LAW DEVELOPMENT CENTRE ACT.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
Section
2. Establishment and incorporation of the centre.
6. Custody and use of the seal.
7. Management committee and membership.
8. Functions of the committee.
9. Disqualifications for membership of the committee.
10. Chairperson of the committee.
11. Term of office of members.
13. Meetings of the committee.
14. Transaction of business by circulation of papers.
16. Establishment of sub-committees.
18. Remuneration, etc. of staff.
23. Audit of books of account.
24. Report of centre's activities.
31. Application of the Companies Act.
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LAW DEVELOPMENT CENTRE ACT.
Commencement: 21 August, 1970.
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Law Development Centre, to make provision for its constitution, management and functions and for related matters.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) "centre" means the Law Development Centre established under section 2;
(b) "chairperson" means the chairperson of the committee;
(c) "committee" means the management committee established under section 7;
(d) "director" means the director of the centre;
(e) "financial year" means a period of 12 months ending on the 31st"> day of December in each year;
(f) "Law Council" means the Law Council established under the Advocates Act;
(g) "secretary" means the secretary of the committee.
2. Establishment and incorporation of the centre.
There is established a centre to be called the Law Development Centre which shall, in that name, be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name and, subject to this Act, may do and suffer all other acts and things as bodies corporate may lawfully do and suffer.
(1) The centre shall have the functions of—
(a) organising and conducting courses of instruction for the acquisition of legal knowledge, professional skill and experience by persons intending to practice as attorneys in subjects which shall have been determined by the Law Council under the provisions of any law in force;
(b) organising and conducting courses in legislative drafting;
(c) organising and conducting courses for magistrates and for persons provisionally selected for appointment as magistrates;
(d) organising and conducting training courses for officers of the Government and members of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces with a view to promoting a better understanding of the law;
(e) organising and conducting courses for officers and personnel of courts with a view to improving their efficiency;
(f) assisting any commissioner who may be appointed in the preparation and publication of a revised edition of the Laws of Uganda;
(g) assisting in the preparation of reprints of Acts of Parliament in accordance with any law for the time being in force;
(h) assisting the Law Reform Commission in the performance of its functions;
(i) undertaking research into any branch of the law;
(j) holding seminars and conferences on legal matters and problems;
(k) collecting, compiling, analysing and abstracting statistical information on legal and related matters;
(l) assisting in the provision of legal aid and advice to indigent litigants and accused persons in accordance with any law for the time being in force;
(m) compiling, editing and publishing law reports for Uganda;
(n) publishing periodicals, bulletins, digests or other written material concerned with legal and related matters; and
(o) disseminating and promoting generally a better knowledge of the law.
(2) The centre shall have such other functions as the Attorney General may, from time to time, specify by statutory instrument.
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