20151001 TZCA Tabora

20151001 TZCA Tabora

The application was filed after the new Court of Appeal Rules, 2009 came into force, but cited the old, revoked rules. Failure to cite the correct enabling provision rendered the application incompetent.

Citation
20151001 TZCA Tabora
Parties
Applicant: Juma s/o Kahulule; Respondent: The Republic
Court
TZCA
Jurisdiction
Tanzania
Judgment Date
1 October 2015
Procedural Posture
Criminal Application / Ruling on Preliminary Objection
Outcome
application struck out as incompetent
Legal Topics
Application for Review, Citation of Enabling Provisions, Preliminary Objection, Court Rules
Source Language
English

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Parties

Juma s/o Kahulule

Applicant

The Republic

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal Application / Ruling on Preliminary Objection

  1. 1 Whether the application is competent for citing revoked/non-existing law instead of the applicable Court of Appeal Rules, 2009

Ratio Decidendi

The application was filed after the new Court of Appeal Rules, 2009 came into force, but cited the old, revoked rules. Failure to cite the correct enabling provision rendered the application incompetent.

Court Disposition

application struck out as incompetent

Orders

  • application struck out