Tanzania
Ministers and Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) Act
Chapter 234
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 1 July 1988
- [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.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Ministers and Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act unless the context requires otherwise—"Member of Parliament" means a member of the Parliament of the United Republic;"Office of Minister" includes the offices of Vice-President, Prime Minister, Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Minister.3. Salaries of Minister and Member of Parliament
4. Holder may opt for a higher salary
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of this Act, any holder of an office entitled to be paid a salary prescribed under this Act who, by operation of any other law or by virtue of holding any other office or for any other reason, would have been entitled to receive a salary higher than that prescribed under this Act, may opt to receive that higher salary.5. Allowances of Minister
6. Allowances of Members of Parliament
There shall be paid to a Member of Parliament the following allowances at such rates as the President may in writing determine—7. President may review salaries and allowances
The President may from time to time, if in his opinion the circumstances permit, review any salary or allowance determined under this Act.8. Charge and payment of salaries and allowances
Any salary or allowance payable under this Act shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund.History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
01 July 1988
Commenced
Cited documents 0
Documents citing this one 2
Judgment 2
1. | Defromas s/o Bumbugu vs Republic (HC Criminal Appeal 92 of 2008) [2009] TZHC 165 (7 August 2009) | |
2. | Rashidi Omari vs Republic (Criminal Appeal 39 of 2007) [2011] TZHC 2134 (14 July 2011) |