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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.

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24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004

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Citation	Judgment date
April 1976
Republic vs Yohana s/o Makala @ Majembe Makala and Another (Criminal Sessions Case No. 46 of 1976) [1976] TZHC 166 (3 April 1976) Accused who killed his father found not guilty by reason of insanity and ordered detained in a mental institution. Criminal law – Insanity defence – Whether accused was legally insane when he committed the killing; Psychiatric evidence and eyewitness testimony as basis for finding of insanity; Special finding under section 168(1) Criminal Procedure Code and subsequent disposition to Minister of Justice; Detention of accused as a criminal lunatic.	3 April 1976

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April 1976

Republic vs Yohana s/o Makala @ Majembe Makala and Another (Criminal Sessions Case No. 46 of 1976) [1976] TZHC 166 (3 April 1976)

Accused who killed his father found not guilty by reason of insanity and ordered detained in a mental institution.

Criminal law – Insanity defence – Whether accused was legally insane when he committed the killing; Psychiatric evidence and eyewitness testimony as basis for finding of insanity; Special finding under section 168(1) Criminal Procedure Code and subsequent disposition to Minister of Justice; Detention of accused as a criminal lunatic.

3 April 1976