Tanzania
District Development Corporations Act
Chapter 382
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 8 March 1974
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation was revised and consolidated as at 31 July 2002 and 30 November 2019 by 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. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for TANZLII.]
Part I – Preliminary provisions (ss. 1-2)
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the District Development Corporations Act.2. Interpretation
Part II – District Development Corporations (ss. 3-13)
3. Local authorities to establish District Development Corporations
4. Shareholding in District Development Corporations
Where a District Development Corporation is established under section 3, the local authority of the district or local authorities of the districts for which the Corporation is established shall subscribe for all the shares of the Corporation.5. Power of District Development Corporations
6. Establishment of District Development Corporations
Where a local government authority or authorities establish any district corporation under the provisions of this Act; the local government authority or authorities shall by regulation provide for the management of the District Corporation.7. Appointment of General Manager and other employees of a District Development Corporation
8. Salaries, etc., to be paid out of a District Development Corporation's funds
9. Annual report
10. Local government authority may give directions
The local government authority may give to any person or body of persons entrusted with the management of any District Development Corporation directions of a general or specific character as to the exercise and performance by such person or body of persons of his or their functions, and every such direction shall be given effect to accordingly.[s. 7]11. Establishment of office
Subject to such exceptions as a local government authority may in any case allow, no district corporation shall establish an office for the corporation without the written consent of the local government authority.[s. 8]12. ***
[Repealed by Act No. 6 of 1999 s. 115][s. 9]13. Accounts and audit
Part III – Dissolution of District Development Corporations (ss. 14-16)
14. Power of local government authority to dissolve District Development Corporations
15. Rights of shareholders
16. Employees of District Development Corporations
Part IV – Regional Development Corporations and reorganisation of District Development Corporations (ss. 17-20)
17. Minister may establish Regional Development Corporations
18. Shareholding in Regional Development Corporations
Where the Minister establishes a Regional Development Corporation the local authorities of the districts in the Region for which the Corporation is established shall subscribe for all the shares of the Corporation.[s. 13B]19. Application of the other provisions of this Act
All the other provisions of this Act relating to District Development Corporations shall apply, with necessary modifications and to the extent that they are applicable, in relation to every Regional Development Corporation established under this Act.[s. 13C]20. Power to reorganise District Development Corporations
Part V – Miscellaneous provisions (ss. 21-24)
21. Delegation of powers
22. Regulations
23. Local government authority may make consequential provisions
The local government authority may, where he dissolves any District Development Corporation, at any time before the expiry of six months from the effective date, by order in the Gazette make such consequential, transitional and supplementary provisions as he may consider necessary or expedient upon the dissolution of any District Development Corporation.[s. 16]24. Consequential and transitional provisions and vesting of shares
All the shares of the Government of the United Republic in every District Development Corporation established under this Act subsisting upon the commencement of this Act shall, by virtue of the provisions of this section and without further assurance, vest in the local authority or local authorities of the district or, as the case may be, districts for which the corporation was established.History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
08 March 1974
Commenced
Cited documents 4
Act 4
1. | Companies Act | 1025 citations |
2. | Local Government (District Authorities) Act, 1982 | 65 citations |
3. | Local Government (Urban Authorities) Act, 1982 | 55 citations |
4. | Severance Allowance Act | 35 citations |
Documents citing this one 10
Government Notice 5
Act 3
1. | Public Corporations Act | 127 citations |
2. | Industrial Promotion and Development Fund Act | 1 citation |
3. | Agricultural Development Fund Act |
Gazette 2
1. | Tanzania Government Gazette dated 2000-03-31 number 13 | |
2. | Tanzania Government Gazette dated 2001-01-05 number 1 |
Subsidiary legislation
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Kasulu District Corporation (Dissolution) Order, 1992 | Government Notice 420 of 1992 |
District Corporations (Dissolution) Order, 1991 | Government Notice 54 of 1991 |
Morogoro Development Corporation (Establishment) Order, 1980 | Government Notice 159 of 1980 |
Mbeya Regional Development Corporation (Establishment) Order, 1980 | Government Notice 158 of 1980 |
District Corporations (Boards of Directors) (Composition and Proceedings) Regulations, 1976 | Government Notice 53 of 1976 |
District Corporations (Establishment) Order, 1974 | Government Notice 144 of 1974 |