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Section 59: Disposition of property of unlawful societies

59.Disposition of property of unlawful societies

(1)When a society is declared to be an unlawful society by an order of the Minister, the following consequences shall ensue—

(a)the property of the society within Uganda shall forthwith vest in an officer appointed by the Minister;

(b)the officer appointed by the Minister shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the society, and after satisfying and providing for all debts and liabilities of the society and the cost of the winding up, if there shall then be any surplus assets shall prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme for the application of the surplus assets;

(c)the scheme, when submitted for approval, may be amended by the Minister in a way as he or she shall think proper in the circumstances of the case;

(d)the approval of the Minister to a scheme shall be denoted by the endorsement of a memorandum of approval signed by him or her, and upon this being done, the surplus assets, the subject of the scheme, shall be held by the officer appointed by the Minister under paragraph (b) upon the terms and to the purposes prescribed in the memorandum;

(e)for the purpose of the winding up, the officer appointed by the Minister shall have all the powers vested in the official receiver for the purpose of the discovering of the property of a debtor and its realisation.

(2)The Minister may, for the purposes of enabling a society to wind up its own affairs, suspend the operation of this section for such period as to the Minister shall seem expedient.

(3)Subsection (1) shall not apply to any property seized at any time under section 58.

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When the Minister declares a society unlawful, its property in Uganda immediately transfers to a government-appointed officer. That officer must settl...

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