284. Succession to property.
(1) All property, whether movable or immovable, and all assets which
immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution were vested in
any authority or person for the purposes of or in right of the Government or
in the Government shall, on the coming into force of this Constitution, vest
in the Government, subject to the provisions of Chapter Fifteen of this
Constitution.
(2) Any property which was immediately before the coming into force
of this Constitution liable to escheat or to be forfeited to any person or
authority in right of the Government shall, on the coming into force of this
Constitution, be liable to escheat or to be forfeited to the Government.
285. Succession to contracts.
Where there is subsisting, immediately before the coming into force of this
Constitution, a contract which has been entered into by or on behalf of the
Government, then on and after the coming into force of this Constitution, all
rights, liabilities and obligations of the Government under the contract shall
be vested in or, as the case may be, subsist against the Government; and the
contract shall otherwise continue to be of full force and effect.
286. Revocation of statutory leases to urban authorities.
Upon the coming into force of this Constitution and subject to the provisions
of article 237(2)(a) of this Constitution, statutory leases to urban authorities
shall cease to exist.
287. International agreements, treaties and conventions.
Where—
(a) any treaty, agreement or convention with any country or
international organisation was made or affirmed by Uganda or the
Government on or after the ninth day of October, 1962, and was
still in force immediately before the coming into force of this
Constitution; or
(b) Uganda or the Government was otherwise a party immediately
before the coming into force of this Constitution to any such
treaty, agreement or convention,