The Business Licensing (Prohibition of Business Activities for Non-Citizens) Order, 2025

This section gives the Order’s short title and notes a reference to Cap. 357.

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Order
Citation: The Business Licensing (Prohibition of Business Activities for Non-Citizens) Order, 2025
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Language: en
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agency brokerage business activities business activity restrictions business regulation businesses casino operations cleanliness services foreign nationals gambling machines licence control Business registrationmicro and small industries mobile money transfers mobile phone and electronic device repair non-citizens postal and parcel delivery radio and television real estate salon business small-scale mining tour guiding wholesale and retail trade

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This section gives the Order’s short title and notes a reference to Cap. 357. This section defines “non-citizen” by referring to the Tanzania Citizenship Act, unless the context requires otherwise. Non-citizens must not carry out the listed business activities, and licensing authorities must not issue or renew licences for them to do so. A non-citizen with a valid licence for a Schedule business activity may continue that activity until the licence expires when this Order comes into effect. This section lists the types of business activity covered, including several trade, service, mining, postal, guiding, and broadcasting activities, with some exclusions and limits.

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Provisions of The Business Licensing (Prohibition of Business Activities for Non-Citizens) Order, 2025

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This Order may be cited as the Business Licensing
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AI-assisted research summary: This section gives the Order’s short title and notes a reference to Cap. 357.

1. This Order may be cited as the Business Licensing (Prohibition of Business Activities for Non-Citizens) Order, 2025. Interpretation Cap. 357
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In this Order, unless the context otherwise
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AI-assisted research summary: This section defines “non-citizen” by referring to the Tanzania Citizenship Act, unless the context requires otherwise.

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, “non-citizen” has the meaning ascribed to it under the Tanzania Citizenship Act. Prohibited business activities
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(1) The business activities specified in the
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AI-assisted research summary: Non-citizens must not carry out the listed business activities, and licensing authorities must not issue or renew licences for them to do so.

3.-(1) The business activities specified in the Schedule to this Order shall not be carried out by non- citizens. (2) Upon coming into effect of this Order, licensing authorities shall not issue or renew a licence for a non- citizen to carry out any of the business activities prohibited under this Order. (3) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (2), a person commits an offence if- (a) in case of a non-citizen, such person carries out any of the business activities specified in the Schedule to this Order and upon conviction shall 1 Business Licensing (Prohibition of Business Activities for Non-Citizens GN. NO.487A (Contd.) be liable to a fine of not less than ten million shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and revocation of visa and resident permit; and (b) in case of a Tanzanian citizen, such person assists or aids a non-citizen to carry out any of the business activities prohibited under this Order and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of five million shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months. Transition

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Schedule to this Order and upon conviction shall

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Upon coming into effect of this Order, a non
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AI-assisted research summary: A non-citizen with a valid licence for a Schedule business activity may continue that activity until the licence expires when this Order comes into effect.

4. Upon coming into effect of this Order, a non- citizen who holds a valid licence in respect of any of the business activities specified in the Schedule shall continue carrying out such activity up to such time when the licence expires. _________ SCHEDULE _________ (Made under order 3) BUSINESS ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED FOR NON-CITIZENS S/N

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Section 1
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AI-assisted research summary: This section lists the types of business activity covered, including several trade, service, mining, postal, guiding, and broadcasting activities, with some exclusions and limits.

1. TYPE OF ACTIVITY The business of sale of goods on a wholesale and retail basis, excluding supermarkets, specialised product outlets, and wholesale centers for local producers. Mobile money transfers. Repair of mobile phones and electronic devices. Salon business unless the business is conducted in a hotel or for tourism purposes. Home, office and environmental cleanliness. Small-scale mining. Postal activities and parcel delivery within the country. Tour guiding within the country. Establishment and operation of radio and television.
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Operation of museums or curio shops
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AI-assisted research summary: This section is titled “Operation of museums or curio shops.”

10. Operation of museums or curio shops.
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Brokerage or agency in businesses and real estate
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AI-assisted research summary: This section is titled “Brokerage or agency in businesses and real estate.”

11. Brokerage or agency in businesses and real estate.
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Ownership or operation of gambling machines or devices, except within casino premises
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AI-assisted research summary: This section concerns ownership or operation of gambling machines or devices, except within casino premises.

14. Ownership or operation of gambling machines or devices, except within casino premises.
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Ownership and operation of micro and small industries
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AI-assisted research summary: This section is titled “Ownership and operation of micro and small industries,” but the provided text does not state any rule or requirement.

15. Ownership and operation of micro and small industries. Dodoma, 25th July, 2025 SELEMANI SAIDI JAFO, Minister for Industry and Trade 2

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