Women Council (Amendment) Act, 2010, 2010

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Women Council (Amendment) Act, 2010

Date of promulgation: 

5 June 2010

Date of commencement: 

25 June 2010

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ACTS

SUPPLEMENT No. 6                                                                                25th June, 2010.

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

to The Uganda Gazette No. 39 Volume CIII dated 25th June, 2010.

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

Act 10 National Women’s Council (Amendment) Act 2010 THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010.
 
 

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
 
 

Section

 

1.

Amendment of Cap. 318.

2.

Insertion of new sections 6A and 6B

3.

Amendment of section 7.

4.

Insertion of new section 7A.

5.

Replacement of section 23.

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Act 10
 
 

National Women’s Council (Amendment) Act
 
 

2010
 
 

THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL (AMENDMENT)

ACT, 2010.

An Act to amend the National Women’s Council Act to provide for membership of the village women’s council, to empower the Electoral Commission to designate a period for registering voters and to maintain a voters register for the village women’s council.

Date of Assent: 5th June, 2010.

Date of Commencement: 25th June, 2010.

Be it enacted by Parliament as follows:

  1. Amendment of Cap. 318.

The National Women’s Council Act, in this Act referred to as the principal Act is amended in section 6—

  1. by substituting for subsection (1) the following—

“(1) A village women’s council shall consist of women who reside in the village and are willing to be members of the village council.”

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

“(la) Without prejudice to subsection (1), woman who is not a citizen of Uganda shall not be a member of a village women’s council.

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(lb) The decisions of a village women’s council shall be binding on all the women in a village.”

  1. Insertion of new sections 6A and 6B.

The principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after section

  1. the following—

“6A. Electoral Commission to maintain voters register

The Electoral Commission shall—

  1. by statutory instrument designate a period for registering women who want to participate in the women council elections at all levels;
  2. compile, maintain, revise and update the voters register

for women’s councils at the village level; and

  1. by statutory instrument designate a period for updating

the voter’s register for women’s council elections.

6B. Electoral Commission to settle election disputes.

The powers of the Electoral Commission to settle disputes provided in section 15 of the Electoral Commission Act shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to women council elections.”

  1. Amendment of section 7

The principal is amended by substituting for section 7(1)(f)(i) the following—

“women members of Parliament in the case of district women’s committee”.

  1. Insertion of new section 7A.

The principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after section

  1. the following—
 
 

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“7A. Sponsorship of candidates by political organisations or political parties

Under the multi party political system, nomination of candidates may be made by a political organisation or a political party sponsoring a candidate or by a candidate standing for election as an independent candidate without being sponsored by a political party or political organisation.”

  1. Replacement of section 23.

The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 23 the following—

“23. Regulations

  1. The Minister may, after consultation with the council, by statutory instrument, make regulations for better carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
  2. Without prejudice to subsection (1) the Minister shall after consultation with the council, make regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this Act regarding election of members of the council.
  3. Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Minister may, prescribe as penalties for contravention of regulations made under that subsection—
  1. a fine not exceeding seventy two currency points or

imprisonment not exceeding three years or both;

  1. a daily fine not exceeding five currency points for each

day on which the contravention continues; and

  1. disqualification for a period not exceeding five years from

the date of the conviction from holding an office on a women’s committee or being a member of any women’s council other than a cell or village women’s council”.

 

 

 

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