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On 26 June 2024, the Attorney General published the Written Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Bill, 2024. The Bill proposed, among others, amendments to the Land Act and the Immigration Act. Specifically, the proposed amendments in the two Acts were meant to create sp..
On 30 August 2024, the Court of Appeal of Tanzania (the Court) delivered its judgment in Civil Appeal No. 254 of 2021 which is a landmark decision regarding legal protection of the well-known trade and service marks. In arriving at its decision, the Court made a thorough ..
On 30 July 2024, the High Court of Tanzania (Dar es Salaam Sub-Registry) delivered a judgment in Civil Appeal No. 978 of 2024. In the said judgment, the High Court held liable a party (the Appellant) to pay general damages for publishing a video clip of the Respondent on ..
On 24 May 2024, the Minister for Investment, Industry and Trade issued a Government Notice regarding Waiver of Late Filing Fee of Companies Documents at BRELA via Government Notice No. 410.
In a bid to continue to leverage technology, modernize and expedite pending matters at the Court of Appeal, the Chief Justice, His Lordship Prof Ibrahim Juma, issued the Tanzania Court of Appeal (Amendment) Rules, 2024 (Gn. 188 of 2024) in March 2024. One of the commendab..
On 29 February 2024, the Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs issued procedures for submission of information of Beneficial Ownership vide the Trustees’ Incorporation (Transparency of Beneficial Ownership) Rules 2024, GN No. 139A of 2024. These Rules impose manda..
The Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, No. 4 of 2024 intends to amend the Mining Act, amongst other laws. This update focuses on the proposed changes that are key to the Mining Act.
On 13 October 2023, the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) issued a Public Notice regarding the use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) in the country. It should be noted that VPN is an encrypted connection over the Internet from a device to a net..
On 22 September 2023, the Minister for Industry and Trade issued detailed procedures for submission of information of Beneficial Ownership (BO) vide the Business Names (Beneficial Ownership) Regulations, 2023, GN No. 714 of 2023 (the Regulations).
