Tanzania
Legal Aid Act, 2017
Legal Aid (Remuneration of Advocates) Rules, 2019
Government Notice 109 of 2019
- Published in Government Gazette on 1 February 2019
- Assented to on 22 January 2019
- Commenced on 1 February 2019
- [This is the version of this document from 1 February 2019.]
Part I – Preliminary provisions
1. Citation
These Rules may be cited as the Legal Aid (Remuneration of Advocates) Rules, 2019.2. Interpretation
In these Rules unless the context otherwise requires—“Act” means the Legal Aid Act;[Act No.1 of 2017]“advocate” has the meaning ascribed to it under the Advocates Act;[Cap. 341]“aided person” means a person who has been granted legal aid under the Act;“Chief Court Administrator” has the meaning ascribed to it under the Judiciary Administration Act and any other person acting in that capacity;[Act No. 4 of 2011]“determining authority” means—(a)in the case of proceedings before the High Court, the presiding judge; or(b)in the case of proceedings before a district court, Juvenile Court or a court of a Resident Magistrate, the presiding magistrate;“indigent person” has the meaning ascribed to it under section 3 of the Act;“legal aid provider” means an institution registered under section 9 of the Act;“legal aid services” has the meaning ascribed to it under section 3 of the Act;“Registrar” means the Registrar of the High Court, and includes a Deputy Registrar or acting Deputy Registrar.Part II – Provision of legal aid
3. Order certifying legal aid
4. List of advocates and legal aid providers
The Registrar and magistrate in charge shall keep and maintain a comprehensive list of advocates and legal aid providers offering legal aid in their respective areas.5. Remuneration of advocate
6. Registrar to prepare summary of remuneration
7. Expenditure incurred by advocate
History of this document
01 February 2019 this version
Commenced
22 January 2019
Assented to
Cited documents 0
Documents citing this one 2
Gazette 1
1. | Tanzania Government Gazette dated 2019-02-01 number 5 |
Journal 1
1. | The Tanzania Lawyer, Vol. 1, 2019, Number 2 |