Micro Finance Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2003 (No. 626/2009). Pays/Territoire Ouganda Type du document Législation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to provide for the licensing, regulation and supervision of the microfinance business in Uganda and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. Sujet Agriculture et développement rural Mot clé Développement agricole Crédit Mesures financières agricoles Petits exploitants/paysans Aire géographique Afrique, Afrique Orientale, Nations en développement sans littoral, Pays les moins avances Résumé This Act provides rules for the micro-financing business in Uganda and for the licensing and supervision of institutions providing micro-financing and deposit taking of microbusiness. The Central Bank shall establish a Micro Finance Deposit-Taking Institutions (MDI) Deposit Protection Fund. Licences shall be granted and supervision carried out by the Central Bank. A MDI shall not engage directly in agriculture, except in the course of satisfaction of its debts due to it for the purpose of carrying on its business. The Act also places restrictions on participation of MDI's participation in other business including agriculture. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.ulii.org