You are on page 1of 9

Constitutional Review

(2) The Draft constitutionBill shallforrn a'arnex to the reoort


of
theComrnission.

(3) F'orthe purposesof subsection(2), trrereshail be a


fora for
constitutional
review.

(4) The for'for constitutionalrer,,ierv


shall be formerjon acl hoc
basisby thecommissionbasedon geographical distributionof the united
Republicandshallinvolvea'd bringtogether representatives of various
groLlps
of peoplewithinthecomntunities.

(5) The fora for constitutional


rerie*, shall aclviseon the Draft
constitLrtional
Billthrouglimeetings
organized by thecommission.

. . 2 0 . - ( l ) T h e c o r n m i s s i o ns h a l lb e i n ' i o l a b l ea n d t h e c o r r d u cot f Inviola-


constitutional reviewshallnot becalledin questionin a couftof law nor bilityof
shallthecolrrtenteftaina petitionin * hichthecomplainant or anapplicant Commis-
seeksto challenge theconstirutionarin or legalpropii.tyof thecommission slon
or tlreconductof constitutional ,., i.rr.
(2) A person*ho obstructs. hindersor preventsa memberof the
comnrissionor theSecretariatfro' perfbnningthefunctionsor exercising
po\\'ersof the comnrissionor the Secretariat,
cornmitsarroff,ence.
(3) A person*'ho is con'ictedfbr contravention of sLrbsection
(r)
shallbeliableto a finenotexceedingtir e millionshillings
orto imprisonment
for a term not exceeding twel!e morrths.

PART V
PnocLe,ve,rroN
oF a CoxsrrrunNrAsseHanly
2l .*( 1)The Presidentmay,upo' consultatio.with thepresidentof Proclarna-
zanzibar and with advice of the Attorney Ge'eral, by prnclarnatio' tionof
publishedirr the Gazette,constitutea ConstituentAsseinbtvfor Consti-
the tuent
enactmentof provisionsfor a constitution.
Assernbly
(2) The powers of the presidentto constitutethe constituent
Assemblyshall not be construedas derogati'gpowersof the president
to proclaimthe NationalAssembryto resolveitself into a constituent
Assembly.
(3) without prejudiceto any provisionsof this section,the president
shall,by notice in the Gazette,pubrishnamesof personsappointedas
membersof the ConstituentAssembly.

ll

(
Constitutional Reviev,

Powersof 22.-(1)The Constituent Assemblyshallhare and e\ercisepowers


Consti- i n d t L rm a k e p r o v i s i o n s
t o m a k e p r o v i s i o n sf o r t h e c o n s t i t l l t i o l a
tuent
consequential to, and supplementary to the enactment of a constittttion
Assembly
andto makesuchotherprovisionsasthe Constituent,{ssembll rnayfind
and
necessary, the powers rnay be exercised nots ithstanding anr power
of a similarnatureconferredon the Parliament.

(2) The powersoftlreConstituentAssembll to nrakeprorisionsfor


shall
the constitntion be exercised
by a Bill tabled b'r the \'linisterand
passedby the ConstituentAssembly.

Provisions 23.-(1) Subjectto suchnecessary modificali.''n.the Constitution


relating andthe StandingOrdersof theNationalAssembll. all t-rtherprovisions
to the of Bills for Acts of Parliament
relatingto the passirrg L'\ the National
Consti-
AssernblyshalI applyto theConstituent Assembllandtr' thepassing of
tuent
Assembly Bills forActs ofthe ConstituentAssernbly asthe) appll rc theNational
Assemblyand,subjectto subsection (2), the passingt'i Bills for Acts
of Parliament.

(2) WitlroLrt ( 1), the passingr-'fa C.rnslittttiort


prejudiceto subsectiotr
Bill shallrequiresupportof two third majorityof thetotalnumbertrfthe
Membersof the ConstitLrent Assembly.

(3) For the purposesof giving effect to the provisionstri the neu
shallassentto enactment
the President
coustitution, of the CL'nstituent
Assemblyunderthe sameprocedureprovidedfor underArticle 9- of the
Constitution.

(4) Unlessit is otherwiseprovidedin an enactmentof theCrrnstituent


Assembly,theMinistershall,by orderpublislred in theGazette.appointa
dateon whicha constittttionshallcomeintooperation.

Acts of 24. Subjectto theprovisionsof anyAct of theConstituent Assemblr'.


Consti- the Interpretationof Laws Act sliallapplyto the interpretation of anAct
tuent of the ConstituentAssemblyandreferences in that or in an1'otherlaw to
Assenrbly
an Act shall, exceptwhere the contextothenriserequires,include
Cap. I
referenceto an Act of tlie ConstituentAssembll'.

of the provisions
25.-(l) On the corningintooperation enactedby
Abate-
mentof theConstituentAssembly, Assembly
theConstituent shall stand
powers dissolvedandpowersto enactprovisionsfor a constittttionor existing
of
Consti-
constitutionshallabate.
tuenl
Assembly t2
Constitutional Review

(2) Dissorution of, and abatement of powersof the constituent


Assemblysha, not beconstrued asderogating powersof thepresident
to proclaima constituentAssembry
in futire- for enactmen,
orp.ouirion,
for a constitution
or existingconstitution-

PARTVI
VnlroerroNop e CoNsrrrurroN
26'Fotpurposelofgivingeffectto
theprovisions
oftheConstitution,Conduct
thereshalrbea referenaum t beorganized,
conductedandsupervised ofrefere-
by theNationalElectoralCommissio-n.
ndum

27'-(1) TheNationar Erectorarcommission


srrar,withi'sevendays Refere-
of thepubrication of theconstitution,
r"o*" andpubrishthequestionto ndum
. pe deterrnined by thereferendum. question .
(2) The questionrefenedto
in subsection
(r) shat be framedin
consultation
with theAttorneyGeneral.
(3) Thequestionto besubmitted
to thereferendum sharrrequirethe
voterto indicatewhetherthe_voter
approvesor doesnot approvetrie
constitutionand shail be so framed
u" to ,equirethe voterto answer
"Yes" orttNorr,

(a) Thevotingat a referendum


shallbeby secretballot.
28'-(l) TheNationarErectorar Commission
daysafterpublicationof thequestiori;;; shar,withinfourteen Noticeof
Gazette,specify_ holdinga
(a) thedayon whichthereferendum , refere-
is to beheld; ndum
(b) thereferendum campaign;and
(c) thepollingtimeof thereferendum.

(2)Forthepurposes ofparagraph (c)ofsubsection ( l ), thereferendum


campaign sha' beconducted bythecommission andnoporiticar pafi or
affiliateorganization
to a poriticar
partyshailparticipate
' --r-'- rin
i ' the
! " v referendum
rvrvr\
campaign.

(3)Apersonwrrocontravenestheprovisions ofsubsection
(2)commits
anoffenceandshailonconvictionbeiiabreto imprisonment,
withoutfine.

rl.
:

Const itutionaI Revi etv

for a term not exceedingtwo Years' shall' within tye'nty


(4) The returningoFfi""' of "u"'yconstituency
by theIiational ElectoralCommtsston'
onedaysof publicatio""'f tf" ""ii"e
notifyihe publicof the referendum'
Right to of voters
is enteredin the register
vote in a 29. Apersonwhose name proliibited from
refere- Act shall,unless
establishedunderrheN"it""iBr.ctions referettdum"
ndum Ut entitledto vote at the
Cap.342 voting by any otr't"'*'iiJ"'i"*'
the
Procedure the GeneralElectionsunder
for 30' The procedurefor conducting (Elections)Act shall'
conduct t"rr"io.uia.uthorities
NationalElections under
ofa "" ""0 uppfVto the conductof a referendum
't'oOin-tuiion''
refere- with necessa,V
ndum this Act'
Caps.
342 and
)q)

Dissolu- by the
Upon declaration of the resultsof the referendum
tion of 3l'-(1) l, byanorderpubIished
pr., io"nishar
the Natio'arErectoral c
"","#;;;"]tr.,.
Commtsston'
Commts-
in the Gazette,dissolvethe
s10n President
by the Order of the
(2) Dissolutionof the Commission Secretariat'
of the Co;mission andthe
shallentailuuu'"*tniof ;;;""

FIRSTSCHEDULE

(Llnder section I I)

PAKT I
or e Mgt'lgen on e CovutsstoN
OATHl,{rrtnNamtoN
.'....having been aPPointed
l' " on the '
bv the President ' 9ay
as " " ' of a memberofcommlsston'
20, 'm tllt iunctions
o r . . . ." .""." ' ", " ; * i , i * i f f i ;::.
of..... ; :^t9,,pltlll
' i l ; ; i l t ,*--.,'^r.,qnrt
a n d , t o to ttt"u.rioi*yttnowledge
hebestormvknowredge
''i""il' e
i'uotuinguponmebvvirtu
llil['"iT:[i''f;
::l il:lilfflJilti1;: Commtsston' ""'
of being a memberof the

So helP me God

Member of Commissrcn
l4
Constitutional Review

PART II
or .l SEcngtenv
O,qtwerrtnvartox

I , . . .. . .. . . . . .. . .h a v i n gb e e n a p p o i n t e d
a s . . ,. . .. . . o tn t h e . . .. . .. . .. . . d a y
. . .. . . . b y t h eP r e s i d e n
of... 20 . . . . . . to perform the functionsof a Secretary,do hereby
swear/aifirmthat I will faithfull); impartially'ancj.to the best of my knowledge and
ability, dischargethe duties and perform the functionsdel'olving upon me by virtue of
beinga Secretary.

So help me God

Secretary

SECONDSCHEDULE

(Under Section l2(2))

CODII OF CONDLICT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMIvIISSIONAND SECRE]ARIAT

l. Every member of the Commission/Secretariat shall serve impartially and


independentlyand perform the functions of his office in good faith and without fear,
favouior pre.iudice.

2. A rnemberof the Cornmission/Secretariat shall not, during tenureof ofiice, be


elisiblefor appointmentor nominatiorlto anl,politicaloffice.

3. A memberof the Clommissionor Secretariatshall not-

(a) by his mernbership,association,statement,conduct 0r in any other


m a n n e r j e o p a r d i z e t h e p e r c e i v e di n d e p e n d e n c eo f t h e m e m b e r o r
prejudice the credibility, impartiality,independenceor integrity ofthe
C o m m i s s i o no ;r

(b) make private use of or profit from any confidentialinformation gainedas a


resultof beinga memberof the Commission.

15
Constitutional Review

OBJECTSAND REASONS

This Bill, divided into six parts,proposesthe enactment


of the
constitutionalReview Act, 2011, for the purposesof establishing
the
constitutionalReview commissionand the secretariat
for colleJting
publicopinionson theconstitutional review.The constitutional review
is intendedto examine-consistency and compatibilityof the existing
constitutionwith regardsto sovereignty, political sysiems,democrac!
andgood governancethroughoutthtuniGd Republicof
ranzania.The
legal'rechanismthatis proposedwill enableparticipation
of thepeople
ofranzania in the constitutionalreviewpro..rr. once enacted
into law,
there shall be a legal frameworkfoi the president
to establisha
commission for reviewing the constitution and to
constitutethe
constituentAssemblyfor purposesof enactinga nervconstitution.

Part I providesfor the preliminarymatterswhich include


the title,
dateof commencement and applicatitnof theproposedAct.It further
providesfor the interpretationof certainterms,designations
andwords
usedin the proposedenactment.

PartII providesfor objectivesofthe proposedAct.Thepart


specify
in detailstheobjectivesandthe essence of constitutionalreviewprocess,
including oath of membersof the commissionand
membersof the
Secretariatand the procedurethroughwhich the constitutional
review
processwill be undertaken.

PartIII of the Bill providesfor the establishment


of a commission
which will coordinate_and collect public opinions for purposesof
constitutionalreview. This part alsodealswiih the compositi-on
ofthe
comrnissionandTermsofReferenceandmannersin which
they canbe
givenby thePresident;powersof theproposedorgans,
subscriptionof
oathor affirmationby membersof the commissionandthe
Secietariat,

l6
Constitutional Review

MADHT]MUNTNA SABABU

Muswadahuu, ambaoumegawanyika
katika Sehernu
unapendekeza kurungwa kwasheriaya Mabadilik; Katiba sita,
va Mwaka 2a, ' Muswadahuu i. yaNchi
uanzisrrajiwa Tume,pamoja ";.k;;;;;'uir.ri.*, rnasharriya
na sekretarietitrrru ,uohumuni
kuendesha na kusimai"iu*.rrut uto *u ya
Jarnlruriya Muunganowa Tanzania. mabadiriko 1.aKatiba ya
K a t i b ap a m o j an a l n a s u a r a Mchakaio *u n'ubudiriko ya
m e n g i n eu t a a n g a r icah i m b u k o
mahusianano ya KatibaiIiyopokwa-kuzingutiu-uhu.u na
mfumowa siasa,demokrasirnu *,a *.ananchi,
utawalabora.Utaratibu *,a kisheria
unaopen dekezwautawahusisha nakuwashiriki sha wan anchi *.aJarnhuri
yaMuurrgano wa Tanzaniakatika mcrrakato *u,ruuuairiko
y aN c h i . 1aKatiba
'Pindi
Muswa.cra.huu
utakapopitishwa
utarati,uwaKisheriautakaomwezeshanakuwaSheria, kutaku*.a
na
RaiskuunJ.-i;;. vakukusan'a
rnaonikuhusuKatibanakuunda
Bunge Ia r\qlrL,,.'
'r*t'v rq Katibar\!vakrvarnadhumuni
kutungaKatibampya. i,a

Muswada huuumegawanyika katikaSehernu Sita.


sehemu yaKwanzainaweka masharti
jina la sheriainayopend yautanguriziarnbalo ana-juisha
ekeztva,tarehe 1
yakuanzakutumika
-Inu.n.r*rra namatumizi
ya sheriainayopend ekezwa.
misamiati'vyeonamanenc) kutoa tufr;i 1.abaadhi1,a
yaliyotumika katikaMuswada.
sehemuy'a piri inawekarnasharti
yanayohusu madhumuniya
Muswada.sehemuhii inaainish"
il; undanimadhumuni
yamchakaro wa'rabadilikoyaKatiba,ikijumuish;;il; yachimbuko
wawajumbewa Tumenasekretarieti nauthibitisho
nautaratibu
kwayo ,\nchakato
mabadilikoyaKatibautafan\,ura. rva

l8
C'orts t i t ttI i ou u I Ret,ievv

SehemuyaTatuya Mus\\'adainarvekamashartiyakuanzishwakwa
Tume,ambayoitaratibunakukusant'a maoniyawananchikwa azmaya
kufanyarnabadiliko Katiba.Seltenluhii pia inahusuwajumbewa Tume
ya
nasifazaopamojanaHadiduzaRejeananarnnaambaryozitatolewana
Rais;mamlakaya r,yornbovinan'openclekezwa kuazishwa,viapo au
uthibitishajikwa waiurnbeu'aTutnena Sekretarieti namasualamengine
ya Sekretarieti.Parnoiana ha1o. Seiremuhii pia inazungumzia mambo
arnbayoyanapaswa kuzingatiua nakulindrvakatikarnchakatowa kukusanya
rnaonikutokanana uzitou'akekatikaTaifaletuna inawekamasharliya
utaratibuwa Tumekurvasilisha taarifaYaTLlmekwa Raisna kuainisha
rnasualayanayohusu gharamazaTutnezitakazotolewa tokaMftiko Mkuu
s
vraFlazinanakingakwa wajumbe a Tutnena Sekretariet;.

Sehemu yaNneinazungumuzia ku'aundaniutaratibuwa utendzriikazi


wa'fume, Inazungumzia wa ukusanyaji
marnlakar a Ttttnenautaratibr"r wa
maoniya wananchikwa kuhusisha Karnatiya Maendeleoya l(ata auMtaa
au Mkutanowa Kijiji na Shehia.kri'aupandetvaTanzaniaZanzibat na
ushirikiwaWatan'zaniawanaoishrnje1anchi.Mwisho,inax'ekamashafii
yanayohusu kutoshtakiwaku'aTutncnakuzuiwakwa mtuyeyotei<uingilia
masuala yaTumeauSekretarietikatikakutekeleza kazinaniajukurnuyake.

Marnlakaya RaiskuundaBtrngela Katiba,na mamlakaya Bungela


KatibakutungaKatibaMpyaku'autaratibuwa Miswadayanaainishwa chini
ya Sehemuya Tano. Kwa mantiki hi1''o,Raisatashaurianana Itais wa
ZanzibarnakuteuawajurnbervaBr-rngela Katibakutokapandezotembili
zaJarnhuriya Muunganokwa kulitarnkaBungela Jarnhuriya Muungano
kuwaBungelaKatiba.

Utaratibu wa utekelezajill'a majukumu ya Bunge la Katiba


utaainishwa, bila ya uhakikalva kuendeleakuwepo,katikaKatibaya
Jamhuriya Muunganona Kanuniza Bunge.Sehemuhii pia inaweka
nrashartiya sheria zaBungela Katiba na namnaambavyomarnlakaya
Bungela Katiba baadayakumalizamchakatowa mabadilikoya Katiba,
yatakar,yosita.

I9
ConstitutionalReview

waKatib"
uhalalisfiaji ry:'kT]aMaoni
SehemuYaSitainahusu ya Taifu ya Uchaguzl
na Tume
itakayoend.rt *" nutJ'i**iwa

Oorxe KoMeANl'
Dar es Salaam, WaziriwalWrfuna Sheria
8 Machi,2011'

20

You might also like