Act 16 umdAct 1998 41. (1) Subject to paragraph (c) of clause (2) of article 237 of the Constitution, a non-citizen may acquire a lease in land in accordance with this section. (2) A lease of five years or more acquired by a non-citizen shall be registered in accordance with the Registration of Titles Act. Acquisition of land by a non-citizen. Cap. 205. (3) A non-citizen shall not be granted a lease exceeding ninety nine years. (4) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a noncitizen shall not acquire or hold mailo or freehold land. (5) For the avoidance of doubt, any non-citizen who immediately before coming into force of the Constitution held land as lessee on coversion within the meaning of the Land Reform Decree, 1975 shall be deemed to have continued to be a leasee in accordance with the conditions of the lease. Decree No. 3 of 1975. (6) Any citizen holding land under freehold or mailo tenure, who loses Ugandan citizenship shall have the freehold or mailo tenure converted to a leasehold tenure for a period of ninety nme years. (7) For the purposes of this section, a non-citizen means( a) a person who is not a citizen of Uganda as defined by the Constitution and the Citizenship Act; (b) in the case of a corporate body, a corporate body in which the controlling interest lies with noncitizens; ( c) in the case of bodies where shares are not applicable, where the body's decision making lies with noncitizens; (d) a company in which the shares are held in trust for non-citizens; ( e) a company incorporated in Uganda whose articles of association does not contain a provision restricting transfer or issue of shares to non-citizens. 49 cap. 85.