Court of Appeal Zanzibar Registry - 2000

(From the Ruling of the High Court of Zanzibar at Vuga, Dourado, J., dated 26 August 1998, in Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 2 of 1997) Appeals - Leave to appeal - Whether leave to appeal may be granted by the court suo motu. Civil Practice and Procedure - Correction of Errors -Errors committed by parties in drawing up documents - Whether section 130 of the Civil Procedure Decree applies to the correction of such errors - Procedure to follow in rendering corrections. Court of Appeal Rules - Rule 43(a) of the Court ofAppeal Rules providing for mode ofapplyingfor leave to appeal - Whether the rule makes it necessary to apply for leave to appeal - Whether overrides or adds to section 5(l)(c) of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1979 - Whether a judge can grant leave B to appeal suo motu. Limitation - Acknowledgment of time-barred debt and promise to pay it - Whether may give rise to a fresh period of limitation - Sections 19 and 29(a) of the Limitation Decree and section 25 of the Contract Decree. Contract - Acknowledgment of time-barred debt with promise to pay - Whether may give rise to a fresh period of limitation - Section 25 ofthe Contract Decree Chapter 149. Civil Practice and Procedure - Judge revokes and replaces his ex parte judgment - Whether proper for a judge to do so - Principle of functus officio. Civil Practice and Procedure - Decrees - Parties re-negotiate the court’s decree - Whether there is any legal basis or precedent for such re-negotiation.Civil Practice and Procedure - Litigant doubling as counsel for himself- Whether accords with accepted practice

From the Ruling ofthe High Court of Zanzibar at Vuga, Tumaka, Deputy C.J., dated 3 April 2000, in Sessions No.7 of 1999, Constitutional Law - Sovereignty - Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania - Whether the constituent parts of the union retained their sovereign status. Criminal Law - Treason - Whether the offence of Treason can be committed against the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar. International Law - Sovereignty - United Republic of Tanzania — Zanzibar and Tanganyika uniting to form the United Republic of Tanzania — Effect on sovereignty of the parties.

(From the ruling ofa single Judge ofthe Court of Appeal of Tanzania at Zanzibar, Ramadhani, JA dated 1 July 1997) Q Civil Practice and Procedure — Appeals to the Court of Appeal from District Courts in Zanzibar — Whether point of law should be certified for determination by the Court of Appeal - Section 5 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1979