(1)Upon first bringing land under the operation of this Act whether on a grant or consequent upon an application or dealing as hereinbefore provided, there shall be paid to the Registrar as a fee in respect of the assurance of title the sum specified in that behalf in Schedule 5 to this Act; and in the case of freeholds brought under this Act upon a grant, the value of the freehold for the purpose of ascertaining that sum shall be deemed to be the price paid for the land; and in the case of leaseholds brought under this Act upon a grant, the value shall be deemed to be twenty times the annual rent reserved; and in other cases the value shall be ascertained by the statutory declaration of the applicant.

(2)If the Registrar is not satisfied of the correctness of the value sworn to under subsection (1), he or she may require the applicant to produce a certificate of the value under the hand of a sworn valuer, which certificate shall be received as conclusive evidence of the value.

(3)Nothing in this section shall apply to any land included in a final mailo certificate whenever issued, unless prior to the application to bring that land under the operation of this Act it has been transferred to a person not an African of Uganda.