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  3. -(1) The criminal and civil process, including warrants of arrest

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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

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124.-(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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Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977 · oagmis.oag.go.tz · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

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