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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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February 1971
Juma Athumani vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 8 of 1970) [1971] TZHC 250 (3 February 1971)
Disqualification for driving an uninsured vehicle rescinded where accused was an employee driving an employer’s uninsured vehicle and court failed adequately to record a show‑cause inquiry.
* Motor vehicle insurance – Disqualification from holding/obtaining driving licence – statutory maximum and ‘‘special reasons’’ to exceed or avoid disqualification. * Procedural duty – Court must ask accused to show cause why disqualification should not be ordered and must record the inquiry. * Employment – Employee driving employer’s uninsured vehicle may amount to special circumstances making disqualification inappropriate. * Personal hardship – not a sufficient ground alone to overturn disqualification.
 3 February 1971
January 1971
Kiroboto s/o Akida vs Republic (Criminal Apppea No. 14 of 1970) [1971] TZHC 245 (22 January 1971)
Appellant's conviction quashed where trial misdirected on provocation and who struck first, causing an unsafe verdict.
* Criminal law – Assault causing actual bodily harm – credibility and proof – coming off worse in a fight does not prove the other party struck first. * Criminal law – Provocation – discovery of concubine/adultery may amount to provocation relevant to self‑defence or mitigation. * Criminal procedure – Misdirection by trial court – requiring proof of formal betrothal was irrelevant where concubinage admitted. * Evidence – No general rule requiring corroboration in assault prosecutions; outcome may nevertheless fail where key findings are unsafe.
 22 January 1971