Expropriated Properties Act 1983 (Cap. 87) | Land Portal

Resource information

Resource Language: 
ISBN / Resource ID: 
LEX-FAOC096141
Pages: 
13
License of the resource: 
Copyright details: 
© FAO. FAO is committed to making its content freely available and encourages the use, reproduction and dissemination of the text, multimedia and data presented. Except where otherwise indicated, content may be copied, printed and downloaded for private study, research and teaching purposes, and for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of FAO as the source and copyright holder is given and that FAO's endorsement of users' views, products or services is not stated or implied in any way.

This Act makes provision for return of properties expropriated by the Government to their former owners and related matters. Any property or business which was vested in the Government or appropriated or otherwise acquired by the Government under specified legislation remain vested in the Government and be managed by the Ministry responsible for finance. Notwithstanding the provisions of any written law governing the conferring of title to land, property or business and the passing or transfer of that title, any purchases, transfers and grants of, or any dealings of whatever kind in, such property or business are nullified and leases shall continue until the property has been dealt with in accordance with this Act, and for such further period as the Minister may by Regulations made under this Act prescribe. The Minister may transfer property or business upon application of former owners and subject to provisions of this Act.

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

hupperts

Publisher(s): 

The Uganda Legal Information Institute (ULII) is an internet facility that provides the public with legal information relating to Uganda, with a view of promoting and supporting the rule of law.


ULII publishes public legal information- that is decisions of courts, legislation and some publicly available secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access, for example the Justice Law and Order Sector(JLOS), the Uganda Law Reform Commission and the Uganda Law Reform Commission (ULRC).


Data provider

Share this page