High Court of Tanzania

This is the second level in the Judiciary justice delivery hierarchy. It has both appellate and original powers on civil and criminal matters. It also hears appeals from the Courts of Resident Magistrate, the District Courts, and the District Land and Housing Tribunals in exercise of their original, appellate and/or revisional jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into Zones and specialized Divisions. 

Physical address
24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004
3 judgments

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Judgment date
November 1983
An auditor's admission of responsibility and corroborative audit evidence can sustain a theft conviction despite missing bank documents.
Criminal law – Theft by public servant – proof of ingredients of statutory offence; Evidence – non-production of primary documents (bank statements, paying-in slips) and whether adverse inference under section 122 Evidence Act should be drawn; Evidentiary value of audit reports and witness testimony prepared from information supplied by accused; Admission of responsibility by accused and its weight in establishing guilt.
21 November 1983

Criminal Practice and Procedure - Bail - Surety failing to produce accused in Court - What court to do.

21 November 1983

Administrative Law - Deportation - Whether the President has the power to deport a person from Tanzania Mainland to Zanzibar. Statutory Interpretation - Territory - the President to deport a person from any part of the Territory to any other part of the Territory - Meaning of Territory - Section 3, Interpretation and General Clauses Act, 1972.

12 November 1983