CHAPTER 117
REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS ACT

[SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION]

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

    APPOINTMENTS

    NOTICES

        The Registration of Documents (Authorised Persons) Notice

        The Appointments of Senior Assistant Registrar and Assistant Registrars (Registrar-General's Office)

    RULES

        The Registration of Documents Rules

APPOINTMENTS

(Section 3(2))

G.Ns. Nos.
115 of 1942
164 of 1945
172 of 1946
276 of 1960

    To be the Registrar of Documents–

    The Registrar-General.

    To be Assistant Registrars of Documents–

    Every Assistant Registrar-General.

    Every Assistant Registrar.

NOTICES

THE REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS (AUTHORISED PERSONS) NOTICE

(Section 12(1))

G.N. No. 91 of 1972

    1. This Notice may be cited as the Registration of Documents (Authorised Persons) Notice.

    2. The following persons are hereby authorised to attest the execution of documents of which registration is compulsory under the provisions of the Registration of Documents Act *–

    (a)    where the documents is executed within Mainland Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda or Zanzibar–

            A Judge of the High Court,

            A Magistrate,

            A Justice of the Peace,

            An Advocate,

            The Registrar of Documents,

            An Assistant Registrar of Documents,

            The Registrar of the High Court,

            A Deputy Registrar of the High Court,

            The Commissioner for Lands,

            An Assistant Commissioner for Lands,

            The Administrator-General,

            A Senior Assistant Administrator-General,

            An Assistant Administrator-General,

            An Administrative Officer,

            An Internal Revenue Officer,

            A Senior Land Officer,

            A Land Officer;

            any person employed by the Government of the United Republic and who, under the provisions of section 3 of the Advocates Ordinance, is entitled to practise as an Advocate of the High Court;

            any person employed by the Tanzania Legal Corporation established by the Tanzania Legal Corporation (Establishment) Order, 1970 and who, under the provisions of section 3 of the Advocates Ordinance, is entitled to practise as an Advocate of the High Court;

    (b)    where the document is executed elsewhere than in Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda or Zanzibar–

            A Judge,

            A Magistrate,

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            A Justice of the Peace,

            A Notary Public,

            A Foreign Service Officer of the Tanzania Foreign Service.

THE APPOINTMENTS OF SENIOR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR AND ASSISTANT REGISTRARS (REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFICE)

G.Ns. Nos.
184 of 1960
391 of 1961

    1. With effect from the 1st day of July, 1960, the Senior Assistant Registrar and every Assistant Registrar in the office of the Registrar-General is hereby appointed to be–

    (a)    an Assistant Registrar-General of Births and Deaths under section 5 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act *;

    (b)    a Deputy Registrar under section 3 of the Business Names (Registration) Act *;

    (c)    an Assistant Registrar under–

        (i)    section 3 of the Chattels Transfer Act *;

        (ii)    section 292 of the Companies Act *;

        (iii)    section 2 of the Patents (Registration) Act *;

        (iv)    section 4 of the Land Registration Act *;

        (v)    section 3 of the Trade Marks Act *.

    2. The appointments of the Registry Superintendent and every Assistant Registry Superintendent in the office of the Registrar-General to be–

    (a)    an Assistant Registrar-General of Births and Deaths;

    (b)        a Deputy Registrar under the Business Names (Registration) Act *;

    (c)    an Assistant Registrar under–

        (i)    the Registration of Documents Act *;

        (ii)    the Chattels Transfer Act *;

        (iii)    the Companies Act *;

        (iv)    the Patents (Registration) Act *;

        (v)    the Land Registration Act *;

        (vi)     the Trade Unions Act *;

        (vii)    the Trade Marks Act *,

are hereby cancelled with effect from the 1st day of July, 1960.

RULES

THE REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS RULES

(Section 47)

G.N. No. 89 of 1956

1.    Title

    These Rules may be cited as the Registration of Documents Rules.

2.    Attestation clauses

    (1) Every person attesting the execution of a document of which registration is compulsory under the provisions of the Registration of Documents Ordinance shall sign an attestation clause in one of the forms contained in the First Schedule hereto, whichever may be appropriate.

    (2) When in the opinion of the Registrar the signature of any person is not clearly legible, the Registrar may require the name of such person to be inserted in the attestation clause in legible characters.

3.    Forms of caveat and notice

    Every caveat and every notice of the presentation for registration in the registry of documents of an document executed by any person named in a caveat shall be in the appropriate form contained in the Second Schedule hereto.

4.    Hours of business

    The Registry of Documents shall be open to the public daily, except on Sundays and public holidays within the meaning of the Public Holidays Act, between the following hours–

FIRST SCHEDULE
ATTESTATION CLAUSES

SECOND SCHEDULE
FORMS

R.D. 1
CAVEAT

THE REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS ACT

(Section 32(1))

R.D. 2
NOTICE TO BE GIVEN IN PURSUANCE OF CAVEAT

The Registration of Documents Act

(Section 32(3))

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