The Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Act, 2019 has amended the Births and Deaths Registration Act, Cap. 108 to broaden the system of registering births and deaths in Tanzania to allow registration of any birth or death occurring at any place within and outside Tanzania. Before the law was silent on this matter. The...
The Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Act, 2019 that became effective on 19th September, 2019 made amendments to the Electronic and Postal Communications Act, Cap. 306. The said amendments sought to regulate both subscribers (customers) and service providers, distributors, agent or authorised dealers on the use of unregistered SIM Card whereby, Customers who use...
The Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 6) Act, 2019 that came into effect from 19th September 2019 makes amendments to the Penal Code, Cap. 16 to criminalize the act of taking and using for any form of communication photos, pictures, videos or images of corpses, dead persons, victims of crimes or gruesome incidents. The amendments...
Central Bank Imposes Penalties on 5 Banks in Tanzania over Money Laundering The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has imposed monetary penalties to 5 banks for breach of regulations 17, 22 and 28 of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, 2012 for failure to conduct proper customer due diligence and file suspicious transaction reports to Financial Intelligence Unit...
LEGAL ALERT: The Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 6) Act, 2019 amended the Gaming Act, Cap. 41 to empower the Gaming Board to handle complains arising from gaming activities. The Gaming Board has also been empowered to conduct inspections, seizure, forfeiture of illegal gaming devices. The amendment also requires any person conducting gaming consultancy to...
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The Tanzania Immigration Services Department has issued a public informaiton that effective 31st July 2019 all Residence Permit Applicaiton shall be online. Download Official Ceasing of Manual Residence Permit
Officially July 2019 the activities of the Tanzania Foods and Drugs Authority (TFDA) have been re-designated to the Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) and to Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS): The Tanzania Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, Cap 219 was amended to redesignate the activities that were done by the Tanzania Foods and...
FIN & LAW celebrated the world intellectual property day held on 26th April, 2019 by undertaking a joint training with the Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA). The event was held at COSOTA offices in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania whereby among others, the training conducted focused on Intellectual Property and Sports. The theme aimed at raising...
The World Bank Group nominated FIN & LAW among the key stakeholder on workshop for the review of the updated edition of its Guidance on PPP contractual Provision. The workshop that was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania aimed to empower FIN & LAW and other contracting authorities with better and more comprehensive understanding of...
FIN & LAW and Cross Border Associates (CBA) entered into an agreement for global alliance to facilitate global cross-border mid-market mergers and acquisitions and all related services.
