Agricultural Chemicals (Control) Act | Chapter 35 — Uganda law | Esheria

Agricultural Chemicals (Control) Act

This section provides definitions of terms used in the Act, defining words such as "agriculture", "agricultural chemicals", "Board", "Minister", and others.

Jurisdiction
Uganda
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
Chapter 35
Version
31 Dec 2023
Language
en
Official source
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Source attribution: Source: Uganda Legal Information Institute

Statute overview

About this statute

The Ministry must establish or accredit a suitable analytical laboratory for the purposes of the Act. Inspectors may enter premises, examine items, take samples and require documents; persons must assist and produce documents; refusal, obstruction or failure to produce is an offence; inspectors must produce identity card when required; no compensation may be charged for samples. Section 12 allows an inspector to seize and detain agricultural chemicals when the Act or its regulations are reasonably believed to have been contravened; it sets limits and consequences for seized chemicals, permits courts to order forfeiture, disposal or payments on conviction or when no offence is found, allows forfeiture to the Government where the owner consents (with disposal directed by the Minister and costs borne by the consenting person), requires samples for analysis to follow regulations, and makes hindering an inspector an offence. Persons engaged in enforcement must not disclose information acquired in their functions except to exercise those functions or when a court requires disclosure; such disclosure is an offence. Section 14 creates offences for contravening sections 2 and 3 and for tampering with documents; it sets fines (up to 120 or 60 currency points) and imprisonment limits (up to five years or two and a half years), provides a defence of due diligence, deems company officers liable for company offences unless they can prove lack of consent and due diligence, and gives the court power to suspend, cancel or revoke registration or licence certificates.

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