--- title: Afriwise Blog | Tanzania (10) description: Tanzania | (10) --- [![Afriwise](https://insights.afriwise.com/hubfs/Logos/Afriwise/Afriwise%20logo.svg)](https://afriwise.com/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) - [Insights](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [Solutions](https://afriwise.com/solutions/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - Insights - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) # Welcome to Africa’s legal blog Never miss a beat on Africa's legal and regulatory landscape. - [Legislation (287)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) - [South Africa (227)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) - [Nigeria (157)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) - [Kenya (151)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) - [Financial Services (128)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) - [ICT (106)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) - [Tanzania (102)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) - [Regulation (87)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulation) - [Corporate Commercial (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) - [Tax (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) - [Case discussion (78)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) - [Uganda (66)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) - [Intellectual Property (58)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) - [Energy & Natural Resources (57)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) - [Ghana (55)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) - [Employment and labour (52)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) - [Data Protection (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) - [Mozambique (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mozambique) - [Commercial Crime (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) - [Competition/Antitrust (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) - [Dispute Resolution (47)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) - [Mauritius (46)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) - [Environment (44)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) - [Zambia (38)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) - [Projects and Procurement (26)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Tax](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [FB Attorneys](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/fb-attorneys) ## [Tax Ombudsman Regulations Issued](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tax-ombudsman-regulations-issued) To enhance and protect tax payers’ rights against potential abuse by tax officers, in 2019, the Parliament of Tanzania made amendments to the Tax Administration Act of 2015 (the Act) to establish the office of Tax Ombudsman Service (the Service). The office is man.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tax-ombudsman-regulations-issued) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [ICT](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) [FB Attorneys](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/fb-attorneys) ## [Online Content Regulations Overhauled](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/online-content-regulations-overhauled) In a bid to ensure proper regulation and monitoring of online services in Tanzania, the Minister for Information, Communication and Information Technology has amended the Electronic and Postal Communications (Online Content) Regulations, GN. No. 538 of 2020 via GN N.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/online-content-regulations-overhauled) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Dispute Resolution](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Bowmans](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/bowmans) ## [Tanzania: Kiswahili the general rule and English the exception as languages of Tanzanian law and courts](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tanzania-kiswahili-the-general-rule-and-english-the-exception-as-languages-of-tanzanian-law-and-courts) The Parliament of Tanzania has passed a law (Written Laws Miscellaneous Amendment Act, 2021 no.3/2020) to amend various laws, among others, to declare Kiswahili as the official language of the laws of the country and the language to be used in the administration and dispe.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tanzania-kiswahili-the-general-rule-and-english-the-exception-as-languages-of-tanzanian-law-and-courts) [Commercial Crime](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [FB Attorneys](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/fb-attorneys) ## [Penal Code and other laws amended](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/penal-code-and-other-laws-amended) On 8 March 2022, the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, No. 1 of 2022 (the Act) came into force. The Act aims at effecting amendments in various laws including the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA), the Economic and Organized Crimes Control Act, the National Prosecution.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/penal-code-and-other-laws-amended) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Contracts](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/contracts) [Projects and Procurement](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [Clyde & Co.](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/clyde-co) ## [Performance Security Bonds in Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/performance-security-bonds-in-tanzania) A Performance Security Bond (Performance Bond) is a contract of guarantee in which one party (the Guarantor) promises to discharge the liability of a third party in the event of default. Performance Bonds are designed to ensure the performance of duties by parties t.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/performance-security-bonds-in-tanzania) [Commercial Crime](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Money Laundering](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/money-laundering) [FB Attorneys](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/fb-attorneys) ## [Anti-Money Laundering Act to be amended](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/anti-money-laundering-act-to-be-amended) The Government has tabled the Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill of 2022 in the National Assembly.   [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/anti-money-laundering-act-to-be-amended) [Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Clyde & Co.](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/clyde-co) ## [Tanzania Companies Act: New deadline for submission of the information in relation to beneficial owners](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tanzania-companies-act-new-deadline-for-submission-of-the-information-in-relation-to-beneficial-owners) This briefing highlights the recent extension by the Minister of Industry and Trade (the Minister) of the deadline for submission of beneficial ownership information to the Registrar of Companies (the Registrar). Read More [Financial Services](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Clyde & Co.](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/clyde-co) ## [Financial Institutions in Tanzania have the right to claim outstanding loan balances from borrowers after mortgaged properties sale](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/financial-institutions-in-tanzania-have-the-right-to-claim-outstanding-loan-balances-from-borrowers-after-mortgaged-properties-sale) The Tanzanian Court of Appeal has put forward a judgement in relation to the right of financial institutions to claim the outstanding loan balance from borrowers after sale of the mortgaged properties. We take a closer look at this scenario, specifically after the l.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/financial-institutions-in-tanzania-have-the-right-to-claim-outstanding-loan-balances-from-borrowers-after-mortgaged-properties-sale) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Clyde & Co.](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/clyde-co) ## [Tanzania year in review 2021](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tanzania-year-in-review-2021) As the year draws to a close, we provide a summary of sector-specific legislative changes that occurred in 2021. 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