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Parliament of Tanzania

The UNESCO National Commission Act

This section sets the office terms for the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Commission members, including re-appointment limits and termination rules. Most Commission members may resign at any time by…

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Structure: 12 provisions
Citation: The UNESCO National Commission Act
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“This section sets the office terms for the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Commission members, including re-appointment limits and termination rules.”

This section sets the office terms for the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Commission members, including re-appointment limits and termination rules. Most Commission members may resign at any time by written notice to the appointing authority. The Commission must meet at least four times a year, the Secretary must give members at least 14 days’ notice of meetings, and the Chairman or Vice Chairman must preside depending on who is present. A Commission member who is in office by virtue of his position may nominate someone from his organisation to attend a meeting for him if he cannot attend. A meeting of the Commission has a quorum only if half of the members are present.

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This section sets the office terms for the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Commission members, including re-appointment limits and termination rules.

Section 1

Establishment of Commission

A Commission member who is in office by virtue of his position may nominate someone from his organisation to attend a meeting for him if he cannot attend.

Section 4

Technical Committees of Commission

The Commission must record and keep minutes of its meetings, and the minutes must be read, confirmed or amended and confirmed at the next meeting, then signed by the presiding person and the Secretary.

Section 7

Functions of Technical Committees

Documents issued on behalf of the Commission must be signed by the Chairman or, where applicable, the Vice Chairman. The Commission may regulate its own proceedings.

Section 9

Deputy Secretary

A person must stop being a Commission member if any listed condition occurs, including repeated absence, losing the qualifying office, written resignation, mental disorder or illness, or death.

Section 12

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Provision 9Short titleInterpretationAmendment

§ 1Short titleShort title

This section sets the office terms for the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Commission members, including re-appointment limits and termination rules.

1.–(1) The Chairman shall hold office for a period of three years and may be eligible for re-appointment once. (2) The Vice Chairman and a member of the Commission, shall, unless his appointment is sooner terminated by the Minister, or he ceases in any other way to be a member, hold office for a period of three years and may be eligible for re-appointment for one further term. (3) A member appointed by virtue of his office shall cease to be a member upon ceasing to hold the office entitling appointment to the Commission.

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§ 2ApplicationProvision

Most Commission members may resign at any time by written notice to the appointing authority.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1(2), any member of the Commission, other than the Chairman or a person holding an office of Chairman or a person holding an office of emolument under the United Republic, may at any time resign from membership of Commission by notice in writing addressed to the appointing authority, who shall forthwith cause it to be forwarded to the Commission, and from the date of the receipt by the Commission of such notice, such member shall cease to be a member of the Commission.

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§ 3InterpretationInterpretation

The Commission must meet at least four times a year, the Secretary must give members at least 14 days’ notice of meetings, and the Chairman or Vice Chairman must preside depending on who is present.

3.–(1) The Commission shall meet not 1ess than four times in a year and at such times as may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of its business and such meetings shall be held at such places and time and dates as may be determined by the Chairman. (2) The Secretary of the Commission shall give notice of a meeting to each member not less than fourteen days before the date of meeting. (3) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Commission, and in his absence, the Vice Chairman. (4) In the absence of both the Chairman and Vice Chairman, members present and constituting a quorum shall elect from among themselves a temporary Chairman who shall preside at the meeting. Absent members to be represented

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§ 4Establishment of CommissionProvision

A Commission member who is in office by virtue of his position may nominate someone from his organisation to attend a meeting for him if he cannot attend.

4. Where a member of the Commission who is a member by virtue of his office is unable for any reason to attend any meeting of the Commission he may nominate another person from his organisation to represent him in the meeting. Quorum Decision of Commission

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§ 5Functions of CommissionProvision

A meeting of the Commission has a quorum only if half of the members are present.

5. The quorum at any meeting of the Commission shall be half of the members.

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§ 6Composition of CommissionProvision

Commission decisions are usually made by majority vote, with the chair having a casting vote if votes are equal; decisions can also be made in writing without a meeting, unless a member asks for deferral to a meeting.

6.–(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), matters proposed at a meeting of the Commission shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting and to the event of any equality of vote then the person presiding shall have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote. 147 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE UNESCO NATIONAL COMMISSION ACT [CAP. 433 R.E. 2023] Minutes of meeting (2) A decision may be made by the Commission 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 deferred and the subject matter be considered at a meeting of the Commission.

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§ 7Technical Committees of CommissionAmendment

7.–(1) The Commission shall cause to be recorded and kept minutes of all business conducted or transacted at the meetings and the minutes of each meeting of the Commission shall be read and confirmed or amended and confirmed at the next meeting of the Commission and signed by the person presiding and the Secretary to the meeting. (2) Any minutes purporting to be signed by the person presiding and the Secretary at a meeting of the Commission 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 not to invalidate proceedings

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§ 8Members of Technical CommitteesProvision

The Commission’s acts and proceedings stay valid even if there is a vacancy among its members or a defect in a member’s appointment.

8. The validity of any act or proceeding of the Commission shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of any of them. Orders, direction of Commission

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§ 9Functions of Technical CommitteesProvision

Documents issued on behalf of the Commission must be signed by the Chairman or, where applicable, the Vice Chairman. The Commission may regulate its own proceedings.

9. All orders, directions, notices or other documents made or issued on behalf of the Commission shall be signed by the Chairman or as the case may be the Vice Chairman. Proof of documents Commission may regulate its own proceedings

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§ 10SecretariatProvision

Documents appearing to be issued by the Secretary for the Commission can be accepted as evidence and treated as sufficient evidence unless the contrary is shown.

10. Any document purporting to be under the hand of the Secretary as to any resolution of the Commission or as having been issued on behalf of the Commission, shall be receivable in courts of law or tribunals or other bodies authorised to receive evidence and shall unless the contrary is shown, be deemed, without further proof to be sufficient evidence of what is contained in the document.

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§ 11Executive SecretaryProvision

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

11. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Commission may regulate its own proceedings. Cessation of membership

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§ 12Deputy SecretaryProvision

A person must stop being a Commission member if any listed condition occurs, including repeated absence, losing the qualifying office, written resignation, mental disorder or illness, or death.

12. A person shall cease to be member of the Commission where that person- (a) is absent from the three consecutive meetings of the Commission without good cause; (b) ceases to hold the office or position for which he was appointed; (c) tenders a resignation in writing to the appointing authority; (d) is suffering from mental disorder or illness; or (e) dies. 148 ©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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