Tanzania Act or statute

Parliament of Tanzania

The Tanzania Engineering and Manufacturing Design Organisation Act

The Board of Directors must include a Chairman, the Director General, and 8 to 16 other members, and it may appoint any Organisation employee as Secretary to the Board. The members must elect one…

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Structure: 13 provisions
Citation: The Tanzania Engineering and Manufacturing Design Organisation Act
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“The Board of Directors must include a Chairman, the Director General, and 8 to 16 other members, and it may appoint any Organisation employee as Secretary to the Board.”

The Board of Directors must include a Chairman, the Director General, and 8 to 16 other members, and it may appoint any Organisation employee as Secretary to the Board. The members must elect one of their number as Vice-Chairman of the Board. The Minister must ensure that Board appointees have the experience or qualifications the Minister thinks are needed to contribute to the Board’s work. Board members serve for the period set by the appointing authority, or three years if no period is specified, and some members may resign in writing. If a board member stops being a member before the term ends, the appointing authority may appoint someone else, and that person serves for the rest of the original term.

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The Board of Directors must include a Chairman, the Director General, and 8 to 16 other members, and it may appoint any Organisation employee as Secretary to the Board.

Section 1

Functions of Organisation

Board members serve for the period set by the appointing authority, or three years if no period is specified, and some members may resign in writing.

Section 4

Promotion of products and process of design

A Board meeting has a quorum when half of the members in office are present.

Section 7

Custody and disclosure of information furnished to Organisation

Board acts and proceedings are not invalidated by member vacancies or appointment defects.

Section 10

Power of Minister to make regulations

The Board may regulate its own proceedings, subject to this Schedule.

Section 13

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Provision 10Short titleInterpretationAmendment

§ 1Short titleShort title

The Board of Directors must include a Chairman, the Director General, and 8 to 16 other members, and it may appoint any Organisation employee as Secretary to the Board.

1.–(1) The Board of Directors shall consist of- (a) Chairman, who shall be appointed by the President; (b) the Director General; and (c) not less than eight nor more than sixteen other members, who shall be appointed by the Minister. (2) The Board may appoint any employee of the Organisation to be a Secretary to the Board.

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§ 2InterpretationInterpretation

The members must elect one of their number as Vice-Chairman of the Board.

2. The members shall elect one of their number to be the Vice-Chairman of the Board, and any member elected as Vice-Chairman shall, subject to his continuing to be a member, hold office for a term of one year from the date of his election, and shall be eligible for re-election. Duty of Minister to appoint persons

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§ 3Establishment of OrganisationProvision

The Minister must ensure that Board appointees have the experience or qualifications the Minister thinks are needed to contribute to the Board’s work.

3. In making appointments of members of the Board, the Minister shall ensure that, every person appointed by him is a person who, in his opinion, has the necessary experience or qualification to enable that person to make a useful contribution to deliberations of the Board and to assist the Board in the performance of its functions. Tenure of appointment Casual vacancies

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§ 4Functions of OrganisationProvision

Board members serve for the period set by the appointing authority, or three years if no period is specified, and some members may resign in writing.

4.–(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), a member of the Board shall, unless his appointment is sooner terminated by the appointing authority, or he otherwise ceases to be a member, hold office for such period as the appointing authority may specify in his appointment, or where no period is so specified, shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of his appointment, and shall be eligible for re-appointment. (2) In the case of a member who is a member by virtue of his holding some other office, he shall cease to be a member upon his ceasing to hold that office. (3) A member, other than a member referred to in subparagraph (2), may at any time, resign by giving notice in writing to the President or, as the case may be, to the Minister, and from the date specified in the notice or if no date is so specified, from the date of the receipt of the notice by the President or the Minister, he shall cease to be a member.

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§ 5Composition and proceedings of BoardProvision

If a board member stops being a member before the term ends, the appointing authority may appoint someone else, and that person serves for the rest of the original term.

5. Where a member ceases to be a member for any reason before the expiration of his term of office, the appointing authority may appoint another person in his place and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remaining term of office of his predecessor. 652 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE TANZANIA ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DESIGN ORGANISATION ACT [CAP. 176 R.E. 2023] Meetings of Board Quorum Decisions of Board Minutes of meetings

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§ 6Minister may give directions to BoardProvision

The Board must meet at least once every three months, with the Chairman or Vice-Chairman presiding and able to call a special meeting on written request from a majority of members in office.

6.–(1) The Board shall ordinarily meet for the transaction of its business at the times and at the places determined by it, but shall meet at least once in every, three months. (2) The Chairman, or in his absence the Vice-Chairman, shall preside at every meeting of the Board, and shall call a special meeting upon a written request by a majority of the members in office. (3) In the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman, the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside over the meeting. (4) The Chairman, or in his absence the Vice-Chairman, may invite any person who is not a member to participate in the deliberations at any meeting of the Board, but any person so invited shall not be entitled to vote.

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§ 7Promotion of products and process of designProvision

A Board meeting has a quorum when half of the members in office are present.

7. The quorum at any meeting of the Board shall be half of the members in office.

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§ 8Information on engineering design and manufacturing to be furnished toProvision

Board questions are decided by a majority of votes, and if votes are equal the chair gets a casting vote.

8.–(1) Questions proposed at a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting and in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding shall have a second or casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote. (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), a decision may be made by the Board without a meeting by circulation of the relevant papers among the members, and the expression of the views of the majority of the members.

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§ 9Organisation may call for informationAmendment

The Board must keep minutes of its meetings, have them confirmed at the next meeting, and have them signed by the person presiding.

9.–(1) The Board shall cause to be recorded and kept minutes of all business conducted or transacted at its meetings, and the minutes of each meeting of the Board shall be read and confirmed, or amended and confirmed, at the next meeting of the Board and signed by the person presiding at the meeting. (2) Any minutes purporting to be signed by the person presiding at a meeting of the Board shall, in the absence of proof of error, be deemed to be a correct record of the meeting whose minutes they purport to be. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings

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§ 10Custody and disclosure of information furnished to OrganisationProvision

Board acts and proceedings are not invalidated by member vacancies or appointment defects.

10. The validity of any act or proceeding of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of any of them. Orders, directions, etc.

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§ 11Provisions relating to inventionsProvision

Orders, directions, notices, and documents made or issued for the Board must be signed by the Chairman, the Director General, or another officer authorised in writing by the Director General.

11. All orders, directions, notices or documents made or issued on behalf of the Board shall be signed by- (a) the Chairman of the Board; or (b) the Director General or any other officer of the Organisation authorised in writing in that behalf by the Director General. 653 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE TANZANIA ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DESIGN ORGANISATION ACT [CAP. 176 R.E. 2023] Seal of Organisation Board may regulate its proceedings

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§ 12Co-ordination of projects to be carried out outside TanzaniaProvision

The Organisation must not affix its seal to an instrument unless the specified officers and at least one Board member are present.

12. The seal of the Organisation shall not be affixed to any instrument except in the presence of the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman or the Director General or some other officer of the Organisation and at least one member of the Board.

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§ 13Power of Minister to make regulationsProvision

The Board may regulate its own proceedings, subject to this Schedule.

13. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Board may regulate its own proceedings. 654 ©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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