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Business registration in Uganda

Registration, licensing, names, permits, and formal establishment requirements. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

107 matching statutes

  • Uganda

    Business Names Registration Act

    Chapter 105

    21 provisions

    Section 1 provides definitions of terms used in the Act (for example "business", "business name", "Christian name", "firm", "foreign firm", "individual", "initials", "showcards", and "surname") and two subsections clarifying references to former names and changes of name.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Partnerships Act, 2010

    Act 2 of 2010

    As of 26 Feb 2010 · 63 provisions

    This section provides definitions for terms used in the Act (for example "business", "court", "Minister", "minor", "partnership", "trustee").

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Investment Code Act, 2019

    Act 6 of 2019

    As of 29 Mar 2019 · 41 provisions

    This section lists definitions of terms used in the Code (e.g. Authority, Board, foreign investor, investment, domestic investor, one stop centre, secondary permit).

    Repealed Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Trademarks Act, 2010

    Act 17 of 2010

    As of 3 Sept 2010 · 99 provisions

    This section provides definitions of terms (for example: “assignment”, “board”, “certification mark”, “court”, “currency point”, “limitation”, “Minister”, “passing off”, “permitted use”, “register”, “registered trademark”, “registrar”, “sign or mark”, “surname”, “trademark”, and “transmission”) to be used in the Act.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Value Added Tax Act

    Chapter 349

    78 provisions

    This section provides definitions of terms used in the Act (for example: "application to own use", "Commissioner General", "company", "consideration", "import", "importer", "input tax", "Minister", "money", and "tax fraction").

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Building Societies Act

    Chapter 104

    71 provisions

    This section provides definitions of terms used in the Act, including 'basic advance', 'building society', 'continuing arrangement', 'dispute', 'excess advance', 'land', 'Minister', 'register', 'registrar', and 'special resolution'.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Cooperative Societies Act

    Chapter 107

    121 provisions

    This section provides definitions of terms used in the Act (for example: "agricultural produce", "apex society", "beneficial owner", "Registrar", "winding up", etc.).

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Firearms Act

    Chapter 299

    As of 4 Aug 2006 · 45 provisions

    This section is an interpretation (definitions) clause listing defined terms used in the Act (for example “acquiring”, “ammunition”, “firearm”, “firearm dealer”, “chief licensing officer”, “licensing officer”, and others).

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Companies Act

    Chapter 106

    As of 31 Dec 2023 · 25 provisions

    Provides definitions of terms used in the Act (Interpretation).

    Repealed Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Registration of Titles Act

    Chapter 240

    155 provisions

    This section provides definitions of terms used in the Act (for example: "addition", "bankruptcy", "certificate of title", "endorsed", "final mailo certificate", "grant", "encumbrances", "instrument", "land", "letters of administration", "limited certificate", "proprietor", "Registrar", "settlement", and "surveyed").

    Repealed Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act

    Chapter 10

    12 provisions

    This section provides definitions (interpretation) for terms used in the Act, including 'appeal', 'country of the original court', 'judgment', 'judgment creditor', 'judgment debtor', 'judgments given in the superior courts of Uganda', 'original court', 'prescribed', 'registering court', 'registration' and exclusions fo

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Registration of Persons Act, 2015

    Act 4 of 2015

    As of 26 Mar 2015 · 87 provisions

    The Act applies to registration of all persons in Uganda but does not apply to non-residents or visitors for up to ninety days and to refugees recognised by Government and UNHCR.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act

    Chapter 222

    As of 31 Dec 2023 · 73 provisions

    The Act applies to works not yet in the public domain that are: created by a citizen of Uganda or a person resident in Uganda; first published in Uganda; created by a person who is national or resident of a country referred to in section 80; or first published in a country referred to in section 80.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act

    Chapter 23

    5 provisions

    Defines terms including “judgment”, “judgment creditor”, “judgment debtor”, “original court” and “registering court”; and states that, subject to rules of court, a judge of the court may exercise any powers conferred by the Act.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Engineers Registration Act

    Chapter 271

    As of 31 Dec 2000 · 32 provisions

    This section provides definitions for terms used in the Act (for example: "board", "chairperson", "institution", "member", "ordinarily resident", "register", "registered engineer", "registrar", "vice chairperson").

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Physical Planners' Registration Act

    Chapter 302

    As of 31 Dec 2023 · 43 provisions

    This section provides definitions of terms used in the Act (for example: "Board", "Chairperson", "corporate member", "currency point", "Minister", "planning assistant", "registered physical planner", "register", "Registrar", "Society").

    Act or statute Open & Chat