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
January 2015
Missing trial and appellate records render the appeal prima facie incompetent; registrars must take concrete steps to trace or reconstruct records.
Criminal procedure – Missing court record – Duty of Deputy Registrar to particularize concrete efforts to trace, restore or reconstruct missing records – Reconstruction may require interviewing appellant and sourcing police and prison files. Competence of appeal – Appeal may be incompetent where Rule 71(4) record (charge sheet, trial and appellate proceedings/judgments) is missing. Fair trial – Allegation of defective charge requires full record to be adjudicated.
1 January 2015
1 January 2015