Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977
-(1) Parliament may enact law for altering any provision of this
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Official source98.-(1) Parliament may enact law for altering any provision of this
altering the Constitution in accordance with the following principles:
Constitution
and certain (a) a Bill for an Act to alter any provisions of this Constitution (other
laws than those relating to paragraph (b) of this subarticle) or any
Act No.15 provisions of any law specified in List One of the Second Schedule
of 1984 to this Constitution shall be supported by the votes of not less than
Art.14 two thirds of all the Members of Parliament; and
(b) a Bill for an Act to alter any provisions of this Constitution or any
provisions of any law relating to any of the matters specified in List
Two of the Second Schedule to this Constitution shall be passed
only if it is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all
Members of Parliament from Mainland Tanzania and not less than
two-thirds of all Members of Parliament from Tanzania Zanzibar.
(2) For the purpose of construing the provisions of subarticle (1),
alteration of provisions of this Constitution or the provisions of a law shall be
understood to include modification or correction of those provisions or repeal and
replacement of those provisions or the re-enactment or modification of the
application of the provisions.
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