Section 15: How to Apply for Registration as an Agent of a Foreigner
15.Application for registration as agent of foreigner
(1) A person who wishes to act as an agent of a foreigner shall apply to the Minister for registration in accordance with regulations made by the Minister.
(2)The application referred to in subsection (1) shall specify or be accompanied by—
(a)the details of the applicant, including the name, principal business address, and all other business addresses in Uganda or elsewhere and residential addresses, if any;
(b)the status of the applicant—
(i) where the applicant is an individual, the nationality of the applicant;
(ii) where the applicant is a partnership, the name, residential address, and nationality of each partner and a true and complete copy of the partnership’s registration documents; or
(iii)where the applicant is an association, corporation, organisation, or any other combination of individuals, the name, residential address, and nationality of each director and officer and of each person performing the functions of a director or officer, and a true and complete copy of the applicant’s charter, articles of association, constitution, by-laws and amendments;
(c)a complete list ofthe applicant’s employees and a statement of the nature of the work of each employee;
(d) the name and address of every foreigner for whom the applicant is acting, assuming or purporting to act or has agreed to act;
(e)such foreigner, and if any such foreigner be other than a natural person, a statement of the ownership and control of each shareholding and the extent, if any, to which each such foreigner is supervised, directed, owned, controlled, financed, or subsidised, in whole or in part, by any government of a foreign country or foreign political party, or by any other foreigner;
(f) copies of each written agreement and the terms and conditions of each oral agreement, including all modifications of such agreements, or, where no contract exists, a full statement of all the circumstances, by reason of which the applicant is an agent of a foreigner;
(g)a comprehensive statement of the nature and method of performance of each such contract, and of the existing and proposed activity or activities engaged in or to be engaged in by the applicant as an agent of a foreigner for each such foreigner, including a detailed statement of any such activity which is a political activity;
(h) the nature and amount of contributions, income, money or thing of value, if any, that the applicant has received within the preceding sixty days from each such foreigner, either as compensation or for disbursement or otherwise, and the form and time of each such payment and from whom the payment is received;
(i) a detailed statement of every activity which the applicant is performing or is assuming or purporting or has agreed to perform for himself or herself or any other person, other than a foreigner, and which requires his or her registration, including a detailed statement of any such activity which is a political activity; and
(j)any other information as the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe.
(3)The Minister may, by regulations, prescribe the procedure and requirements for the application for a certificate of registration as an agent of a foreigner
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You must submit a formal application to the Minister for registration as an agent of a foreigner. The application must include your personal details, ...
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