Acts of Parliament (Revision and Printing of Principal Laws of Uganda enacted between 2001 and 2004) Order, 2007

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Date of assent: 

4 July 2007

Date of promulgation: 

4 July 2007

Date of commencement: 

4 July 2007

Issuing Authority: 

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

In force: 

Yes

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

SUPPLEMENT No. 15                                                                                       4th July, 2007

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS SUPPLEMENT

to The Uganda Gazette No. 33 Volume C dated 4th July, 2007 Printed by UPPC, Entebbe, by Order of the Government.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2007 No. 28.

The Acts of Parliament (Revision and Printing of Principal Laws of Uganda enacted between 2001 and 2004) Order, 2007.

(Under Section 18(3) of the Acts of Parliament Act, Cap. 2.)

In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Attorney General by section 18(3) of the Acts of Parliament Act, this Order is made this 21st day of June, 2007.

  1. Title.

This Order may be cited as the Acts of Parliament (Revision and Printing of Principal Laws of Uganda enacted between 2001 and 2004) Order, 2007.

  1. Order to prepare and print revised edition.

The Uganda Law Reform Commission is ordered to prepare a revised edition of the principal laws of Uganda enacted between the 1st day of January, 2001 and the 31st day of December, 2004 which shall be printed subject to the conditions specified in paragraph 3.

  1. Conditions to which the revision is subject.

Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5, the conditions referred to in paragraph 2 are as follows—

  1. that the Uganda Law Reform Commission is not authorised to

make any alteration or amendments in the substance of any enactment;

  1. subject to paragraph (a), the Commission may carry out all or

any of the following—

  1. correct cross references;
  2. correct grammatical errors;
  3. replace side notes with head notes; and
  4. generally reformat the principal laws in accordance with

the format of the revised edition 2000.

  1. Bringing the revised edition into force.

Upon the completion of the preparation of the revised edition, the Attorney General may by statutory instrument made under section 18(3) of the Acts of Parliament Act order that the revised edition shall come into force from the date appointed by the statutory instrument.

  1. Judicial notice.

Upon the coming into force of the revised edition as provided in paragraph 4, the copies of the revised edition shall be deemed to be and shall be taken by all courts and for all purposes to be the principal laws for the period from 1st January, 2001 to 31st December, 2004 and shall be judicially noticed as such.

(DR) E. KHIDDU-MAKUBUYA, M.P., Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.