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.
6 judgments

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Judgment date
December 1992

Evidence - Documentary - Document not registered as required by law - Right in immovable property indisputably established between the parties - Whether the Court may look at this otherwise inadmissible document

4 December 1992

Evidence - Corroboration - Evidence which needs to be corroborated cannot corroborate.

4 December 1992
March 1992

Criminal Practice and Procedure - Jurisdiction - Ruling on preliminary point relating to jurisdiction of trial court - Whether appealable - Whether Court of Appeal has jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. Criminal Practice and Procedure - Appeal - Jurisdiction Section C 6(2) ofthe Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1979 Right to appeal

13 March 1992
January 1992
Appeal struck out for multiple non‑compliances with Court of Appeal Rules, including late filing and failure to serve.
Civil procedure – Appeals – strict compliance with Court of Appeal Rules; service of notice of appeal; time limits for lodging memorandum of appeal; Registrar’s certificate for delay; content of record of appeal (decree); penal consequence: striking out appeal.
1 January 1992
Conviction quashed where stolen property was inadequately identified and accomplice-related testimony lacked independent corroboration.
* Criminal law – identification of stolen property – adequacy of in-court identification and requirement to link unique marks/serial numbers to complainant's property. * Criminal law – accomplice evidence – necessity for independent corroboration; testimony of an accomplice's close relative not automatically independent corroboration. * Appeal – conviction unsafe where identification and corroboration are deficient.
1 January 1992
1 January 1992