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Trustees Incorporation Act

After incorporation, donations, gifts or dispositions of land made to the association or its trustees shall take effect as if made to the incorporated corporate body. Corporate bodies must have a…

Jurisdiction: Uganda
Structure: 17 provisions
Citation: Chapter 165
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“Qualifying associations may appoint trustees; those trustees may apply to the Minister for a registration certificate; the Minister may grant a certificate and impose conditions; upon registration the trustees become a corporate body with succession, a common seal and powers to hold and deal with land subject to certif”

After incorporation, donations, gifts or dispositions of land made to the association or its trustees shall take effect as if made to the incorporated corporate body. Corporate bodies must have a common seal with a device approved by the Minister; until provided the Minister may authorise another person's seal for use. Instruments bearing the common seal, when apparently used in accordance with directions, bind the corporate body despite defects in execution. Contracts made by trustees of a body or association are valid and binding even if not executed under the trustees' common seal. A person who, in good faith and relying on an instrument bearing a corporate common seal, makes or allows a transfer or payment is entitled to be indemnified and protected for that transfer or payment. Any person interested may apply to the High Court for its opinion when a question arises whether a person is a member of such a corporate body.

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1. Grant of certificate as a corporate body

Qualifying associations may appoint trustees; those trustees may apply to the Minister for a registration certificate; the Minister may grant a certificate and impose conditions; upon registration the trustees become a corporate body wi…

Section 1

13. Payments on transfers in reliance on corporate seal protected

A person who, in good faith and relying on an instrument bearing a corporate common seal, makes or allows a transfer or payment is entitled to be indemnified and protected for that transfer or payment.

Section 13

17. Saving

The Minister may withdraw, amend or reissue certificates of registration issued under the Land (Perpetual Succession) Ordinance to make them conform to certificates issued under this Act, without prejudice to the due incorporation of any body.

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5. Liability of trustees and others

After incorporation, all trustees of the body or association remain chargeable for property that comes into their hands and must be answerable and accountable for their acts, receipts, neglects, defaults, and for the due administration of the body and its…

Section 5

9. Fees for applications and certificates

A prescribed fee must be paid on every application for a certificate of incorporation and on the issue of every such certificate.

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Provision 16Amendment

§ 11. Grant of certificate as a corporate bodyProvision

Section 1. Grant of certificate as a corporate body Section 1(1) Trustees or a trustee may be appointed by any body or association of persons established for any religious, educational, literary, scientific, social or charitable purpose, and such trustees or trustee may apply, in the manner hereafter mentioned, to the Minister for a certificate of registration of the trustees or trustee of such body or association of persons as a corporate body. Section 1(2) If the Minister, having regard to the extent, nature and objects and other circumstances of such body or association of persons, considers that incorporation expedient, he or she may grant such certificate accordingly, subject to such conditions or directions generally as he or she shall think fit to insert in the certificate, and particularly relating to— Section 1(2)(a) the qualifications and number of the trustees; Section 1(2)(b) their tenure and avoidance of office; Section 1(2)(c) the mode of appointing new trustees; Section 1(2)(d) the custody and use of the common seal; Section 1(2)(e) the amount of the land which the trustees may hold; and Section 1(2)(f) the purposes for which that land may be applied. Section 1(3) The trustees or trustee shall thereupon become a body corporate by the name described in the certificate, and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and power to sue and be sued in the corporate name, and subject to the conditions and directions contained in the certificate to hold and acquire, and, by instruments under the common seal, to convey, assign and demise any land or any interest in land now or hereafter belonging to, or held for the benefit of, such body or association of persons, in such and the like manner, and subject to such restrictions and provisions, as such trustees or trustee might, without such incorporation, hold or acquire, convey or assign, or demise the same for the purposes of such body or association of persons.

Section 1

§ 1010. Gift to vest in corporate bodyProvision

After incorporation, donations, gifts or dispositions of land made to the association or its trustees shall take effect as if made to the incorporated corporate body.

Section 10. Gift to vest in corporate body Section After the incorporation of the trustees or trustee of any association or body of persons pursuant to this Act, every donation, gift and disposition of land, or any interest therein, theretofore lawfully made but not having actually taken effect, or thereafter lawfully made by deed, will or otherwise to or in favour of that body or association of persons, or the trustees thereof, or otherwise for the purposes thereof, shall take effect as if it had been made to, or in favour of, the corporate body or otherwise for the like purposes.

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§ 1111. Common sealProvision

Corporate bodies must have a common seal with a device approved by the Minister; until provided the Minister may authorise another person's seal for use. Instruments bearing the common seal, when apparently used in accordance with directions, bind the corporate body despite defects in execution.

Section 11. Common seal Section 11(1) The common seal of the corporate body shall have such device as may be approved by the Minister, and until the common seal is provided the seal of some person may be authorised by the Minister for use as the common seal of the corporate body. Section 11(2) Any instrument to which the common seal of the corporate body has been affixed, in apparent compliance with the conditions or directions for the use of the common seal referred to in section 1 , shall be binding on the corporate body, notwithstanding any defect or circumstance affecting the execution of the instrument.

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§ 1212. Contracts not under seal to be binding in certain casesProvision

Contracts made by trustees of a body or association are valid and binding even if not executed under the trustees' common seal.

Section 12. Contracts not under seal to be binding in certain cases Section Every contract made or entered into by the trustees of a body or association of persons which would be valid and binding according to the constitution, settlement or rules of the body or association of persons if no such incorporation had taken place as aforesaid shall be valid and binding although it has not been made or entered into under the common seal of the trustees.

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§ 1313. Payments on transfers in reliance on corporate seal protectedProvision

Section 13. Payments on transfers in reliance on corporate seal protected Section Any person who makes or permits to be made any transfer or payment bona fide , in reliance on any instruments to which the common seal of any body corporate created under this Act is affixed, shall be indemnified and protected in respect of that transfer or payment, notwithstanding any defect or circumstance affecting the execution of the instrument.

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§ 1414. Petition to decide question whether person is a corporate bodyProvision

Any person interested may apply to the High Court for its opinion when a question arises whether a person is a member of such a corporate body.

Section 14. Petition to decide question whether person is a corporate body Section 14(1) When any question arises whether any person is a member of such corporate body as aforesaid, any person interested in the question may apply to the High Court in accordance with any rules of court made in that behalf for its opinion on such question. Section 14(2) Notice of the hearing shall be given to such persons and in such manner as the court shall think fit, and any opinion given by the court on an application under this section shall be deemed to have the force of a declaratory decree.

Section 14

§ 1515. Powers of MinisterProvision

The Minister has power to make binding orders about the constitution, conduct, name, amalgamation, or termination of corporate bodies created under this Act, and aggrieved persons may appeal to the High Court within thirty days.

Section 15. Powers of Minister Section 15(1) The Minister shall have power, upon the application of any interested party made subject to any rules in that behalf, to make such orders regarding the constitution and conduct of any corporate body created under this Act or in regard to its trustees as may seem to him or her proper, and those orders shall, subject to appeal, be conclusive and binding for all purposes; in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Minister may authorise— Section 15(1)(a) any variation in the composition or constitution of such corporate body or in the rules or other instrument regulating it without prejudice to its due incorporation and perpetual succession; Section 15(1)(b) the amalgamation of two or more corporate bodies created under this Act and the vesting of the property of those bodies in a new corporate body having such constitution as the Minister may approve; Section 15(1)(c) a change of name of any corporate body created under this Act; Section 15(1)(d) the termination of incorporation of any corporate body created under this Act subject to such directions as to its liquidation and the disposal of its assets as may be prescribed or as the Minister sees fit to order. Section 15(2) Any person who deems himself or herself aggrieved by any order made by the Minister under subsection (1) may within thirty days of the making of the order appeal to the High Court in accordance with any rules of court made in that behalf.

Section 15

§ 1616. RulesProvision

The Minister may make rules for the purposes of this Act, including fixing fees, prescribing forms and regulating certificate of registration applications.

Section 16. Rules Section The Minister may make rules for the purposes of this Act, including the fixing of fees, the prescribing of forms and the regulating of applications for certificates of registration.

Section 16

§ 1717. SavingAmendment

Section 17. Saving Section Without prejudice to the due incorporation of any body, the Minister may withdraw any certificate of registration issued under the Land (Perpetual Succession) Ordinance and amend or reissue it for the purpose of making the certificate conform to a certificate issued under this Act.

Section 17

§ 22. Estate to vest in body corporateProvision

The certificate of incorporation vests all real and personal estate held in trust for the body corporate in that body, subject to laws on registration of title to land; trustees must transfer trust-held stocks, funds or securities into the body corporate's name; covenants and conditions enforceable by or against trustees before incorporation remain enforceable by or against them after incorporation.

Section 2. Estate to vest in body corporate Section The certificate of incorporation shall, subject to compliance with any law for the time being in force relating to the registration of title to land, vest in the body corporate all real and personal estate, of what nature or tenure soever, belonging to or held by any person or persons in trust for that body or association of persons, and thereupon any person or persons in whose name or names any stocks, funds or securities shall be standing in trust for the body or association of persons, shall transfer those stocks, funds or securities into the name of that body corporate, and all covenants and conditions relating to any such real estate enforceable by or against the trustees of that real estate before their incorporation shall be enforceable to the same extent and by the same means by or against them after their incorporation.

Section 2

§ 33. Particulars respecting applicationProvision

Applications for a certificate must be in writing, signed by the applicant(s), and include the particulars in the Schedule or as prescribed; the Minister may require declarations or other evidence to verify the application and may require other particulars or information.

Section 3. Particulars respecting application Section 3(1) Every application to the Minister for a certificate under this Act shall be in writing, signed by the person or persons making it, and shall contain the several particulars specified in the Schedule to this Act or as may be prescribed, or such of them as shall be applicable to the case. Section 3(2) The Minister may require such declaration or other evidence in verification of the statements and particulars in the application, and such other particulars, information or evidence as he or she may think necessary or proper.

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§ 44. Nomination of trustees and filling of vacanciesProvision

Trustees must be lawfully appointed before incorporation; vacancies must be filled as required; new trustee appointments must be certified to the Minister; and trustees must return a list of trustees (with residences and additions) to the Minister within one month after each five‑year period or when required by the Minister.

Section 4. Nomination of trustees and filling of vacancies Section 4(1) Before a certificate of incorporation is granted, the trustees or trustee shall have been effectually and lawfully appointed to the satisfaction of the Minister, and, where a certificate of incorporation has been granted, vacancies in the number of the trustees shall from time to time be filled so far as shall be required by the constitution, settlement or rules of the body or association of persons, or by any such conditions or directions as aforesaid by such legal means as would have been available for the appointment of new trustees of the body or association if no certificate of incorporation had been granted, or otherwise as shall be required by such conditions or directions as aforesaid, and the appointment of every new trustee shall be certified to the Minister by, or by the direction of, the trustees upon the completion of the appointment. Section 4(2) Within one month after the expiration of each period of five years after the grant of a certificate of incorporation, or whenever required by the Minister, a return shall be made to the Minister by the then trustees or trustee of the names of the trustees at the expiration of each such period, with their residences and additions.

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§ 55. Liability of trustees and othersProvision

Section 5. Liability of trustees and others Section After a certificate of incorporation has been granted under this Act, all trustees of the body or association of persons, notwithstanding their incorporation, shall be chargeable for such property as shall come into their hands, and shall be answerable and accountable for their own acts, receipts, neglects and defaults, and for the due administration of the body or association of persons and its property, in the same manner and to the same extent as if no such incorporation had been effected.

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§ 66. Certificate to be evidence of compliance with requisitionsProvision

A certificate of incorporation granted under the Act is conclusive evidence that the preliminary requisitions for incorporation have been complied with, and the incorporation date stated in the certificate is deemed to be the date of incorporation.

Section 6. Certificate to be evidence of compliance with requisitions Section A certificate of incorporation granted under this Act shall be conclusive evidence that all the preliminary requisitions herein contained and required in respect of the incorporation have been complied with, and the date of incorporation mentioned in the certificate shall be deemed to be the date at which incorporation has taken place.

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§ 77. Record of applications and documents to be kept and copies suppliedProvision

The Minister must direct that records of applications and certificates of incorporation be kept and that documents sent under the Act be preserved; any person may request certified copies or extracts.

Section 7. Record of applications and documents to be kept and copies supplied Section The Minister shall, in such manner as he or she shall think fit, direct a record to be kept of all such applications for and certificates of incorporation, and shall in like manner direct all documents sent to him or her under this Act to be preserved, and any person may require a copy or extract of any such document to be certified under the hand of such person as shall be appointed for that purpose by the Minister, and there shall be paid for such certified copy or extract such fee as may be prescribed.

Section 7

§ 88. Enforcement of conditions of certificateProvision

Trustees must observe and perform all conditions and directions inserted in any certificate of incorporation.

Section 8. Enforcement of conditions of certificate Section All conditions and directions inserted in any certificate of incorporation shall be binding upon and performed or observed by the trustees as trusts of the body or association of persons.

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§ 99. Fees for applications and certificatesProvision

A prescribed fee must be paid on every application for a certificate of incorporation and on the issue of every such certificate.

Section 9. Fees for applications and certificates Section On every application for a certificate of incorporation under this Act, and on the issue of every such certificate, the prescribed fee shall be paid.

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