The Laws Revision Act.

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GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. 848 Published on 2/10/2020
THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
CHAPTER 4
THE LAWS REVISION ACT
[PRINCIPAL LEGISLATION]
REVISED EDITION 2020
This Edition of the Laws Revision Act, Chapter 4, has been revised up to
and including 30th June, 2020 and is printed under the authority of section
4 of the Laws Revision Act, Chapter 4.
Dodoma, ADELARDUS L. KILANGI
19th September, 2020 Attorney General

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tion
4 of the Laws Revision Act, Chapter 4.
Dodoma, ADELARDUS L. KILANGI
19th September, 2020 Attorney General

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CHAPTER 4
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THE LAWS REVISION ACT
[PRINCIPAL LEGISLATION]
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section Title
1. Short title.
2. [Omitted.]
3. Interpretation.
4. Preparation of Revised Edition.
5. Method of compiling and binding laws.
6. Omission of certain laws.
7. Editorial omission of certain laws or provisions.
8. Editorial powers of revision.
9. Regarding alterations of substance.
10. Text of documents included in laws.
11. Records of number, date, arrangement, etc., of laws.
12. Bringing into force and validity and effect of Revised Edition.
13. Rectification of errors.
14. Continuance in force of certain subsidiary enactments.
15. Effect of annotations.
16. Construction of reference to repealed, etc., laws.
17. Sealed copies to be deposited.
18. Distribution of Revised Edition.
19. Replacements and additional material.
20. Judicial notice of Revised Edition.
21. Continuance of text of Revised Laws for certain purposes.
22. Place of this Act in Revised Edition.
23. [Repeal of R.L.356.]

e of Revised Edition.
21. Continuance of text of Revised Laws for certain purposes.
22. Place of this Act in Revised Edition.
23. [Repeal of R.L.356.]

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CHAPTER 4
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THE LAWS REVISION ACT
An Act to provide for the preparation and publication of a Revised
Edition of the Laws of Tanzania, and for their continuous revision
and maintenance up to date.
[1st January, 2005]
[G.N. No. 124 of 2005]
Act No.
7 of 1994
6 of 2020
G.N. No.
312 of 2004
Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Laws Revision
Act.
Omitted 2. [Omitted under (R.E. 2002)].
Interpretation 3.-(1) In this Act, except where the context
otherwise requires-
G.N. No.
312 of 2004 “Act” means a law other than subsidiary legislation;
“annual supplement” means the annual supplement of
revised laws prepared pursuant to the provisions of
subsection (4) of section 5;
“applied laws” means the United Kingdom statutes,
Orders in Council, Royal Proclamations, Letters
Patent, Royal Instructions and other Instruments
having legislative effect in Mainland Tanzania,
and includes any law applied to Mainland
Tanzania by such statutes, Orders in Council,
Royal Proclamations, Letters Patent, Royal
Instructions or other Instruments;
“effective date” means the date appointed for the
commencement of this Act;

al Proclamations, Letters Patent, Royal
Instructions or other Instruments;
“effective date” means the date appointed for the
commencement of this Act;

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“former revised laws” means the revised editions of the
laws of Mainland Tanzania prepared in accordance
with the provisions of the Revised Edition of Laws
Ordinance, 1947, as amended by the Revised
Edition of the Laws (Amendment) Ordinance,
1949, and the Revised Edition of the Laws (1947-
1949) Ordinance, 1949, as amended by the
Revised Edition of Laws (1947-1949)
(Amendment) Ordinance, 1952, and the Revised
Laws and Annual Revision Ordinance, 1955;
“laws to which this Act applies” means all laws of
Tanzania in force on the 31st December,
1999 and thereafter and any laws in respect of
which the Attorney-General may order a general
revision under section 4(2);
Cap.4
s.8 “Minister” means the Minister responsible for legal
affairs;
“Revised Edition” or “the Revision” means the text of the
laws of Tanzania prepared under the authority of
this Act; and
“subsidiary legislation” means all Instruments, Notices,
Orders, Proclamations, Rules, Regulations, By-
laws or other instruments made or enacted by
virtue of the power granted by an Act of
Parliament.

ices,
Orders, Proclamations, Rules, Regulations, By-
laws or other instruments made or enacted by
virtue of the power granted by an Act of
Parliament.

(2) Where in any part of the Revised Edition or in
any annual supplement reference is made to any booklet
by the letters “I.L.” or “A.L.” that reference shall be
deemed to be a reference to the booklets containing
Applied Laws, and shall be read and construed as such. Preparation of
Revised Edition
Act No. 6 of 2020
s. 39
4.-(1) As soon as possible after the
commencement of this Act, the Chief Parliamentary
Draftsman shall prepare, publish and maintain in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, a Revised
Edition of the laws to which this Act applies, in a
convenient form, and such revised laws shall be known as
the Revised Edition. (2) The Attorney General may, at such intervals as
he may determine and by notice published in the Gazette,

aws shall be known as
the Revised Edition. (2) The Attorney General may, at such intervals as
he may determine and by notice published in the Gazette,

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require the Chief Parliamentary Draftsman to carry out a
general revision of the laws in accordance with this Act. (3) Notwithstanding any other provisions to the
contrary, the Attorney General may require the Chief
Parliamentary Draftsman to carry out a specific revision
of any written law. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section
12(1), the written laws revised in terms of subsection (3)
shall come into operation on such date as the Attorney
General may, by notice published in the Gazette, appoint. (5) A Revised Edition shall be prepared and
published as at a date fixed by the Attorney General by
notice published in the Gazette. Method of
compiling and
binding laws
Act No. 6 of 2020
s. 40
5.-(1) The Chief Parliamentary Draftsman shall
cause every Act included in the Revised Edition, together
with any subsidiary legislation made under that Act so
included, to be published in separate booklets, bound or
loose-leaf and each such booklet shall contain at the
beginning thereof the title of the Act and its Chapter
number.

ed in separate booklets, bound or
loose-leaf and each such booklet shall contain at the
beginning thereof the title of the Act and its Chapter
number.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Chief
Parliamentary Draftsman may cause subsidiary legislation
to be published in an appropriate form separately from the
Act under which the subsidiary legislation is made in any
case where it appears to him to be convenient and
appropriate to do so. (3) The Chief Parliamentary Draftsman shall in
like manner cause the Applied Laws included in the
Revised Edition to be published in such number of
booklets as he thinks fit. (4) In each year subsequent to the commencement
of this Act, and subject to such directions as the Attorney
General may give in that behalf, the Chief Parliamentary
Draftsman may, as soon as possible after the first day of
January of the year, prepare and cause to be published an
annual supplement of revised laws of Tanzania in
accordance with the provisions of this Act. (5) Each annual supplement shall contain-
(a) all Acts enacted during the preceding calendar

f Tanzania in
accordance with the provisions of this Act. (5) Each annual supplement shall contain-
(a) all Acts enacted during the preceding calendar

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year, other than Acts omitted under the
authority of this Act;
(b) such subsidiary legislation made during the
preceding calendar year as appears to the Chief
Parliamentary Draftsman to be of sufficient
importance to be included;
(c) a new and revised edition of any booklet
contained in the Revised Edition; and
(d) a table of contents, a chronological table of
Acts and an index in such form as the Chief
Parliamentary Draftsman may think fit, and a
table of Acts omitted under the authority of
section 6. (6) Where an annual supplement contains a new
and revised version of any booklet contained in any
earlier supplement of the Revised Edition, such new and
revised version shall, on coming into force under the
provisions of section 12, supersede the earlier booklet,
and the Chief Parliamentary Draftsman shall then cause
the earlier booklet to be appropriately replaced in the
Revised Edition. (7) The Attorney General shall, by notice in the
Gazette, publish annual supplement prepared under this
section.

tely replaced in the
Revised Edition. (7) The Attorney General shall, by notice in the
Gazette, publish annual supplement prepared under this
section.

Omission of
certain laws
Cap.4
s.8
6.-(1) The Attorney General may, by notice
published in the Gazette, direct the omission from the
Revised Edition of any Act which in his opinion it is
undesirable or unnecessary to publish in the Revision. (2) The Chief Parliamentary Draftsman may omit
from the Revised Edition any subsidiary legislation that in
his opinion it is undesirable or unnecessary to publish in
the Revised Edition because of its limited application or
for another reason, but in that event a note of the omission
shall, as far as is practicable be included in the Revised
Edition. Editorial
omission of
certain laws or
provisions
7. In the preparation of the Revised Edition and
each annual supplement, the Chief Parliamentary
Draftsman may omit-

ion of
certain laws or
provisions
7. In the preparation of the Revised Edition and
each annual supplement, the Chief Parliamentary
Draftsman may omit-

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(a) all laws or provisions which have been
repealed, whether expressly or by necessary
implication, or have become spent, have had
their effect or have been superseded;
(b) all repealing provisions, and all tables, lists
and schedules of repealed provisions;
(c) all provisions continuing in operation a law to
which this Act applies made under a repealed
provision where that law is itself included in
the Revised Edition;
(d) all preambles to enactments, where the
omission can conveniently be made;
(e) all enacting clauses;
(f) all provisions prescribing the date when a law
or provision is to come into operation, or the
manner in which that date is to be fixed, where
the omission can conveniently be made;
(g) all amending laws or parts of them, where the
amendments have been embodied in the law to
which they relate;
(h) all provisions so far as they effect changes of
titles or citations of laws;
(i) all provisions the whole of which, except
provisions relating to titles and citations of
laws, incorporation with other laws and other
preliminary and formal matters, consist of
amendments to other laws, where the amended
laws are themselves included in the Revised
Edition;
(j) all forms, where the omission can conveniently
be made;
(k) all validating provisions; and
(l) all subsidiary legislation made under laws
omitted from the Revised Edition by virtue of
the preceding provisions of this section.

provisions; and
(l) all subsidiary legislation made under laws
omitted from the Revised Edition by virtue of
the preceding provisions of this section.

Editorial powers
of revision 8.-(1) Subject to section 9, in the preparation of
the Revised Edition, the Chief Parliamentary Draftsman
has and may exercise the following powers-
(a) consolidate into one law any two or more laws

of
the Revised Edition, the Chief Parliamentary Draftsman
has and may exercise the following powers-
(a) consolidate into one law any two or more laws

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in pari materia, making the alterations thereby
rendered necessary and affixing to it such date
as may seem most convenient;
(b) alter the order of sections in any Act and in all
cases where it may be necessary to do so,
renumber the sections;
(c) alter the form or arrangement of any section by
transferring words, by combining it in whole
or in part with another section or other sections
or by dividing it into two or more subsections;
(d) divide enactments whether consolidated or not
into parts or divisions;
(e) transfer any provision contained in an
enactment from that enactment to any other
enactment to which it more properly belongs;
(f) arrange the laws, whether consolidated or not,
in any group or sequence that may be
convenient irrespective of the date of
enactment;
(g) add a short title to any law which may require
it or alter the short title of any enactment;
(h) supply, delete, or alter marginal notes;
(i) correct references and cross references;
(j) shorten and simplify the phraseology of any
legislation;
(k) correct any grammatical, clerical or
typographical errors or inconsistencies in the
existing laws, and for that purpose may make
additions, omissions or alterations in the
wording but without affecting the meaning of
any legislation;
(l) make such formal alterations as to names,
localities, offices and otherwise as may be
necessary to bring any law into conformity
with the circumstances of the United Republic;
(m) make such adaptations or alterations in any
law as may appear to be necessary or proper as
a consequence of any change in the
constitution of any country;
(n) arrange the laws in such groups and sequence

y appear to be necessary or proper as
a consequence of any change in the
constitution of any country;
(n) arrange the laws in such groups and sequence

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and in such chapters or other manner as he
seems convenient; and
(o) do all things relating to form and method
which may be necessary for the perfecting of
the Revised Edition or any annual supplement.

nvenient; and
(o) do all things relating to form and method
which may be necessary for the perfecting of
the Revised Edition or any annual supplement.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the
power conferred by subsection (1), in the exercise of the
functions pursuant to those provisions-
(a) footnotes and other annotations may be added
by way of amplification, reference or cross
reference or may be deleted or altered;
(b) any words, expressions, nomenclature or
provisions which have become obsolete may
be omitted and replaced, where necessary, by
appropriate words, expressions, nomenclature
or provisions;
(c) references to amounts of money in a currency
other than the present currency of Tanzania
may, where appropriate, be altered to
references to the equivalent amounts in the
currency of Tanzania;
(d) where the meaning of any provision can be
more conveniently expressed by reliance on
any provision of the law applicable to the
interpretation of laws, or where the meaning of
any provision that relies on any provision of
that law or that is expressed by reference to
any other provision, can be more conveniently
expressed without any such reliance or
reference, the necessary alterations may be
made (including the provision, alteration or
deletion of a definition);
(e) Ordinances may be restyled “Acts”; and
(f) any other thing relating to form or method may
be done that may be necessary or desirable for
the perfecting of the Revised Edition, whether
by analogy with the preceding provisions of
this section or otherwise, and in particular any
omission or alteration may be made that is
consequential on, or is made desirable by any

rovisions of
this section or otherwise, and in particular any
omission or alteration may be made that is
consequential on, or is made desirable by any

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omission or alteration made under this section
or section 7. (3) The powers conferred by this section are
cumulative, each such power is additional to and not in
derogation of any other such power and any two or more
such powers may be exercised together. (4) The Chief Parliamentary Draftsman may, from
time to time, issue general directions, not inconsistent
with the provisions of this section as to drafting style and
concerning the manner and form of presentation of laws
in the Revised Edition, the exercise of his functions and
powers under those provisions and generally for
implementing those provisions, and with a particular view
to improving and standardising the form and drafting of
laws. (5) Directions issued under subsection (4) shall be
published in the Gazette and then be tabled in the National
Assembly. Regarding
alterations of
substance
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s.8
9.-(1) Nothing in the provisions of section 5, 6, 7
or 8 shall be construed as implying any power in the Chief
Parliamentary Draftsman to make any alteration in the
matter, substance or effect of any law, but this provision is
directory only.

power in the Chief
Parliamentary Draftsman to make any alteration in the
matter, substance or effect of any law, but this provision is
directory only.

(2) Any law omitted under the authority of this
Act from the Revised Edition or any annual supplement
shall not be deemed to be without force and validity by
reason only of its omission. (3) Where it appears desirable that, in the
preparation of the Revised Edition, alterations not
otherwise authorised by this Act should be made, the
Chief Parliamentary Draftsman may cause a Bill or other
appropriate draft law to be prepared, setting out those
alterations, which shall be submitted to the Minister and
be dealt with in the ordinary way. (4) Where it appears desirable for the purposes of
the preparation and perfecting of the Revised Edition, or
for any purpose associated with it, that further or other
legislative provision be made, the Chief Parliamentary
Draftsman shall cause a Bill or other appropriate draft law

ated with it, that further or other
legislative provision be made, the Chief Parliamentary
Draftsman shall cause a Bill or other appropriate draft law

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to be prepared, which shall be submitted to the Minister
and be dealt with in the ordinary way. (5) A Bill or other draft law prepared pursuant to
subsection (3) or (4) may provide for either or both of the
following-
(a) that it shall apply to the Revised Edition as if it
had come into force immediately before the
effective date; or
(b) that it shall not be included in the Revised
Edition. Text of
documents
included in laws
10.-(1) Where any law to which this Act applies
sets out the text of any agreement, treaty or other
document, nothing in this Act allows any alteration to the
text of that agreement, treaty or other document. (2) There may be included in the Revised Edition
or in any annual supplement, in a convenient form-
(a) any laws which were in force in or in relation
to the country or a part of the country before
Independence;
(b) any foreign laws; or
(c) any other documents or materials, that are, in
the opinion of the Chief Parliamentary
Draftsman, of sufficient constitutional or other
importance to warrant the inclusion, but they
do not form part of the Revised Edition for the
purposes of this Act.

sufficient constitutional or other
importance to warrant the inclusion, but they
do not form part of the Revised Edition for the
purposes of this Act.

(3) There may be included in the Revised Edition-
(a) any laws made before, but not yet in force on
the effective date; and
(b) any laws made after the effective date, in such
manner and with such annotations as the Chief
Parliamentary Draftsman thinks necessary or
desirable in order to explain their actual or
prospective effect, and to conform with the
requirements of the Revised Edition. (4) The provisions of this Act, with such
modifications as are necessary, apply to and in relation to
laws to which subsection (3) of this section applies in the
same manner as they apply to laws to which this Act
applies.

, apply to and in relation to
laws to which subsection (3) of this section applies in the
same manner as they apply to laws to which this Act
applies.

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Records of
number, date,
arrangement,
etc., of laws
11. In the preparation of a Revised Edition and
each annual supplement, the following provisions shall
apply, that is to say-
(a) the number and year of each Act shall be set
out at the head thereof, and when another law
is incorporated in it, the number and year of
the principal Act and of each amending or
incorporated law shall be set out in the margin
at the beginning of the Act;
(b) the date on which an Act came into operation
shall be set out immediately below the long
title of the Act;
(c) each Act, other than an amending Act, shall
form a separate Chapter, and the Chapters shall
be numbered, and arranged under such titles as
the Chief Parliamentary Draftsman thinks fit;
and
(d) every booklet which supersedes an earlier
booklet shall contain a reference to the booklet
which it supersedes. Bringing into
force and
validity and
effect of
Revised Edition
12.-(1) The President may immediately after
completion of the revision of laws carried out under
section 4(2), issue a proclamation specifying the date of
commencement of the Revised Edition.

er
completion of the revision of laws carried out under
section 4(2), issue a proclamation specifying the date of
commencement of the Revised Edition.

(2) From the date specified in the proclamation,
the Revised Edition described in such proclamation shall,
subject to the provisions of section 13, be deemed to be
and shall be noted, in all courts of law, as the proper law
of Tanzania in respect of the laws included therein. (3) Except in so far as it concerns any law omitted
from the Revised Edition under section 6 on and after the
date referred to in subsection (1), the Revised Edition is
the authoritative text of the laws of Tanzania according to
the respective tenors-
(a) in the case of a law to which this Act applies,
or of a law included in accordance with
paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 10
of this Act, as at the effective date but
subject to the effect of any law included

d in accordance with
paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 10
of this Act, as at the effective date but
subject to the effect of any law included

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under paragraph (b) of that subsection; and
(b) in the case of a law included in accordance
with paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
10 of this Act, as at the effective date. (4) Nothing in this Act gives to subsidiary
legislation included in the Revised Edition any validity
other than that which it would have had if it had been
made by the appropriate authority on the date referred to
in subsection (1). Rectification of
errors 13.-(1) For the purpose of rectifying any clerical,
printing or other literary error appearing in the Revised
Edition or in any annual supplement or for the purpose of
rectifying, in a manner not inconsistent with his powers
under this Act, any other error so appearing, the Chief
Parliamentary Draftsman may from time to time, by
notice published in the Gazette, give directions as to the
rectification of any such error.

he Chief
Parliamentary Draftsman may from time to time, by
notice published in the Gazette, give directions as to the
rectification of any such error.

(2) Any notice issued under the authority of this
section shall have effect from the date on which the law to
which it relates had effect as part of the Revised Edition
or as an annual supplement, as the case may be, under the
provisions of section 12 and that law shall be read and
construed accordingly. Continuance in
force of certain
subsidiary
enactments
14. On the date referred to in section 12, all
subsidiary legislation-
(a) made under a law to which this Act applies;
(b) in force immediately before the effective date;
or
(c) omitted from the Revised Edition under
section 6 or 7 of this Act,
shall be deemed to have been in force on the effective
date as if it had been made under the corresponding
provision in the Revised Edition. Effect of
annotations 15. Where any factual statement is made in
relation to any law to which this Act applies in any
annotation in the Revised Edition, that statement is, unless
the contrary intention appears, prima facie evidence of the
fact so stated.

pplies in any
annotation in the Revised Edition, that statement is, unless
the contrary intention appears, prima facie evidence of the
fact so stated.

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Construction of
reference to
repealed, etc.,
laws
16. Where, in any law or in any document of
whatever kind, reference is made to any law repealed or
otherwise affected by or under the operation of this Act,
such reference shall, where necessary and practicable, be
deemed to extend and apply to the corresponding law in
the Revised Edition or annual supplement, as the case
may be and all cross-references in any laws shall, where
such cross references are affected by the operation of this
Act, be read and construed with such modifications as
circumstances may require. Sealed copies to
be deposited 17.-(1) Three bound copies of each volume of the
Revised Edition shall be dated and signed by the President
and shall be sealed with the Public Seal of the United
Republic. (2) One of the sealed copies shall be deposited
with the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of Tanzania,
one shall be held in the record of the National Assembly
and one shall be held in such custody as the President
directs.

Court of Appeal of Tanzania,
one shall be held in the record of the National Assembly
and one shall be held in such custody as the President
directs.

Distribution of
Revised Edition 18.-(1) Copies of the Revised Edition and annual
supplements of any booklet shall be distributed among
such persons, officers, departments and institutions and
upon such conditions as the Minister may direct. (2) There shall be offered to the public such
number of copies of the Revised Edition and each annual
supplement and of any booklet at such prices as the
Minister may direct. (3) Any person may become a subscriber to the
Revised Edition or the annual supplements, or both, on
payment of such fee or annual fee, or both, as the Minister
may direct. (4) The Government Printer or other person
authorised by the Minister shall, on the application of a
subscriber, supply him with a copy of all booklets which
have been published in the year of application.

y the Minister shall, on the application of a
subscriber, supply him with a copy of all booklets which
have been published in the year of application.

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Replacements
and additional
material
19.-(1) The Chief Parliamentary Draftsman shall,
from time to time, cause to be issued-
(a) replacement sheets incorporating any
amendments to the text of laws included in the
Revised Edition;
(b) directions for the removal of provisions that
have been repealed or have expired, have had
their effect or have been superseded, or that
otherwise might have been omitted from the
Revised Edition under section 7; and
(c) the text of new law to be incorporated in the
Revised Edition. (2) Each replacement sheet, and the text of each
new law, shall-
(a) specify the date as at which it was prepared;
and
(b) state the part of the Revised Edition that it
replaces, or where it should be inserted in the
Revised Edition, and shall form part of the
Revised Edition as if the date specified under
paragraph (a) of this subsection were the
effective date. (3) In preparing a replacement sheet or the text of
a new law to be incorporated into the Revised Edition, the
Chief Parliamentary Draftsman may exercise, as
appropriate, all or any of the powers conferred by section
7, 8 or 9 of this Act.

Revised Edition, the
Chief Parliamentary Draftsman may exercise, as
appropriate, all or any of the powers conferred by section
7, 8 or 9 of this Act.

Judicial notice
of Revised
Edition
20.-(1) All courts and persons acting judicially
shall take judicial notice of the text of the laws to which
this Act applies as included in the Revised Edition. (2) Except where this Act specifically provides to
the contrary, no footnotes or other annotations, and no
explanatory matter, printed in the Revised Edition in
relation to any provision shall be deemed to form part of
that provision or be judicially noticed. (3) The mere production of a volume purporting to
be a volume of the Revised Edition and to have been
printed by a Government Printer is, in all courts and
before all persons acting judicially, prima facie evidence

the Revised Edition and to have been
printed by a Government Printer is, in all courts and
before all persons acting judicially, prima facie evidence

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that the volume is a volume of the Revised Edition. (4) The copies of the Revised Edition sealed under
section 17, and copies of replacement sheets and new laws
prepared under section 19 and certified by the Chief
Parliamentary Draftsman to be such copies, as affected by
any rectification under section 13, are for all purposes
conclusive evidence of the texts of the laws to which they
relate. (5) A law that is not included in the Revised
Edition may be provided in any way in which it might
have been proved immediately before the effective date. (6) The provisions of this section are in addition to
and not in derogation of any other law relating to evidence
or judicial notice. Continuance of
text of Revised
Laws for certain
purposes
21. The inclusion of a law in, or the exclusion of a
law from, the Revised Edition does not affect any civil or
criminal proceedings previously commenced under that
law, but every such proceeding may be continued and
everything in relation to it may be done in all respect as if
the law had not been so included or excluded.

every such proceeding may be continued and
everything in relation to it may be done in all respect as if
the law had not been so included or excluded.

Place of this Act
in Revised
Edition
22.-(1) This Act and any Act made in accordance
with section 9 shall be included at or about the beginning
of the text of the Revised Edition. (2) Section 7 of this Act does not apply to or in
relation to the printing of an Act in accordance with the
preceding provisions of this section. (3) All notices under subsection (1) of section 6,
shall be printed with the Acts referred to in subsection (1)
of this section. Repeal of R.L. Cap.356
G.N.No.312 of
2004
23.-(1) [Repeals the Revised Laws and Annual
Revision Ordinance.]
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the
text of the laws in the former Revised Laws shall be
superseded by the respective texts of the laws contained in
the Revised Edition and annual supplements prepared
under this Act. _________________