Droits africains / African Legal Studies

• Judicature and Application of Laws Act (Cap. 358), 1 January 1920 ; date of consolidation/reprint 1 January 1971

• Land Tenure Ordinance, Cap 113, 1923

• Registration of Documents Act, 1 January 1924 (amended on 1963)

• Land Regulations, 1948

• Forests (Appeals) Rules, 1959 (G.N. No. 250 of 1959, 1959

• National Parks Act (Cap. 228), 1 July 1959 (amended on 2003)

• Tanganyika, Judicature and Application of Laws Ordinances, 1961 (Amendment) Act, 1962 [8 of 1962]. An Act to amend the Judicature and Application of Law Ordinance, 1961, so as further to modify the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, in its Application to Tanganyika

• Tanganyika, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uganda Independence (Consequential Provision) Act, 1962 [59 of 1962]. An Act to make provision consequential upon Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, an Uganda attaining independence

• The Freehold Title (Conversion and Government Leases) Act (1963)

• Probate and Administration of Estates Act (Cap. 352), 1963 (amended on 1987)

• Local Customary Law (Declaration) (No. 4) Order (G.N. No. 436/1963), 1963

• The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Judicature and Application of Laws Ordinance (Amendment) Act, 1964 [46 of 1964]

• Rural Farmland (Acquisition and Regrant) Act, 1965

• Public land (Preserved Areas) Ordinance, 1965 (amended on 1969)

• Evidence Act (Cap. 6), 1 July 1967, amended on 1 January 2007

• Land Acquisition Act, 1967 (Act No. 47 of 1967), 27 November 1967

• Customary Leaseholds (Enfranchisement) Act, 1968 (No. 47 of 1968), 25 July 1968

• Occupiers’ Liability Act (No. 54 of 1968), 10 December 1968

• Customary Leaseholds (Enfranchisement) (Amendment) Act, 1969 (No. 43 of 1969), 6 November 1969

• Judicature and Application of Laws Act (Cap. 358), 1 January 1920 ; date of consolidation/reprint 1 January 1971

• Rural Lands (Planning and Utilization) Act, 1973, Act No. 14 of 1973

• Constitution de 1977 révisée en 2005

• Tanzania Court of Appeal Rules, 1979

• Tanzania Forestry Research Institute Act, 1980 (No. 5 of 1980), 2 February 1980

• National Land Use Planning Commission Act, 1984 (Act No. 3 of 1984), 17 March 1984

• Land Development (Specified Areas) Regulations, 1986

• Extinction of Customary Land Rights Order, 1987, Government Notice No. 88 of 13 February 1987

• Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act, 1989, 12 June 1989

1991

• Urban Water Supply Act, 1981 (Act No. 7 of 1981), 22 May 1991

• Food Security Act, 1991 (Act No. 10 of 1991), 5 August 1991

1992

Town and Country Planning (Public Beaches Planning Area) Regulations, 1992 (G.N. No. 76 of 1992), 24 April 1992

Town and Country Planning (Urban Farming) Regulations, 1992 (G.N. No. 10 of 1993), 11 November 1992

• Regulation of Land Tenure (Established Villages) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), 28 December 1992

1993

Mwanza Municipal Council (Planting and Conservation of Trees and Forests) (Amendment) By-laws, 1993 (G.N. No. 196 of 1994), 21 May 1993

Nkansi District Council (Prevention of Soil Erosion and Water Conservation) By-laws, 1994 (G.N. No. 114 of 1994), 29 June 1993

Ukerewe District Council (Planting and Conservation of Trees and Forests) By-laws, 1994 (G.N. No. 542 of 1994), 27 July 1993

Muleba District Council (Tree Planting, Conservation of Trees, Forest, Soil and Land Use) By-laws, 1993 (G.N. No. 586 of 1994), 20 October 1993

Bukoba Town Council (Regulations of Planting, Maintaining and Protecting Trees) By-laws, 1993 (G.N. No. 142 of 1994), 24 November 1993

1995

Marine Parks and Reserves Act, 1994 (Act No. 29 of 1994), 17 January 1995

Forests (Reserved Trees) Order, 1995 (G.N. No. 506 of 1995), 3 August 1995

Forests (Prohibited of Harvesting in Catchment Forests) Order 1995 (G.N. No. 507 of 1995), 3 August 1995

Forests (Control of Movement of Forest Produce) (All species of Timber) Order, 1995 (G.N. No. 509 of 1995), 3 August 1995

1996

Forests Orders, 1996 (G.N. No. 462 of 1996), 5 December 1996

Forests (Amani Nature Reserve) Rules, 1997 (G.N. No. 151 of 1997), 5 December 1996

Kasulu District Council (Protection of Grassland and Forest from Fire) By-laws, 1997 (G.N. No. 501 of 1998), 13 December 1996

Forests (Minimum Felling Girth Limits) Order, 1996 (G.N. No. 10 of 1997), 18 December 1996

1997

Kasulu District Council (Forest Produce Cess) By-laws, 1997 (G.N. No. 508 of 1998), 1997

Sisal Industry Act, 1997 (No. 2 of 1997), 4 April 1997

1999

• Refugees Act, 1998, 15 April 1999

• Land Act, 1999 (No. 4 of 1999), 15 May 1999

• Village Land Act, 1999, 15 May 1999

2001

Land (Forms) Regulations, 2001 (L.N. No. 71 of 2001), 30 April 2001

Land (Allocation Committees) Regulations, 2001 (L.N. No. 72 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Conduct of Auctions and Tenders) Regulations, 2001 (L.N. No. 73 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Disposition of Right of Occupancy) Regulations, 2001 (L.N. No. 74 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Small Mortgages) Regulations, 2001 (L.N. No. 75 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Functions of Authorised Officers) Regulations (L.N. No. 76 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Conditions of Rights of Occupancy) Regulations, 2001 (L.N. No. 77 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Assessment of the Value of Land for Compensation) Regulations (L.N. No. 78 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Compensation Claims) Regulations, 2001 (L.N. No. 79 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Ceilings on Land Occupancy) Regulations (L.N. No. 80 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Composition and Procedures of the National Land Advisory Council) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 81 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Management of the Land Compensation Fund) Regulations, 2001 (G.N. No. 82 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Fees) Regulations (L.N. No. 83 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Fines) Regulations (L.N. No. 84 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Land (Schemes of Regularisation) Regulations (L.N. No. 85 of 2001), 3 May 2001

• Village Land Regulations (L.N. No. 86 of 2001), 3 May 2001

Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority Act (No. 9 of 2001), 21 June 2001

2002

Land Disputes Courts Act (Cap. 216), 2002

• Courts (Land Disputes Settlements) Act, 2002 (Act No. 2 of 2002), 28 March 2002

Forest Act, 2002 (Act No. 7 of 2002), 4 June 2002

National Water Policy of Tanzania, July 2002

2003

Tanzania Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 2003 (No. 1 of 2003), 10 February 2003

Industrial and Consumer Chemicals (Management and Control) Act, 2003 (No. 3 of 2003), 5 April 2003

Disasters Management Act, 2003 (No. 2 of 2003), 9 June 2003

Animal Diseases Act, 2003 (No. 17 of 2003), 4 November 2003

Fisheries Act, 2003 (No. 22 of 2003), 13 November 2003

2004

Seeds Act, 2003 (No. 18 of 2003), 30 January 2004

Merchant Shipping Act, 2003 (No. 21 of 2003), 22 March 2004

Land (Amendment) Act, 2004 (No. 2 of 2004), 14 April 2004

Dairy Industry Act, 2004 (No. 8 of 2004), 4 June 2004

Forest Regulations, 2004 (G.N. No. 153 of 2004)

2005

Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2004 (No. 19 of 2004), 19 January 2005

Ports Act, 2004 (No. 17 of 2004), 8 February 2005

• Environmental Management Act, 2004 (No. 20 of 2004), 8 February 2005

Judicial Service Act ,2005 [2 of 2005]

Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2005 (No. 11 of 2005), 24 June 2005

Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit Regulations, 2005 (G.N. No. 349 of 2005), 21 October 2005

Judicial Service Act, 2005 [2 of 2005]

2006

Warehouse Receipts Act, 2005 (Act No. 10 of 2005), 6 June 2006

Meat Industry Act, 2006 (No. 10 of 2006)

2007

Environmental Management (Soil Quality Standards) Regulations, 2007

• National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA), 1 January 2007 

• Land Use Planning Act, 2007 (Act No. 6 of 2007), 11 June 2007

Urban Planning Act, 2007 (No. 8 of 2007), 28 August 2007

Judges ( Remuneration and terminal Benefits) Act, 2007 [16 of 2007]

2008

Animal Welfare Act, 2008 (No. 19 of 2008), 6 December 2008

2009

• Public Health Act, 2009 (No. 1 of 2010), 12 March 2009

Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2009 (No. 3 of 2009), 12 March 2009

Wildlife Conservation Act (No. 5 of 2009), 12 March 2009

Fertilizers Act, 2009 (No. 9 of 2009), 12 May 2009

Water Resources Management Act, 2009 (No. 11 of 2009), 12 May 2009

Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments)(No.2) Act, 2009 (No. 17 of 2009), 21 August 2009

Fisheries Regulations, 2009 (G.N. No. 308 of 2009), 28 August 2009

Environmental Management (Biosafety) Regulations, 2009

2010

Livestock Identification, Registration and Traceability Act, 2010 (No. 12 of 2010), 20 May 2010

Crops Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2009 (No. 20 of 2009), 20 November 2010

2011

Pharmacy Act, 2011 (No. 1 of 2011), 3 June 2011

Judiciary Administration Act No. 4 of 2011

2012

• National Climate Change Strategy 2012, 1 January 2012

• Business Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act No. 3 of 2012

Guidelines for Partecipatory Village Land Use Planning, Administration and Management in Tanzania, 1 June 2012

• Tanzania Livestock Research Institute Act, 2012 (No. 4 of 2012), 15 June 2012

• National Climate Change Communication Strategy 2012-2017, 1 October 2012

Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2012 (No. 29 of 2012), 1 December 2012

Wildlife Conservation (Wildlife Management Areas) Regulations, 2012 (G.N No. 206 of 2012), 2012

2013

• National Strategy for Mainstreaming Gender in Climate Change, 1 March 2013

National Irrigation Act, 2013 (No. 5 of 2013), 20 October 2013

Cooperative Societies Act, 2013 (No. 6 of 2013), 20 October 2013

Haute Cour de Tanzanie, Chambre du droit du travail, Nicodemu Mwita c. Bulyanhulu Gold Mine, révision n° 12/2013, 29 octobre 2013

• High Court Labour Division at Shinyanga, 15 November 2013, Nicodemu G. Mwita v Bulyanhulu Gold Mine Ltd, Labour Revision No. 12 of 2013 (original CMA/SHY/113/2011) [Référence pour interprétation à une enquête du Comité d’experts sur l’application des conventions et recommandations de l’OIT]

2014

Haute Cour de Tanzanie, Chambre du droit du travail, Chodawu c. Mkonge Hotel, 4 avril 2014, affaire no. 01/2011

2015

Forest (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 (G.N. No 324 of 2015), 2015

Disaster Management Act, 2015 (No. 17 of 2015), 11 May 2015

• INTENDED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS (INDCs), 18 May 2015

2016

District Land and Housing Tribunals Code of Conduct (G.N. 177 of 2016), 13 May 2016

Access to Information Act, 2016 (No. 6 of 2016), 23 September 2016

Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute Act, 2016 (No. 11 of 2016), 23 September 2016

Valuation and Valuers Registration Act, 2016 (No. 7 of 2016), 23 December 2016

2017

• The Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, No. 2 of 2017 (March 3, 2017) (Tanzania). See also Special Bill Supplement, No. 4 (June 28, 2017)

Natural Wealth and Resources (Permanent Sovereignty) Act, 2017 (No. 5 of 2017), 5 July 2017

• The Natural Wealth and Resources (Permanent Sovereignty) Act, No. 5 of 2017, Section 11(1) (July 7, 2017)

• The Natural Wealth and Resources Contracts (Review and Re-Negotiation of Unconscionable Terms) Act, No. 6 of 2017 (July 7, 2017)

Forest (Amendments) Regulations, 2017 (G.N. No.255 of 2017), 26 July 2017

2018

• Health – National Adaptation Plan (HNAP) to Climate Change in Tanzania, 1 January 2018

• National Forest Policy of 2018, 30 January 2018 The Public Private Partnership (Amendment) Act, No. 9 of 2018, September 25, 2018

Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2018 (No. 1 of 2018), 8 February 2018

Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.3) Act, 2018 (No. 8 of 2018), 2018, amends Land Disputes Courts Act (Cap. 216). 2002

2019

• Post-harvest Management Strategy Implementation Plan 2019–2024, 1 January 2019

• Tanzania Meteorological Authority Act, No. 2 of 2019, 13 February 2019

• Water Supply and Sanitation Act, 2019 (No. 5 of 2019), 13 February 2019

Forest (Sustainable Utilization of Logs, Timber, Withies, Poles or Charcoal) Regulations, 2019, 20 May 2019

• National Post-harvest Management Strategy (NPHMS) 2019 – 2029, 1 August 2019

• Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, No. 14 of 2019, 19 November 2019

• Judicature and Application of Laws Act, Cap. 358 R.E 2019

• The Interpretation of Laws Act, 2019

2020

• Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, No. 1 of 2020, 14 February 2020

• Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, No. 6 of 2020, 14 February 2020

• Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, No. 3 of 2020, 15 June 2020

• Plant Health Act, 2020, No. 4 of 2020, 19 June 2020

• Deep Sea Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2020 (No. 5 of 2020), 19 June 2020

• Zanzibar Development Vision 2050, 1 October 2020

2021

• National Five Year Development Plan 2021/22–2025/26, 1 June 2021

• Nationally Determined Contribution, 1 July 2021

2022

Supplementary Appropriation (for Financial Year 2021/22) Act, Act 3 of 2022, 8 March 2022

Appropriation Act, 2022, Act 4 of 2022, 30 June 2022

Finance Act, 2022, Act 5 of 2022, 30 June 2022

Environmental Management (Control and Management of Carbon Trading) Regulations, 2022, Government Notice 636 of 2022, 28 October 2022