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  3. -(1) Subject to the provisions contained in this Constitution, the

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Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977

-(1) Subject to the provisions contained in this Constitution, the

Jurisdiction
United Republic of Tanzania
Provision
97
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
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in force

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97.-(1) Subject to the provisions contained in this Constitution, the legislate Parliament shall exercise its legislative power through the process of debating and Act No. 15 of 1984 passing Bills which eventually shall have to be assented to by the President, and a Art.14 Bill shall not become law unless it is so passed by the National Assembly and assented to by the President in accordance with the provisions of this Article. (2) After a Bill is presented to the President for his assent, the President may either assent to the Bill or withhold his assent, and in the event the President withholds his assent to a Bill, he shall return it to the National Assembly together with a statement of his reasons for withholding his assent to the Bill. (3) After a Bill is returned to the National Assembly pursuant to the provisions of this Article, it shall not be presented again to the President for his assent before the expiration of six months since it was so returned, except if at the last stage in the National Assembly before it is again presented to the President, it is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the Members of Parliament. (4) If a Bill is returned to the National Assembly the President, and it is then supported in the National Assembly by not less than two-thirds of all Members of Parliament as provided in subarticle (3) and it is presented a second time to the President for assent within six months of its being so returned, then the President shall be obliged to assent to the Bill within twenty-one days of its being presented to him, otherwise he shall have to dissolve Parliament. (5) The provisions of this Article or Article 64 of this Constitution shall not prevent Parliament from enacting laws making provisions conferring on any person or department of Government the power to make regulations having the force of law or conferring the force of law on any regulations made by any person, or any department of Government.

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