The Foreign Vehicles Transit Charges Act

This Act may be cited as the Foreign Vehicles Transit Charges Act, and it applies to all public roads in Mainland Tanzania.

Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: The Foreign Vehicles Transit Charges Act
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Language: en
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This Act may be cited as the Foreign Vehicles Transit Charges Act, and it applies to all public roads in Mainland Tanzania. This section defines key terms used in the Act, including Commissioner, entry point, foreign vehicle, Minister, owner, transit charges, transit charges collector, and vehicle. A transit charge is imposed on foreign vehicles used on public roads in Mainland Tanzania, and the driver must pay it when the vehicle passes the entry point. The Minister may exempt people, groups, or foreign vehicles from some or all of this Act or from paying a transit charge, by order published in the Gazette. The Minister may change designated entry points by Gazette order. Vehicles approaching an entry point must stop at the paying point, and the owner or person in charge must pay the transit charge there.

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Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Foreign Vehicles Transit Charges Act, and it applies to all public roads in Mainland Tanzania.

1.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Foreign Vehicles Transit Charges Act. (2) This Act shall apply to all public roads in Mainland Tanzania. Interpretation Act No. 10 of 2015 s .132 Cap. 399
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Interpretation
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This section defines key terms used in the Act, including Commissioner, entry point, foreign vehicle, Minister, owner, transit charges, transit charges collector, and vehicle.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- “Commissioner” means the Commissioner the Tanzania General appointed under Revenue Authority Act; “entry point” means any place, premises or other area appointed or designated as a point or points at or within which transit charges are payable under this Act; 2 Laws Revision (Replacement of Texts of Laws in the R.E. 2002) (CAP. 84) “foreign vehicle” means motor vehicle registered in a country other than Tanzania; “Minister” means the Minister responsible for finance; “owner” in relation to any foreign vehicle includes - (a) the person having the use of the vehicle under a hiring or hire purchase agreement; (b) the person vehicle; in charge of the (c) the driver of the vehicle; and (d) any person who holds himself out as, or is, the agent of the owner in relation to any business connected with the vehicle; “transit charges” means the money payable on the use of a foreign vehicle on a public road; “transit charges collector” means a collector of transit charge under section 6; “vehicle” means any motor vehicle contracted or adapted for use on the road and includes a trailer. PART II IMPOSITION OF TRANSIT CHARGES Impositio n of transit charges Act No. 11 of 2000 s. 19

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Imposition of transit charges
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A transit charge is imposed on foreign vehicles used on public roads in Mainland Tanzania, and the driver must pay it when the vehicle passes the entry point.

3.-(1) There is imposed a transit charge on the use of foreign vehicles on public roads in Mainland Tanzania, payable by every person in respect of the foreign vehicle he drives along a public road. (2) The transit charge payable under this Act shall be paid upon the foreign vehicle in question passing through the entry point along a public road. (3) There shall be levied and paid in 3 Laws Revision (Replacement of Texts of Laws in the R.E. 2002) (CAP. 84) accordance with the rates prescribed in the Schedule to this Act, the transit charges in respect of a vehicle passing through the entry point along a public road for the whole of the distance to be covered by the vehicle while in the country. (4) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend, vary, add to, replace or otherwise alter the content of the Schedule. Exemption

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Exemption
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The Minister may exempt people, groups, or foreign vehicles from some or all of this Act or from paying a transit charge, by order published in the Gazette.

4. The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, exempt any person, body of persons or foreign vehicle from the application in relation to them of any of the provisions of this Act or the payment of any transit charge, and such exemption may be general or restricted to any particular entry point or points and may be on such conditions as the Minister may impose. PART III ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION Designati on of entry point `

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Designation of entry points
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The Minister may change designated entry points by Gazette order. Vehicles approaching an entry point must stop at the paying point, and the owner or person in charge must pay the transit charge there.

5.-(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend, add to, vary, replace or otherwise alter the designation of any place as entry point at which transit charges shall be paid and collected. (2)There shall be established a paying point at or within the entry point or points at which transit charges shall be paid and collected. (3)Every paying point in or at the entry point shall be conspicuously signposted as such in both Kiswahili and English. (4) Every vehicle approaching and proceeding through the entry point shall stop at 4 Laws Revision (Replacement of Texts of Laws in the R.E. 2002) (CAP. 84) the paying point at the entry point, and the owner or person in charge of that vehicle shall pay to the transit charge collector at that point the transit charge due and payable by him. Transit charge collector s Act No. 10 of 2015 s.133 Issue of receipt
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Transit Charge Collectors
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The Commissioner is responsible for collecting transit charges, may appoint transit charge collectors and assistant collectors, and may appoint a manager for each entry point.

6.-(1) The Commissioner shall be responsible and collection of the transit charges payable under this Act. administration the for (2) The Commissioner may appoint transit charge and public officers assistant transit charge collectors. to be (3) The transit charge and assistant transit charge collectors shall collect transit charges at every entry point and perform such other functions and duties as may be specified by the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act. (4) The Commissioner may appoint in respect of every entry point a manager to be responsible for the management, conduct and supervision of the affairs of the entry point.
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Issue of receipt
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People collecting a transit charge must issue a receipt or ticket right away, and entry point managers must keep vehicle registers and submit periodic returns to the Commissioner.

7.-(1) Every person collecting a transit charge under this Act shall forthwith issue a receipt or a ticket in the prescribed form. (2) The manager of each entry point shall keep or cause to be kept and maintained a register of all vehicles paying transit charge at the station, and shall submit or cause to be made out and submitted to the Commissioner such periodic returns of the payment of the transit charges in question in the prescribed form. Power to inspect Acts Nos. 25 of 1997
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Power to inspect
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The Minister may appoint public officers as transit charge inspectors, and those inspectors have the same powers as under section 42 of the Tax Administration Act when carrying out their duties.

8.-(1) There shall be appointed such public officers, designated as transit charge inspectors, as the Minister may, upon the advice of the Commissioner, determine as being necessary for ensuring due compliance 5 Laws Revision (Replacement of Texts of Laws in the R.E. 2002) (CAP. 84) s.16 10 of 2015 s.134 Cap. 438 with the provisions of this Act. (2) In the discharge of duties under this Act, a transit charge inspector shall have and exercise like powers granted by section 42 of the Tax Administration Act. Repealed
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Repealed
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Section 9 is repealed.

9. Repealed by Act No.10 of 2015 Repealed Prohibite d conduct Act No. 10 of 2015 s.136 Cap.438 Regulati ons s.135. s.135.
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(1) A person shall not
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A person must not drive a foreign vehicle through an entry point except by the designated route, and must not refuse to stop such a vehicle when a transit charge inspector requests it.

11. (1) A person shall not- (a) drive a foreign vehicle through an entry point except by the route designated for the passage of that vehicle; or (b) refuse to stop a foreign vehicle at an entry point when requested to do so by a transit charge inspector. (2) A person who commits an act or omission in violation of subsection (1) shall be treated as impeding the administration of this Act for purposes of section 85 of the Tax Administration Act.
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The Minister may, either of his own
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The Minister may make regulations, either on his own or on the Commissioner’s advice, and they must be published in the Gazette.

12. The Minister may, either of his own accord or upon advice by the Commissioner, make regulations, to be published in the Gazette- (a) prescribing matters required or to be this Act permitted by prescribed; and (b) providing in any other way for the better and more effective carrying out of the purposes and provisions of this Act. Repeal Act No. 23 of
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Repeals the Commercial Vehicles
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This section repeals the Commercial Vehicles (Licensing) Act, and the schedule states vehicle charges per 100 kilometres based on axle count.

13. Repeals the Commercial Vehicles (Licensing) Act. 6 Laws Revision (Replacement of Texts of Laws in the R.E. 2002) (CAP. 84) 1970 _______ SCHEDULE _______ (Made under section 3) Act No. 5 of 2011 s.10 1 Category of vehicle Up to but does not exceed 3 axles 2 Exceeding 3 axles Amount payable US$ 6 or its equivalent in convertible currency or Tanzanian shillings for every 100 Kilometres. US$ 16 or its equivalent in convertible currency for every 100 Kilometres. _______________________ 7

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