19890224 TZHC Dar es Salaam2

IN TIIB IIIGII. cotf..T OF Tl,HZ.".Nif.. f,.T D!ill ES Sli.LLli.M CIVIL Ci.SE NO~ 22 OF 1908 1 J .,Qo· Cllil.CIU~ o • • o o o o • o • o o • • o • • • o • • o • • • "• •.," • ,. .. • • • • • • • • • .,PLAINTIFF vorBus • • TlJTZl'JUA COTTON Ni'.JLTOOING BOl.RD • • • .,. • •• • ,• •. • •• • ••••••• DEfflIDIJ:JT 1 " M!i.PIG!'Jrn, J., RULING The clefondwt/judgment-debtor has n,ppliod for stci;y of execution of the decree ponding tho heoring of a.11 nppoal which it intoncls to lodgo with the Court of Appoc1l. Judgoent was lX',sscd c:i.gainst it 011 ~pteL1ber 6, 198~•, .... It was o.n ex-po.rte judgment., • ~ • It is cannon ground that no notice of appeal ha.con lodgod with tho Registrar of tho High Court to-dn.te. Rulo 76 (2) of tho Tanzania Court of· Appeal Rules, 1979, provides that a notice of appeal should bo lodged within fourteen clcys of tl:.o dato of the decision o,.gcinst whic:::. it is desired to appon So on tJ:o £'2.00 of it tine within w::ich to loclgo tho notice J.1c1,s 'oxpirod. I 2.f:,T with t!1e construction put to 0.39 r,5(2) c.P.c. by 1-'.Ir·• 1fairc1, counsel for t!10 rospondont/ clecroo-hold0r, th[-\,t it is essential for tho applicc1,bili ty ~f d.39 r.5, under 1;r!:ich t~1is applico.tion is m,7,do, tl1at tho np1)1ic[.',ticn for stcy l)o made beforo tho expiry of tho proscribocl period of linit"'tion for tho appoo.1, Miss. Mj2,siri, counsel for t~rn 1:()plicant, hc1s clrnwn my attention to tho fact that tho appli.t was absont w:1011 t!.10 o:i~-parte judgment w0,s pronounc.ecl. According to l10r, tho 2,pplicont bocar.10 r.wc;ro of tho oxistonco of tho juclgoont fron oid~NovoLJbor 9 1988, clJld tho..t it intends to apply to the Court of Appeal for extension of timo for lodgine: a notice of 2,ppeal, unclor rule 8 of tJ::.o Cour of Appeal Rules, I h0,vo no reason to doubt tho word of Miss. Mjasiri, but I think tto npplico.nt will possibly hc:,vo sor.10 difficulty to o:;;;pl0,in wby no sulf1 application Lc1s not cone forth since nid-Novonbor 9 1988. I have cc.1,I'ofully w0ighed tho [l,l'gunonts for and ngainst a grant of ~·~;zy- in this matter,. I hnve cone to tho conclusion that a stcy s)Muld bo grq.nto~ pendinc; tl:o clGton.1ination of tho intonclocl n,pplication for extension of t:Loo,: • Tho stoy will b0 condi tiona3. t~ tho furnishing of :ocuri ty in Ctloiuro ts~ ;Io.tf'◄ .,i' t shs.500, 000/= by tho applicant ~:1icl: amount is to cleposi tocl ~1 v . r, so ordered, Delivorocl to tho ad.voca,tos. ~ ... ..# D.P. ~~zr-9a_;_~ O JUDGE