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Forged academic certificates transmitted electronically
September 4, 2022 in Criminal Law /by fbadmin1We advertised an employment vacancy for the position of the head of operations and several expatriates applied for the position. They submitted their requisite academic certificates electronically to prove their qualifications. We then shortlisted and interviewed some expatriates via zoom and employed the one we found to be most qualified. Later on, and after he […]
Housemaid claims annual leave transport allowance
September 4, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1My housemaid is claiming annual leave, transport allowance for herself, husband and four children. She claims the amount which covers the travelling costs from the city where we live to her husband’s home village. But I recruited her just here in the city where she works for me and not from her husband’s home village. […]
Q&A – 5 September 2022
September 4, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Duty to keep child born out of wedlock My wife cheated on me and had a child with another man. Am I bound to keep the child born out of wedlock during the subsistence of our marriage? YU, Dar As a general presumption, a child born during the subsistence of marriage is taken to be […]
Effect of conviction of a traffic offence
August 29, 2022 in Traffic Regulations /by fbadmin1Our driver has been convicted of a traffic offence on his own plea of guilty. Following his conviction, he was sentenced to pay a fine which he paid. In addition to the fine, the Court ordered his driving licence to be cancelled for a period of three years and the Court also disqualified him from […]
Procedure for reversion of citizenship
August 29, 2022 in Children, Relationships, Marriage and Divorce Law /by fbadmin1Five years ago, I was married to a foreigner and after the wedding in Tanzania I left with my husband for his home country. In order to get a job in my husband’s country, I was required by their laws to renounce my Tanzania citizenship and apply for citizenship of that country, which I did. […]
Q&A – 29 August 2022
August 29, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Conversion of marriage I married three wives in accordance with the customary rites and have now been converted to Christianity. My pastor is telling me that men who truly follow Christianity cannot have more than one wife. How can I convert my polygamous marriage to a monogamous marriage? Can I divorce two of my wives […]
Breach of promise to marry
August 22, 2022 in Children, Relationships, Marriage and Divorce Law /by fbadmin1I had a fiancée to whom I had an engagement to marry for six years and based on the promise to marry her, I paid for secondary and college education costs. It has been a year now since she graduated from college and every time I tell her that we now need to plan the […]
Helping myself in the bush
August 22, 2022 in Public Health Act /by fbadmin1When I was driving back to my home village for a weekend, I stopped on the way in order to have a call of nature in the forest which is located along the highway. In the process of having the call of nature I was arrested by the village militia for committing a crime. They […]
Q&A – 22 August 2022
August 22, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Attempt to kill by witchcraft Last week at night I caught a wizard naked in front of my house. When I asked him what brought him there at night, he said he was hired by my neighbour to kill me by witchcraft because of the misunderstanding I have with my neighbour. When I searched for […]
Child employed in supermarket
August 15, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1In my area there is a friend who owns a mini supermarket and has approached me to seek a consent for my child aged fifteen years to work for him in that supermarket. He wants my child to assist him in data entry on the computer and conduct regular stock-taking. While contemplating giving consent, a […]
Land survey on my land
August 15, 2022 in Property and Planning Law /by fbadmin1My house is about three hundred metres from a highway and also extends from my house to that highway. A large portion of the land is stony without crops. Last week I received a notice from a government road agency informing me that in a lapse of thirty days the agency will be carrying out […]
Q&A – 15 August 2022
August 15, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Uncle wants his gift back During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic my uncle, while in hospital and inhaling by aid of machines, gave me a valuable watch as a gift with words “Your gift. Take care of my children. I am dying”. Fortunately, he recovered and now wants his watch back. I have already […]
Refresher training for drivers
August 7, 2022 in Traffic Regulations /by fbadmin1I am very disappointed by the traffic laws of Tanzania. I have been a driver for passengers’ vehicles for 31 years now. Last month I had a process of renewing my driving licence. However, before effecting that renewal a traffic police officer required me to undergo a refresher course at the National Institute of Transport […]
Registration of a foreign doctor
August 7, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1I am a foreigner and my parents have been working in Tanzania with a multinational company for twelve years now. I have completed my medical school and registered as a medical doctor and practicing in my home country. Please guide me on the procedure to register as a foreign doctor in Tanzania. RQ, Europe Registration […]
Q&A – 8 August 2022
August 7, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Disciplinary powers of the head of public school I am a teacher employed in a public primary school. In our school two teachers serve on duty for a week. Responsibilities of teachers on duty include ensuring cleanliness of the school compound and to ensure pupils are punctual. Last month I was on duty but unfortunately […]
Arrest order by District Commissioner
August 1, 2022 in Criminal Law /by fbadmin1When the District Commissioner was visiting our ward, he ordered my friend to be arrested and detained because he was inciting people to oppose a health project that is carried out in our ward. The District Commissioner seemed to have acted on wrong information he was given by the political opponents of my friend. My […]
Malicious accusation to the Police
August 1, 2022 in Criminal Law /by fbadmin1I have had a land dispute with my neighbour for a long time and the dispute is pending in Court for two years now. Two weeks ago, my neighbour reported me to the police that I insulted him, an accusation which is a total lie. I want to report him to the police as well […]
Q&A – 1 August 2022
August 1, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Proof of birth by affidavit I applied for an ordinary passport and in the application form I attached my birth certificate and an affidavit of birth of my late father sworn by my uncle who is only two years older than my late father. The immigration officer rejected the affidavit of my uncle on the […]
Administration of the deceased gun
July 25, 2022 in Criminal Law /by fbadmin1My uncle passed away recently and one of the properties he left is a gun. We have already held a clan meeting and proposed my brother to be the administrator of the deceased estate though he has not petitioned the Court for appointment. However, we are doubtful if we can list the gun as one […]
Ademption of legacies in a Will
July 25, 2022 in Children, Relationships, Marriage and Divorce Law /by fbadmin1My father prepared his Will ten years before his death. At the time of preparing the Will one of the buildings was a bar annexed with a recreation hall. Three years before his death he converted it into a Pentecostal Christian church. After conversion he changed the bar and hall into a church for worship […]
Q&A – 25 July 2022
July 25, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Two owners for one car My father was a mechanic and owned a garage. He died three years ago and bequeathed the garage to me and my elder brother. After his death, we called all the clients whose vehicles were undergoing maintenance in that garage and every client with a car came and identified their […]
New Tax Regulations Promulgated
July 19, 2022 in Legal Update, Updates /by fbadmin1Legal Update – 19 July 2022
Amount of cash one is allowed to carry
July 17, 2022 in Criminal Law /by fbadmin1My cousin was going back to his home village where he is undertaking a big construction project. He carried with him in the car TZS 100M to enable him clear various costs of the project. On the way at a police barrier he was stopped and when he was car searched, he was found in […]
Maternity leave period when a child dies before 84 days expire
July 17, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1I took paid maternity leave but a month after safe delivery, my child died. I informed the HR Manager about the death of my child. A week after I reported the death of my child to the HR Manager, she called me and informed me that I am supposed to go back to work because […]