Object of the Bill
The object of the Bill is to---
(a) revise and rationalise fines and other financial amounts stated in existing written laws in criminal matters with a view to raising them to realistic levels having regard to the change in value of the Uganda shilling over the years and in the value of those amounts owing to inflation and other causes;
(b) standardize the ratio of fines in relation to corresponding periods of imprisonment in written laws;
(c) convert fines in written laws into currency points at the rate of one currency point being equal to twenty thousand shillings;
(d) provide for other matters relating to the foregoing.
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Laws of Uganda (Acts) - THE LAW REVISION (FINES AND OTHER FINANCIAL AMOUNTS IN CRIMINAL, MATTERS) ACT 2008.pdf
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The Law Revision (Fine and Other Financial Amounts in Criminal Matters) Bill, 2006
Sponsored By Hon.(DR) E. Khiddu Makubuya,(MP) (Attorney General)
Committee: The Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
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First Reading/Committee
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Second Reading
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Third Reading
Parliament is passing the Bill. The third reading is the final chance for the Members of Parliament to debate the contents of a Bill. Here debate on the Bill is usually short and limited to what is actually in the Bill rather than, as at the second reading, what might have been included.
Presentation/Waiting Assent
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Assented by President
The Bill is now an Act of Parliament. When a Bill has completed all its parliamentary stages on the floor of Parliament, it must have President Assent before becoming an Act of Parliament (law). President Assent is the State agreement to make the Bill into an Act and it is a formality.
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Bill passed on 25/07/2008
The Bill is now an Act of Parliament. When a Bill has completed all its parliamentary stages on the floor of Parliament, it must have President Assent before becoming an Act of Parliament (law). President Assent is the State agreement to make the Bill into an Act and it is a formality.
Bill Withdrawn on 01/01/1970