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CHAPTER 227
AUCTIONEERS ACT

[SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION]

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

    ORDERS

        The Auctioneers (Application) Order

    RULES

        The Auctioneers Rules

ORDERS

THE AUCTIONEERS (APPLICATION) ORDER

(Section 1)

[1st April, 1929]

G.N. No. 5 of 1929

[Omitted.]

RULES

THE AUCTIONEERS RULES

(Section 21)

G.N. No. 20 of 1929

    1. These Rules may be cited as the Auctioneers Rules.

    2. Every application for a licence under the Auctioneers Act * shall be in Form A in the Schedule hereto.

    3. Every auctioneer shall keep in his usual place of business, or if he has no such place, in the place where he holds an auction, a record which will furnish the information specified in Form B in the Schedule hereto of all properties entrusted or offered to him for sale by auction during the period of the licence:

    Provided that if the auctioneer is a native, the record will furnish the information specified in Form C in the Schedule hereto.

    4. All records kept by an auctioneer shall be open to inspection by any Administrative Officer or any Police Officer not lower than the rank of Sub-Inspector.

    5. Any person contravening any of these Rules shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding seven hundred and fifty shillings and his licence may also be suspended or revoked.

SCHEDULE
FORMS

FORM A
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR AN AUCTIONEERS LICENCE

THE AUCTIONEERS ACT (CAP. 227)

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS

Applications for auctioneers licences cannot be considered by the licensing authority unless made on this form in the prescribed manner. Applications must be submitted through the District Officer of the District in which the applicant resides.

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All applications must be accompanied by the prescribed fee for which a receipt will be issued by the District Officer.

General Licence

Local Licence

The fees are–

Shs.

Shs.

    (a)    Annual licence terminating on the following 31st December .............................................................................

300

160

    (b)    Half-yearly licence terminating on the following 30th June or 31st December ......................................................

150

100

A General Licence authorises the holder to practise as an auctioneer under the Auctioneers Act in any district in Tanzania.

A Local Licence authorises the holder to practise as an auctioneer only in the district for which it is issued.

Payment of the fee at the time of application does not imply that a licence will necessarily be issued and it does not authorise the applicant to practise as an auctioneer.

APPLICATION

    I, (name in full in block capitals) ....................................................................................
of (full address) ................................................................................................................
apply for–

    1 (a)    a General Licence as an auctioneer

    2 (b)    a Local Licence as an auctioneer in the ................................................... District.

Date ............................................

...........................................
Signature

    The Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, Dar es Salaam.

    Fee Shs. ..................... paid and General Revenue

Receipt No. .................................... of ................................................................ issued.

.........................................
District Officer

Date ............................................

................................................ District

FORM B
RECORD OF PROPERTY WHICH THE AUCTIONEERS IS REQUISITIONED TO SELL

Date articles or instructions received

Name and address of owner

Property

Conditions of sale with reserve price, if any


RECORD OF SALES


Date and place of sales


Lot No


Owner


Property offered for sale


Name of purchaser


Price



















Note–    The name of the purchaser need not be recorded in the case of final bids of less than one hundred shillings .

FORM C
RECORD TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE AUCTIONEER

    In the case of licences issued to natives the following record should be maintained by the auctioneer–

        Date articles received

        Description

        Owner

        Date sold

        Price

        Name of purchaser {/mprestriction}