Act 1
Uganda Communications Act
2013
PART II—UGANDA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
4.
Establishment of Uganda Communications Commission
(1) There is established the Uganda Communications
Commission.
(2) The Commission is a body corporate with perpetual
succession and a common seal and may for the purposes of
discharging its functions under this Act—
(a) acquire, hold or dispose of movable and immovable
property;
(b) sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(c) do all acts and things that a body corporate may lawfully
do.
(3) The seal of the Commission shall be authenticated in
accordance with Schedule 2.
5.
Functions of the Commission
(1) The functions of the Commission are—
(a) to implement the objectives of this Act;
(b) to monitor, inspect, licence, supervise, control and regulate
communications services;
(c) to allocate, license, standardize and manage the use of the
radio frequency spectrum resources in a manner that
ensures widest variety of programming and optimal
utilization of spectrum resources;
(d) to process applications for the allocation of satellite orbital
locations;
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