Uganda
Sleeping Sickness Act
Chapter 282
- Commenced on 15 April 1929
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2000.]
- [Note: The version of the Act as at 31 December 2000 was revised and consolidated by the Law Reform Commission of Uganda. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for ULII.]
1. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—2. Compulsory examination of person infected or suspected to be infected with sleeping sickness
Any examining officer may require any person whom he or she knows or suspects to be infected with sleeping sickness to submit himself or herself for examination at such time and place as the examining officer may prescribe, and any person who on being so required refuses or neglects to be so examined commits an offence.3. Compulsory treatment of persons infected with sleeping sickness
Any medical officer who finds any person to be infected with sleeping sickness may require that person to submit himself or herself for treatment at such time and place as the medical officer may prescribe, and any person who on being so required refuses so to submit himself or herself or to continue so to submit himself or herself commits an offence.Sleeping sickness areas
4. Declaration of sleeping sickness area
When the Minister is satisfied that sleeping sickness is likely to break out or to be found in any part of Uganda, he or she may, by statutory order, define such part and declare it to be a sleeping sickness area and may assign to that sleeping sickness area any designation which may seem fit to the Minister.5. Persons resident in sleeping sickness area to furnish personal particulars
6. Certificate of particulars furnished
Any person who has furnished the particulars required by section 5 shall, except where provided otherwise by section 13, be given by the administrative officer a certificate in such form as the Minister may by statutory order from time to time prescribe, and the certificate shall be carried at all times when the person to whom it has been issued is within a sleeping sickness area.7. Owner or occupier of land required to take measures against outbreak or spread of sleeping sickness
8. Administrative orders for the suppression or prevention of the spread of sleeping sickness
9. Registration of vessels
10. Control of woodcutting in sleeping sickness area
11. Control of fishing in sleeping sickness area
Infected area
12. Declaration of infected area
When the Minister is satisfied that sleeping sickness is to be found in any sleeping sickness area, he or she may by statutory order declare that sleeping sickness area or any part of it defined in the statutory order to be an infected area and may assign to the infected area any designation which may seem fit to him or her.13. Passes for residents within infected area
14. Residents not to leave infected area without medical sanction
Any resident in an infected area who leaves the area without the prior consent of an examining officer commits an offence.15. Medical examination of residents desiring to leave infected area
16. Residents not to reenter infected area without medical sanction
Any resident in an infected area who having left the area reenters without prior sanction of an examining officer commits an offence.17. Medical examination of residents desiring to reenter infected area
18. Nonresidents not to enter infected area without pass
19. Medical examination of nonresidents prior to issue of pass to enter infected area
20. Applicant for pass to enter infected area to furnish information
21. Pass to enter infected area to be valid only for period and purpose sanctioned
Every pass to enter an infected area shall be valid only for the period sanctioned by the administrative officer and for the purpose stated by the applicant, and any person to whom a pass has been issued who remains within the area beyond that period or for any other purpose commits an offence.22. New pass required to extend period or alter purpose allowed by former pass
If any person to whom a pass to enter an infected area has been issued desires to remain in the area beyond the period or for any other purpose than that allowed by the pass, he or she shall apply for a fresh pass to enter whether he or she has left the infected area or not, and sections 18, 20 and 21 shall apply in respect to him or her and further, if the administrative officer to whom he or she makes application for a pass so requires, he or she shall present himself or herself forthwith for examination by an examining officer in which event section 19(2) shall apply.23. Passes to be retained
Every pass to enter an infected area shall be retained by the person to whom it has been issued until that person leaves the area or obtains a fresh pass under section 22, and every fresh pass so obtained shall be retained until the person to whom it has been issued leaves the area.24. Nonresidents not to leave infected area without medical sanction
Any person who leaves an infected area in which he or she is not a resident without the prior sanction of an examining officer commits an offence.25. Medical examination of nonresidents desiring to leave infected area
Restricted areas
26. Declaration of restricted area
When the Minister is satisfied that permanent occupation of or frequent resort to any sleeping sickness area or any part of the area is undesirable on account of the difficulty of protecting persons from contact with glossina, he or she may by statutory order declare that sleeping sickness area or any part of it defined in the statutory order to be a restricted area and may assign to the restricted area any designation that may seem fit to him or her.27. Persons not to enter restricted area without permit
28. Medical examination prior to entry into restricted area
29. Applicant for permit to enter restricted area to furnish information
30. Permit to enter restricted area to be valid only for period sanctioned and purpose stated
Every permit to enter a restricted area shall be valid only for the period sanctioned by the administrative officer and for the purpose stated by the applicant, and any person to whom a permit has been issued who remains within the area beyond that period or for any other purpose commits an offence.31. New permit required to extend period or alter purpose allowed by former permit
If any person to whom a permit to enter a restricted area has been issued desires to remain in the restricted area beyond the period or for any other purpose than that allowed by the permit, he or she shall apply for a fresh permit to enter whether he or she has left the restricted area or not and sections 27, 29 and 30 shall apply in respect to him or her and further, if the administrative officer to whom he or she makes application for a permit so requires, he or she shall present himself or herself forthwith for examination by an examining officer in which event section 28(2) shall apply.32. Permits to be retained
Every permit to enter a restricted area shall be retained by the person to whom it has been issued until that person leaves the area or obtains a fresh permit under section 31, and every fresh permit so obtained shall be retained until the person to whom it has been issued leaves the area.Miscellaneous
33. Improper dealings with documents
Any person who—34. Documents to be produced on demand
Any person who, on the demand of any administrative officer or person authorised in that behalf by any administrative officer or of any medical officer officiating within the district or area to which he or she has been appointed or of any police officer, refuses or fails without reasonable excuse to produce any document of which he or she is required to be in possession by this Act or any rules made under this Act commits an offence.35. Arrest without warrant
36. Seizure and forfeiture of vessels, etc.
37. Offences and penalties
38. Variation and substitution of forms
The Minister may by statutory order vary or replace any or all of the forms in the Schedules to this Act.39. Rules
In addition to any other power to make rules under this Act, the Minister may make rules generally for better carrying out the provisions of this Act.History of this document
15 April 1929
Commences.