This Act was repealed on 2017-07-01 by Legal Aid Act, 2017.
Tanzania
Legal Aid (Criminal Proceedings) Act
Chapter 21
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 1 July 1969
- [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.]
- [Repealed by Legal Aid Act, 2017 (Act 1 of 2017) on 1 July 2017]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Legal Aid (Criminal Proceedings) Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires–"accused" includes, in the case of an appeal, the appellant, or in the case of an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the respondent;"certifying authority" means in the case of a proceeding before the High Court, the Chief Justice or the Principal Judge of the High Court or the Judge in charge of the district registry where the proceeding is conducted; and in the case of proceedings before a district court or a court of a resident magistrate the Chief Justice or the Principal Judge of the High Court or the Judge in charge of the district registry where the proceeding is conducted;"Minister" means the Minister responsible for legal affairs;"proceeding" means any proceeding in any court other than a primary court in which a person is being tried for a criminal offence and includes an appeal before the High Court against a decision in any proceeding of a criminal nature before a district court or a court of a resident magistrate or a primary court;"Registrar" means the Registrar of the High Court and includes the Deputy Registrar and the District Registrar.3. Provision of free legal aid
Where in any proceeding it appears to the certifying authority that it is desirable, in the interests of justice, that an accused should have legal aid in the preparation and conduct of his defence or appeal, as the case may be, and that his means are insufficient to enable him to obtain such aid, the certifying authority may certify that the accused ought to have such legal aid and upon such certificate being issued the Registrar shall, where it is practicable so to do, assign to the accused an advocate for the purpose of the preparation and conduct of his defence or appeal, as the case may be.4. Remuneration of advocate assigned to accused
5. Expenses incurred by advocate
6. Delegation of powers by Chief Justice
The Chief Justice may, by writing, delegate any of his functions under this Act to a Judge of the High Court either generally or for any specific proceeding.7. Rules
The Chief Justice may, with the consent of the Minister, make rules for the better carrying out of the purposes and provisions of this Act.8. Repeal of R.L. Cap. 21
[Repeals the Poor Prisoners Defence Ordinance.]History of this document
01 July 2017
Repealed by
Legal Aid Act, 2017
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
01 July 1969
Commenced
Documents citing this one 59
Judgment 49
Gazette 4
Journal 3
1. | Law Review Journal, Vol. 1, 2016, Issue 1 | |
2. | The Tanzania Lawyer, Vol. 1, 2015, Number 2 | |
3. | The Tanzania Lawyer, Vol. 1, 2019, Number 2 |
JOT Documents and Guidelines 2
1. | Court of Appeal Journal Volume 1 | |
2. | Standard Operational Guide For Magistrates On Managing Children Cases In Tanzania, Feb-2023 |
Manual 1
1. | Criminal Prosecutions Case Manual |