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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Judgment date
September 1980
Reported

Construction - Money - Cheque included - S.5 of Penal Code.

Criminal Practice and Procedure - Defective charge - No particulars of false pretences - accused aware of particulars in the course of trial - No prejudice or injustice suffered - Defect curable - S.316 Criminal Procedure Code.

8 September 1980
Conviction for murder of a child upheld; provocation and insanity defences rejected for lack of evidence.
Criminal law – Murder of child – Extrajudicial confession – Provocation defence rejected – Sexual molestation evidence – Insanity defence unsupported where medical report based on incorrect information – Appeal dismissed.
4 September 1980
Appeal against murder conviction dismissed where eyewitness evidence, fatal wounds, flight and admission established guilt.
Criminal law – murder – credibility of eyewitness testimony; unsworn statement as afterthought; absence of defendant’s injuries inconsistent with claimed struggle; flight and admission as corroborative evidence.
3 September 1980
Appellate court upheld murder convictions, finding the stabbings unprovoked and defences of attack or insanity unsustained.
Criminal law – murder – eyewitness credibility – unprovoked and sudden stabbing – rejection of claimed attack/self-defence – insanity defence unsupported – corroboration by independent witness – conviction upheld on appeal.
2 September 1980
July 1980
Medical and circumstantial evidence established malice aforethought, so the appellant’s self‑defence claim failed and appeal was dismissed.
Criminal law – Murder – Causation and malice aforethought – relevance of wound patterns, number of injuries and defendant’s conduct to reject self‑defence claim.
10 July 1980