Acts and Regulations

Overview

Payment systems refer to the rules, procedures, and mechanisms for transferring money between two or more financial institutions and their customers.

Acts & Regulations

2000: Bank of Uganda Act

2004: Financial Institutions Act

2003: Micro Deposit Taking Institutions Act

2004: Foreign Exchange Act

2005: Financial Institutions Licensing Regulations

2005: Financial Institutions Credit Reference Regulations

2004: Microfinance Deposit Taking Institutions Regulations

2006: Foreign Exchange (Forex Bureaux and Money Remitters) Regulations

2010: Financial Institutions (Revision of Minimum Capital Requirements) Instrument

2011: Financial Consumer Protection Guidelines

2013: The Financial Institutions (Foreign Exchange Business) (Amendment) Rules, 2013

2016: Financial Institutions (Amendment) Act, 2016
Tier 4 Micro finance Institutions & Money Lenders Act, 2016                                          

 

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Supervision Acts & Regulations

BOU has the mandate to supervise and regulate the operations of financial institutions in the country.

These include Commercial Banks, Credit Institutions, Micro Finance Deposit-Taking Institutions (MDIs), and Forex Bureaux.

A number of acts and regulations govern this mandate and the supervision of financial institutions.

BOU Acts

1. BOU Act, 1969;

2. BOU Act, 2000;

Supervision Acts

1. FI Act, 2004;  Fin Amendment Act 2016

2. MDI Act, 2003;

Supervision Regulations

1. FI Anti Money Laundering Act, 2013;

2. FI Anti Money Laundering Regulations, 2010;

3. FI Capital Adequacy Regulations, 2005;

4. FI Consolidated, 2010;

5. FI Corporate Governance Regulations, 2005;

6. FI Credit Classification Regulations, 2005;

7. FI Credit Concentration Exposure Limits, 2005;

8. FI Credit Reference Regulations, 2005;

9. FI External Auditors, 2010;

10. FI Foreign Exchange, 2010;

11. FI Insider Lending Limits, 2005;

12. FI License Regulations, 2005;

13. FI Liquidity Regulations, 2005;

14. FI Ownership Control Regulations, 2005;

15. FX Act, 2004;

Other Acts and Regulations

1. FX Regulations, 2006;

2. MDI Regulations, 2004;

3. Intervention Policy, 1997;

4. Mobile Money Guideline 2013;

5. External Auditor Appointment Guidelines for Forex Bureaus 2016;

6. Guidelines for the licensing and operation of Forex Bureaus and Money Remmittance companies, 2018

7. Financial Institutions(Islamic Banking) Regulations 2018

8. Financial Institutions (Deposit Protection Fund) Regulations, 2019 

More About Bank of Uganda

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The Bank of Uganda conducts all its activities with the aim of Fulfilling its Mission.  These activities are carried out under the mandate of the Bank of Uganda Act, 2000 and other legislature.

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