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The Courts of the United Republic of Tanzania are established by the Constitution and municipal laws of Zanzibar and Tanzania Mainland. In Tanzania Mainland, the High Court of Tanzania has three divisions, namely the Commercial Division (the Commercial Court), [1] the Land Division (the Land Court) and the Labour Division (the Labour Court).
The High Courts was established under article 108(1) of the 1977 Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania. [1] The court has unlimited jurisdiction to handle all types of cases. All appeals from the subordinate courts go to the High Court. The High courts are headed by a Principal Judge. The Principal Judge and other Judges of the High ...
After the First World War, the former German-governed colony Tanganyika was put under British authority in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. [2] A year later, a High Court was established by an Order in Council and the post of the chief justice was formed. [3]
There are believed to have been new sentences handed down in Tanzania in 2021, though the number is unknown. There were believed to have been at least 480 people on death row in Tanzania at the end of 2021. [3] On 19 July 2019, the High Court of Tanzania ruled that "there is not enough evidence to challenge the death penalty." [4]
An Order of Council created Her Britannic Majesty's Court for Zanzibar with a presiding judge in 1897 [3] and another Order established the High Court in 1925. [4] The protectorate gained its independence in December 1963 as a constitutional monarchy and after a revolution a month later was transformed into the Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba. [5]
Professor Eliezer Mbuki Feleshi is the current Attorney General of Tanzania and is the 10th Attorney General of Tanzania since the country's independence in 1961. [1] [2] He was appointed as the new Attorney General following the Suluhu Cabinet reshuffle in September 2021. Before being the Attorney General, Dr Feleshi was the principal judge of ...
High Court of Tanzania; J. ... Tanzania Media Service Act, 2016; Tanzanian nationality law This page was last edited on 23 May 2024, at 16:23 (UTC). Text ...
He was appointed a High Court judge by President Jakaya Kikwete in 2008 before he was promoted to serve in the Court of Appeal in 2012. He also served as the chairman of Law Reform Commission of Tanzania (LRCT). [1] He was appointed by President John Magufuli in 10 September 2017. Prior to his appointment as a Chief Justice, he served as Acting ...