Act 1
Uganda Communications Act
2013
(b) is used in connection with the determination of
position, bearing or distance, or for the gaining of
information as to the presence, absence, position or
motion of any object or objects of any class;
“radio communications apparatus” or “radio communications
station” means any apparatus or station, as the case may be,
for transmitting or receiving of radio communication other
than a domestic radio set and where—
(a) that radio communications apparatus or station cannot
lawfully be used without a radio communications
licence or without an exemption under section 23;
(b) radio communication in the form of messages, audio
or visual images is received or transmitted by that
apparatus or station;
(c) an apparatus is electrically coupled with another
apparatus or station for the purpose of enabling any
person to receive or transmit messages, sound or
visual images;
“radio communications services” means services performed and
the facilities provided in connection with communication
by means of radio communications apparatus;
“telecommunication” means the emission, transmission or
reception through the agency of electricity or
electromagnetism of any sounds, signals, signs, writing,
images or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical
or other electromagnetic systems whether or not such signs,
signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence have been
subjected to rearrangement, computation or other processes
by any means in the course of their transmission, emission
or reception;
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