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ACTS SUPPLEMENT No. 1 12th February, 2010. ACTS SUPPLEMENT to The Uganda Gazette Extraordinary No. 10 Volume CIII 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
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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:
Section 31 of the Land Act, in this Act referred to as the principal Act, is amended—
“(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. |
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(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”.
The principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after section 32, the following— “32A. Lawful or bona fide occupants to be evicted only for non payment of ground rent.
(4) For purposes of this section, the word “court” shall mean a court presided over by a Magistrate Grade 1 or a Chief Magistrate as the case may be, and reference to the Land Tribunal in this Act and amendments thereto shall be interpreted accordingly. |
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Section 35 of the principal Act is amended—
“(1a) Subject to subsection (7), a tenant by occupancy who purports to assign the tenancy by occupancy without giving the first option of taking the assignment of the tenancy to the owner of the land commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding ninety six currency points or imprisonment not exceeding four years or both; and the transaction shall be invalid and the tenant shall forfeit the right over the land and the land shall revert to the registered owner.”;
“(8) Subject to this section, a change of ownership of title effected by the owner by sale, grant and succession or otherwise shall not in anyway affect the existing lawful interests or bona fide occupant and the new owner shall be obliged to respect the existing interest.”
Section 59 of the principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after subsection (1) the following— “(1a) where a board enters into or undertakes or concludes any such transaction or allocates land in contravention of subsection (1)(a), the transaction shall be void.”
Section 92 of the principal Act is amended—
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Act 1 Land (Amendment) Act 2010 “(e) attempts to evict, evicts, or participates in the eviction of a lawful or bonafide occupant from registered land without an order of eviction;”
“(4) A person convicted of an offence specified in subsection (1) (c) is liable to a fine not exceeding ninety six currency points or imprisonment not exceeding four years or both.”
“(5a) a person convicted of an offence specified in subsection (1) (e) is liable on conviction to imprisonment not exceeding seven years. (5b) where a person is convicted under subsection (5a), the court may—
to the person who was evicted; or
person who was evicted.” |
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