Uganda
Acts of Parliament Act
Chapter 2
- Published
- Commenced on 12 December 2000
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2000.]
- [Note: This legislation was revised and consolidated as at 31 December 2000 and 31 December 2023 by the Law Reform Commission of Uganda. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for ULII.]
Part I — Interpretation
1. Interpretation
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—(a)"Act" means a law made by Parliament;(b)"assent" means the assent of the President signifying his or her approval of a bill passed by Parliament under article 91 or 262 of the Constitution;(c)"bill" means the draft of an Act of Parliament and includes both a private member’s bill and a Government bill;(d)"certificate" means a certificate referred to in section 16;(e)"clerk" means the clerk to Parliament or a deputy clerk or any other person performing the duties of the clerk by direction of the Speaker;(f)"Electoral Commission" means the Electoral Commission established by article 60 of the Constitution;(g)"Government printer" means the printer authorised generally to print and publish written laws and other publications of the Government;(h)"original copies" means original copies prepared in accordance with sections 8 and 12;(i)"Parliament" means the Parliament of Uganda;(j)"session" means a series of meetings of Parliament within a period of twelve months;(k)"Speaker" means the Speaker of Parliament and Deputy Speaker shall be construed accordingly.Part II — Forms of Acts and bills
2. Acts and bills
This Act shall apply with respect to the forms of Acts of Parliament and the forms of bills shall correspond with this Act.3. Title
Every Act shall bear at the head a short title immediately followed by a long title describing the leading provisions of the Act.4. Words of enactment
5. Subdivisions
Where an Act contains more than one enactment it shall be divided into sections and sections containing more than one enactment shall be divided into subsections.6. Style of Statutes
Unless the situation warrants otherwise all Statutes in Uganda shall be styled Acts.7. Acts to be public Acts
Every Act is, and shall be judicially noticed as, a public Act.Part III — Procedure following passing of bills
8. Preparation of presentation copies
9. Assent by the President
10. Presentation of the bill for assent under article 91
Where the bill has been returned to Parliament under article 91(3)(b) or (c) of the Constitution and Parliament has reconsidered the bill and passed it again, the clerk shall present the bill for the second time to the President for assent; and sections 8 and 9 shall apply with necessary modifications.11. Numbering
12. Original copies of Acts assented to by the President or becoming law without the assent of the President
13. Publication
Part IV — Commencement of Acts
14. Commencement of Acts
15. Citation
The citation of the short title to an Act shall be sufficient to identify the Act.Part V — Certificates relating to bills amending the Constitution
16. Bills amending the Constitution
Part VI — Miscellaneous
17. Amendment and repeal in same session
An Act passed in any session of Parliament may be amended or repealed in the same session.18. Reprint and revised edition
19. Date of passing of Act
History of this document
31 December 2000 this version
Consolidation
12 December 2000
Commenced
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Documents citing this one 15
Gazette 8
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Acts of Parliament (Reprint of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015), Order, 2020 | Statutory Instrument 39 of 2020 |