Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977
-(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Article, the United Republic
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Official source75.-(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Article, the United Republic
Act No.4 shall be demarcated into constituencies of such number and in such manner as
of 1992
Art.24 shall be determined by the Electoral Commission after obtaining the consent of
the President.
(2) Subject to any relevant law, the Electoral Commission shall have the
power to demarcate the boundaries of constituencies after obtaining the consent of
the President.
(3) In demarcating the boundaries of constituencies, the Electoral
Commission shall take due account of the availability of members of
communication and also the geographical conditions of the area intended for
demarcation into constituencies.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and any law concerning
the demarcation of the country into constituencies, the Electoral Commission may,
from time to time and at least after every ten years, review the demarcation of the
United Republic into constituencies and may alter the constituencies as a result of
that review or as a result of a census conducted in the United Republic.
(5) If after a review of the demarcation of the United Republic into
constituencies alterations are made in the constituencies, or the number of the
Members of Parliament representing constituencies or in the number of
constituencies or the number of Members of Parliament, then the resultant
alteration in the number of Members of Parliament representing those
constituencies shall take effect when Parliament is dissolved again following the
occurrence of the alteration in the number of constituencies or in the number of
Members of Parliament representing constituencies.
(6) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article, no court shall
have power to inquire into anything done by the Electoral Commission in its
discharge of the function of demarcating the United Republic into constituencies.
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