Uganda
Trade (Licensing) Act
Chapter 101
- Published
- Commenced on 31 December 1969
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2000.]
- [Note: The version of the Act as at 31 December 2000 was revised and consolidated by the Law Reform Commission of Uganda. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for ULII.]
Interpretation
1. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—Trading centres
2. Declaration of trading centres
Restriction on trade
3. Declaration of business areas and trading centres
The Minister may, from time to time, by statutory order, declare—4. Declaration of specified goods
The Minister may, from time to time, by statutory order, declare any particular goods or goods of any particular class to be specified goods for the purposes of this Act.5. Restriction on trading by noncitizens in certain areas and goods
6. Date of commencement of an order under section 3 or 4
An order made under section 3 or 4 shall specify the date on which it shall come into force, so however, that that date shall not be more than six months commencing with the date of the publication of the order in the Gazette.7. Offences and penalties
Every person who contravenes any provision of section 5 commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months or to both.Trading licence
8. Trading prohibited without a trading licence
9. Licensing authority
For the purposes of granting a trading licence or hawkers licence under this Act—10. Application for trading licence
11. Grant of trading licence
12. Disqualifications for holding a trading licence
A licensing authority shall not issue a trading licence to any person—13. Duration of trading licence
Unless earlier revoked, a trading licence granted under this Act in respect of any year shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of that year.14. Exhibition of trading licence
Every holder of a trading licence shall keep his or her licence exhibited in a conspicuous place of his or her trading premises.15. Inspection of trading licence
Hawkers licence
16. Grant of hawkers licence
17. Duration of hawkers licence
Unless earlier revoked, a hawkers licence granted under this Act in respect of any year shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of that year.18. Hawkers licence not transferable
A hawkers licence granted under this Act shall be personal to the holder of the licence and shall not be transferable.19. Production of hawkers licence on demand
Every person who holds a hawkers licence granted to him or her under this Act shall carry his or her licence with him or her at all times while he or she is acting as a hawker, and shall produce the licence for inspection on the demand of any administrative officer, police officer or any person authorised in writing by the licensing authority.Travelling wholesalers licence
20. Travelling wholesalers licence
21. Duration of travelling wholesalers licence
Unless earlier revoked, a travelling wholesalers licence granted in respect of any year shall expire on the 31st day of December of that year.22. Travelling wholesalers servant
Where a person holding a travelling wholesalers licence employs a servant to act as a travelling wholesaler on his or her behalf, he or she shall take out, in his or her own name, a licence to be carried by the servant when acting as a travelling wholesaler and, when it is desired that more servants than one shall be so employed an additional licence shall be taken out in respect of each additional servant.23. Production of travelling wholesalers licence on demand
Every person who holds a travelling wholesalers licence, including every servant of that person, shall carry his or her licence with him or her at all times while he or she is acting as a travelling wholesaler, and shall produce the licence for inspection on the demand of any administrative officer, police officer or any person duly authorised in writing by the licensing authority.General
24. Issue of duplicate licence
Where a licensing authority is satisfied that any licence granted under this Act has been lost or destroyed, the licensing authority which granted the licence shall, on application made to it and on payment of the fee prescribed in the Schedule to this Act, issue a duplicate of the licence to the applicant.25. Transfer of licence
26. Books of account
27. Endorsement and revocation of licence
28. General penalty
29. Regulations
The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make Regulations—30. Licence fees
31. Exemption
The Minister may, by statutory order, and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order, exempt any trade or class of trades or any person or class of persons either generally or in respect of any area, from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act.32. Presumptions
33. Licences required under other Acts
Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to entitle the holder of any licence granted under this Act to sell any article or substance for the sale of which a separate licence is required by any written law for the time being in force.34. Savings
Notwithstanding the repeal of the Trading Act—History of this document
31 December 2000 this version
Consolidation
31 December 1969
Commenced