STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
SUPPLEMENT No. 6
17th February, 2012
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS SUPPLEMENT
to The Uganda Gazette No. 10 Volume CV dated 17th February, 2012 Printed by UPPC,
Entebbe, by Order of the Government.
S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2012 No. 6.
THE HIRE PURCHASE REGULATIONS, 2012. ARRANGEMENT OF
Regulation.
REGULATIONS
PART I—PRELIMINARY.
1. Title.
2. Interpretation.
PART II-LICENSING OF HIRE PURCHASE BUSINESS
3. Application for a hire purchase licence.
4. Establishing the financial condition of an applicant
5. Licensing
6. Renewal of a hire purchase licence.
7. Suspending or cancelling a hire purchase licence.
8. Appeal to the Minister from the decision of the licensing authority.
PART III—GENERAL.
9. Security given by hirer or guarantor shall take effect as security only.
10. Consolidation.
11. Complaints.
PART IV—RIGHTS OF HIRER AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO HIRED GOODS
12. Inspection of the goods by the hirer
13. Declaration of the cash price in respect of the hire purchase goods.
14. Form of the contract of guarantee relating to a hire purchase agreement.
15. Information to be disclosed by parties to a hire purchase agreement.
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Regulation.
16. Rights of the hirer.
17. Rights of the owner.
18. Hirer to insure the hired goods.
19. Transfer of the title after the payment of the purchase price.
20. Payment where the owner cannot be found.
21. Consent to transfer interests in hired goods or to sell hired goods
22. Passing of title to the hired goods.
23. Loss or damage of the hired goods.
24. The owner shall not make a charge greater than the interest.
25. Fees.
SCHEDULE 1: Currency Point
SCHEDULE 2: Forms SCHEDULE
3: Fees
S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2012 No. 6.
The Hire Purchase Regulations, 2012.
(Made under section 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009, Act No. 3 of 2009J
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister responsible for
trade by section 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009, these Regulations are
made this 10th day of February, 2012.
Part I—Preliminary.
1. Title.
These Regulations may be cited as the Hire Purchase Regulations, 2012.
2. Interpretation.
In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—
“Act” means the Hire Purchase Act, 2009;
“cash price” means the price at which a creditor would have sold the goods
to the buyer for cash on the date of the hire purchase agreement;
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“company” means a company formed and registered under the Companies
Act;
“consolidation” means combining two or more securities in different hire
purchase agreements;
“contract of guarantee” in relation to a hire purchase agreement, means a
written contract, made at the express or implied request of the hirer, to
guarantee the performance of the hirer’s obligations under the hire
purchase agreement.
“currency point” has the meaning assigned to it in Schedule 1;
“delivery” means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to
another;
“goods” includes all chattels, personal, other than things in action and
money and all emblements, industrial growing crops and things
attached to or forming part of land which are agreed to be severed
before sale or under the contract of sale;
“guarantor” means a person who agrees to perform the hirer’s obligations in
case the hirer defaults under a hire purchase agreement;
“hire purchase agreement” means an agreement for the bailment of goods
under which the bailee may buy the goods or under which the property
in the goods will or may pass to the hirer;
“licensing authority” means the Commissioner for Internal Trade as
declared in the Hire Purchase (Declaration of Licensing Authority)
Order, 2011;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for trade;
“owner” means a person who hires goods to a hirer under a hire purchase
agreement, and includes a person to whom the property in the goods of
the owner or any of the rights or liabilities of the owner under the
agreement have passed by assignment or operation of law.
Part II—Licensing of a Hire Purchase Business
3. Application for a hire purchase licence.
(1) An application for a hire purchase licence shall state—
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(a) the name, the telephone and the fax numbers, the postal, the email and
the physical addresses of the company;
(b) the tax identification number and the date of registration of the
company;
(c) the place where the company carries on or proposes to carry on a hire
purchase business;
(d) the directors of the company and their qualifications;
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(e) the share capital of the company available for the hire
purchase business;
(f) the nature of goods that the company is to hire out;
(g) a copy of the hire purchase agreement that the company is to
use; and
(h) any other information that is relevant to the application.
(2) An application for a hire purchase licence shall be made in
triplicate and shall be accompanied by—
(a) the certified copy of the certificate of registration of the company;
(b) the certified copy of the memorandum and articles of
association of the company;
(c) the statements showing the financial status of the company;
(d) evidence that a company has a minimum share capital of one
hundred million shillings; and
(e) any other information that the licensing authority may require;
(3) For the purposes of sub regulation (2) (c), the applicant shall
submit
— the audited accounts of the company for the previous year;
(a)
(b) the tax clearance certificate of the company issued by the
Uganda Revenue Authority; and
(c) evidence of filing the annual returns of the company for the
previous year.
(4) Sub regulation (3) (a) and (c) shall not apply to a company
incorporated in the year in which it applies for a hire purchase licence.
(5) The application fees prescribed in Schedule 3.
(6) An application for a hire purchase licence shall be in Form 1 as
specified in Schedule 2.
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4. Establishing the financial condition of an applicant.
For the purposes of determining the financial condition of an applicant under
section 20 (5) of the Act and regulation 5, the licensing authority shall be guided
by—
(a) the share capital of the company as disclosed in the annual returns of
the company;
(b) the audited accounts of the company;
(c) the tax obligations of the company;
(d) the financial and the bank statements of the company for the previous
twelve months; and
(e) the actual stock in trade of the company.
5. Licensing.
(1) The licensing authority shall grant a hire purchase licence to an
applicant, where it is satisfied that the applicant is a company qualified to carry on
a hire purchase business.
(2) A hire purchase licence shall indicate—
(a) the name and the registration number of the company;
(b) the postal, the email and the physical address of the company;
(c) the nature of the hire purchase business that the company carries on;
and
(d) the conditions, if any, under which the company shall carry on the hire
purchase business.
(3) The licensing authority shall grant a hire purchase licence within thirty
working days of receipt of an application for a hire purchase licence.
(4) Where the licensing authority refuses to grant a hire purchase licence or
grants a hire purchase licence subject to conditions, the licensing authority shall
notify the applicant of its decision within fourteen working days of making the
decision.
(5) A hire purchase licence shall be in Form 2 as specified in Schedule 2.
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(6) A notice of refusal to grant or renew a hire purchase licence shall be in
Form 3 as specified in Schedule 2.
6. Renewal of a hire purchase licence.
(1) Regulation 5 shall apply to an application for renewal of a hire purchase
licence.
(2) An application for renewal of a hire purchase licence shall be made at
least one month before the expiry of the hire purchase licence.
7. Suspending or cancelling a hire purchase licence.
The licensing authority shall suspend or cancel a hire purchase licence if a
company commits an offence for which the licensing authority deems it fit to
suspend or cancel the hire purchase licence.
8. Appeal to the Minister from the decision of the licensing authority.
(1) A person whose application for a hire purchase licence or renewal of a
hire purchase licence is refused may appeal to the Minister from the decision of
the licensing authority within thirty days after the date of the decision.
(2) The appeal to the Minister from the decision of the licensing authority
shall be made in Form 4 as specified in schedule 2.
Part Ill—General.
9.
Security given by hirer or guarantor shall take effect as security only.
(1) Where a hirer or guarantor gives security or an owner retains security,
in respect of money payable under a hire purchase agreement, the security shall
only operate as security and not as a transfer of any interest or right in the
security.
(2) A transfer signed by a hirer or a guarantor, on the request of an owner in
respect of a security as a condition for executing a hire purchase agreement, shall
have no effect.
(3) Where a hirer pays off the money secured under a hire purchase
agreement, the owner shall immediately return the security to the hirer without
any further cost to the hirer.
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(4) An owner who requests for a transfer of the security as a condition for
executing a hire purchase agreement commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty currency points or imprisonment not
exceeding twelve months or both.
(5) An owner who refuses or neglects to return a security to a hirer in
accordance with sub regulation (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction
to a fine not exceeding fifty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding
twelve months or both.
(6) For the purposes of this regulation “security” means anything given by a
hirer to an owner or retained by an owner to secure the payment of the cash price
in respect of goods hired under a hire purchase agreement.
10. Consolidation.
(1) Except where a hire purchase agreement expressly provides to the
contrary, where a hirer executes more than one hire purchase agreements with the
same owner—
(a) the hirer may discharge any or some of the securities given in respect
of each of the agreements without having to discharge all of them; and
(b) the owner, shall, upon payment of the hire purchase price in
accordance with the hire purchase agreement, release the title to the
goods in respect of which the hire purchase price has been paid.
(2) A consolidation which contravenes sub regulation (1) shall have no
effect in relation to the hire purchase agreements.
(3) An owner who consolidates two or more hire purchase agreements
contrary to sub regulation (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a
fine not exceeding fifty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding twelve
months or both.
11. Complaints.
(1) A complaint in relation to a hire purchase agreement shall be made to
the licensing authority in writing.
(2) Upon receipt of a complaint in relation to a hire purchase agreement,
the licensing authority shall within seven working days notify the respondent that
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a complaint has been made against the respondent and require the respondent to
respond to the complaint within seven working days.
(3) The licensing authority shall determine the complaint in relation to a
hire purchase agreement within thirty days from the date the respondent was
required to respond to the complaint.
(4) A complaint in relation to a hire purchase agreement shall be in Form 5
as specified in Schedule 2.
(5) The notice of receipt of a complaint by the licensing authority shall be
in Form 6 as specified in Schedule 2.
Part IV—Rights of A Hirer And Provisions Relating to Hired
GOODS
12. Inspection of the goods by a hirer.
An owner shall give a hirer an opportunity to inspect the goods before purchase.
13. Declaration of the cash price in respect of the hire purchase goods.
Where a hirer has not inspected the goods before purchase in accordance with
section 5 (2) (a) of the Act or has not selected the goods in accordance with
section 5 (2) (b) of the Act, the declaration of the cash price by the owner shall be
in Form 7 as specified in Schedule 2.
14. Form of the contract of guarantee relating to a hire purchase agreement.
A contract of guarantee relating to a hire purchase agreement executed in
accordance with section 4 (2) of the Act shall be in Form 8 as specified in
Schedule 2.
15. Information to be disclosed by parties to a hire purchase agreement.
(1) An owner shall disclose the following information to a hirer before a hire
purchase agreement is executed—
(a) the rights of the owner to the goods;
(b) whether there is any charge, encumbrance or lien on the goods in
favour of a third party;
(c) the place where the goods are kept;
(d) where applicable, the manufacturer, the year and the country of
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manufacture;
(e) the period of warranty in respect of the goods;
(f) the cash price of the goods;
(g) the number of installments in which the hirer shall pay for the goods;
(h) the interest rate at which the owner hires the goods;
(i) the charges that the owner intends to make in respect of a delay or late
payment of an installment; and
(j) any other information material to the transaction.
(2) A hirer shall disclose the following information before executing a hire
purchase agreement—
(a) the name and address of the hirer;
(b) whether the goods are for commercial, personal or for other use;
(c) the source of income from which the purchase price and installments
in respect of the goods shall be paid; and
(d) any other information material to the transaction.
(3) An owner of the goods shall give a prospective hirer precontract
information in writing to enable the prospective hirer obtain independent advise
on the prospective contract.
(4) An owner or a hirer who neglects, refuses or fails to disclose the
information required under this regulation commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty currency points or imprisonment not
exceeding twelve months or both.
16. Rights of a hirer.
A hirer has a right—
(a) to terminate a hire purchase agreement subject to section 9 of the Act;
(b) to inspect the goods—
(i) before purchase; or
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(ii) regularly and at a reasonable time, where the hirer does not take
possession of the goods at the execution of the agreement;
(c) to quiet enjoyment of the goods free from any interruption by an
owner;
(d) to complete the purchase of the goods before a time specified in a hire
purchase agreement, subject to section 10 of the Act;
(e) to lodge a caveat on a title of hired goods, where applicable; and
(f) to exercise any other rights derived from the Act and a hire purchase
agreement.
17. Rights of an owner
An owner of hired goods has a right—
(a) to take possession of the goods in case of a default in making payments
to the owner by the hirer;
(b) to be paid a hire purchase price; and
to regularly and at reasonable times, give notice to the hirer in writing of the
intention to enter and inspect the goods from the place where they are kept.
18. Hirer to insure the hired goods.
(1) A hirer shall insure the hired goods up to the value of the goods.
(2) Notwithstanding sub regulation (1), an owner may insure the goods and
include the cost of insurance in the hire purchase price of the goods.
(3) Where an owner insures the goods under this regulation, a hire purchase
agreement shall state the particulars of an insurance policy of the goods.
19. Transfer of the title after the payment of the purchase price.
(1) An owner shall immediately transfer the ownership of the hired goods to
a hirer where the hirer has completed payment of the hire purchase price.
(2) A hirer shall make a written complaint to the court where an owner fails,
neglects or refuses to transfer ownership of the hired goods to the hirer without
reasonable cause in accordance with sub regulation (1).
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(3) Where an owner is absent from Uganda or the whereabouts of the owner
are not known and there is no person authorised to transfer ownership of the
goods to the hirer, the hirer shall apply to court for an order to transfer the goods
in the name of the hirer upon proof—
(a) that the hire purchase price and all the interest in accordance with the
agreement have been paid by the hirer; and
(b) that all efforts by the hirer to locate the owner have been unsuccessful.
(4) Before transferring the goods into the name of the hirer, the court shall
require the hirer to give notice of the intention to transfer ownership of the hired
goods to the hirer in at least one newspaper of wide national circulation.
(5) An owner who refuses, fails or neglects to transfer ownership of the
hired goods to the hirer in accordance with this Regulations, commits an offence
and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty currency points or
imprisonment not exceeding twelve months or both.
20. Payment where the owner cannot be found.
(1) Where a hirer wishes to pay any money in accordance with a hire
purchase agreement, and the owner is absent from Uganda or the whereabouts of
the owner are not known and there is no person authorised to receive the money
on behalf of the owner, the hirer shall, apply to the licensing authority for
approval to make the payment to the authority.
(2) The application for approval for a hirer to make a payment to the
licensing authority on behalf of the owner shall be in Form 9 as specified in
schedule 2.
(3) Where the licensing authority agrees to receive the payment on behalf
of the owner—
(a) the licensing authority shall receive and hold the payment in trust for
the owner;
(b) the licensing authority shall acknowledge receipt of the payment on
behalf of the owner by issuing a receipt;
(c) the licensing authority shall send a copy of every receipt issued under
sub regulation (2)(b) to the registered address of the owner.
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(d) the licensing authority shall deposit the payment on a separate account
opened by the licensing authority for this purpose;
(e) the receipt of payment by the licensing authority on behalf of the
owner shall be in Form 10 as specified in Schedule 2
(f) the licensing authority shall immediately pay to the owner or the legal
representative of the owner, the money held by the licensing authority
on behalf of the owner, upon application by the owner and payment of
the fees specified in Schedule 3.
(g) An application to pay the payment received on behalf of the owner to
the owner shall be in Form 11 as specified in schedule 2.
21. Consent to transfer interests in hired goods or to sell hired goods.
(1) A hirer shall not transfer or sell goods which are still the subject of a
hire purchase agreement without a written consent of an owner.
(2) The consent of an owner to a hirer to transfer or sell goods under a hire
purchase agreement shall be in Form 12 as specified in Schedule 2.
(3) Where a hirer transfers or sells goods which are still the subject of a hire
purchase agreement in contravention of this regulation, the transfer or sale is
voidable at the instance of an owner.
(4) A hirer who transfers or sells goods in contravention of this regulation,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty
currency points or imprisonment not exceeding twelve months or both.
22. Passing of title to the hired goods.
Except as provided for in a hire purchase agreement, the title to the goods under a
hire purchase agreement, shall not pass until a hirer has paid the hire purchase
price in accordance with the hire purchase agreement.
23. Loss or damage of the hired goods.
(1) A hirer shall be liable for any damage to the hired goods while the
goods are in the custody of the hirer.
(2) Where, during the subsistence of a hire purchase agreement, after a
hirer has taken possession of the goods, the goods are lost or stolen, the hirer shall
continue to pay for the goods in accordance with the hire purchase agreement.
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(3) Where, during the subsistence of a hire purchase agreement, the hired
goods remain in the custody of an owner, the owner shall be liable for any
damage or loss caused to the hired goods.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, an owner or a hirer shall
immediately notify the hirer or the owner respectively of any damage or loss
occasioned to the goods while in the custody of the owner or the hirer.
(5) The notification of the loss or damage of the hired goods shall be in
Form 13 as specified in schedule 2.
24. The owner shall not make a charge greater than the interest.
(1) An owner shall not charge a hirer for any default made by the hirer an
amount that is greater than the interest payable under the hire purchase
agreement.
(2) An owner who contravenes sub regulation (1) commits an offence and
is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty currency points or
imprisonment not exceeding twelve months or both.
25. Fees.
The fees specified in schedule 3 are payable to the licensing authority in respect
of the respective matters specified in that schedule.
SCHEDULE 1 CURRENCY POINT One currency point is equivalent to twenty
thousand shillings.
SCHEDULE 2 FORMS
Regulation 3
Form 1 The Republic of Uganda
APPLICATION FOR A HIRE PURCHASE LICENCE.
(Under Section 20 and 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009, and Regulation 3 of the
Hire Purchase Regulations, 2012)
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To be filled in triplicate.
To: The licensing authority.
1. Particulars of applicant
1. Name of company:
2. Date of incorporation:
3. Company registration number
4. Physical address:
5. Postal address:
6. Telephone number:
7. Fax number:
8. Email address:
2.
Particulars of Directors
Name
Age
Sex
Nature of capital
1. Cash
2. Stock
3. Buildings
4. Others
Nationality
Amount
TOTAL
* Evidence of this MUST be attached to this application
4. Nature of goods that the company intends to hire out
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Address
Regulation 5
For Official use only
Name of receiving officer
Title:
Signature:
Date:
* Please attach the following:1. A certified copy of the registration certificate of the company.
2. A certified copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
Company.
3. The audited accounts for the company for the last year.
4. A tax clearance certificate issued by Uganda Revenue Authority.
5. Evidence of filling annual returns for the previous year.
6. Evidence of payment of the prescribed licence fees.
7. Any other information that the licensing Authority may require.
Form 2 The Republic of Uganda
Hire Purchase Licence.
(Under Section 20 and 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation 5 of the
Hire Purchase Regulations 2012)
.................................................................................................................... (Insert
name, postal and physical address of the company)
is licenced to carry on a hire purchase business in Uganda for the year ................
The licence is in respect of the following business- (Insert the nature of business
that the company carries on)
This licence is subject to the following conditions ..................................................
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Regulation 5
Dated and signed by my hand, this .......... day of .......................................... 20...
Form 3 The Republic of Uganda
Licensing Authority
NOTICE OF REFUSAL TO GRANT OR RENEW A HIRE PURCHASE
LICENCE.
(Under Section 20 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation 5 of the Hire
Purchase regulations 2012)
To ......................................
(Insert name of applicant)
TAKE NOTICE that the licensing authority considered your application for a
licence/renewal of a licence to carry on the business of hire purchase and has
decided not to grant the licence because of the following reasons -
Dated and signed by my hand this .......... day of.......................................20
Licensing Authority
APPEAL TO THE MINISTER FROM THE DECISION OF THE LICENSING
AUTHORITY.
(Under Section 22 and 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation 8 of the
Hire Purchase Regulations, 2012)
To: The Minister responsible for trade
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Form 5
Regulation 11
I ..........................................................................
hereby appeal from the decision
The Republic of Uganda
of the licensing authority made on the .................. day of ................... 20..
This appeal is based on the following grounds
I request the Minister to make the following orders—
(a) reverse the decision of the licensing authority;
(b) order the licensing authority to reconsider their decision; and
(c) order the licensing authority to grant the licence
Dated and signed, this ........... day of .......................................... 20 ...........
Appellant
COMPLAINT IN RELATION TO A HIRE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
(Under Section 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation 11 of the Hire
Purchase Regulations, 2012)
To: The licensing authority
The complaint is against ............................................................................. (Insert
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Form 6
Regulation 11
name of Company & address)The Republic of Uganda
Facts constituting the complaint are;
Dated and signed, this ........... day of ...................20
Name of the complainant
Address of the complainant
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF A COMPLAINT BY LICENSING AUTHORITY.
(Under Section 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and regulation 11 of the Hire
Purchase Regulations, 2012)
To ...................................................................
(Insert name of company/Respondent)
TAKE NOTICE that a complaint has been made against you
by .......................................................................... (insert name of complainant).
A copy of the complaint is attached to this notice.
You are required to respond to this complaint in writing within seven days from the
date of receipt of this Notice.
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Form 5
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Failure to respond will result
in the complaint
The Republic
of Ugandabeing heard in your absence.
The complaint shall be heard and determined within thirty days from the time after
which you are required to respond to the complaint.
Dated and signed by my hand this ............ day of................... 20 ..........
Licensing Authority
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FORM 7
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
DECLARATION OF THE CASH PRICE IN RESPECT OF THE HIRE
PURCHASE GOODS.
(Under Section 5 and 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation 13 of the
Hire Purchase Regulations, 2012)
To:
(Insert name and address of the prospective hirer)
I/We ................................................... hereby declare that the cash price
for
............................... (insert the description of the goods)
is .................................
Name and signature of owner
Regulation 14 FORM 8
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CONTRACT OF GUARANTEE RELATING TO A HIRE AGREEMENT.
(Under Section 4 and Section 22 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation
14 of the Hire Purchase Regulations 2012)
IDate
..................................................... (insert name and address of guarantor) being
the guarantor in respect of the following goods(specify the goods)
Under a hire purchase agreement1 executed between
............................... (insert name and address of hirer)
and
(insert name and address of owner).
Having executed a hire purchase agreement to purchase the goods from the
owner under the terms and conditions set out in the agreement.
I hereby give my consent and agree to be a guarantor of the hirer to the following
extent:-
1A copy of the hire purchase agreement should be attached
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THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
Name & Signature of Guarantor(s).
Name & Signature of owner.
Name & Signature of hirer.
FORM 9
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE HIRER TO MAKE PAYMENT
TO THE LICENSING AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER.
(Under Section 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation 20 of the Hire
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Purchase Regulations, 2012)
Regulation 20
FORM 10
To: The Licensing Authority
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
I ...................................................................
(insert name and address of hirer)
being the hirer in respect of the following goods—
(specify the goods)
Under a hire purchase agreement*executed between myself and............................
(insert name and address of owner).
WISH to make payment in accordance with the agreement but the owner is—
a) absent from Uganda; or
b) the whereabouts of the owner are not known,
AND there is no person authorised to receive payment on behalf of the owner.
I hereby apply for approval to make the payment to the licensing authority in
accordance with regulation 22.
Date .............................
RECEIPT OF PAYMENT BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY ON
BEHALF OF THE OWNER.
(Under Section 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation 20 of the Hire
Purchase Regulations, 2012)
This is to acknowledge the receipt of ...................................................... shillings
on behalf of .................................................................... (insert name of owner)
from .........................................................................................................................
being payment in respect of............................................ (insert nature of goods)
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Regulation 20
FORM 11
Dated and signed by my hand,THEthis............
dayUGANDA
of ................................20 ..........
REPUBLIC OF
Licensing authority APPLICATION TO THE LICENSING AUTHORITY TO PAY PAYMENT
RECEIVED ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER TO THE OWNER.
(Under Section 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation 20 of the Hire
Purchase Regulations, 2012)
I ...............................................................................................................................
(insert name of owner/legal representative of the owner) hereby claim
................................................................................................... (state the amount
of money claimed, the circumstances under which the owner was not available to
receive payment from the hirer and the nature of the goods hired)
Dated and signed this ................ day of ............................................... 20.
Owner/legal representative of the owner
Note:
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Regulation 20
FORM 10
(1) Attach a copy of the Hire Purchase Agreement.
(2) Evidence of payment of the fees specified in schedule 3.
(3) If the claim is made
by a legal
the documents
THE REPUBLIC
OF representative,
UGANDA
appointing the legal representative.
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Regulation 21
FORM 12
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
CONSENT OF THE OWNER TO THE HIRER TO TRANSFER OR SELL
GOODS WHICH ARE STILL THE SUBJECT OF A HIRE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT.
(Under Section 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation 21 of the Hire
Purchase Regulations, 2012)
To:
(Insert name and address of the hirer)
I........................................................................ being the owner of the following
goods which are still the subject of a hire purchase agreement namely;
hereby give my consent to the hirer to transfer or sell these goods.
Dated this............................... of................................. 20.
FORM 13
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
Signature of owner
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NOTIFICATION OF LOSS OR DAMAGE OF THE HIRED GOODS.
(Under Section 36 of the Hire Purchase Act, 2009 and Regulation 23 of the Hire
Purchase regulations, 2012)
To:
(Insert name and address of the hirer or owner)
TAKE NOTICE that the following goods .......................
which are the subject of a hire purchase agreement between you and me have
been damaged as follows:
(specify nature of damage)
Date
SCHEDULE 3 FEES
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The following fees shall be payable to the Licensing Authority:Fees in Uganda Shillings
Item
Regulation 23
(a) Application for a hire purchase licence
1,000,000/=
(b) Renewal of a hire purchase licence
1,000,000/=
(c) Appeal to the Minister from the decision of licensing
authority
(e) Application to the licensing authority to pay money of
the owner to the licensing authority where owner is
absent or cannot be found
100,000/=
20,000/=
(f) Application to the licensing authority to pay payment 5% of the amount
received on behalf of the owner to the owner.
claimed
HON. AMELIA KYAMBADDE (MP),
Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives.
Name & Signature of witness.
*A copy of the hire purchase agreement should be attached.
Signature of hirer/owner.
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