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The High Court at Tanga overruled a preliminary objection and granted extension of time to refile a revision against a CMA award, finding good cause and a curable citation defect.
The High Court granted extension of time to file a written statement of defence, finding the delay was only eight days and that a pleaded illegality was apparent.
The High Court refused to extend time for a forfeiture application under the Proceeds of Crime Act, finding the applicant had not shown good cause for the long delay.
The High Court granted a prisoner 30 days to file an out-of-time criminal appeal, finding his delay was reasonably explained by prison circumstances and delay in obtaining the judgment.
The applicant failed to demonstrate good cause for the delay, as the alleged confusion between judgments did not amount to illegality apparent on the face of the record, and the delay was not properly accounted for. Therefore, the application for extension of time was dismissed for want of merit.
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The Court of Appeal of Tanzania granted extension of time to appeal, holding the delay was technical because the applicant had been pursuing earlier appeals in good faith.
The applicant failed to account for each day of delay, and the death of his former advocate was not relevant as he was represented by another advocate. However, the applicant raised issues of illegality in the trial court's decision, specifically failure to consider defence evidence and functus officio, which constitute exceptional circumstances justifying extension of time.
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Applicant failed to account for the delay and did not demonstrate good cause; financial constraints and imprisonment are not valid reasons for extension of time.
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Applicant failed to account for every day of delay and did not demonstrate good cause beyond the seven days of sickness; new grounds raised in submissions were not pleaded and cannot be considered; application lacks merit and is dismissed.
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The Court of Appeal granted an application for extension of time to file a stay-of-execution application, finding the delay technical and good cause shown.
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