Tanzania
Board of External Trade Act
Chapter 155
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 28 March 1978
- [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.]
Part I – Preliminary provisions (ss. 1-3)
1. Short title and application
This Act may be cited as the Board of External Trade Act, and applies to Mainland Tanzania as well as Tanzania Zanzibar.2. Omitted: Incorporated into s. 1
[Omitted: Incorporated into s. 1.]3. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Board" means the Board of External Trade established by section 4;"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors established under section 6;"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board of Directors appointed by the President under paragraph 1(1)(a) of the Schedule to this Act;"Director-General" means the Director-General appointed under section 12(1);"member" in relation to the Board of Directors means a member of the Board of Directors and includes the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman;"Minister" means the Minister being responsible for trade;"Minister responsible for the parent Ministry" in relation to a person or body of persons, means the Minister responsible under the direction of the President for the principal business in which the person or body of persons is engaged or, if the President has not, for the time being, assigned responsibility for the business concerned to any Minister, the President;"specified organisation" means a person or body of persons declared under section 8(1) to be a specified organisation for the purposes of this Act.Part II – The Board of External Trade (ss. 4-7)
4. Establishment of Board
5. Functions of Board
6. Board of Directors
7. Minister may give directions to Board of Directors
The Minister may give to the Board of Directors directions of a general or specific character regarding the performance by the Board of any of its functions under this Act, and the Board of Directors shall give effect to every direction given to it.Part III – Powers and operations of the Board in relation to external trade (ss. 8-11)
8. Declaration of exporting organisations
9. Board may call for information
10. Disclosure of information an offence
11. Power of Minister to make regulations
Part IV – Administrative and financial provisions (ss. 12-21)
12. Appointment of employees
13. Remuneration of members of the Board of Directors
14. Superannuation benefits
Subject to any written law for the time being in force relating to pensions, the Board of Directors may—15. Power of Board of Directors to delegate
16. Funds of the Board
The funds and resources of the Board shall consist of—17. President may require certain enterprises to contribute to the funds of the Board
18. Annual and supplementary budget
19. Accounts and audit
20. Annual report
The Board of Directors shall, within six months after the close of the financial year, cause to be prepared and submitted to the Minister a report dealing generally with the activities and operations of the Board during that year and accompanied by—21. Laying of accounts before National Assembly
The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after receiving them, lay before the National Assembly the audited accounts of the Board together with the auditor's report, if any, on the accounts and the annual report of the Board.Part V – General provisions (ss. 22-23)
22. Protection from personal liability
Without prejudice to the provisions of section 284A of the Penal Code3 or of the Public Officers (Recovery of Debts) Act4, no act or thing done or omitted to be done by any member of the Board of Directors or by any employee of the Board shall, if done or omitted bona fide in the execution or purported execution of his duties as a member of the Board of Directors or an employee of the Board, subject him to any action, liability or demand or any kind.23. Notification of orders, etc.
Where any order, direction or requirement made or given by the Minister or the Board of Directors under this Act is not required to be published in the Gazette, the order, direction or requirement shall be brought to the notice of persons affected or likely to be affected by it in any manner determined by the Minister or the Board of Directors:History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
28 March 1978
Commenced
Cited documents 2
Legislation 2
1. | Civil Procedure Code | 43 citations |
2. | Tanzania Audit Corporation Act | 31 citations |