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The State is responsible for the security of persons and of assets. (Art. 28)

1. Land in Uganda belongs to the citizens of Uganda and shall vest in them in accordance with the land tenure systems provided for in this Constitution.
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3. Land in Uganda shall be owned in accordance with the following land tenure systems-
a. customary;
b. freehold;
c. mailo; and
d. leasehold.
4. On the coming into force of this Constitution-
a. all Uganda citizens owning land under customary tenure may acquire certificates of ownership in a manner prescribed by Parliament; and
b. land under customary tenure may be converted to freehold land ownership by registration.
5. Any lease which was granted to a Uganda citizen out of public land may be converted into freehold in accordance with a law which shall be made by Parliament.
6. For the purposes of clause (5) of this article, "public land" includes statutory leases to urban authorities.
7. Parliament shall make laws to enable urban authorities to enforce and to implement planning and development.
8. Upon the coming into force of this Constitution and until Parliament enacts an appropriate law under clause (9) of this article, the lawful or bona fide occupants of mailo land, freehold or leasehold land shall enjoy security of occupancy on the land.
9. Within two years after the first sitting of Parliament elected under this Constitution, Parliament shall enact a law-
a. regulating the relationship between the lawful or bona fide occupants of land referred to in clause (8) of this article and the registered owners of that land;
b. providing for the acquisition of registrable interest in the land by the occupant. (Art. 237)

The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the state and capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes;
- inheritance and gifts;
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The law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of the regime of property, of the rights of real property and of civil and commercial obligations;
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The rights of property and of succession are guaranteed.
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(1) The fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual enshrined in this Chapter¹³ are hereby declared and guaranteed, namely –
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(c) protection of the privacy of the home and other property rights of the individual;
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The right to property is guaranteed. … (Art. 13)

a. All persons are born equally free and independent and have certain natural, inherent and inalienable rights, among which are the right of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of pursuing and maintaining and security of the person and of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, subject to such qualifications as provided for in this Constitution.
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[The following] are of the domain of the law:
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- … the status and the capacity of the persons, marriage, divorce, and inheritance;
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- the regime of property,
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(1) The Sharia Court of Appeal shall, in addition to such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly, exercise such appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in civil proceedings involving questions of Islamic personal law.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, the Sharia Court of Appeal shall be competent to decide –
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(c) any question of Islamic personal law regarding a wakf, gift, will or succession where the endower, donor, testator or deceased person is a Muslim;
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1. Every person shall have the right to acquire or own property as regulated by law.
… (Art. 28)