Act 1
Uganda Communications Act
2013
“dominant position” means a position of market power enjoyed
by an operator, which enables the operator to prevent
effective competition being maintained in the relevant
market by giving it the power to behave, to an appreciable
extent, independently of its competitors and customers;
“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the
Commission appointed under section 16;
“eligible person” means a person who—
(a) has not been adjudged bankrupt or has not entered into
a composition or a scheme of arrangement with his or
her creditors; or
(b) has not been convicted of an offence whose penalty
exceeds six months imprisonment or a fine exceeding
twelve currency points or both;
“emission of electromagnetic energy” includes the deliberate
radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy by means
of any apparatus designed or specially adapted for that
purpose whether the reflection is continuous or
intermittent;
“electronic media” means communication of any message to the
public by means of any electronic apparatus;
“exhibition” means a display of art, video or data to the public,
with or without sound by means of any electronic
apparatus;
“franking machine” means a machine for the purposes of
making impressions on postal articles to denote prepayment
of postage and includes any metre or metres and any
franking or date stamping dies or incidental dies;
“licence” means a licence issued under this Act;
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