Tanzania
Public Order Act
Chapter 385
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 6 July 1951
- [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
This Act may be cited as the Public Order Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise—"local authority" means a local authority or authority established under any Act;"meeting" means a meeting held for the purpose of the discussion of matters of public interest or for the purpose of the expression of views on such matters;"police officer" means any member of the Tanzania Police of or above the rank of constable;"private premises" means premises to which the public have access (whether on payment or otherwise) only by permission of the owner, occupier or lessee of the premises;"public meeting" includes any meeting in a public place and any meeting which the public or any section thereof are permitted to attend, whether on payment or otherwise;"public place" means any highway, public park or garden, any sea beach, and any public bridge, road, street, lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not; and includes any open space to which for the time being the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;"public procession" means a procession in, to or from a public place.3. Prohibition of organisations equipped to usurp functions of police, etc.
4. Prohibition of offensive weapons at public meetings and processions
5. Prohibition of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace
Any person who in any public place or at any public meeting uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned, shall be guilty of an offence.6. Wearing of uniforms
7. Offences under this Act to be cognizable
Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person committing, or who he has reason to suspect has committed, an offence under section 4 or section 5 of this Act.8. General penalty
Every person who is guilty of an offence against this Act in respect of which no special penalty is provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both that fine and that imprisonment.History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
06 July 1951
Commenced
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Documents citing this one 1
Judgment 1
1. | Nusrati Shaban Hanje and 7 Others vs Republic (DC Criminal Appeal 111 of 2020) [2020] TZHC 2208 (26 August 2020) | 1 citation |