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Customary Leaseholds (Enfranchisement) (Amendment) Act, 1969 (No. 43 of 1969)

Made 1969-11-06 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Act
Organisation
Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
Country
Tanzania
Subjects
Land and soil
Keywords
land reform, land tenure, traditional rights/customary rights, legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

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  1. THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF.TANZANIA No. 43 OF 1969 I ASSENT, 6TH NOVEMBER, 1969 An Act to amend the Customary Leaseholds (Enfranchisement) Act, 1968 [7m NOVEMBER, 1969] ENACTED by the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania. 1. This Act may be cited as the Customary Leaseholds (Enfranchise- Short title ment) (Amendment) Act, 1969 and shall be read as one with the Customary Leaseholds (Enfranchisement) Act, 1968 (hereinafter referred i~ 1]f to as the "principal Act"). · 2. Section 3 of the principal Act is amended in subsection (1)- Section 3 of (a) in the definition "landlord" by deleting the semi-colon at the end ~~~- 47 and by inserting the following words: - "and includes any person amended who, under any customary law, is entitled to possession of a parcel of land in occupation of another person;"; (b) in the definition "tenant" by inserting after the word "landlord;" in the sixth line the words-----"and includes the person in occupa­ tion of a parcel of land where some other person is entitled to recover ~sion from him under customary law, whether or not the person so in occupation holds the land under any lease or agreement;". 3. Section 13 of the principal Act is repealed and replaced by the Section 13 following section: - ~~ W,68 "Appeals 13.-(1) Where any party to any proceedings before a ~=~ and Tribunal is aggrieved by an order or decision of the Tribunal in such proceedings he may appeal therefrom to the Minister. 1 .2 Validation G.N.1969 No.'21T/ No. 43 Customary Leaseholds (Enfranchisement) (Amendment) 1969 (2) The Minister may make regu]ations (a) prescribing the manner in whi<;h an appeal may be made to him under this section: ·· -· · (b) providing for the time in which 'such appeal maY be made; . (c) regulating the procedure in any such appeal. (3) The decision of the Minis~ on any appeal under this section shall be final and shall not be subject ,to review in in any court.". ·, : . , 4. For the avoidance of doubts it is he~ dee~ ~t-~e principal Act shall be deemed to have come into operation with ,effect from the 1st August, 1969 notwithstanding that the·1!lotice under section 1 of the principal Act was not published until the 8th August, 1969.', Passed in the National Assembly on the twenty-fourth day of October, 1969. Printed by the Oovemmentl Printer, Dar es Salaam.

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