Land (Amendment) Act, 2010, 2010

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Short title: 

Land (Amendment) Act, 2010

Date of promulgation: 

6 January 2010

Date of commencement: 

12 February 2010

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ACTS

SUPPLEMENT No. 1                                                                    12th February, 2010.

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

to The Uganda Gazette Extraordinary No. 10 Volume Clll dated 12th February, 2010.

Printed by UPPC, Entebbe, by Order of the Government.

Act 1                               Land (Amendment) Act                             2010

THE LAND (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

Section

  1. Amendment of section 31 of the Land Act.
  2. Insertion of new section 32A.
  3. Amendment of section 35 of principal Act.
  4. Amendment of section 59 of principal Act.
  5. Amendment of section 92 of principal Act.


 

THE LAND (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010

An Act to amend the Land Act to enhance the security of occupancy of lawful and bona fide occupants on registered land in accordance with article 237 of the Constitution, and for related matters.

Date of Assent: 6th January, 2010.

Date of Commencement: 12th February, 2010.

Be it enacted by Parliament as follows:

  1. Amendment of section 31 of the Land Act.

Section 31 of the Land Act, in this Act referred to as the principal Act, is amended—

  1. by inserting immediately after subsection (3c) the following—

“(3d) Where the board has not determined the annual nominal ground rent payable by a tenant by occupancy within six months after the commencement of the Land (Amendment) Act 2010, the rent may be determined by the Minister.


 

(3e) The rent payable under this section shall be paid within one year after the Minister has approved the rent payable under subsection (3) or determined the rent payable under subsection (3d)”;

(b) in subsection (6), by substituting for the words “two years” the words “one year”.

  1. Insertion of new section 32A.

The principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after section 32, the following—