In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

"byelaws" means rules made by lower local councils under section 41;

"council" includes all councils referred to under sections 3 and 47;

"currency point" has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1 to this Act;

"electoral area" means one of the areas into which a district, city, municipality, town, division or subcounty is divided for the purpose of elections and representation;

"full time service" means fully utilising the official hours in the service of the council or relevant office;

"Government" means the Government of Uganda;

"immediate family" means wife or husband and children under eighteen years;

"local council" includes local government councils and administrative unit councils;

"local government" means a local council established under section 3(2), (3), (4) or (5);

"lower local government" means a municipality, town, division and subcounty council;

"Minister" means Minister responsible for local governments;

"Ministry" means a Ministry of the Government;

"ordinance" means the law made or passed by the district council under section 40;

"Parliament" means the Parliament of Uganda;

"persons with disabilities" means persons with disabilities as disabilities are defined under the Persons with Disabilities Act;

"public officer" means any person holding or acting in any public office;

"public service" means service in any civil capacity of the Government or a local government;

"registered voter" means a person whose name is entered on the voters register;

"speaker" means the speaker elected under section 11 or section 24 and "deputy speaker" shall be construed accordingly;

"urban authority" includes a city council, city division council, municipal council and town council;

"urban council" includes city, municipal, division and town council;

"ward" in an urban council is the equivalent of a parish in a district council.