The Parole Boards Act

The board members must elect one of their own as Vice Chairman, and that person serves for one year if still a member and may be re-elected.

Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: The Parole Boards Act
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Language: en
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The board members must elect one of their own as Vice Chairman, and that person serves for one year if still a member and may be re-elected. Certain appointed members hold office for three years unless their appointment ends earlier; they may also resign by written notice to the Minister. The Parole Board must meet at least once every three months. The Chairman or Vice Chairman can call special meetings, and one of them must preside unless both are absent, in which case the members present elect a presiding member. A Parole Board meeting has quorum only if one third of the members are present, including specified members depending on whether it is the National or Regional Parole Board. Parole Board questions are decided by a majority of members present and voting; if votes are equal, the presiding person gets a casting vote.

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The board members must elect one of their own as Vice Chairman, and that person serves for one year if still a member and may be re-elected.

1. The members of the National Parole Board or the Regional Parole Board, as the case may be, shall elect one of their member to be the Vice Chairman of the Parole Board and a member elected as Vice Chairman of the Parole Board shall, subject to his continuing to be a member, hold office for a term of one year from the date of his election, but shall be eligible for re-election. Tenure of office
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Interpretation
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Certain appointed members hold office for three years unless their appointment ends earlier; they may also resign by written notice to the Minister.

2. A member appointed under paragraphs (a) or (f) of subsection (2) of section 3- (a) shall, unless his appointment is sooner terminated by the President or Minister, as the case may be, or he ceases in any other way to be a member, hold office for a period of three years but shall be eligible for re-election; and 448 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE PAROLE BOARDS ACT [CAP. 400 R.E. 2023] Meetings of Parole Boards (b) may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing addressed 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 Minister, he shall cease to be a member.
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Establishment of Parole Boards
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The Parole Board must meet at least once every three months. The Chairman or Vice Chairman can call special meetings, and one of them must preside unless both are absent, in which case the members present elect a presiding member.

3.–(1) The Parole Board shall ordinarily meet at times and places as it deems necessary for the transaction of its business, but shall meet at least once in every three months. (2) The Chairman, or in his absence, the Vice Chairman, may at any time call a special meeting of the Parole Board, and shall call a special meeting upon a written request by a majority of the members. (3) The Chairman, or in his absence, the Vice Chairman shall preside at every meeting of the Parole Board. (4) In the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice Chairman, members present shall elect a member from amongst themselves to preside over the meeting. Quorum
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Eligibility and conditions for parole
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A Parole Board meeting has quorum only if one third of the members are present, including specified members depending on whether it is the National or Regional Parole Board.

4. The quorum at any meeting of the Parole Board shall be one third of the members amongst whom two shall be- (a) in the case of the National Parole Board- (i) the Director of Public Prosecutions or his representative; and (ii) either of the two members appointed by the Minister under paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section 3; and (b) in the case of the Regional Parole Board, the State Attorney- in-charge of the zone in which that region is situated and two from amongst the four members appointed by the Minister under paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section 3.
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Consequences for failure to comply with conditions for parole
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Parole Board questions are decided by a majority of members present and voting; if votes are equal, the presiding person gets a casting vote.

5.–(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), questions proposed at a meeting of the Parole Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of members present and voting, and in the event of an equality of votes then the person presiding shall have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote. (2) A decision may be made by the Parole Board without a meeting by circulation of the relevant papers among the members and the expression of the views of the members in writing, but any member may require that the decision be deffered and the subject matter be considered at a meeting of the Parole Board.
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Procedure for parole and functions of Parole Boards
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The Parole Board must keep records of its meetings, and the minutes must be read, confirmed or amended and confirmed at the next meeting, then signed by the person presiding.

6.–(1) The Parole Board shall cause to be recorded and kept details of all business conducted or transacted at its meetings, and the minutes of each meeting of the Parole Board shall be read and confirmed, or amended and confirmed, at the next meeting of the Parole Board and signed by the person presiding at that meeting. Decision of Parole Boards Minutes of meetings 449 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE PAROLE BOARDS ACT [CAP. 400 R.E. 2023] (2) A minutes purporting to be signed by the person presiding at a meeting of the Parole Board shall in the absence of proof of error, be deemed to be a correct record of the meeting. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings
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Regulations
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The Parole Board may regulate its own proceedings.

7. The validity of any act or proceeding of the Parole Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of any of them. Parole Board may regulate its own proceedings
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Liability of Parole Board members, etc
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The Parole Board may regulate its own proceedings, subject to this Schedule.

8. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Parole Board may regulate its own proceedings. 450 ©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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