Uganda Act or statute

Parliament of Uganda

Preservation of Amenities Act

Jurisdiction: Uganda
Structure: 2 provisions
Citation: Chapter 244
Dates: Undated source snapshot

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“Defines "local authority" as a municipal council or a town council established under the Local Governments Act.”

Defines "local authority" as a municipal council or a town council established under the Local Governments Act. A local authority may serve a notice on the owner or occupier to remedy unsightly premises; the owner/occupier must do the specified works at their own expense; if they fail the authority may take the matter to a magistrate's court which may order compliance; failure to obey the court order can attract a fine of up to fifty shillings per day.

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Defines "local authority" as a municipal council or a town council established under the Local Governments Act.

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2. Power oflocal authorityto remedy unsightlypremises

A local authority may serve a notice on the owner or occupier to remedy unsightly premises; the owner/occupier must do the specified works at their own expense; if they fail the authority may take the matter to a magistrate's court which may order compliance;…

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§ 11. InterpretationInterpretation

Defines "local authority" as a municipal council or a town council established under the Local Governments Act.

Section 1. Interpretation Section " local authority " means a municipal council or a town council established under the Local Governments Act;

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§ 22. Power oflocal authorityto remedy unsightlypremisesProvision

Section 2. Power oflocal authorityto remedy unsightlypremises Section 2(1) A local authority may serve a notice on the owner or occupier of any premises requiring him or her at his or her own expense— Section 2(1)(a) to paint, distemper, whitewash or colourwash the outside walls or roof of any building which is part of the premises and which in its opinion are unsightly and in need of painting, distempering, whitewashing or colourwashing; Section 2(1)(b) to remove any temporary structure which in its opinion is a disfigurement to the neighbourhood; Section 2(1)(c) to tidy the premises and its curtilage when in its opinion they are in such an untidy condition as to be offensive to the eye; or Section 2(1)(d) to remove derelict motor or other vehicles, or other unsightly debris whether similar to the foregoing or not, from any premises . Section 2(2) If the person on whom a notice has been served under subsection (1) fails within a reasonable time to carry out the requirements of the notice, the local authority may cause a complaint to be made before a magistrate's court over which presides a magistrate grade I or grade II, and the court shall thereupon issue a summons requiring the person on whom the notice was served to appear before it. Section 2(3) If the court is satisfied that any or all of the requirements of the notice are reasonable and that it is reasonable for the person on whom the notice was served to carry out the requirements, the court shall make an order on that person to carry out the requirements of the notice or such of them as the court considers reasonable within a specified time. Section 2(4) Any person who fails to obey an order made under subsection (3) is, unless he or she satisfies the court that he or she has used all diligence to carry out the order, liable on being brought before the court to a fine not exceeding fifty shillings for every day during which the default continues.

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