ISSN 0856 - 034X

21h February, 2015

Supplement No. 8

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
to the Gazette of the United Republic of Tanzania No.9

Vol 96 dated 21h February, 2015

Printed by the Government Printer, Dar es Salaam by Order of Government

GOVERNMENT

NOTICE NO 62 published on 27/02/2015

THE ADVOCATES ACT

(CAP. 341)

ARRANGEMENT

OF REGULA nONS

Regulation

1.

Citation

2.

Fee for admission

3.

Fee for practising certificate

4.

Fee for temporary practising certificate

5.

Failure to renew a practising certificate

6.

Declaration Forms

7.

Revocation ofGN 1210f 1955

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SCHEDULE

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G.N. No. 62 (contd.)

THE ADVOCATES ACT

(CAP. 341)
REGULATIONS
(Made under section 69)

THE ADVOCATES

(ADMISSION AND PRACTISING

REGULATIONS, 2015

CERTIFICATE)

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Advocates

(Admission and Practising Certificate) Regulations, 2015.

Fee for
admission

2. The fee payable for the entry of an admitted

person's name on the Roll under the provisions of subsection
(4) of section 8 of the Act shall be(a) twenty thousand shillings for East African Citizens;
and
(b) US

Dollars one hundred or its equivalent in

Tanzanian shillings for non East African Citizens.

Fee for
practising
certificate

Fee for
temporary
practising
certi fi cate

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3. The fee payable for a practising certificate issued to

an advocate under the provisions of Part VI of the Act shall
be(a) fifty thousand shillings for an advocate with less
than five years practising experience; and
(b) one hundred thousand shillings for an advocate
with five years practising experience and above.
4. The fee payable for 'admission to practise as an
advocate in anyone case stipulated under subsection (2) of
section 39 of the Act shall be(a) five hundred thousand shillings for each case, in
the case of a person so admitted to practise before
the
Court
of
Appeal
or
any
court or tribunal from which an appeal lies to the
Court of Appeal; and
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(b) four hundred thousand shillings for any other case.

Failure to
renew a
practising
certificate

5. An advocate who fails to obtain a practising

certificate within six months after the expiration of the last
certificate issued to him shall, upon being granted leave to
renew the certificate out of time, pay the fees for renewal of
the certificate plus half that the amount as penalty for default:
Provided that the Chief Justice may upon good cause
being shown, waive the penalty.

Declaration
Forms

6.-(1) The form of declaration to be made by an

advocate who is applying for a practising certificate under Part
VI of the Act and the form of such practising certificate shall
be as set out in Form I and Form IIin the Schedule to these
Regulations.
(2)
The declaration shall be attested by a
Commissioner for Oaths to whom the declarant is personally
known and the Commissioner for Oaths shall date and affix
his stamp, name and signature on the declarant's photograph
attached thereto.

Revocation
ofGN
No. 121
of 1955

7.
The Advocates (Admission
Certificate) Regulations are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

and

Practising

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62 (contd.)

FORM I
FORMS
THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA
THE ADVOCATES' ACT
(CAP. 341)
DECLARATION
(Made under regulation 6)

PHOTO

I,
a)

of

do hereby declare that-

My place of business is

and my business name is

(a copy of the certificate of registration and business license are annexed)

b)

My National ID number is

and my TIN is

c)

The
was

of.....................

date

my admission
.

d)

I have paid to the Tanganyika Law Society the annual subscription (therefore)
for the year
(a copy of a receipt is annexed)

e)

My contact addresses are.(Postal. Email addresses and Phone number(s))

Witness my hand this

day of

20

Advocate
Declared at
by the said
................
day of ............................

20

.
who is known to me personally this
.

BEFORE ME:
Name:

Signature:
Position:

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G.N. No. 62 (contd.)

FORM

II

THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA

THE ADVOCATES' ACT
(CAP. 341)
(Made under regulation 6)

PHOTO

PRACTISING CERTIFICATE

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I hereby certify that

Roll No
,
an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania, having complied with the provisions of
subsection (1) of section 35 of the Advocates' Act, is entitled to practise before the said
High Court and before the Courts subordinate thereto (but not Primary Courts) up to the
thirty-first day of December, 20
inclusive, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the aforesaid Act as amended from time to time and any legislation
having validity thereunder.

Dated this

day of

20

at Dar es Salaam.

Registrar of the High Court

Oar es Salaam,

12thFebruary, 2015

AUGUSTINE G. MW ARIJA
Chairman of the Advocate Committee

I APPROVE,
Oar es Salaam,

12thFebruary, 2015

MOHAMEO CHANDE OTHMAN

Chief Justice
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