Uganda Act or statute

Parliament of Uganda

Trading with the Enemy Act

Defines "enemy subject", "enemy territory" and when a person is deemed a director; and states that a presidential certificate about sovereignty or occupation is conclusive evidence for proceedings under the Act.

Jurisdiction: Uganda
Structure: 1 provisions
Citation: Chapter 364
Dates: Undated source snapshot

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“Defines "enemy subject", "enemy territory" and when a person is deemed a director; and states that a presidential certificate about sovereignty or occupation is conclusive evidence for proceedings under the Act.”

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Section 1. Interpretation Section 1(1) In this Act, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them— Section 1(1)(a) " enemy subject " means— (i) an individual who possesses the nationality of a State at war with the Republic of Uganda; or (ii) a body of persons, possessing the nationality of a State at war with the Republic of Uganda, constituted or incorporated in Uganda or a body of persons constituted or incorporated in or under the laws of any such State; Section 1(1)(b) " enemy territory " means any area which is under the sovereignty of, or in the occupation of, a Power with which the Republic of Uganda is at war, not being an area in the occupation of the Republic of Uganda or of a Power allied with the Republic of Uganda. Section 1(2) A certificate of the President that any area is or was under the sovereignty of, or in the occupation of any Power, or as to the time at which any area became or ceased to be under such sovereignty or in such occupation shall, for the purposes of any proceedings under or arising out of this Act, be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in the certificate. Section 1(3) In considering for the purposes of any of the provisions of this Act whether any person has been an enemy or an enemy subject , no account shall be taken of any state of affairs existing before the commencement of the war by reason of which the person became an enemy or an enemy subject . Section 1(4) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to be a director of a body corporate if he or she occupies in relation to the body corporate the position of a director, by whatever name called; and, for the purposes of the provisions of this Act relating to offences by bodies corporate, a person shall be deemed to be a director of a body corporate if he or she is a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of that body act; but a person shall not, by reason only that the directors of a body corporate act on advice given by him or her in a professional capacity, be taken to be a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions those directors act.

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