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The affidavit was verified in Dar es Salaam and attested in Shinyanga on the same date, indicating attestation was not done in the presence of the deponent, rendering the affidavit incurably defective under section 8 of the Notaries Public and Commissioner for Oaths Act. The application is incompetent and must be struck out.
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The application is struck out because the applicant's affidavit was defective due to different dates on the verification and attestation clauses, indicating the applicant did not personally attest before the Commissioner for Oaths, thus rendering the application incompetent.
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The High Court struck out an inmate’s criminal application after finding his supporting affidavit defective because the verification and attestation dates differed.
The High Court struck out an application for leave to appeal after finding the supporting affidavit fatally defective because its attestation clause did not clearly identify the deponent.
Second appeal over a disputed paddy-supply contract succeeded after the High Court found no proof of consideration and irregular execution of the agreement.
The High Court Labour Division struck out a revision after finding the supporting affidavit was defectively attested by an interested commissioner for oaths.
Failure to indicate in the jurat of attestation whether the Commissioner for Oaths knows the deponent or the deponent was identified to him is a substantive defect that renders the affidavit incurably defective and the application incompetent.
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The Court of Appeal struck out an extension-of-time application because the supporting affidavit was fatally defective in its attestation under the Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act.
Both the affidavit and counter affidavit are incurably defective for lack of proper attestation, rendering the application void and necessitating its striking out.
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Both the supporting affidavit and counter affidavit are incurably defective for failing to comply with attestation requirements, rendering the application ineffective and warranting its striking out.
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