Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977
-(1) Any person holding any office established by this Constitution
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- United Republic of Tanzania
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- English
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- in force
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Official source149.-(1) Any person holding any office established by this Constitution
relating to (including the office of Minister, Deputy Minister, or Member of Parliament,
designation
from various except an ex-officio Member of Parliament) may resign by giving notice in
offices writing and signed by him, in accordance with the following procedure:
established by (a) if such person was appointed or nominated by one person, then
this such notice of resignation shall be submitted to the person who
Constitution appointed or nominated him, or where he was appointed, or
Act No.1
of 1980 nominated by a body of persons, then such notice of resignation
Art.16 shall be submitted to that body of persons;
Act No.15 (b) if that person is the holder of the office of President, then the notice
of 1984 of resignation shall be submitted to the Speaker;
Art.52 (c) if that person is the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the National
Act No.4 Assembly, the notice of resignation shall be submitted to the
of 1992
Art.37
National Assembly; and
(d) if that person is a Member of Parliament, then that notice of
resignation shall be submitted to the Speaker.
(2) A person who has given notice of resignation pursuant to the
provisions of subarticle (1) of this Article shall be deemed to have resigned from
the day the notice of resignation is received by the person or body of persons
concerned, or when it is received by any person authorized by a person or body of
persons concerned to receive the notice of resignation, but where the notice of
resignation states that that person will resign some later day after the receipt of
that notice by the person or body of persons concerned, then that person shall be
deemed to have resigned from such later day.
(3) Where any person holding any office established by this Constitution,
(including the office of the Minister, Deputy Minister or Member of Parliament,
except an ex officio Member of Parliament) resigns, then, if he has all the
necessary qualifications and is in every respect eligible, he may be reappointed or
renominated to hold such office in accordance with the provisions of this
Constitution.
(4) Nothing in the provisions of subarticle (3) shall preclude a person
holding the office of President from being re-elected to that office while he holds
the office of President.
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