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Employment law in Uganda

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

427 matching statutes

  • Uganda

    Magistrates Courts Act

    Chapter 19

    As of 31 Dec 2023 · 229 provisions

    Provides definitions and interpretation rules for terms used in the Act, including definitions of "civil customary law", "currency point", "magisterial area", "magistrate’s court", and "Minister", and rules for construing references to classes of magistrates and subordinate courts.

    Repealed Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Contracts Act

    Chapter 284

    As of 31 Dec 2023 · 128 provisions

    This section provides definitions of terms used in the Act, including 'acceptance', 'agreement', 'coercion', 'consent', 'consideration', 'contract', 'currency point', 'documents of title to goods', 'mercantile agent', 'Minister', and 'misrepresentation'.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Free Zones Act

    Chapter 70

    As of 25 Apr 2014 · 82 provisions

    The Act will come into force on a date appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Uganda Cancer Institute Act, 2016

    Act 19 of 2016

    As of 29 Nov 2016 · 11 provisions

    Gives the Act its short title "Uganda Cancer Institute Act, 2016" and provides that the Act will come into force on a day appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Domestic Violence Act, 2010

    Act 3 of 2010

    As of 9 Apr 2010 · 20 provisions

    The Minister appoints the date on which the Act comes into force by statutory instrument.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    National Council for Children Act

    Chapter 60

    29 provisions

    Provides definitions for terms used in the Act such as chairperson, child, council, deputy secretary general, member, Minister, programme of action, secretariat, and secretary general.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act

    Chapter 150

    As of 31 Dec 2000 · 70 provisions

    This section provides definitions of key terms used in the Act (for example: "authorised officer", "commissioner", "petroleum", "development area", "drilling").

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Presidential Elections Act, 2005

    Act 16 of 2005

    As of 27 Jul 2020 · 93 provisions

    This section provides definitions of terms used in the Act (for example: agent; aspirant; authorised mark of choice; campaign period; candidate; Commission; Commission Act; election officer; polling agent; voter; voters’ register).

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Official Secrets Act

    Chapter 302

    As of 31 Dec 2000 · 15 provisions

    Section 1 provides definitions for terms used in the Act, including 'agent of a foreign power', 'document', 'magistrate', 'Minister', 'model', 'munitions of war', 'offence under this Act', 'office under the Government', 'official document', 'prohibited place', and 'sketch'.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Financial Institutions Act

    Chapter 57

    As of 31 Dec 2023 · 143 provisions

    The Act applies to financial institutions defined in section 2; it does not apply to cooperative societies registered under the Cooperative Societies Act (except those established to accept deposits from the public) or to microfinance deposit-taking institutions.

    Act or statute Open & Chat
  • Uganda

    Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Act, 2012

    Act 3 of 2012

    As of 18 Sept 2012 · 25 provisions

    This section provides definitions of terms used in the Act, including "commission", "Convention", "deadly weapon", "Minister", "offender", "public official", "spouse", "superior officer", and "victim".

    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

    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

    Inspectorate of Government Act

    Chapter 32

    As of 31 Dec 2023 · 38 provisions

    This section provides interpretation: it declares that, unless the context otherwise requires, quoted terms (for example “Appointments Board”, “Authority”, “Board”, “corruption”, “currency point”, “Deputy Inspector General”, “Inspectorate”, “Inspector General”, “Minister”, and “Secretary”) have the meanings stated in t

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