Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977
-(1) The criminal and civil process, including warrants of arrest
- Jurisdiction
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Provision
- 124
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source124.-(1) The criminal and civil process, including warrants of arrest
court orders in issued by the Courts in Mainland Tanzania and in Tanzania Zanzibar may be
the whole of
Tanzania served and may be executed in any place in Tanzania subject to the following
provisions -
Act No.15 (a) where the court issues process to be served or executed in a place
of 1984 w here it has no jurisdiction, such process shall be sent to that place
Art.34
Act No.3 and the service or execution shall be effected in accordance with
of 2000 Arti.17 the procedure obtaining for service or execution of process issued
by the court having jurisdiction in that area; and
(b) where the law applicable in the place where the process is sent
requires that a process issued by a court which has no jurisdiction
be authenticated first by the court having local jurisdiction, then
every process issued by the court elsewhere has to be authenticated
first in accordance with the law before service or execution of such
process.
(2) Where a person is arrested anywhere in Tanzania in accordance with
an arrest warrant issued by a court having no jurisdiction in the area of arrest, then
the person so arrested shall be deemed to be in lawful custody and be brought
before the court which issued the arrest warrant, but the provisions contained in
this subarticle shall apply without prejudice to the provisions of the law applicable
in the place of the arrest.
(3) The provisions contained in this Article shall not prevent the
enactment of a law providing for the procedure of sending process outside
Tanzania issued by the courts in Mainland Tanzania or Tanzania Zanzibar.
THE SPECIAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF
THE UNITED REPUBLIC
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