19880425 TZHC Dar es Salaam

.TEE _,.,,..,,.UlJITJ;D ••--------•-·4,_.,. . . . . . . CF 'l¾iTZAiTIJ:. i:(3PU:2LIG -t..aar... L . . . , . . . ,O . . - ~ • . , • . . , . ~ _ . .. . . . . . . . . _ , _ . , i'--TTSCELLf.:.1-TEOiJS C:i:c.Ii/IW-i.L CJ~U3E HO• 15 OF 1 984 Lec:;_ve to appee..1 out of' ti,:10 s.nd In t:i::;.e r:iatter of Cri::ri.::-2.l 8nGe IIo.62/83 in tl-:i.0 uistrj_ct Court· oi' Ilc:.1a District at Xi vu2rn!:.i versus GEOilGE LillEZI ,-:,,, . ,-,- - 1. I .llJ.1 S vJ.:.21:1:JC:i." app 1c.:n:;2on w2:G • ,.., • :i: i.Lec - " • ;)y t"1:e D . · 1r0c .J.. ·.c- uor 0..1. i?u7;lic :9ro;;:;0cutior:s for m1. orc:er :Jy tl:is oou1."t to (i-;1."'c:nt leave prosccut:Lon ccao in Crinir:2.l Tre,:f:Z'ic Ho. 62 o:C 1983 1.1nd0r section 19C of' Cri1:1inal Irocec~.uro Code. ':i':1.is Coc:.e WG.3 ro:)0atod and rej_:,L::c0c: by l1ct iJo. 9, 1985 ( C.r .A.) T~.-~0 corrosponc.ii;~g section unc:01." t7::c Ji.ct is section 222. Tv.i22,.t I ar;.1 required ~o c.o toclBy is o:.,.ly to consider and. dociclG w:1.et:'.".J.or tho rsc:.sm.c.o s1.:,.::,,·,lit-c0c. i)y tho D.F.P. are suf'ficient1.y reasonable in ti-:e circurJota:ncc:::; to nllow tl:.e D.P.l?. :file his appec::l out o-.f the period pr0sc:rihecl by lm,. Hr. r-1alabc., t;h0 Learxied Stc,te /~ttorney streneously subr.1itt00. tb.at ai'tGJr t:."J.e D.F.P·. had :filoc.:.· notices of' his intention to appeal within 14 days c.s required (c.P.Ao - s.379 (a)), he wao served witi"l co;?ies of t~,.e p:::-ocecdings m1.d jud5::1cnt on 20/7/1984. Juc:c:;1:1e:-.:.t/Or.c:er.. wao c.0li 70r0d on 16/12/1903. Yet, the appeal uaa not :filoci on 20/7/1984 but on 1.3/9/84, a.11:10st 56 days le.tor. The "iJ •?.I'• 'o. ni':fidavi t doeG not 0J:.:p12dn · wi.:y ho :fe.iled to .f'ile t:::o app0nl within th~t :i_)eriod. 1°'.::t:-.• r,mJ.aba ,·ranted to introduce hlatters not asserted in t~1.0 a:i::~iC.avit but tl-:0 001.,~rt upi1.0ld V:Z. • Lold:1.a. 1 o obj ectio:n to l'lnve t::01:1 1.--000:L"c:ed c.nc: acccpt00. by -tihc cou:-ct • T:-:e only way J;_:r. 1'falaba coulc~ 7.J.ave s.;;cceodcd would hav0 to a;:.):)ly f'or leevo to 2.raend tJ.:..c 2f::'ic1c1vi t, but a 6 ain the issu0 11_'.i-.. Lnitl-.:.nt for t!10 r0Gi)011c:ont ct:;..,.o:'2c;ly nt·'.:;ackcd tho ap:?l.i- c2.tim:: c..nc ::n,1bi:1ittod ti:nt i t l:c.r.; no ;:~01.,,.:..t ct ell and thcrcforo i f ~JO c.:ia:::i::;noc.. The Lec.:.:-nec: Co'-:r~ocl co:::2tonc:.cc.~''.;t:22t tho n:t:fic.:G-:1i -l:; io 00.c: i;.1 ·1aw no it c:ooo :-:o·t ate.to clocrly 1.·1hich facto, the bent of 2;;.'lo~rlcc:co, ·(1:-:.:Lc11. cJr0 these :Jenee: on ~";~f'or:~:n:6ion enc: bolio.f of ifric i:.:;,):;licc.nt. I t:(_;'i~ce wijch I-1r. Lc.k:.1c.. t:12.t -t:10 ~.:c'.f·. 's af'f'iC:avit ia 12.ckinc :::;uc:.::. f'c.cts e.ne:. il-if'or,:K,tian n~1c:, in qy view, ti1.0 c.:?:fidc.vit :ts oi t:10r irroe;... lnr ol." inco,,,plct0 enc: t.i::orcforo i t b0coi:1oa c:if':::'icult on e.ny roaoonablo co,.:u.--·i; to ndl:1cre and believe its content::;• Be thnt as i tr:1r.1ay, :1cucve1", Er. L2.ki-:2. went. further to :::ihm·T ti:ln t there ,,m G evic:en.c o :f:.,.o::.:. t:-w 1."'e core. o:f the court c1epicti:;.1c t::::c :fc.:ilureo of t:::c :;.:;:.: .:;.- • to 00::1:;_)ly ,·ri th the □anclatory p:rovisions of: tho Law~ He ::;u1.:::1:1ittcc: t:.-::2.t t:-:c co..:;rt record does not poDscsG t~c Dllc~od notice ~iloci by t~o Th.is, with clue respect, I ::;l-:i.oulc:. intervene :Jecz:-;..1,:::;e t:::e ci5sende of a ·notice the record of tho court a:-:oulC. not i1ecessarily r.1ean tha.t :::;c.10~-i :1.otic0 was not filoc.1 by tI.:0 ::J .::~ .~, • It could have been filec'. but. cc:-,relessly or nocliGo:1.tly ::tls::'.)lacoc:. :Jy t:i.10 court f\~nctione,i:t"o:3. Thi::; point co"Lilc". f1.0::1e,in V81ic: ouly if Mr. Lalci.'J.n brou[;:i.1t ovicloncc to ohow that t::::.o :J.i::.r. never. :filed i t in court. Furt:.1e:::- r.1oro, in the e:)sonco of ffL:cl-:. :.1.oticc of' apponl the cour-t coulc: not on its own volution, or 01..~t of 1.)lt.10, have stnrtod to proccos the procecdincs for appc8l unlco:::; oo requested. On this pro;-.tls o t:1.cro:forc I will not pursue t:,.is point o-Z l'.ir. Le.kb.a• "' or oJ..' anp 1 o, ..:.".:.C sa1.c, :i. . " vno copy o:.:,., t'.20 no 1,J._cc in t·110 J..• J.. • • :file :::;houcG t:22t i t wc.s fil0c. on 22/12/Gl~, but t:1.is i::.'lforr.1ation 'dDG not a:1own or reflected in h:i.s a:f::ic:27i t. T:1._ af'f'ic:avi t ai□ply referred to the notice as ~nvinc been fil~d within 1 L~ c:.aya cif'tcr tho orc:or/ judce1:icnt ~ Hou boc2,uso ti.10 ,record vi·t c1.co::; :,.ot s~:::y,,1 ,v11.cn t:1.c notice was :Z'ilcr..: t i t n01:r bocoDGG a cuenl'.l ,·rode enc t:1.is, in 1:1y~viow, io :.1.ot t0nc.blo in Law. The notice in t~:.c :J.J?.:;:-·:•'s f'ile ::fr10,-.ri:c.c:; t::::8.t i f ·w2.s f'ilod on 22/1 2/03 but not sup:;orted by 8:ff'ic:.avi t caru:2ot ~Jo reli0cl upon in t~·ic 2.:J.sence o:f any other arc,-u.r:,ont. C.lo nre now lc:ft with c.:m.:bt o.o when the notice m::.::; filed i:.:1 co~rt • Purauinc 1 Er. Lnr,j:2n o 2.rGU::1011.t tb.2.t as tho 2.:f£'ic:2.v:tt conornlly stated the. t tbo ::.1.oticc was filed within 14 (lny::;, in t!'lc abs once of any ot:::..e:.." c.:a :;c s~Jecificd, oncr.1ay ~Jo 'toi:i:i_Jtoc: to oeliovc, such as I Go bolicvo, thet the not±cc w2.s file~ wit~in fourteen days, - 3 ... Pri:-ici:;_:::-e1.l i?.ocico:~t Ec.:;-ict:r;;:'.;o :fo::;.--r:r2,rC:o•:: -'..,::.::.o ~:::,""~oc:io:li;:1c;'G 1YJ lettG1~ witi.1 rc2:'or0:.~co llo.RE/CRIM/1/11/33 c:c:-toc~: 9/6/1984. :l:i.1at hap:c>onccl tr.:.01~cin :.::ct':-roon 9/6/1904 a:1.d 20/7 /07 ·:/::..on t:'.:.o ::.:::-roc0oc.inc;s nro oc1c But in i:,y v:t.0u, nvorrcC::. concoCc~ to hia objection • I~ t~o -~.~.P. fniloC to disclose that . it::at o·;ron 2.:ftor 1 J/S/Ol~ u:) ·co 1 J/L~/G'J ,11::on ti::.ia c~_-:2.,:1,:>0r r J~~i"':i.. 11..t; t:.~o l_Jori oc1 of' J yee~:t"'D co~rt hca not boon ... -., J .J:'. ......., . --. • .,._~ t1379 ' (n} Ghall hove civen notice of ~io intention to np:)onl to tl10 suborc':il-12. to court within thirty days cf' t~::.o ncc_:<-":i·ctnl, finding, sentence \.I b ) i.)ha C 11. i.1c:vo 1 occ;oc , - .r::;_.::; - • ~)o·ci ' • ;i...,::.on • of nppon 1 • t•11.111. Wl. • :forty-:i:ivo c~o.713 :fror:i t;:::o clr.1 to of such acquittal t findin&, sentence or order, snvo tnct (i) in coi:1p1..1til.1.3 tho caid :;,::,criocl of :forty five dc:-..yo tho tiGo roquisi tt) f'or obtaininc a copy o:f t::.c j:x:c:·:cnt or order appealed aeainst s:12.ll i)o o.xcluc:oc:; 2.nd (ii) the Hich C01.1rt ,·.1r:7 :fo:.~ good ccuso o.cli'.1it en ap~oal notwithota~Cinc th~t tho periods of li~itatio~ ~rcocribo~ i~ this section have 'r.:'lo nbove q1,;ct0c: provision is very cloo.r 2.,.-lC., requires no 0labor2, tion. '-. GOC~ion ( 11 .. ) ox. . t·~o " 2.00VO cooc: cnu.so to 1·n:rrant tho court to 2.(:.;:1i t tl:o 2::.:·:_)02.l • If no 5ooc1 ca~oc civon t~o court hn □ to abide to t~o o~joct~vo of ·the Legislature u:;,:.cn i t c";.0cic1cu to enact this L.::-.-w. 'i:'o c.:cc·iC:0 ot~:eruioo, in 1:1y view, i t ia to c..ttor.1:pt to lecislr.:.tc n:1.c: tl2&t io :1.0t tl-:o Hork of' the courts• Hoccmtly I dcnl t ,·ri t:1 c:: sii:1ilcr c~:c::,bor 2.:;_):;,~,lic2. tion in tho c2-se of :J •:;;-:.I'• vs• AB'DALLJ.,. OEARI ( 1986) - u:::.;.~~G::,JortoC:, in which tho :).? .P • c.okod loc7e to c,ppoc::l out o:f tir:.,o • 11::.,0:'l~; t::.o i:;rou:icla ho sb.owcc:. i 1, hio ni'?i::.:cvit u20 t~:.ct ti10 D.P.P. iff.D not co,:.11:.ru:nic.:1t0d ,rrith tho rcaul t o:f t:i.:o case in tl10 lowo:c co:..::i.. t 1 r:t2'to:.~ Govorctl ,:10nths. He ~' c2,r.10 to ::.:::11.ow it tf:roueh tho victi:-.1. I co::trec: DY c.locision on tho f'2ct th2t tho office of tho~.~.~~ boinc o~ton □ ivoly loaded with control~ □ upcrvisc, 1Jrosocl.::tc, otcotr2,, n t tir:1es i t r.12..y ~xi donicc.1 of i to ri-sht to 10.10~·! w;.2on ri pcrti01..1l2,r cnso is c}iapoaod of' i11. m1.7 C.is.,crict court in t;.10 co1.:Lt:cy. i)io~.:011.ecty or nocligcnco on tho :x:i.rt o:f tho :.i?ublic :2rosoc1..:toro :::'o:;,.~ :::1.ot tc:dnc; e correcti vc 1:1oa.ouro •;-1~10n i t is bolicv·oc: by t:c.01:1 t:~ct c.. cc:.ao haa boon erroneously 2,ci.ju(:ic2t0c~, cooplc(: witi1 very poor co::~·:.:unicction nyctcr.1 to lic:::oo witl: t tl1.o D.P,i?. nt the ricl"!t ti1:10~ c.rG c2usoo, u:.1ici.: in 1:1y view, I consiccrod in A3DALLA 1 s case (su~ra) cc rocaonnblo. Accorcincly I allowed tho C.P?licetion Tor lo2vc to t~o D.~.P. to file appeal out o:;:' t~_::.;0. But ti'lc circurastc,nc90 in -:;~.:.c ~)resent np::,:;lic2, tion c:o no·b .::mtc::::. ,·rith thc,ac in k3DALLA 1o cc.no. Eoro· tho :).P.P. wen vc:.~y r;,uc:c. cwuro of tlrn position of' t:,.c cano :Ln t;;:;,o District Court, .. ,.,.... - 5 I.. npplioC for the ?roccedinca of tbo. c2so. •~fuon t~o procoodincs wore given to i.:.i6, :no c.ction was tn1·:0n :for 2, :;_:;,oriocl o-J: 56 de.ya• This beh2..vio~- by t~'lc D.P,P. to sit on t:i.10 proccoc~.ine;a_-Hithout filing a r..01:10:;."c:nc:uc of 2ppoal cnn r:,:.onn t,-ro thineai (1) jlithor t:.1.0 D.?.P. ,·i2.s not ooriou~ i_n _pursuing t~:.10 2,p::,02.l-, or (2) tl.:.c:t tl:.e: Di.P,?. wos croaz noe;l:i.c,sont in ozocutii1C tl:o am,10. E.::\ri:1.g ::;2,.ic". t~iis,: I rn:1 satiofioc: ' t!:1at tho :J.P,1?. has fc--.i1Gc1 to ::;~·2.0,1 c;oocl c2t.1ao 2.s v~hy ho overdolayccl to fil0 tb.o 6ppoc:l within fi1:i0 roqui:r."or~: by tho Lnw m,.cl for thi t Iii so 1-. • C • l'-1?..)El"Il;. ~ l?RH @.f.t.. ~s.f.L!l._,_ 25/4/1988 Er. Ln:~:22.. f'or tlw Respondent -. proso:r.d;. A • 0 • IvITIBNli. - PRJ-1 ( ~t-•. _Jur.§Sl~_.... 25/4/1988