THE INTOXICATING LIQUORS ACT

An Appeals Committee must be made up of specific members, with a different membership list for regional and district committees.

Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: THE INTOXICATING LIQUORS ACT
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An Appeals Committee must be made up of specific members, with a different membership list for regional and district committees. Appointed members normally serve for the period in their appointment, or three years if no period is stated, and may be reappointed. They may resign in writing. The Regional Development Committee and District Council may fill casual vacancies and replace members. An Appeals Committee must meet when necessary or expedient, and its meetings are normally convened by the Chairman or, if directed by the Chairman, by the Secretary. At Appeals Committee meetings, the Secretary and at least three other members make a quorum. Majority decisions count as the Committee’s decision, each member has one vote, and the chair gets a casting vote if votes are tied. The Secretary must record all business from an Appeals Committee meeting in the committee’s minute book, and the meeting minutes must be read, confirmed or amended and confirmed, and signed by the Chairman on the same or next meeting.

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An Appeals Committee must be made up of specific members, with a different membership list for regional and district committees.

1.–(1) An Appeals Committee shall consist of, in the case of a region- (a) the Regional Commissioner who shall be the Chairman; (b) the Regional Police Commander; (c) the Regional Medical Officer; 359 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE INTOXICATING LIQUORS ACT [CAP. 77 R.E. 2023] (d) the Regional Security Officer; (e) the Regional Accountant, who shall also be the Secretary of the Committee; and (f) two other members appointed to the Committee by the Regional Development Committee hereinafter referred to as “appointed members”. (2) In the case of an Appeals Committee for a district, it shall consist of- (a) the District Commissioner of the district, who shall be the Chairman of the Committee; (b) the Officer-in-Charge of Police in the District; (c) the District Medical Officer; (d) the District Accountant, who shall also be the Secretary of the Committee; and (e) two other members appointed to the Committee by the District Council hereinafter referred to as “appointed members”.
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Interpretation
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Appointed members normally serve for the period in their appointment, or three years if no period is stated, and may be reappointed. They may resign in writing. The Regional Development Committee and District Council may fill casual vacancies and replace members.

2.–(1) An appointed member shall, unless his appointment is sooner revoked by the authority appointing him, or he ceases to be a member in any other way, hold office for such period as may be specified in the instrument of his appointment or, if no period is specified in that instrument, for a period of three years from the date of his appointment and be eligible for reappointment. (2) A Regional Development Committee and District Council may fill any casual vacancy occurring in the membership of appointed members, and may revoke the appointment of that member and appoint a replacement. (3) An appointed member may resign by giving notice in writing to the authority appointing him of his intention to do so and shall, as from the date specified in the notice or, if the date is not specified, from the date when the authority appointing him receives the notice, cease to be a member of the Appeals Committee.
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Establishment of licensing authorities
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An Appeals Committee must meet when necessary or expedient, and its meetings are normally convened by the Chairman or, if directed by the Chairman, by the Secretary.

3.–(1) An Appeals Committee shall meet at such times as may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of its business and all meetings shall be convened by the Chairman or, on the direction of the Chairman, by the Secretary, who shall appoint a suitable time, place and date for the holding of each meeting. (2) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of an Appeals Committee and, in his absence, the members present at the meeting shall elect one of their number to preside at that meeting. Tenure of office of appointed members Meetings of the Committee Quorum and voting at meetings
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General provisions relating to licensing authorities
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At Appeals Committee meetings, the Secretary and at least three other members make a quorum. Majority decisions count as the Committee’s decision, each member has one vote, and the chair gets a casting vote if votes are tied.

4.–(1) At any meeting of an Appeals Committee, the Secretary and not less than three other members of the Appeals Committee shall constitute a quorum. 360 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE INTOXICATING LIQUORS ACT [CAP. 77 R.E. 2023] (2) A decision of the majority of the members present and voting at a meeting of an Appeals Committee shall be deemed to be a decision of the Appeals Committee. (3) Every member of an Appeals Committee shall have one vote and in the event of an equality of votes the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote.
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(1) The details of all business conducted or transacted at a meeting
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The Secretary must record all business from an Appeals Committee meeting in the committee’s minute book, and the meeting minutes must be read, confirmed or amended and confirmed, and signed by the Chairman on the same or next meeting.

5.–(1) The details of all business conducted or transacted at a meeting of an Appeals Committee shall be entered by the Secretary in a minute book kept by the Appeals Committee for that purpose. (2) The minutes of the proceedings of each meeting of an Appeals Committee shall be read and confirmed or amended and confirmed, and be signed by the Chairman of the meeting at the same time or the next meeting of the Appeals Committee and any minutes purporting to be signed shall, in the absence of proof of error, be deemed to be a correct record of the meeting of which they purport to be the minutes.
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Subject to paragraph 4 with regard to a quorum, an Appeals
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The Appeals Committee may act even if there are vacancies in its membership, as long as paragraph 4 on quorum is satisfied.

6. Subject to paragraph 4 with regard to a quorum, an Appeals Committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership and none of its acts or proceedings shall be invalid by reason only of some defect in the appointment of a member or a person who purports to be a member.
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Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Committee may regulate its
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The Committee may regulate its own proceedings, so long as it acts subject to this Act.

7. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Committee may regulate its own proceedings in any manner it thinks fit. Minutes of proceedings Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings Committee may regulate own proceedings 361 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG.

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