<del>continue in office until a new government is elected in accordance with this Constitution;</del>

<del>as far as possible, exercise its functions in such a manner and with such modifications as are necessary to bring them into conformity with the provisions of this Constitution.</del>

<del>Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the Government of the National Resistance Movement existing immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution, in this Chapter referred to as “the NRM Government” shall—</del>

<del>The elections provided for in clause (1) of this article shall be held within nine months after the promulgation of this Constitution.</del>

Article 264 (repealed) allowed the NRM Government to remain in office until post-constitution elections within 9 months.

Article 264 Clause 1

<del>by law establish an Interim Electoral Commission whose composition, appointment and functions shall, as far as possible, conform to the provisions of articles 60 and 61 of this Constitution;</del>

<del>make interim laws for elections and other matters connected with elections to any office under this Constitution;</del>

<del>ensure that the tribunal for determination of disputes in respect of demarcation of electoral areas is appointed;</del>

<del>make laws for the expeditious disposal of appeals referred to in article 64 of this Constitution;</del>

<del>ensure that adequate resources and facilities are provided to the Interim Electoral Commission in accordance with article 66 of this Constitution.</del>

<del>The appropriate organs of the NRM Government shall take such measures that are necessary or practical to give effect to the provisions of this Constitution and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall—</del>

Article 265 (repealed) tasked the NRM Government with creating an Interim Electoral Commission and temporary election laws.

Article 60

Article 61

Article 64

Article 66

<del>Particular functions of transitional Government</del>

<del>The Supreme Court and the High Court in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution shall be taken to have been established under this Constitution and shall perform the functions of the Supreme Court and the High Court as specified in Chapter Eight of this Constitution.</del>

Article 266 (repealed) recognized pre-constitution courts under Uganda’s judicial framework in Chapter Eight.

<del>A justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the High Court holding office immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution shall continue to hold office as if appointed to that office under this Constitution.</del>

<del>Any person to whom this article applies shall, on the coming into force of this Constitution, be deemed to have taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath as prescribed by this Constitution or any other law.</del>

Article 267 (repealed) retained pre-constitution judges in office under Uganda’s 1995 Constitution.

<del>Upon the coming into force of this Constitution and until justices of the Court of Appeal are appointed under article 134 of this Constitution, the Chief Justice shall, in consultation with the Principal Judge, from time to time, designate such number of judges of the High Court as may be necessary to constitute the Court of Appeal.</del>

Article 268 (repealed) allowed High Court judges to temporarily serve on Uganda’s Court of Appeal.

Article 134

<del>Interim membership of Court of Appeal</del>

Subject to the provisions of this Article, every person who immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution held or was acting in any office established by or by virtue of the Constitution then in force, so far as is consistent with the provisions of this Constitution, shall be taken to have been appointed as from the coming into force of this Constitution, to hold or to act in the equivalent office under this Constitution.

The provisions of this Article shall not prejudice any powers conferred by or under this Constitution or any other law on any person or authority to make provision for the abolition of office or for the removal from office of persons holding or acting in any office and for requiring persons to retire from office.

In determining, for the purpose of any law relating to retirement benefits or otherwise, the length of service of a public officer to whom clause (1) of this Article applies, service as a public officer under the Government in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution shall be deemed to be continuous with service as a public officer which begins immediately after the coming into force of this Constitution.

Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the terms and conditions of service of a person to whom this Article applies shall not be less favourable than those applicable to that person immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution.

For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that any office established before the coming into force of this Constitution which is inconsistent with any provision of this Constitution is, on the coming into force of this Constitution, abolished.

Article 269 covers the transition of existing offices under the new Constitution, ensuring continuity of appointments, service conditions, and retirement benefits while allowing for office abolition where necessary

Article 269 Clause 1

<del>opening and operating branch offices;</del>

<del>holding delegates’ conferences;</del>

<del>sponsoring or offering a platform to or in any way campaigning for or against a candidate for any public elections;</del>

<del>carrying on any activities that may interfere with the movement political system for the time being in force.</del>

<del>On the commencement of this Constitution and until Parliament makes laws regulating the activities of political organisations in accordance with article 73 of this Constitution, political activities may continue except—</del>

Article 270 (repealed) outlined restrictions on political organisations' activities until Parliament enacts regulations, limiting rallies, campaigns, and other political actions.

Article 73

<del>Regulation of political organisations</del>

<del>Notwithstanding the provisions of article 72(2) of this Constitution, but subject to article 270 of this Constitution, the political parties or organisations in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution shall continue to exist and operate in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution until Parliament makes laws relating to registration of political parties and organisations.</del>

Article 271 allows existing political parties to continue operating under the new Constitution until Parliament establishes registration laws.

Article 270

An organisation shall not operate as a political party or organisation unless it conforms to the principles laid down in this Constitution and it is registered.

Article 72 Clause 2

<del>Existing political parties or organisations</del>

<del>Notwithstanding the provisions of article 69 of this Constitution, the first presidential, parliamentary, local government and other public elections after the promulgation of this Constitution shall be held under the movement political system.</del>

<del>Two years before the expiry of the term of the first Parliament elected under this Constitution, any person shall be free to canvass for public support for a political system of his or her choice for purposes of a referendum.</del>

<del>During the last month of the fourth year of the term of Parliament referred to in clause (2) of this article, a referendum shall be held to determine the political system the people of Uganda wish to adopt.</del>

<del>Parliament shall enact laws to give effect to the provisions of this article.</del>

Article 272 mandates that the first elections under the new Constitution be held under the movement system and provides for a future referendum on the political system.

Article 272 Clause 2

Article 69

<del>the chairperson and other members of the Uganda Human Rights commission;</del>

<del>the chairperson and other members of the Electoral Commission;</del>

<del>the Inspector General of Government and the Deputy Inspectors General; and</del>

<del>the chairperson, deputy chairperson and other members of the Judicial Service Commission.</del>

<del>The first appointments to the following offices shall be made within six months after the assumption of office of the first President elected in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution—</del>

Article 273 (repealed) required the first President under the new Constitution to appoint key officials, including those for human rights, elections, governance, and the judiciary, within six months.

<del>Appointment to certain offices</del>

Subject to the provisions of this Article, the operation of the existing law after the coming into force of this Constitution shall not be affected by the coming into force of this Constitution but the existing law shall be construed with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring it into conformity with this Constitution.

For the purposes of this Article, the expression “existing law” means the written and unwritten law of Uganda or any part of it as existed immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution, including any Act of Parliament or Statute or statutory instrument enacted or made before that date which is to come into force on or after that date.

Article 274 allows existing laws to remain in force but requires them to be adjusted where necessary to align with the new Constitution.

<del>The first President elected under this Constitution may, within twelve months after assuming office as President, by statutory instrument, make such provision as may appear necessary for repealing, modifying, adding to or adapting any law for bringing it into conformity with this Constitution or otherwise for giving effect to this Constitution.</del>

Article 275 (repealed) granted the first President under the new Constitution the power to amend or repeal existing laws within a year to ensure compliance with the Constitution.

<del>Modification of existing law by first President</del>

Where immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution any existing law had not been brought into force or was to come into force on a date subsequent to the coming into force of this Constitution, that law may be brought into force in accordance with its terms or shall come into force on such subsequent date as the case may be.

Article 276 allows laws that were scheduled to take effect after the new Constitution to still be enacted as planned.

<del>Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the urban authorities in existence at the coming into force of this Constitution, other than the Kampala City Council, shall constitute lower local government units under the district councils within whose district they fall.</del>

<del>Subject to the powers of Parliament, the laws applicable to urban authorities immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of Chapter Eleven of this Constitution.</del>

Article 277 reclassifies urban authorities, except Kampala City Council, as lower local government units and allows necessary legal modifications to align with the Constitution.

<del>Provisions regarding urban authorities</del>

<del>Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution to the contrary, any commission or committee of inquiry in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution may continue in existence until the submission of its report unless otherwise dissolved in accordance with the law.</del>

Article 278 (repealed) allowed existing commissions and committees of inquiry to continue operating until they submit their reports, unless legally dissolved.

<del>Existing commissions and committees of inquiry</del>

<del>Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution, any person who immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution held or was acting in any office established under or by virtue of the Constitution then in force and who holds or is acting in an equivalent office under this Constitution shall be deemed to have taken and subscribed any necessary oath under this Constitution, in accordance with this Constitution.</del>

Article 279 (repealed) deemed individuals who transition to equivalent offices under the new Constitution to have taken the required oaths.

<del>Oaths deemed to have been taken</del>

Where any matter or thing has been commenced before the coming into force of this Constitution by any person or authority having power to do so under the existing law, that matter or thing may be carried on and completed by the person or authority having power to do so on or after the coming into force of this Constitution and, unless the President in any case otherwise directs, it shall not be necessary for that person or authority to commence that matter or thing afresh.

This Article shall have effect subject to the provisions of this Constitution and to any law made by Parliament.

Article 280 allows matters begun before the new Constitution to continue and be completed by the same authority, without needing to restart unless directed by the President.

Legal proceedings pending immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution before any court, including civil proceedings against the Government, may be proceeded with and completed.

Article 281 allows pending court cases, including those against the government, to proceed and be completed under the new Constitution.

The prerogative of mercy of the President under Article 121 of this Constitution may be exercised in respect of any criminal offences committed before the coming into force of this Constitution as it may in respect of a criminal offence committed after the coming into force of this Constitution.

Article 282 allows the President to grant mercy for criminal offenses committed before and after the new Constitution takes effect.

Article 121

Prerogative of mercy re cases before Constitution

any right, prerogative, privilege or function which under the existing law vested in the President shall vest in the President or other person or authority as is specified under this Constitution;

any right, privilege, obligation, liability, or function vested in or subsisting against the Government by or under an existing law shall continue to so vest or subsist.

Subject to the provisions of Article 284 of this Constitution—

Article 283 ensures that rights, privileges, and obligations from the previous legal system continue under the new Constitution, assigning them to the appropriate authorities.

Article 284

All property, whether movable or immovable, and all assets which immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution were vested in any authority or person for the purposes of or in right of the Government or in the Government shall, on the coming into force of this Constitution, vest in the Government, subject to the provisions of Chapter Fifteen of this Constitution.

Any property which was immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution liable to escheat or to be forfeited to any person or authority in right of the Government shall, on the coming into force of this Constitution, be liable to escheat or to be forfeited to the Government.

Article 284 ensures that all government property and assets remain under government ownership and that forfeitable property continues to be subject to government claims.

Where there is subsisting, immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution, a contract which has been entered into by or on behalf of the Government, then on and after the coming into force of this Constitution, all rights, liabilities and obligations of the Government under the contract shall be vested in or, as the case may be, subsist against the Government; and the contract shall otherwise continue to be of full force and effect.

Article 285 ensures that government contracts made before the new Constitution remain valid, with all rights and obligations continuing under the Government.

<del>Upon the coming into force of this Constitution and subject to the provisions of article 237(2)(a) of this Constitution, statutory leases to urban authorities shall cease to exist.</del>

Article 286 (repeanforcement of the new Constitution, subjled) revoked all statutory leases to urban authorities upon the eect to Article 237(2)(a).

the Government or a local government may, subject to Article 26 of this Constitution, acquire land in the public interest; and the conditions governing such acquisition shall be as prescribed by Parliament;

Article 237 Clause 2 Subclause a

<del>Revocation of statutory leases to urban authorities</del>

any treaty, agreement or convention with any country or international organisation was made or affirmed by Uganda or the Government on or after the ninth day of October, 1962, and was still in force immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution; or

Uganda or the Government was otherwise a party immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution to any such treaty, agreement or convention,
the treaty, agreement or convention shall not be affected by the coming into force of this Constitution; and Uganda or the Government, as the case may be, shall continue to be a party to it.

Article 287 ensures that all international treaties, agreements, and conventions Uganda was part of before the new Constitution remain in effect.

International agreements, treaties and conventions

<del>Subject to articles 264 and 265 of this Constitution, the Constitution of Uganda of 1967 and Legal Notice No. 1 of 1986 as amended, shall, upon the coming into force of this Constitution, stand repealed.</del>

<del>For the avoidance of doubt, the enactments repealed by clause (1) of this article, shall, notwithstanding the repeal, continue in force for the purposes only of the exercise by the NRM Government of its functions under articles 264 and 265 of this Constitution.</del>

Article 288 (repealed) repealed the 1967 Constitution and Legal Notice No. 1 of 1986 but allows them to remain in effect temporarily for specific government functions.

Article 264

Article 265

<del>Subject to articles 264 and 265 of this Constitution, the Constitution of Uganda of 1967 and Legal Notice No. 1 of 1986 as amended, shall, upon the coming into force of this Constitution, stand repealed.</del>

Article 288 Clause 1

<del>Repeal of 1967 Constitution and Legal Notice No. 1 of 1986</del>

Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the term of the Parliament in existence at the time this article comes into force, shall expire on the same date as the five year term of the President in office at the time this article comes into force as prescribed by clause (1) of article 105 of this Constitution.

Where the service of a member of Parliament is terminated as a result of the application of clause (1), that member of Parliament is entitled to the payment by the State of compensation for loss of employment for the period by which his or her service as a member of Parliament is shortened.

The amount of compensation to be paid to a member of Parliament under clause (2) shall be equal to the salary and allowances that the member of Parliament would have earned as a member if he or she had continued to be a member until the date on which the term of the Parliament in question would normally have ended.

Where a member of Parliament entitled to compensation under clause (2) dies before the payment to him or her of the compensation, the compensation shall be paid to his or her estate.

Article 289 ensures that Parliament's term ends with the President's term, providing compensation to affected members of Parliament for lost service time.

A person elected President under this Constitution shall, subject to clause (3) of this Article, hold office for a term of five years.

Article 105 Clause 1

 Power to make laws relating to the judiciary

Article 150

Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the term of the Parliament in existence at the time this article comes into force, shall expire on the same date as the five year term of the President in office at the time this article comes into force as prescribed by clause (1) of article 105 of this Constitution.

Article 289 Clause 1

Where the service of a member of Parliament is terminated as a result of the application of clause (1), that member of Parliament is entitled to the payment by the State of compensation for loss of employment for the period by which his or her service as a member of Parliament is shortened.

Article 289 Clause 2

Term of current Parliament to end with term of President

Until Parliament passes a law in accordance with Article 5 of this Constitution to provide for the administration and development of Kampala as the capital city for Uganda, Kampala the boundary of which is required to be delineated by Article 5 of this Constitution shall be administered as a district in the manner in which Kampala was administered before the thirtieth day of September, 2005.

Article 290 ensures that until new laws are passed, Kampala will be managed as a district in the same way it was before September 30, 2005.

Article 5

Transitional provision relating to Kampala

For the avoidance of doubt, the term of five years prescribed for local government councils by clause (4) of Article 181 of this Constitution shall only apply after the expiration of the term of the local government councils which were in existence at the time that clause came into force.

The term of local government councils in being at the time of the commencement of the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2005 shall be deemed to be extended to expire at the same time as the term of the President in office at the commencement of that Act.

Article 291 clarifies that the five-year term for local government councils applies only after the current councils' terms end, and extends existing councils' terms until the President's term ends.

Article 181

All local government councils shall be elected every five years.

Article 181 Clause 4

Five year term of local government councils not to apply to existing councils

Subject to any express provision of this Constitution any laws in existence before the commencement of the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2005 shall continue in force subject to such modifications, adaptations and qualifications as may be necessary to give effect to this Constitution.

The President may by statutory instrument, within two years after the commencement of the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2005, make such modifications in any law referred to in clause (1), for the purpose of bringing it into conformity with this Constitution.

Where any law referred to in clause (1) is not yet in force, that law may be brought into force in accordance with its terms or shall come into force on such subsequent day as the case may be.

Article 292 allows for existing laws to continue in force with modifications to comply with the Constitution, and gives the President power to make changes for alignment.

Article 292 Clause 1

Subject to Article 269, any person holding any office under this Constitution before the 13th day of September, 2005, shall, so far as consistent with this Constitution, continue in office in an equivalent office.

Article 293 ensures that individuals holding office before September 13, 2005, can continue in their positions or equivalent roles, as long as they comply with this Constitution.

Article 269

Preservation of rights in respect of existing offices

Until Parliament prescribes the constituencies under Article 63, the constituencies shall be those into which Uganda was divided before the 13th day of September, 2005.

Article 294 preserves the existing constituencies of Uganda until Parliament defines new ones under Article 63.

Article 63

Until the first parliamentary elections for the purpose of the multiparty political system are held, the organs under the movement political system as referred to in clause (2) of Article 70 of the Constitution shall remain in force and thereafter shall be subject to Article 73.

Article 295 ensures that the organs under the movement political system will continue until the first multiparty parliamentary elections and will then be subject to Article 73.

Chapter 19 / Transitional provisions

264.Transitional Government

265.Particular functions of transitional Government

266.Existing courts of judicature