Section 26: Your Rights on Common Land in Uganda
26.Basic rights and duties of members of community using common land
(1)The basic rights and duties of the members of a community under a common land management scheme are as follows—
(a)the right to make reasonable use of the common land, jointly with all other members of the group, in accordance with the terms of the scheme;
(b)the right to gather wood fuel and building materials and harvest the resources of the common land in accordance with the terms of the scheme;
(c)the duty to comply with and assist in the enforcement of the rules set out in the scheme;
(d)the right to exclude non-members of the group from the common land, other than those non-members who have been permitted to enter and use the common land;
(e)the duty to bear a reasonable and proportionate share of any expenses or losses incurred in using and managing the common land or through any natural disaster affecting the common land;
(f)the duty to support the establishment and management of a fund for the purposes of carrying out activities on and improvements to the common land in accordance with the terms of the scheme and to pay into the fund any fees and penalties collected under the scheme;
(g)the duty not to transfer any rights to occupy or use or gather the produce of any common land to any person whether for a fee or otherwise, except in accordance with the terms of the agreement and the rules of the scheme;
(h)the duty to comply with any decisions of the association or any dispute settlement body established by the association to settle disputes arising from the management of the scheme;
(i)such other basic rights and duties as may be proposed by the association and agreed to by the community.
(2)Any person aggrieved by a decision of an association made in connection with the management of a scheme may appeal against that decision to a district land tribunal; and the district land tribunal may confirm, vary, reverse or modify the decision of the association and make such other order in respect of that decision as it is empowered to make by this Act.
Plain English Summary
You have the right to use common land together with other group members as per the management scheme. You can gather wood, building materials, and har...
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