19890914 TZCA Dar es Salaam

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL 'OF TANZANIA AT DAR ES SALAAM CRIMlN~.APrJAL wo, i,; a, 1iQI • ~ tr WI I N ' V~iUF MOHAMmD HtLALX. , • • • APPELLANT AND . ,. .... '-·,_.,,;._ '~ THE REPUBLIC. • RESPONDENT (J,ppeal from the conviction ~nd sentence Of the High CoUrt of ·i Tanzania at Songea ··---- .. Rubama, J.) ·. dated the 13tjl day of' July, 1988 in Econ<.:omic Crimes C,:1se -No. 3 of 1987 JUDGMENT OF THE ·CoURT "'' N01HMIJ0 Htli(.ti:t \I.~~ Qh,sttj!J~ 1,dt1tto wot, dqhti, 01si,,, plH0fUI with Sein~} "'i; i( ,• • .,·~ ._,f · in ·.,inlawful possf.ssicn of iovernm~nt trophy, cont.racy to sections.' .,.: \ .· . . ~ ' . . ,· ......__,.·~~; .... •: > ~-! ' 67·(1), (~) (b) ·e.nd 78(1) of the Wildlife Conservation Act, .1974, rea~·::,.,~,i • ,. .• - :I • tog.ather with Pera 16 of the First •Schedule to the Economic and ' ,'( i Org'3nized 'Crime Ccntrol ~t, 1984 •. At the end of l\:he.'day, however;-- ·: ~ \ ----- -· ', ,.i . ! oniyfne present respondent was found Guilty. He was duly convicted.·--~~•; and s3ntenced tc imprisonme~t for fifteen years. In his appeal to . }~ ' this Court he eppeared in person while Mr. Mw~nyikzt', Principal •• .· ,-~··1 .· ,.:. ,', 1 . ., { St<ite Attorney, ~epresentet-the re::rndent Republic~ . · 11 Tha ~e~ring cf this ap~eal wa,~qlfA_~e..brief •. Relying on this ....,.,.'Iii'\ ' • ., I! <~ court'-s decisiCn in OMARI MOHAMED SHOSHI·-V:. R. (cdm~nal .Appeal _/_f ·.' • No. 130 of 198.6) Mr. Mwanyl.ka subm1ttJ'4t,· the Ee. . .:t.r-• COUf~-:\.;1 Ju•IP, :;,~,?:- .... ; I~ ,f ; .• ,, •• , 1 ~ •,......J ·--•_:..~ .,_ 2 had~v-jurisdictic:n tc., try tl:iecase and so h~ asked us ~to 'quash the .• proceedings. The respondent, a layman, had no reply to this.· Mr. Mwanyika correctly stated what the law was at the material . . tima. We fully explained the ~egal· position in a number of a~peals; '' . I am.Jng them ~. SHC.SHI relied ·on by the learned Principal State Attorn~y; and . . . I - D.P .e • Y• BERN/IRD NJi1VIKE (Criminal Appeal No. 32 Of 1987) • . In brief it· is thnt, Being in Unla".'ful Possession of Governinent trophy per se .- W51 ' not . nt tho m"~•rial ~ima •n ,ao~nmlo "''·"~·· W• , . •~1~v 1eu out'o~r· . .. . ' YL.iw1 t:hO~ci.i.n ,tul h would b11 puint1111 ua l'eJ:Jlfltl ,11,111 h111. We only wish t•.) point cut that .the position has since changed as a result of . . the anac:tment cf the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, ·1989t.. Bein~. _found in unlawful possession of trophy is now a sched~led off enc~··· 1.- .' · ,, ~ ' . under the Econc~ic and Organized Crime Act, 1984. For the purposes of I .., this--'appeel we c>re·of-coUrse "dealing with the position:-as-it-.was. then, ... not as it is now. At the particular time in question the Economic Crimes Court hc:d n<.. jurisdiction to ·try the case. Wo accordingly allow thi~ appeal by quashing the proceedings and setting· cside the sentence imposed. ~e order that ·the appellant I ae charged afresh in a court of -..ompet~nt jurisdiction. We note, . ' ' l 0 incidentally, that the ~ppellant is otherwise lawfully incarcerated on f acc:Junt of acme (.,ther matter. ' - • i 0M mc t\t 01in ts s,1til\~H 11hh 10h rhv u1 #nph111~••1 1 UJi, L. M. MAKAME JUSTICE' OF 1.PPEAL R •. H. 'KISANG1 .I . . JUiTICE OF APPEAL A. M. A. OMAR JUSTICE OF APPEAL· 'I 'I. r ,, ,. -----.----,~--~-~~-----... , I ·• ~- ,..~ ---,..-.~-~- : ·. --"' •,·. . <. :;-_.......... • f •~ I. ', •-,{~ .. -1.~;1 ,r -~ ' ~.--..:..___~.. . :. 1 ,:':' -~: . ·•·- .3 .. I certify that this is a true a'?PY of the original-.-· • .. ~· - • t \ 1·· 4 ,. • .......... ~ . . . . .- - . .. .. ·. ···----•~f"., ..~: -'.;.~ ... ~/ ..~~· :.., ~- .., ... , ';:·-r"' ~ ~J ,· .. . j •. ;,. ) ..!' "· r-: ,. (. J. ~ SENIOR DEPUTY REGISTRAR. -•\·f . . .... ~ • . j ... 'I., ,.1' ~' ·•-·, " .,_ I ·' , •·' . , ' ' ·, .. •' •· -~----· .......... _ , ,. ........... _ ·"¥~ .. ··-·---- ,I• • ...1. .. •· •·· l •1 ,• ' \· ., 1.1_1 .J !i •$ I 1.- ,; ,. ·.I f.•. r I · :t·.i ,, ·\ ·. rrt" -•;, . J' ~~ . ~. • " 1. . ,.... ,. l ' ' ',.j t • ' t I ... ,t •• .. •_, r . ---.-- ·---- ..