Tanzania
Law Reform Commission of Tanzania Act
Chapter 171
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 15 August 1983
- [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—2)
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Commission appointed under section 5;"Commission" means the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania established by section 3;"Commissioner" means a person appointed to be Commissioner under section 5, and includes the Chairman;"high judicial office" means the office of a Judge of the Court of Appeal of the United Republic or of a Judge of the High Court of the United Republic or the High Court of Zanzibar;"Minister" means the Minister for the time being responsible for legal affairs;"reference" means a reference by the Attorney-General to the Commission under this Act.Part II – The Law reform Commission of Tanzania (ss 3—6)
3. Establishment of the Commission
There is hereby established a Commission which shall be known as the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania.4. Functions of the Commission
5. Composition of the Commission
6. Tenure of office of Commissioners
Part III – Procedure and Powers of the Commission (ss 7—16)
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[Repealed by Act No. 10 of 1999 Sch. ]8. Attorney-General to refer matters to the Commission
9. Commission may initiate own work
10. Commission to involve the public in its work
11. General powers of the Commission
12. Commission to act independently
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Commission shall, in the performance of its functions under this Act, act independently in its deliberations and formulation of its recommendations.13. Matters to be taken into account
14. Submission of conclusions
15. Publication of reports
16. Referring matters back for reconsideration
Where the Government determines that any recommendation made in any report submitted by the Commission is unsuitable for implementation on the ground solely, or on several grounds which include the ground that certain matters relevant to a reference, or to any matter examined by the Commission, or that certain matters or situations reasonably expected to be permanent, have arisen which the Commission did not have in contemplation or which affect considerably any or all of the recommendations of the Commission, that recommendation or the part or parts of the report of the Commission in question shall be referred back by the Attorney-General to the Commission and the Commission shall make a supplementary report to the Minister on any matters referred back to it.Part IV – Staff of the Commission (ss 17—19)
17. Public department and officers
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the provisions of any law for the time being in force in relation to public departments shall apply to the Commission, and the office of Commissioner, Secretary to the Commission and any other office under the Commission shall be public offices in the service of the United Republic.18. Secretary
19. Staff of the Commission
Part V – Miscellaneous provisions (ss 20—25)
20. Expenses of Commission
Except as otherwise provided in the Public Officers (Salaries and Allowances) Act 1 all other expenditure payable or incurred under or in the administration of this Act shall be payable out of money to be appropriated by Parliament.21. Salaries and allowances of Commissioners
22. Meetings of the Commission
23. Annual reports
24. Records of Commission to be public records
The records of the Commission shall be public records for the purposes of the Records and Archives Management Act 4.25. Regulations
History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
15 August 1983
Commenced
Cited documents 2
Legislation 2
1. | Public Finance Act | 18 citations |
2. | Public Officers (Salaries and Allowances) Act | 1 citation |
Documents citing this one 2
Law Reform Report 2
1. | Report of the Commission on Law of Marriage Act, 1971 (No.5 of 1971} | |
2. | Report on the Legal Framework of the Tourism Industry |