Act 16
La.nd Act
1998
"Board" means the District Land Board established by
article 240 of the Constitution and referred to in
section 57 of this Act;
"bona fide and lawful occupant" have the meanings
assigned to them in section 30 of this Act;
"certificate of customary ownership" means a certificate
issued under section 5 of this Act;
"certificate of occupancy" means a certificate issued
under section 34 of this Act;
"Commission" means the Uganda Land Commission
established by article 238 of the Constitution and
referred to in section 47 of this Act;
"Committee" means a Land Committee established by
section 65 of this Act;
"community" means an indigenous community of
Uganda as provided for in the Third Schedule to
the Constitution, or any clan or sub-clan of any
such indigenous community communally
occupying, using or managing land;
"currency point" has the value assigned to it in the
Schedule to this Act;
"customary tenure" means a system of land tenure
regulated by customary rules which are limited in
their operation to a particular description or class
of persons the incidents of which are described in
section 4 of this Act;
"former controlling authority" means the Uganda Land
Commission or a designated authority in existence
before the coming into force of the Constitution;
"former designated authority" means a city council,
municipal council, town council, or town board
established in a designated urban area;
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