Tanzania
Tanzania Engineering and Manufacturing Design Organisation Act
Chapter 176
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 1 June 1982
- [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 Tanzania Engineering and Manufacturing Design Organisation Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Board" means the Board of the Organisation established by section 5;"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Organisation appointed under section 14;"member" in relation to the Board means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman;"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Industries;"Organisation" means the Tanzania Engineering and Manufacturing Design Organisation established under section 3;"technical committee" means a committee established under section 7.Part II – The Tanzania Engineering and Manufacturing Design Organisation (ss. 3-6)
3. Establishment of the Organisation
4. Functions of the Organisation
5. Composition and proceedings of Board
6. Minister may give directions to Board
The Minister may give to the Board directions of a general or specific character regarding the performance by the Organisation of any of its functions under this Act, and the Board shall give effect to every such direction given to it.Part III – Powers and operations of the Organisation (ss. 7-13)
7. Promotion of products and process of design
8. Information on engineering design and manufacturing to be furnished to the Organisation
9. Organisation may call for information
10. Custody and disclosure of information furnished to the Organisation
11. Provisions relating to inventions
12. Co-ordination of projects to be carried out outside Tanzania
13. Power of Minister to make regulations
Part IV – Administrative and financial provisions (ss. 14-26)
14. Appointment of employees
15. Remuneration of members of Board
16. Superannuation benefits
Subject to any written law for the time being in force relating to pensions, the Board may—17. Power of Board to delegate
18. Funds of the Organisation
The funds and resources of the Organisation shall consist of—19. Minister may impose cess on products and services
20. Power of Board to charge fees
For the proper performance of the functions of the Organisation the Board shall, subject to any directions the Minister may give in that behalf, have power to charge fees for services, rendered by the Organisation.21. Investment
The Board may, from time to time, with the approval of the Minister, invest any part of the moneys available in any fund of the Organisation in such investments as are authorised investments in relation to investments of funds by a trustee under the Trustee Investment Act2.22. Power to borrow
23. Annual and supplementary budget
24. Accounts and audit
25. Annual report
The Board 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 Organisation during that year and accompanied by—26. 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 Organisation together with the auditor's report on the accounts and the annual report of the Organisation.Part V – General provisions (ss. 27-28)
27. Protection from personal liability
Without prejudice to the provisions of section 284A of the Penal Code4 or of the Public Officers (Recovery of Debts) Act5, no act or thing done or committed bona fide in the execution or purported execution of his duties as a member of the Board or as an employee of the Organisation, shall subject him to any action, liability or demand of any kind.28. Notification of orders
Where any order, direction or requirement made or given by the Minister or the Board 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:Provided that if the order, direction or requirement is published in the Gazette, all persons shall be deemed to have had notice of it.History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
01 June 1982
Commenced
Cited documents 2
Legislation 2
1. | Civil Procedure Code | 43 citations |
2. | Tanzania Audit Corporation Act | 31 citations |