Court of Appeal of Tanzania

This is the highest level in the justice delivery system in Tanzania. The Court of Appeal draws its mandate from Article 117(1) of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania. The Court hears appeals  on both point of law and facts for cases originating from the High Court of Tanzania and Magistrates with extended jurisdiction in exercise of their original jurisdiction or appellate and revisional jurisdiction over matters originating in the District Land and Housing Tribunals, District Courts and Courts of Resident Magistrate. The Court also hears similar appeals  from quasi judicial bodies of status equivalent to that of the High Court. It  further hears appeals  on point of law against the decision of the High Court in  matters originating from Primary Courts. The Court of Appeal also exercises jurisdiction on appeals originating from the High Court of Zanzibar except for constitutional issues arising from the interpretation of the Constitution of Zanzibar and matters arising from the Kadhi Court.

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26 Kivukoni Road Building P.O. Box 9004, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Citation
Judgment date
January 1984
Agreement for machinery import and supply void for fraud and uncertainty; no contractual duty to supply raw materials.
Company law – apparent authority of agent to bind company; Contract law – void for fraud and uncertainty where no price fixed; Import regulation allegations not determinative of contract validity; Contractual obligation – supply of raw materials voluntary, not contractual; Accounting appropriation – improper reallocation of payment between accounts.
1 January 1984
Reported

Criminal Law - Punishment - Detention ordered under Preventive Detention Act - Whether, punishment within the meaning of Section 21 of the Penal Code.

1 January 1984
Dying declaration held admissible but insufficient alone; conviction requires independent corroboration.
Criminal law – Dying declaration – admissibility where answers given to non-leading questions – Fluctuating capacity to speak – Dying declaration requires corroboration before conviction – Circumstantial evidence (last-seen testimony, scene sketch, blood, distance) as corroboration.
1 January 1984