First Schedule (S.19)
Currency point
A currency point is equivalent to twenty thousand shillings.
Second Schedule (S.8)
Meetings of the Board and other matters
1. Meetings of the Board
(1)The Board shall meet for the discharge of business at least four times every year or upon a request in writing to the Chairperson by at least three members of the Board.(2)The Board shall meet at such time and place as the Chairperson may appoint.(3)The Chairperson may also call a special meeting of the Board.(4)A meeting of the Board shall be convened by a notice to each member issued and signed by the Director, at least fourteen days before the meeting except that a shorter notice may be given for a special meeting.(5)The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Board and in his or her absence a member elected by the members present shall preside.2. Quorum
The quorum at a meeting of the Board shall be five members for the transaction of ordinary business, and all the members for the review of a previous decision of the Board.3. Minutes of meetings of the Board
(1)The Director shall cause to be recorded and kept, minutes of all meetings of the Board in a form approved by the Board.(2)The minutes recorded under this paragraph shall be submitted to the Board for confirmation at its next meeting following that to which the minutes relate and when so confirmed, shall be signed by the Chairperson and the Director in the presence of the members present at the latter meeting.4. Decision of the Board
(1)The decisions of the Board shall be by majority vote.(2)Each member shall have one vote and the Chairperson shall not have a casting vote except in circumstance where for whatever reason the constitution of the Board amounts to an even number.(3)The Director shall have no voting powers.5. Decision to circulation of papers
(1)Subject to subparagraph (2), a decision of the Board may be made by circulation of the relevant papers among members of the Board and the expression of their views in writing, except that any member is entitled to require that the decision be deferred until the subject matter has been considered at a meeting of the Board.(2)A decision made by circulation of papers under this paragraph is not valid unless supported by five members of the Board.6. Validity of meetings not affected by vacancy etc.
The validity of any proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of any of them.7. Disclosure of interest
(1)If a person is present at a meeting of the Board at which a matter is the subject of consideration and in which that person or his or her spouse or nominee is interested in a private capacity, he or she shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of the meeting disclose that interest and shall not, unless the Board directs otherwise, take part in any consideration or discussion or vote on any question relating to the matter.(2)A disclosure of interest made under this paragraph shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which it is made.8. Service of documents and other notices
A notice or other document may be served on the Board by delivering it to the office of the Director or by sending it by prepaid registered post addressed to the Director.9. Board may regulate procedure
Except as otherwise provided under this Act, the Board may regulate its own procedure.
Third Schedule (S.19)
Deposit of books and documents
1. Items to be deposited
The items to be deposited with the national library are—(a)books and documents that are published in Uganda and made available to the public as—(i)documents of paper or a paper-like medium, micro forms and photographs;(ii)sound fixations, films, video grams, electronic, documents and a combination of them; and(b)books and documents produced outside Uganda for a Ugandan publisher or specially adapted to the public in Uganda and imported into Uganda.2. Persons obliged to deposit etc.
(1)The persons obliged to deposit are—(a)a publisher or producer of a document in Uganda;(b)a Ugandan producer or publisher who publishes or produces a book or document outside Uganda, but imports it into Uganda.(2)A book or document shall be deposited without remuneration to the depositor.(3)The costs of sending a book or document to the depository at the National Library shall be borne by the person depositing that book or document.(4)In the event of bankruptcy or death of a publisher or producer, the estate of that publisher or producer shall have the obligation to deposit.3. Exemptions
The following documents are exempted from being deposited—(a)Forms etc, to be filled in;(b)labels, emborsed writing paper, envelopes, visiting cards, address cards;(c)printed packaging in trade;(d)documents which essentially contain information that is directly extracted from other generally available documents;(e)games, cut out pictures with no text other than dates;(f)invitations and menus;(g)tickets, lottery tickets and other tokens of value;(h)works of art such as paintings, prints; and(i)microforms which have been made by a public institution in order to protect the original document in its own collections.