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Urban Councils (Rating) Rules, 1983

Government Notice 87 of 1983

Urban Councils (Rating) Rules, 1983
Citation
Government Notice 87 of 1983
Primary work
Local Government Authorities (Rating) Act
Date
31 July 2002
Language
English
Type
Government Notice
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Local Government Authorities (Rating) Act

Urban Councils (Rating) Rules, 1983

Government Notice 87 of 1983

  • Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
  • Commenced
  • [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
  • [Note: This legislation was revised and consolidated as at 31 July 2002 and 30 November 2019 by 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. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for TANZLII.]

1. Citation

These Rules may be cited as the Urban Councils (Rating) Rules.

2. Notice of intention to make a rate

(1)An Urban Council shall, before making any rate under the provisions of section 15 of the Local Government (Finances) Act1 exhibit and keep exhibited for at least ten days, a notice of its intention to make such rate on the public notice-board near the outer door of the office of the Council and on the notice-board of every primary court in the area of the Council and shall also make such intention known in such manner as is customary in the area of the Council.1Cap. 290
(2)Every such notice shall specify the proposed method of rating and the amount of the proposed rate.

3. Notice of making of a rate

(1)The notice of making of a rate required to be given under the provisions of section 16 of the Local Government (Finances) Act2, shall be given by exhibiting and keeping exhibited for at least 10 days copies of the resolution to make the rate on the public notice-board near the outer door of the office of the Council and on the notice-board of every primary court in the area of the Council, and notice of the making of the rate may also be given in such manner as is customary in the area of the Council.2Cap. 290
(2)Every such notice shall specify the proposed method of rating the amount of the proposed rate and the time and place at which the rate is to be payable.

4. Penalty

Any person who fails to pay the whole of any rate due from him by the due date shall be liable to pay in addition thereto a penalty equal to half the amount of the rate in respect of which he is in default, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.
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History of this document

31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation

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Act 1
1. Local Government Finances Act 54 citations

Documents citing this one 1

Gazette 1
1. Tanzania Government Gazette dated 1983-07-01 number 26