Data source
Date of text
15 Dec 2014
Country
Seat of court
Tanga
Original language
English
Type of text
National - higher court
Reference number
No. 1 of 2014
Court name
High Court of Tanzania
Justice(s)
Msuya
Sources
InforMEA
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This is an appeal originating from Handeni District Court on Economic Case No. 13 of 2013.
Appellant appealed the conviction by the Handeni District Court on case No. 13 of 2013 in which he was charged and convicted of the offense of unlawful possession of Government trophy contrary to section 86(1) of the Wildlife Conservation Act of 2009 read together with Paragraph 14 (d) of the first Schedule and Section 57 (1) of the Economic and Organized Crime Control Act, Cap 200 R.E 2002.
The appeal was allowed and conviction was quashed and sentence set aside.