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
November 2017
Omission of mandatory documents from the record of appeal renders the appeal incompetent and leads to striking it out.
* Civil procedure - Appeal competence - Record of appeal - Mandatory inclusion of pleadings and proceedings under Rule 96(2) and Rule 96(1)(c),(d),(k). * Appellate practice - Failure to include required documents is fatal to an appeal; leave required to exclude documents. * Preliminary objections - Court may raise and decide competence suo motu. * Succession/substitution - objection where appeal is pursued against a deceased person without substitution.
30 November 2017
Omission of mandatory documents from the record of appeal renders the appeal incompetent and is ground for striking it out.
Court of Appeal — Competence of appeal — Record of appeal must include documents required by Rule 96(1) and (2) — Failure to include necessary pleadings and proceedings renders appeal incompetent and liable to be struck out — Court may raise such defects suo motu.
29 November 2017