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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

NO. 6 OF 2013

I ASSENT,

President

[...]

An Act to amend the Constitutional Review Act, Cap. 83.

ENACTED by Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania.

ConstructionCap.83

1. This Act may be cited as the Constitutional

Review (Amendment) Act, 2013 and shall be read as onewith the Constitutional Review Act, hereinafter referred

to as the principal Act.


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2 No.6 Constitutional Review (Amendment) 2013

Amendment ofsection 3

2. The principal Act is amended in section 3, byinserting in the appropriate alphabetical order thefollowing new definitions:

Draft Constitution means the draft constitution

prepared by the Commission under thisAct;

Standing Orders means the Standing Orders of

the Constituent Assembly made under

this Act.

Amendment

of section 20

3. The principal Act is amended in section 20 by

deleting subsection (4) and substituting for it thefollowing:

(4) Notwithstanding the dissolution ofthe Commission under section 37(1), the Clerk of

the Constituent Assembly may, upon consultation

with the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly,

invite the Chairman, Vice Chairman or any othermember of the dissolved Commission to give

clarification which may be required during the

debates of the Constituent Assembly.

Amendment of

section 224. Section 22 of the principal Act is amended-

(a)by deleting the opening phrase of paragraph(c) appearing in subsection (1) and substitutingfor it the following:

(c) one hundred and sixty six members

appointed by the President in

agreement with the President ofZanzibar from the following:


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(b)deleting paragraph (vi) and substituting for itthe following:

(vi) the Trade Union Organisations;

(c)by inserting the following provisions aftersubsection (2):

(2A) The President shall invite

each group specified under subsection (1)

(c) to submit to him a list of not more than

nine names of persons for appointment ofthree persons from the list as members:

Provided that, the list shall, for

every name proposed, indicate the age,gender, experience, qualifications and

place of abode of such person.

(2B) In appointing members of theConstituent Assembly under subsection

(1)(c), the President shall have regard to:

(a)qualifications and experience ofpersons nominated; and

(b)gender balance.Addition ofsection 22A

5. The principal Act is amended by-

(a) adding immediately after section 22 thefollowing new section:

Interim

Chairman22A.-(1) Without prejudice to the

provisions of section 23, after the

convening of the Constituent Assembly, theClerk of the National Assembly and the

Clerk of the House of Representatives shall

manage and supervise the process ofelecting the Interim Chairman of the

Constituent Assembly who shall preside


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over the proceedings of the Assembly forthe purposes of:

(a) developing and adopting theStanding Orders of theConstituent Assembly; and

(b) conducting the election of theChairman and Vice Chairman of

the Constituent Assembly.(2) The Interim Chairman elected by

the Constituent Assembly under

subsection (1) shall not be eligible tocontest for the chairmanship of the

Constituent Assembly.


6. The principal Act is amended in section 23 by-

(a) adding immediately after subsection (3) the

following:(4) A member shall not be eligible for

nomination or election as a Chairman or Vice

Chairman unless that member-(a) possesses a degree from a recognized

university;(b) possesses proven experience and competence

in chairing public assemblies orfora;

(c) has not been convicted by any court in theUnited Republic and sentenced to a term of

imprisonment exceeding six months for any

offence involving dishonesty and moral

turpitude.


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(5) Procedure for application, nomination andelection of Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be asmay be prescribed in the Standing Orders.

(b) renumbering subsections (4), (5) and (6)

as subsections (6), (7) and (8) respectively;


7. The principal Act is amended in section 24 by-

(a) deleting subsection (4) and substituting for it

the following:(4) The Clerk of the Constituent

Assembly shall, upon consultation with the

Deputy Clerk, select such number of staff from theNational Assembly, the House of Representatives,

Offices of the Attorney General of the United

Republic and Zanzibar and from other publicinstitutions, as may be necessary for better

performance of the functions of the Constituent

Assembly.

(5) The staff selected under subsection (4)shall be under secondment for the prescribed

period of the Constituent Assembly.

(b) renumbering subsection (5) as

subsection (6).

Amendment of

section 268. The principal Act is amended in section 26 by

adding immediately after subsection (2) the following:

(3) Where the support of two third majority ofthe total number of members is not attained as required

under subsection (2), the Chairman of the Constituent

Assembly shall identify issue or issues in controversy forthe purpose of voting for the second time in respect of

such issue or issues.


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(4) The issue or issues as identified undersubsection (3) shall be passed by the Constituent

Assembly based on the support of two third majority ofthe total number of members hailing from MainlandTanzania and two third majority of the total number of

members hailing from Tanzania Zanzibar.

(5) Where the support of two third majority is not

attained as required under subsection (4), the ConstituentAssembly shall vote for the third time, and the issue or

issues shall be determined by simple majority of the total

number of members hailing from Mainland Tanzania and

simple majority of the total number of members hailingfrom Tanzania Zanzibar.

(6) Upon completion of voting under subsection(5), the proposed Constitution shall be deemed to have

been passed by the Constituent Assembly and the

provisions of the Referendum Act shall apply.

(7) Procedures for voting under this section shallbe as prescribed in the Standing Orders.


9. Theprincipal Act is amended in section 27 bydeleting subsection (2) and substituting for it the

following:

(2) There shall be freedom of opinion in

the debates of the Constituent Assembly and such

opinion of the members shall not be questioned in

any court or place outside the ConstituentAssembly.

(3) The procedure of debates in the

Constituent Assembly shall be prescribed in theStanding Orders.


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Amendment of

section 28

10. The principal Act is amended in section 28 by

adding immediately after subsection (2) the followingprovision:

(3) Without prejudice to subsections (1)

and (2), the Constituent Assembly shall deliberate

on the Draft Constitution within a period notexceeding seventy days from the date on which

the Constituent Assembly convened.

(4) The Chairman of the ConstituentAssembly, after consultation with the Vice

Chairman may, upon approval by the President in

agreement with the President of Zanzibar, extend

the period under subsection (3) for such period asmay be appropriate to accomplish the functions of

the Constituent Assembly.


11. The principal Act is amended in section 37 bydeleting subsection (1) and substituting for it the

following:

DissolutionofCommission

37.-(1) Upon submission of theDraft Constitution to the Constituent

Assembly under section 20(3), the

President shall, by Order published in theGazette, dissolve the Commission.

Passed in the National Assembly on the 6th

September, 2013.

.

Clerk of the National Assembly


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JAMHURI YA MUUNGANO WA TANZANIA

NA. 6 YA 2012

NAKUBALI,

Rais

.

Sheria itakayofanya Marekebisho katika Sheria ya Mabadiliko

ya Katiba, Sura ya 83.

IMETUNGWA na Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania.

TafsiriSura ya 83

1. Muswada huu utaitwa Muswada wa Sheria ya

Marekebisho ya Sheria ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba, mwaka2013 utasomwa pamoja na Sheria ya Mabadiliko ya

Katiba, ambayo itajulikana katika Sheria hii kama Sheria

mama.


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Marekebishoya kifungucha 3

2. Sheria mama inafanyiwa marekebisho katikakifungu cha 3 kwa kuingiza katika mtiririko wa

kialfabetiki tafsiri mpya zifuatazo:-Rasimu ya Katiba maana yake ni Rasimu ya

Katiba ambayo imetayarishwa na Tume chini ya Sheria

hii;Kanuni maana yake ni Kanuni za Bunge

Maalum la Katiba zilizotungwa chini ya Sheria hii.


3. Sheria mama inafanyiwa marekebisho katika

kifungu cha 20 kwa kufuta kifungu kidogo cha (4) na

kuweka badala yake kifungu kifuatacho:(4) Bila kujali kuvunjwa kwa Tume

chini ya kifungu cha 37(1), Katibu wa Bunge

Maalum anaweza, kwa kushauriana na

Mwenyekiti wa Bunge Maalum, kumwalikaMwenyekiti, Makamu Mwenyekiti au Mjumbe

yeyote wa Tume ilivyovunjwa ili kutoa ufafanuzi

unaoweza kuhitajika wakati wa mjadala wa BungeMaalum.

Marekebishoya kifungu

cha 22

4. Sheria mama inafanyiwa marekebisho katika

kifungu cha 22 kwa:(a) kufuta maneno ya utangulizi kwenye aya (c)

yanayojitokeza katika kifungu kidogo cha (1)

na badala yake kuweka aya ifuatayo:(c) wajumbe mia moja sitini na sita

watakaoteuliwa na Rais kwa

kukubaliana na Rais wa Zanzibar

kutokana na wafuatao;


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(b) kufuta aya (vi) na badala yake kuweka ayaifuatayo:

(vi) Shirikisho la Wafanyakazi;(c) kuongeza baada ya kifungu kidogo cha (2),

vifungu vifuatavyo:

(2A) Rais ataalika kila kundilililoainishwa katika kifungu kidogo cha (1)(c)

kuwasilisha kwake orodha ya majina ya watu

wasiozidi tisa kwa madhumuni ya uteuzi wa watuwatatu kutoka kwenye orodha kuwa Wajumbe wa

Bunge Maalum:

Isipokuwa kwamba, orodha hiyo itaonesha,kwa kila jina linalopendekezwa, umri, jinsi,uzoefu, sifa na mahali anapotoka mtu huyo.

(2B) Katika kuteua wajumbe wa Bunge

Maalum chini ya kifungu kidogo cha (1)(c), Raisatazingatia:

(a)sifa na uzoefu wa watuwaliopendekezwa; na

(b) usawa wa kijinsia.Kuongezakifungu cha

22A

5. Sheria Mama inarekebishwa kwa-(a) kuongeza baada ya Kifungu cha 22Kifungu kipya kama ifuatavyo:

Mwenyekitiwa muda

22A.-(1) Bila kuathiri masharti ya

kifungu cha 23, baada ya kuitishwa kwaBunge Maalum, Katibu wa Bunge la

Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania naKatibu wa Baraza la Mapinduzi

watasimamia mchakato wa kumchagua

Mwenyekiti wa muda wa Bunge Maalum


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atasimamia na kuongoza BungeMaalum kwa madhumuni ya-

(a) kusimamia uandaaji nakupitishwa kwa Kanuni za

Bunge Maalum; na

(b) kuendesha uchaguzi waMwenyekiti na MakamuMwenyekiti wa Bunge

Maalum,

(2) Mwenyekiti wa mudaaliyechaguliwa na Bunge Maalum

chini ya kifungu kidogo cha (1)hatakuwa na sifa ya kugombea

nafasi ya uenyekiti wa Bunge

Maalum.

Marekebisho

ya kifungucha 23

6. Sheria Mama inarekebishwa katika kifungu cha

23 kwa-

(a) kuongeza baada ya kifungu kidogo cha (3)

kifungu kifuatacho:

(4) Mjumbe wa Bunge Maalum hatastahilikuteuliwa au kugombea nafasi ya kuwa Mwenyekiti

au Makamu Mwenyekiti isipokuwa kama Mjumbehuyo-

(a) amehitimu shahada kutoka katika Chuo

Kikuu kinachotambulika;

(b) amethibitika kuwa na uzoefu na ujuzi wakuongoza mihadhara au mabaraza;

(5) Utaratibu wa maombi, uteuzi na uchaguzi

wa Mwenyekiti na Makamu wa Mwenyekitiutakuwa kama utakavyoainishwa kwenye Kanuni.


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(b) kubadilisha kifungu kidogo cha (4),(5) na(6) kuwa kifungu kidogo cha (6), (7) na (8)

ipasavyo.

(c) hajawahi kutiwa hatiani na Mahakamayoyote katika Jamhuri ya Muungano na

kuhukumiwa kifungo kisichozidi miezi sita kwa

kosa lolote linalohusu uvunjifu wa Uaminifu waMaadili.


7. Sheria Mama inafanyiwa marekebisho katikakifungu cha 24 kwa-

(a) kufuta kifungu kidogo cha (4) na kuweka badalayake kifungu kifuatacho:-

(4) Katibu wa Bunge Maalum baada yakushauriana na Naibu Katibu na taasisi za umma,

atachagua idadi ya watumishi kutoka miongoni mwa

watumishi wa Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano, Baraza

la Wawakilishi, Ofisi za Wanasheria wa Jamhuri yaMuungano na Zanzibar na taasisi nyingine za umma

kwa kadri itakavyohitajika kwa madhumuni ya

utekelezaji bora wa shughuli za Bunge Maalum.(5) Watumishi walioteuliwa chini ya ibara

ndogo ya (4), wateuliwe kwa masharti ya kuazimwakatika kipindi chote cha Bunge Maalum.

(b) kubadilisha kifungu kidogo cha (5) kuwa

kifungu kidogo cha (6).


8.-(1) Sheria Mama inarekebishwa katika kifungucha 26 kwa kuongeza baada ya kifungu kidogo cha (2)

vifungu vifuatavyo:-

(3) Pale ambapo theluthi mbili ya idadi ya jumlaya Wajumbe haijafikiwa kama inavyotakiwa chini ya


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kifungu kidogo cha (2), Mwenyekiti wa Bunge Maalumatabainisha suala au masuala yaliyobishaniwa kwa

madhumuni ya kupigiwa kura kwa mara ya pili(4) Suala au masuala yaliyobainishwa chini ya

kifungu kidogo cha (3) yatapitishwa na Bunge Maalum

kwa kuzingatia kuungwa mkono kwa theluthi mbili yawajumbe wote kutoka Tanzania Bara na theluthi mbili ya

wajumbe wote kutoka Tanzania Zanzibar.

(5) Pale ambapo kuungwa mkono kwa theluthi

mbili hakujafikiwa kama inavyotakiwa chini ya kifungukidogo cha (4), Bunge Maalum litapiga kura kwa mara ya

tatu, na suala au masuala yataamuliwa kwa wingi wa kuraza jumla za wajumbe kutoka Tanzania Bara na kwa wingiwa kura za jumla za wajumbe kutoka Tanzania Zanzibar.

(6) Baada ya kupiga kura chini ya kifungu kidogo

cha (5), Katiba inayopendekezwa itachukuliwa kuwaimepitishwa na Bunge Maalum na masharti ya Sheria ya

Kura ya Maoni yatatumika.

(7) Utaratibu wa kupiga kura chini ya kifungu hikiutakuwa kama utakavyoelezwa katika Kanuni za Bunge

Maalum.


9. Sheria mama inafanyiwa marekebisho katikakifungu cha 27 kwa kufuta kifungu kidogo cha (2) na

kuweka badala yake vifungu vidogo vifuatavyo:-(2) Kutakuwa na uhuru wa maoni katika

mijadala ya Bunge Maalum na maoni ya wajumbe

hayatahojiwa mahakamni au sehemu yoyote nje yaBunge Maalum.

(3) Utaratibu wa kuendesha mijadala katika

Bunge Maalum utaainishwa katika Kanuni.


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10. Sheria mama inafanyiwa marekebisho katikakifungu cha 28 kwa kuongeza baada ya kifungu kidogo

cha (2) kifungu kidogo kifuatacho:

(3) Bila kuathiri masharti ya kifungukidogo cha (1) na cha (2), muda ambao Bunge

Maalum litajadili Rasimu ya Katiba hautazidi siku

sabini kuanzia tarehe ambayo Bunge Maalumlilipoitishwa.

(4) Mwenyekiti wa Bunge Maalum, baada

ya kushauriana na Makamu Mwenyekiti, anaweza,kwa ridhaa ya Rais baada ya kushauriana na Rais

wa Zanzibar, kuongeza muda uliotolewa chini yakifungu kidogo cha (3) kwa kipindi kitakachofaa

kukamilisha shughuli za Bunge Maalum.

Marekebishoya kifungu

cha 37

11. Sheria mama inarekebishwa katika kifungu cha

37 kwa kufuta kifungu kidogo cha (1) na kuweka badalayake kifungu kifuatacho:-

Kuvunjwakwa Tume

37.-(1) Baada ya kuwasilishwa kwaRasimu ya Katiba kwenye Bunge Maalum

chini ya kifungu cha 20(3), Rais, kwa amri

iliyochapishwa kwenye Gazeti la Serikali,

ataivunja Tume.

Umepitishwa na Bunge tarehe 06 Septemba, 2013.

.

Katibu wa Bunge

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