which the employer has liability under this Act, the dependants, if any, of the deceased may recover from the employer the expenses of medical treatment of the deceased if no medical care was paid under section 11(4), burial of the deceased and expenses incidental to the medical treatment and burial of the deceased.

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. All disputes as to the necessity for, or the character or sufficiency of, any medical aid provided or to be provided under this Part shall be determined by the court

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) any notice required under this Act to be served by a worker may be served by a district labour officer;
2. (c) where compensation has been paid by the employer to the district labour officer, and the district labour officer is unable after taking reasonable steps to pay it to the person or persons entitled to receive it, the district labour officer shall pay the sum into the Consolidated Fund; except that payment into the Consolidated Fund shall not preclude the subsequent making of a claim to the district labour officer for payment to persons entitled by law to receive the payment of compensation; and
3. (d) where any subsequent claim for payment of compensation as mentioned in paragraph (c) is made, it shall be certified by the district labour officer; and the district labour officer shall be reimbursed as necessary by the repayment of a sum paid by him or her into the Consolidated Fund.

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 a medical practitioner grants a certificate stating that-
2. (a) a worker is suffering from a scheduled disease causing disablement or that the death of a worker was caused by any scheduled disease; and
3. (b) the disease was due to the nature of the worker's employment and was contracted within the twenty-four months immediately previous to the date of the disablement or death, except in the case of a scheduled disease which manifests itself after or during several years of employment, the worker, or if he or she is deceased, his or her dependants shall be entitled to claim and to receive compensation under this Act as if the disablement or death had been caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of his or her employment.
4. (2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is stated that a disease is contracted for the purposes of this section either-
5. (a) when the symptoms of the disease are clearly manifested in physiological or psychological signs; or
6. (b) when it is first diagnosed by a medical practitioner.
7. (3) Whenever a medical practitioner grants a certificate under this section, it shall be the duty of the worker or a person acting on his or her behalf, to give a copy of the certificate to the employer and the district labour officer.

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. Whenever a medical practitioner grants a certificate as is mentioned in section 27 it shall be the duty of the employer of the worker to make and submit, at once, a written report of the case giving all the particulars contained in the certificate to the labour officer of the area

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1. (1) Subject to subsection (5), compensation shall be payable by the employer who last employed the worker during the period of twenty-four months referred to in section 27(1)(b) unless that employer proves that the disease was not contracted while the worker was in his or her or its employment.
2. (2) The worker or his or her dependants shall, if required by the employer from whom compensation is claimed, provide the information they have as to the identity and location of all other employers of the worker during the period of twenty-four months referred to in section 27(1)(b).
3. (3) If the employer alleges that the disease was in fact contracted while the worker was in the employment of another employer and not while in his or her or its employment, the employer may join the other employer as a party to the proceedings in the manner provided by rules of court made under section 34; and, if the allegation is proved, the other employer shall be the employer from whom the compensation is to be recoverable.
4. (4) If the claim is in respect of a disease which is contracted by a gradual process, every other employer who employed the worker during the period of twenty-four months referred to in section 27(1)(b), if the employment was in an occupation which is likely to have caused the disease from which the worker suffers or has suffered, is liable to make a contribution to the employer in respect of whom compensation is recovered; the amount of the contribution shall, if the parties fail to agree, be settled by civil suit or by consensual arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.
5. (5) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, order medical examination of certain categories of workers.
6. (6) Where, in respect of any scheduled disease which manifests itself during or after several years of employment, compensation is payable under this section to a worker who was successively employed by more than one employer, if it is not possible to determine which of those employers is solely liable to pay the compensation, then each employer shall contribute the sum which in the opinion of the Commissioner for labour is appropriate, given the period of employment of the worker with each of the different employers.

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 application of the provisions of this Act to disablement or death caused by a scheduled disease, any reference to the date of the occurrence of the accident shall be construed to mean-
2. (a) in the case of a disease causing disablement, the date of the certificate referred to in section 27; and
3. (b) in the case of death from a disease, the date of the death of the worker.
4. (2) The provisions of section 9 concerning notification to the employer shall apply in respect of the recovery of compensation as they apply in respect of the recovery of compensation for an injury resulting from an accident.
5. (3) Compensation shall be calculated with reference to the earnings of the worker under the employer from whom the compensation is recoverable; and the monthly earnings of the worker shall be computed in the manner best calculated to give the rate per month at which the worker was being remunerated at the date of the grant of the certificate referred to in section 27.
6. (4) Where at the date of the grant of the certificate the worker was not so employed, the earnings shall be computed in a manner best calculated to give the rate per month at which the worker was being remunerated when last employed by the employer from whom compensation is recoverable.
7. (5) Where by reason of the shortness of the time during which the worker has been in the employment of the employer or the casual nature of the employment, or the terms of employment, it is impracticable to compute the rate of remuneration in the manner mentioned in subsection (3) or (4), regard may be had to the average monthly amount which, during the last twelve months of employment with that employer, was being earned by a person of similar earning capacity in the same grade employed at the same work by the same employer, or if there is no person so employed, by a person of similar earning capacity in the same grade employed in the same class of employment and in the same district.
8. (6) For the purpose of assessing the compensation payable in cases of permanent incapacity, where a worker was, at the date of the grant of the certificate, under the apparent age of eighteen years, his or her earnings shall be deemed to be an amount which had he or she not contracted the disease, he or she would probably have received upon attaining the age of eighteen years or at the end of a period of five years after the date of the grant of the certificate whichever calculation is more favourable to the worker.

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. If a worker who becomes disabled by or dies of any disease mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act was, within the period of twenty-four months immediately preceding the disablement or death, employed in any occupation mentioned in column II of that Schedule in relation to that disease, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the disease was due to the nature of that employment

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 make regulations for giving full effect to this Act.
2. (2) Without prejudice to the general effect of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations under that subsection for the following purposes-
3. (a) for any purpose for which regulations are required or authorised to be made under this Act;
4. (b) prescribing anything required or authorised to be prescribed under this Act; and
5. (c) prescribing procedure, forms and fees.
6. (3) Regulations made under this section may prescribe a penalty of a fine not exceeding thirty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both in respect of a contravention of any provision of the regulation-
7. (a) in respect of a second or subsequent offence, a penalty of a fine not exceeding sixty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both; and
8. (b) an additional penalty not exceeding three currency points in respect of each day on which the offence continues.

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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.

1. (1) Where an offence under this Act or under any regulations made under it is committed by a body of persons then-
2. (a) if that body is a company, every director or officer of the company commits the offence; and
3. (b) if the body is a firm or partnership, every partner of the firm or partnership commits an offence.
4. (2) A person commits no offence under subsection (1) if he or she proves that the act or omission constituting the offence took place without his or her knowledge or consent.

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) Compensation awarded under this Act to a worker or dependant who is resident and domiciled outside Uganda shall be paid by the employer to the labour officer.
2. (2) The Commissioner for labour shall make such arrangements as he or she considers to be appropriate for the transmission of compensation to the worker or dependant entitled to the compensation.
3. (3) Where, in a claim arising under this section, it is not possible to identify the proper recipient of compensation or any person dependent upon him or her, the labour officer shall pay the compensation to the Administrator General for payment into the Consolidated Fund.
4. (4) Nothing in this section shall prevent payment of any compensation due under this Act to any person, as and when that person or his or her dependant is identified.

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, with the approval of Cabinet, amend Schedule 1 to this Act.
2. (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the Minister may, by statutory instrument, after consultation with the Labour Advisory Board, amend Schedule 2 to this Act.
3. (3) The Minister shall prior to making a statutory instrument under subsection (2), cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of his or her intention to make the statutory instrument inviting persons wishing to object to the making of the statutory instrument to submit their objections in writing to the Commissioner for Labour within a period specified in the notice.
4. (4) The Minister shall consider the objections submitted under subsection (3) and shall in any case not issue the statutory instrument before the expiry of at least one month after the date of the notice referred to in subsection (3).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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) where two digits have been injured, the sum total of the percentages shall be increased by 20% of such sum total;
2. (b) where three digits have been injured, the sum total of the percentages shall be increased by 30% of such sum total;
3. (c) where four digits have been injured, the sum total of the percentages shall be increased by 40% of such sum total.

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