Tanzania
Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation and Rural Technology Act, 1981
Chapter 181
- Published in Government Gazette on 31 December 1981
- Assented to on 17 November 1981
- Commenced on 13 January 1982
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [The publication date of this work could not be ascertained. We used the date 31 December 1981 because the work was published during the course of the year 1981.]
- [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 Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation and Rural Technology Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise—"appropriate technology" includes all applied arts, machinery, equipment and processes which, through the use, or development, modification and use, of local resources, may be developed, adapted, produced, extended or implemented for use in rural areas in the fields of agriculture, energy, water supply, sanitation, health, building construction, transport and rural development generally;"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Centre, established under section 6;"Centre" means the Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation and Rural Technology established by section 3;"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Centre appointed under section 16;"existing projects" means the Tanzania Agricultural Machinery Testing Unit and the Arusha Appropriate Technology Project;"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;"rural development" means any activity or process which is intended to facilitate the application or development of appropriate technology and the improvement of rural life through local self-reliance;"technical projects committee" means the committee established under section 10.Part II – The Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation and Rural Technology (ss. 3-9)
3. Establishment of the Centre
4. Functions of the Centre
5. Vesting of assets and liabilities
6. Composition and proceedings of the Board
7. Remuneration of members of Board
8. Power of Board to delegate
9. Minister may give directions to the Board
The Minister may give to the Board directions of a general or specific character regarding the performance by the Centre of any of its functions under this Act, and the Board shall give effect to every direction given to it.Part III – Powers and operations of the Centre (ss. 10-15)
10. Provisions relating to research and development
11. Provisions relating to testing and manufacturing
12. Dissemination and exchange of information
13. Training of persons in rural technology
14. Custody and disclosure of information furnished to the Centre
15. Inventions and discoveries
Part IV – Administrative provisions (ss. 16-21)
16. Appointment of employees
17. Transfer of employees
18. Superannuation benefits
Subject to the provisions of any written law for the time being in force relating to pensions, the Board may—19. Protection from personal liability
Without prejudice to the provisions of section 284A of the Penal Code 4, the provisions of the Public officers (Recovery of Debts) Act 5, no act or thing done or omitted by any member or by any employee of the Centre shall, if done or omitted bona fide in the execution or purported execution of his duties as a member or as an employee of the Centre, subject him to any action, liability or demand of any kind.20. 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, but if the order, direction or requirement is published in the Gazette, all persons shall be deemed to have had notice of it.21. Power of Minister to make regulations
Part V – Financial provisions (ss. 22-30)
22. Funds of the Centre
The funds and resources of the Centre shall consist of—23. Power to borrow
24. Power to charge fees
For the proper performance of the functions of the Centre the Board may, subject to any directions given by the Minister in that behalf, charge fees for services rendered by the Centre.25. Minister may impose cess on agricultural machinery produced
26. Investment
With the prior approval of the Minister, the Board may, from time to time, invest any part of the moneys available in any fund of the Centre in such investments as are authorised investments in relation to investments of funds by a trustee under the Trustees Investment Act 7.27. Annual and supplementary budget
28. Accounts and audit
29. 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 Centre during that year and accompanied by—30. Laying of reports before National Assembly
History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
13 January 1982
Commenced
31 December 1981
17 November 1981
Assented to
Subsidiary legislation
Title | Numbered title |
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Centre for Mechanization and Rural Technology Act (Amendments) Order, 2019 | Government Notice 167 of 2019 |
Cited documents 4
Legislation 4
1. | Civil Procedure Code | 43 citations |
2. | Tanzania Audit Corporation Act | 31 citations |
3. | Severance Allowance Act | 14 citations |
4. | Standards Act | 5 citations |