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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal because the prosecution failed to prove the goods sold were price-controlled under the Regulation of Prices Act.
The High Court of Tanzania allowed a prosecution appeal, set aside the first respondent’s acquittal, convicted him on all counts, and upheld the sentence against the second respondent.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal over alleged price-control offences, holding the conviction unsafe because key proof on weight and pricing authority was missing.
The High Court upheld convictions for selling meat above the fixed price and confirmed employer vicarious liability, but reduced one sentence to fit statutory limits.
Criminal appeal over Prices Act offences. The court upheld the conviction, but set aside an omnibus fine and imposed separate fines for each count.
Criminal appeal over unlicensed kerosene sale and price-control offences. The High Court quashed both convictions, finding the evidence unsafe and uncorroborated.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashed convictions for unlicensed trading and selling above a controlled price, and set aside the sentences.
On appeal from convictions under Tanzania’s price control law, the High Court quashed the count for failing to display maximum prices, upheld overcharging, and reduced imprisonment to a fine.
On appeal from a guilty plea conviction for selling goods above maximum prices, the High Court dismissed the conviction appeal but reduced the sentence as excessive.
The Assistant Price Commissioner was competent to fix the maximum price for rice, and the judicially noticeable measure of 'kibaba' justified the conviction. However, the sentence was excessive given the small amount involved, the appellant's guilty plea, and probable ignorance of the recent price notice.
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