Pursuant to the Trade Licensing Act of 1969, non-citizens (including companies majority foreign-owned companies established in Uganda) are prohibited from engaging in trading activities outside any city, municipality or town; as well as in specified goods and urban areas which have not been declared a 'general business area'.
"Restriction on trade
3. Declaration of business areas and trading centres
The Minister may, from time to time, by statutory order, declare—
(a) any area of any city, municipality or town or any part of that area to be a general business area for the purposes of this Act;
(b) any trading centre to be an area in which a person who is not a citizen of Uganda is prohibited from trading.
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5. Restriction on trading by noncitizens in certain areas and goods
(1) Subject to subsection (3), it shall not be lawful for any person who is not a citizen of Uganda—
(a) to trade outside any city, municipality or town;
(b) to trade in any trading centre in respect of which an order made under section 3(b) is in force;
(c) to trade in any area of any city, municipality or town which has not been declared, under section 3, a general business area; or
(d) to trade in specified goods which are not endorsed on his or her licence.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), it shall not be lawful for any person—
(a) who is a citizen of Uganda to trade either directly or indirectly on behalf of any person who is not a citizen of Uganda whether under a licence granted to that citizen of Uganda or in any other way; or
(b) who is not a citizen of Uganda to engage or allow a person who is a citizen of Uganda to trade either directly or indirectly on his or her behalf, whether under a licence granted to that citizen of Uganda or in any other way,
in any area or goods in which that person is, under this Act, prohibited from trading.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to a company or a firm composed partly of persons who are citizens of Uganda and partly of persons who are not citizens of Uganda if the company or, in the case of a firm, its firm name, was registered as such in Uganda on or before the first day of January, 1969.
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32. Presumptions
(1) Where, for the purposes of this Act, there is reasonable doubt whether a person is a citizen of Uganda, the burden of proof shall be upon that person.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a "company" whether incorporated in Uganda or not and a "firm" the firm name of which is registered in Uganda, shall be regarded as a citizen of Uganda if in the case of a company, more than 50 percent of its share capital, or in the case of a firm, more than 50 percent of its partnership property, is held by or on behalf of persons who are citizens of Uganda; and a statutory declaration made by a director, partner or other person responsible for the management of that company or firm that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief more than 50 percent of the share capital of the company or more than 50 percent of the partnership property of the firm, is so held, shall be prima facie evidence that it is so held. [...]" (Trade (Licensing) Act, 1969, as amended)
Trade (Licensing) Act, 1969, as amended
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