Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977
-(1) The Special Constitutional Court shall hold its sittings only
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- United Republic of Tanzania
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Official source128.-(1) The Special Constitutional Court shall hold its sittings only
sittings of the when there is a dispute to be heard, and shall sit in any place to be decided upon in
Special
Constitutional accordance with the procedure applicable for the purposes of hearing disputes
Court submitted to the Special Constitutional Court.
Act No.15 (2) The quorum for every sitting of the Special Constitutional Court shall
of 1984 be all its members, and where any member is absent or the seat of any member is
Art.37 vacant, then the Government which had appointed that member who is absent or
Act No.7
of 1994 whose seat is vacant shall appoint another member to replace him. A temporary
Art.8(1)(k) member appointed in accordance with this subarticle shall continue to hold office
in the Special Constitutional Court until the substantive member resumes duty or
until a person is appointed to fill the vacancy or until the dispute is determined,
whichever of these events occurs earlier.
(3) Every matter requiring a decision of the Special Constitutional Court
shall be determined on the basis of the opinion of two-thirds of the members
appointed from Mainland Tanzania and two-thirds of the members appointed from
Tanzania Zanzibar.
(4) Parliament may enact legislation providing for the election of the
Chairman of the Special Constitutional Court, the procedure for the submission of
disputes to the Court, the procedure for the hearing of disputes and the procedure
for the transmission of the decisions of the Court to the Governments:
Provided that where any matter is referred to the Special Constitutional
Court before the enactment of the law referred to in this subarticle, the matter will
be heard and decided in accordance with the procedures to be decided upon by
the Court itself before hearing the matter, or if members of the Court fail to agree
on such procedure, then the matter shall be heard and decided in accordance with
the procedure to be decided upon by the Government of the Untied Republic in
collaboration with the Revolution Government of Zanzibar.
CHAPTER SIX
THE COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
AND THE PUBLIC LEADERS ETHICS SECRETARIAT
THE COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
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