Act 8
Electronic Transactions Act
2011
32. Service provider not obliged to monitor data
(1) For the purposes of complying with this Part, a service
provider is not obliged to—
(a) monitor the data which the service provider transmits or
stores; or
(b) actively seek for facts or circumstances indicating an
unlawful activity,
(2) The Minister in consultation with the National Information
Technology Authority—Uganda may by statutory instrument,
prescribe the procedure for service providers to—
(a) inform the competent public authorities of any alleged
illegal activities undertaken or information provided by
recipients of their service; and
(b) communicate information enabling the identification of a
recipient of the service provided by the service provider, at
the request of a competent authority
33. Territorial Jurisdiction.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall have effect, in
relation to any person, whatever his or her nationality or citizenship
and whether he or she is outside or within Uganda.
(2) Where an offence under this Act, is committed by any person
in any place outside Uganda, he or she may be dealt with as if the
offence had been committed within Uganda.
34. Jurisdiction of courts.
A court presided over by the Chief Magistrate or Magistrate Grade 1
has jurisdiction to hear and determine all offences in this Act and,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any written law, has
power to impose the penalty or punishment in respect of any offence
under this Act.
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