Section 131: Who Can Witness Title Deeds and Powers of Attorney
131.Attestation of instruments and powers of attorney
(1)Instruments and powers of attorney under this Act signed by any person and attested by one witness shall be held to be duly executed, and that witness may be—
(a)within the limits of Uganda—
(i)any officer in the service of the Government of Uganda or of Kenya;
(ii)justice of the peace;
(iii)an advocate;
(iv)a notary public;
(v)bank manager;
(vi)a minister of religion authorised to celebrate marriages within Uganda;
(vii)a medical practitioner;
(viii)any literate chief of the rank of a gombolola chief or a corresponding or higher rank; or
(ix)any other person authorised in that behalf by the Minister by statutory instrument; and
(b)without the limits of Uganda—
(i)either a notary public or else the mayor or other chief officer of any city or municipal corporation within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland;
(ii)the officer administering the government of, or the judge of any court of record in, any Commonwealth country;
(iii)a foreign service officer or a diplomatic representative of any Commonwealth country at any foreign place;
(iv)a police, magistrate, resident magistrate, stipendiary magistrate or special magistrate in any Commonwealth country;
(v)the manager or accountant of any branch of any bank incorporated under the law of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland; and
(vi)any other person authorised in that behalf by the Minister.
(2)The witness specified in subsection (1), whether within or without the limits of Uganda, may also be any other person, but in such case he or she shall appear before one of the officers or persons specified in subsection (1), who, after making due inquiries of the witness, shall endorse upon the instrument or power a certificate in the form in Schedule 15 to this Act; and that certificate shall be deemed sufficient proof of the due execution of that instrument or power.
(3)Where an instrument or power of attorney purports to be attested or a certificate purports to be signed as provided in this section, the Registrar may take official notice of the signature and of the fact that the person attesting or signing possessed the requisite qualification.
(4)No fee shall be demanded or taken by any officer in the service of the Government except a magistrate in the performance of the duties of a notary public, or by any chief for attesting within Uganda any instrument or power of attorney under this Act.
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You must have your legal document or power of attorney signed and witnessed by one of the approved officials. If you are in Uganda, the witness can be...
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