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THE NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010. An Act to amend the National Youth Council Act to provide for membership of a village youth council; to empower the Electoral Commission to designate a time period for registration of prospective voters for the youth council elections and to maintain the voters register at village and parish level. DATE OF ASSENT: 5th June, 2010. Date of Commencement: 25th June, 2010. BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows: The National Youth Council Act, in this Act referred to as the principal Act is amended in section 6- (a) by substituting for subsection (1) the following- "(1) A village youth council shall consist of youths who reside in the village and who are willing to be members of the village youth council."; Act National Youth Council (Amendment) Act 2010 (b) by inserting immediately after subsection(1) the following- "(la) Without prejudice to subsection (1), a person who is not a citizen of Uganda shall not be a member of a youth council. (lb) The decisions of a village youth council shall be binding on all the youths in a village." The principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after section 6 the following- "6A. Electoral Commission to designate period for registration The Electoral Commission shall- (a) by statutory instrument designate a time period for registering youths to participate in a youth council election at all levels; (b) compile, maintain, revise and update a voters register for the youth council at the village and the parish level; (c) by statutory instrument designate a period for updating the voter's register for a youth council election.