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Trade Laws

Trade has a number of laws namely : Business Registration Laws,Cross Border trade laws,

investment Laws,Tax Laws,Laws regulating Standards and Laws facilitating General Trade.

The details are highlighted below

Business Registration Law

1.East African Community Trade Info
2.The_Business_Names_Registration(Amendment) Rules,2005_SI_53	3.Stamps Ammendment Act 2002	4.N.G.O. act Chapter_113
5.N.G.O Registration Ammendment Act 2003	6.Trade Licensing Act Chapter_101	7.Business Names Registration Act, Cap. 109
8.Cooperative Societies Act Chapter_112	9.Statutory Declarations Act Chapter_22	10.Stamps Act Chapter_342

Cross Border Trade:

1.EAC Customs Union Protocol	2.EAC Competition Regulations 2010	3.EAC Treaty
4.Marine Insuarance Act 2002	5.Common Market Protocol	6. EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY ACT
7.Hides and Skin Export Duty Act Chapter_339	8.Comesa Treaty	9.East AfricanCommunity customs Management Act 2004
10.Customs and Exercise Act Chapter_335	The_East_African_Community_Act_	EAC Competition Act 2006
Sugar Control Act Chapter_343	Customs Management Ammendment Act 2001	Hide and Skin Export Duty Act Chapter_339
Customs Tarrif Act Chapter_337	EAC Customs Union Common External Tariff-Handbook	Customs Dumping and Subsidies Rate Act Chapter_336
Uganda Export Promotion Board Act Chapter_102	Customs Management Amendment Act 2003.	Hide and Skin Trade Act Chapter_89

Investment Laws:

The_Land_Regulations,_ 2004_SI_100	The_Collective_Investment_ Schemes_ Act_(Commencement)_ Instrument,_2003_SI_87	Land Amendment Act 2004
Registration of Titles Act Chapter_230	The_Collective_Investment_ Schemes_ (Unit_Trusts)_Regulations_2003_SI_100 Registration of Titles Act Chapter_230	Land Act Chapter_227
The_Collective_Investment_Schemes_ (Financial_and_Accounting)_ Regulations,_2003_SI_98	Collective Investment Schemes Act 2003	Investment Code Act Chapter_92
The Land Act	Immigration Act chapter_63	The Investment Code Act
The_Collective_Investment_Schemes_ (Fees)_Instrument,_2003_SI_88	The_Collective_Investment _Schemes_ (Licensing)_Regulations,_ 2003_SI_99.	The_Collective_Investment_ Schemes_(Open ended_Investment_Companies)_ Regulations,_2003_SI_101

Laws facilitating General Trade

Uganda Tourism Act	Employment Act, 2006	36 Weights Sale & Label
37 Weights Repair Rules 2007	Conduct of Business S.I 2007	The_Employment_ (Recruitment_of_Ugandan_Migrant_Workers_Abroad) Regulations,_2005_SI_62
Warehouse Reciept System Act 2006	Markets Act Chapter_94	Employment Act 2006
Chattels Transfer Act Chapter_70.	Enguli Manufacture and Licensing Act Chapter_86	Cattle Traders Act Chapter_43
Cattle Grazing Act Chapter_42	Enguli Manufacture and Licensing Act Chapter_86	Bulk Sales Act Chapter_69

Laws Regulating Standards:

1.L N No. 5 of 2008	2.Uganda National Bureau of Standards Act Chapter_327	3.National Drug Policy and Authority Act Chapter_206
4.Fish(Quality Assurance ) Rules.	5.LN No_LN No. 14 of 2007.	6. Food and Drug Act Chapter_278

Tax Laws:

Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act	Finance Act. 2 of 2005	Finance Act 2005
The_East_African_Excise_ Management_ (Tax_Stamps)_Regulations,_2002_SI_8	Income Tax & Value Added Tax Acts	Uganda Revenue Authority Act Chapter_196
Excise Tarriff Ammendment Act 2002	Excise Tarrif Ammendment Act 2005	Surcharges Revenue Act Chapter_344.pdf
Excise Manegement Ammendment Act 2003.pdf	Excise Tarriff Act Chapter_338	Sugar Cess Act Chapter_343

Trade Finance:

mortgage act Chapter_229	local loans act Chapter_240	loans act Chapter_236.
money lenders Chapter_273	loan gurantee act Chapter_237	loans united kingdom act Chapter_238