Chapter Eighteen
Amendment of the Constitution.
1.
Amendment of the Constitution. (Article 259)
(1)
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, Parliament may change the Constitution
by adding or removing a provision or any part of a provision in accordance with the procedure laid
down in this chapter.
(2)
2.
Any change to the Constitution must be made by an Act of Parliament.
Amendments requiring a referundum. (Article 260)
A bill proposing to change the following articles shall be supported by not less than two-thirds of all
members of Parliament, and approved by the people in a referendum—
(a)
article 1 (sovereignty of the people);
(b)
article 2 (supremacy of the Constitution);
(c)
article 44 (prohibition of derogation from particular human rights and
freedoms);
(d)
article 69 (political systems);
(e)
article 74 (change of political systems by referenda or elections);
(f)
article 75 (prohibition of one party state);
(g)
article 79(2) (functions of Parliament);
(h)
article 105(1) (tenure of office of the President);
(i)
article 128(1) (independence of the judiciary);
(j)
article 260 (amendments requiring a referendum); and
(k)
Chapter Sixteen (Institution of Traditional or Cultural Leaders).
3.
Amendments requiring approval by district councils. (Article 261)
A bill proposing to change the following articles shall be supported by not less than two-thirds of all
members of Parliament, and approved by at least two-thirds of the members of the district council
in each of at least two-thirds of all the districts in Uganda—
(a)
article 5(2) (the Republic of Uganda);
(b)
article 152 (taxation);
(c)
article 176(1) (local government system);
(d)
article 178 (regional governments);
(e)
article189 (functions of the Government and district councils);
(f)
article 197 (financial autonomy of urban authorities); and
(g)
article 261 (amendments requiring approval by district councils).
4.
Amendments by Parliament. (Article 262)
When Parliament wants to amend any other provision of the Constitution, the bill must be supported
at the second and third readings by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all members of Parliament
in order to be taken as passed.
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