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Article 243: How Land Tribunals Handle Land Disputes

District land boards

243.Land tribunals

(1)Parliament shall by law provide for the establishment of land tribunals.

(2)The jurisdiction of a land tribunal shall include—

(a)the determination of disputes relating to the grant, lease, repossession, transfer or acquisition of land by individuals, the Uganda Land Commission or other authority with responsibility relating to land; and

(b)the determination of any disputes relating to the amount of compensation to be paid for land acquired.

(3)The Chairperson of a land tribunal established under this Article shall be appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission under any law made for the purposes of clause (1) of this Article.

(4)A member of a land tribunal shall hold office on terms and conditions determined under a law made by Parliament under this Article.

(5)A law made under this Article may prescribe the practice and procedure for land tribunals and shall provide for a right of appeal from a decision of a land tribunal to a court of law.

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You can take land disputes to special land tribunals created by Parliament. These tribunals handle issues like buying, leasing, taking back, or transf...

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