Tanzania
Probation of Offenders Act
Chapter 247
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 5 September 1947
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
1. Short title and application
This Act may be cited as the Probation of Offenders Act and shall apply to such areas of Mainland Tanzania and from such dates as the Minister may, by proclamation, declare.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"magistrate" includes a primary court magistrate;"Minister" means the Minister responsible for home affairs;"probation officer" means a probation officer appointed under the provisions of section 15 of this Act and includes assistant probation officers appointed under that section;"probation order" means an order made under this Act placing a person under the supervision of a probation officer;"probationer" means a person placed under supervision by a probation order.3. Power of court to permit conditional release of offenders
4. Probation order
5. Further provisions where court makes probation order
Where a person is placed by a probation order under the supervision of a probation officer, the court may in addition order such person to pay costs and compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Penal Code2, or the Primary Courts Criminal Procedure Code, as the case may be.6. Commission of further offences by probationers
7. Failure by probationer to comply with probation order
8. Probation order; disqualification or disability
9. Transmission of documents when case is remitted to another court
Where a probationer is committed to custody or released on bail by a magistrate until he can be brought or appear before the court which made the probation order the magistrate shall transmit to the said court such particulars of the case as he thinks desirable and where the probationer has been convicted of a subsequent offence by a magistrate, the magistrate shall transmit to the said court a certificate to that effect signed by him, and for the purposes of proceedings in the court to which it is transmitted any such certificate, if purporting to be so signed, shall be admissible as evidence of the conviction.10. Amendment of probation orders
11. Discharge of probation orders
12. Transmission of copies of orders for amendment or discharge of probation orders
Where an order is made for the amendment or discharge of a probation order the clerk or other officer of the court by which the order is made shall furnish two copies of the order to the principal probation officer, one copy of which shall be given by the principal probation officer to the probationer.13. Selection of probation officers
14. Contributions towards institutions
Contributions may be made towards the establishment or maintenance of institutions for the reception of persons placed under the supervision of probation officers as the Minister may approve.15. Appointments
16. Rules
The Minister may make rules prescribing—History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
05 September 1947
Commenced
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