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Uganda Order

Parliament of Uganda

Public Health (Prohibition of Entry into Uganda) Order, 2020

This Order may be cited as the Public Health (Prohibition of Entry into Uganda) Order, 2020. From Monday 23rd March 2020, any person is prohibited from entering Uganda and from introducing any animal, article or thing…

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Uganda
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8 provisions
Citation
Statutory Instrument 53 of 2020
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“This Order may be cited as the Public Health (Prohibition of Entry into Uganda) Order, 2020.”

This Order may be cited as the Public Health (Prohibition of Entry into Uganda) Order, 2020. From Monday 23rd March 2020, any person is prohibited from entering Uganda and from introducing any animal, article or thing into Uganda through any border post. Vehicles, vessels or aircraft conveying cargo into or through Uganda shall not have more than two persons on board, except aircraft may have only crew. A medical officer of health has the power to examine for COVID-19 any person on board a vehicle, vessel or aircraft allowed entry into Uganda and may board such conveyances to do so. A medical officer of health may, on examination, hold in quarantine or isolation any person on board a vehicle, vessel or aircraft suspected of or suffering from COVID‑19; a person so held must at the end of the quarantine or isolation period be removed from or exit Uganda at their own expense.

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3. Exemptions

Persons, animals, articles or things belonging to UN organisations and humanitarian organisations entering Uganda via any border post are exempt.

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4. Duration of Order

The Order stays in force until 9th June 2020 and then expires; the Minister may extend its duration.

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Provision 5Amendment 2Commencement
§ 11. Title and commencement.Commencement

This Order may be cited as the Public Health (Prohibition of Entry into Uganda) Order, 2020.

Section 1. Title and commencement. Section 1(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Health (Prohibition of Entry into Uganda) Order, 2020. Section 1(2) This Order shall be deemed to have come into force on 21st March 2020.
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§ 22. Prohibition of entry into UgandaProvision

From Monday 23rd March 2020, any person is prohibited from entering Uganda and from introducing any animal, article or thing into Uganda through any border post.

Section 2. Prohibition of entry into Uganda Section The entry into Uganda by any person and the introduction into Uganda of any animal, article or thing at or through any of the border posts of Uganda is with effect from Monday 23rd March 2020, prohibited.
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§ 33. ExemptionsProvision

Persons, animals, articles or things belonging to UN organisations and humanitarian organisations entering Uganda via any border post are exempt.

Section 3. Exemptions Section any person, animal, article or thing belonging to any United Nations Organisation and any humanitarian organization that seeks to enter into Uganda through any border post; and
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§ 33A. Number of persons allowed on board vehicle, etc entering UgandaAmendment

Vehicles, vessels or aircraft conveying cargo into or through Uganda shall not have more than two persons on board, except aircraft may have only crew.

Section 3A. Number of persons allowed on board vehicle, etc entering Uganda Section A vehicle, vessel or aircraft used for the conveyancing of cargo into Uganda or through Uganda to another country, as the case may be, shall not, except for aircraft which may have only crew, have more than two persons on board. [paragraph 3A inserted by section 2(b) of Statutory Instrument 56 of 2020 and amended by section 2(a) of Statutory Instrument 65 of 2020 ]
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§ 33B. Powers of medical officer of health to examine for COVID-19Provision

A medical officer of health has the power to examine for COVID-19 any person on board a vehicle, vessel or aircraft allowed entry into Uganda and may board such conveyances to do so.

Section 3B. Powers of medical officer of health to examine for COVID-19 Section A medical officer of health shall have power to examine for COVID–19, any person on board a vehicle, vessel or aircraft that is allowed entry into Uganda under this Order and may, for that purpose, enter upon or board the vehicle, vessel or aircraft arriving in Uganda and examine any person on board the vehicle, vessel or aircraft. [paragraph 3B inserted by section 2(b) of Statutory Instrument 56 of 2020 ]
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§ 33C. Powers of medical officer of health to isolate or quarantineProvision

A medical officer of health may, on examination, hold in quarantine or isolation any person on board a vehicle, vessel or aircraft suspected of or suffering from COVID‑19; a person so held must at the end of the quarantine or isolation period be removed from or exit Uganda at their own expense.

Section 3C. Powers of medical officer of health to isolate or quarantine Section 3(1) A medical officer of health may, on examination, hold in quarantine or isolation, at a place designated for that purpose, any person on board a vehicle, vessel or aircraft, who is suspected to suffer from COVID–19 or who is suffering from COVID–19. Section 3(2) A person who is held in isolation or quarantine under subparagraph (1), shall at the end of the quarantine period or the isolation period, be removed from or exit Uganda, at his or her expense. [paragraph 3C inserted by section 2(b) of Statutory Instrument 56 of 2020 ]
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§ 33D. Power of medical officer to disinfect vehicle, vessel or aircraftProvision

The medical officer of health may decontaminate or cause the decontamination of an affected vehicle, aircraft or vessel that has signs or information of COVID-19 contamination.

Section 3D. Power of medical officer to disinfect vehicle, vessel or aircraft Section Where a vehicle, vessel or aircraft that is allowed entry into Uganda under this Order has clinical signs of contamination with COVID–19 or where a medical officer of health has information of contamination of the vehicle, aircraft or vessel with COVID-19, the medical officer of health may decontaminate or cause the decontamination of the affected vehicle, aircraft or vessel. [paragraph 3D inserted by section 2(b) of Statutory Instrument 56 of 2020 ]
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§ 44. Duration of OrderAmendment

The Order stays in force until 9th June 2020 and then expires; the Minister may extend its duration.

Section 4. Duration of Order Section 4(1) This Order shall remain in force until 9th June 2020, when it shall expire. Section 4(2) The Minister may extend the duration of this Order. [paragraph 4 amended by section 2(c) of Statutory Instrument 56 of 2020 , by section 2(b) of Statutory Instrument 65 of 2020 and by section 2 of Statutory Instrument 69 of 2020 ] Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health.
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