Tsetse Fly (Control) Act

Jurisdiction
Tanzania
Citation
Chapter 100
Date
31 July 2002
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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Tanzania

Tsetse Fly (Control) Act

Chapter 100

  • Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
  • Commenced on 24 September 1943
  • [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
  • [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
[Ords. Nos. 5 of 1943; 5 of 1948; R.L. Cap. 100; G.N. No. 478 of 1962]An Act to provide for regulating traffic to and from areas infested with tsetse flies.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Tsetse Fly (Control) Act.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise—"domestic animals" means any ass, bull, cow, dog, fowl, goat, heifer, horse, mule, ox, pig, sheep or other captive animal;"fly area" means any area defined and declared as such in terms of section 3 of this Act;"Minister" means the minister for the time being responsible for agriculture;"vehicle" includes a motor vehicle.

3. Power to define fly areas

The Minister may, buy order published in the Gazette, declare any defined area to be a tsetse fly area for the purposes of this Act.

4. Power to make regulations

(1)The Minister may make regulations for the following purposes, namely:
(a)Prohibiting the movement of persons, domestic animals and vehicles to, from or within a fly area;
(b)restricting such movement to certain defined routes;
(c)restricting such movement to fixed periods of the day or night;
(d)providing that no such movement shall take place unless it is interrupted at certain intermediate points for prescribed periods;
(e)providing for the inspection by duly authorised officials of persons, domestic animals and vehicles upon such movement taking place, for the purpose of detecting the presence of tsetse flies and for the introduction and enforcement of measures for ridding the persons, animals or vehicles of tsetse flies;
(f)providing for the introduction of any other measures necessary to prevent the spreading of tsetse flies.
(2)For the more effective carrying out of any measures prescribed by regulations made under subsection (1) of this section, those regulations may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Highways Act1, provide for the erection by duly authorised officials acting in the execution of their duties under the regulations of barriers across any roads and public highways as defined for the purposes of the Highways Act:1Cap. 167Provided always that nothing in this subsection or in any such regulation shall authorise or be construed as authorising any official to obstruct or prevent the passage of any person, vehicle or animal along a road or public highway for a longer period than is reasonably necessary for carrying into effect in relation to that person, vehicle or animal any measures prescribed by the regulations.

5. Penalties

Any person who contravenes any regulation made under this Act commits an offence, and upon conviction liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred shillings, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month.
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