Uganda Act or statute

Parliament of Uganda

Potable Spirits Act

Jurisdiction: Uganda
Structure: 5 provisions
Citation: Chapter 77
Dates: As at 31 Dec 2023

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Dates: As at 31 Dec 2023

Source attribution: Source: Uganda Legal Information Institute

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“Section 1 provides definitions for terms used in the Act, including “compounding spirits”, “currency point”, “denatured spirits”, “licensing officer”, and “spirits”.”

Section 1 provides definitions for terms used in the Act, including “compounding spirits”, “currency point”, “denatured spirits”, “licensing officer”, and “spirits”. People must not compound spirits for profit or sale unless they hold a licence issued under section 3. The licensing officer may issue a licence to compound spirits on an application and may impose terms and conditions, including specified formulae. Allows regulations to prescribe the form of licences and the fees to be paid for a licence. The Minister responsible for finance may amend the Schedule to this Act by statutory instrument with the approval of Cabinet.

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1. Interpretation

Section 1 provides definitions for terms used in the Act, including “compounding spirits”, “currency point”, “denatured spirits”, “licensing officer”, and “spirits”.

Section 1

2. Compoundingspiritswithout licence

People must not compound spirits for profit or sale unless they hold a licence issued under section 3.

Section 2

3. Issue of licences

Section 3. Issue of licences Section The licensing officer may, upon an application made for that purpose to him or her, issue a licence for the compounding of spirits under this Act subject to such terms and conditions, including the specification of…

Section 3

4. Regulations

Allows regulations to prescribe the form of licences and the fees to be paid for a licence.

Section 4

5. Power to amend Schedule

The Minister responsible for finance may amend the Schedule to this Act by statutory instrument with the approval of Cabinet.

Section 5

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Provision 2InterpretationOffenceAmendment

§ 11. InterpretationInterpretation

Section 1 provides definitions for terms used in the Act, including “compounding spirits”, “currency point”, “denatured spirits”, “licensing officer”, and “spirits”.

Section 1. Interpretation Section In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “ compounding spirits ” and its cognate expressions means to communicate any flavour to or to mix any ingredient or material with spirits but not so as to denature the spirits ; “ currency point ” has the value assigned to it in the Schedule to this Act; “ denatured spirits ” means spirits mixed with any substance so as to render the mixture unfit and incapable of being readily converted so as to be fit for human consumption as a beverage; “ licensing officer ” means a person appointed by the Minister to be a licensing officer for the purposes of this Act; “ spirits ” includes spirits of any description and all mixtures, compounds or preparations made with spirits, but does not include any denatured spirits .

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§ 22. Compoundingspiritswithout licenceOffence

People must not compound spirits for profit or sale unless they hold a licence issued under section 3.

Section 2. Compoundingspiritswithout licence Section 2(1) Subject to this section, no person shall compound for profit or sale any spirits otherwise than in accordance with a licence issued under section 3 . Section 2(2) Any person who compounds spirits without a licence issued under section 3 commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred twenty currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or both. Section 2(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to the bona fide compounding of spirits — Section 2(3)(a) in any canteen, club, institute, mess or similar institution not conducted by a private individual for personal profit, for the lawful sale of the spirits to the members only of the canteen, club, institute, mess or similar institution for consumption therein; Section 2(3)(b) in any vessel in territorial waters or in any aircraft for the lawful sale of the spirits to any passenger or officer or member of the crew of the vessel or aircraft for consumption in the vessel or aircraft; Section 2(3)(c) in the course of the lawful preparation or administration of medicine by a medical practitioner registered under the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, a veterinary surgeon registered under the Veterinary Surgeons Act or a pharmacist registered under the Pharmacy and Drugs Act ; Section 2(3)(d) in any circumstances or in any other case in respect of which the Minister, by statutory instrument made for that purpose, has granted an exemption from this section.

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§ 33. Issue of licencesProvision

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§ 44. RegulationsProvision

Allows regulations to prescribe the form of licences and the fees to be paid for a licence.

Section 4. Regulations Section prescribing the form of licences and the fees to be paid for a licence;

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§ 55. Power to amend ScheduleAmendment

The Minister responsible for finance may amend the Schedule to this Act by statutory instrument with the approval of Cabinet.

Section 5. Power to amend Schedule Section The Minister responsible for finance may, by statutory instrument, with the approval of Cabinet, amend the Schedule to this Act.

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