Historical Background of The Law of Marriage Act in Tanzania.

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The Study shows the contribution of the Spry Report of Kenya which lay some recommendation to the enactment of the Law of Marriage Act Cap. 29, as in the early time Tanzania had Multiplicity of Laws governing Marriage af airs hence, more possibility of Conflict in those Laws.

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Age of Marriage in Tanzania

Attorney General of Tanzania vs. Rebeca Gyumi Court of Appeal decision

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Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations.

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The Zimbabwe Law Review

Tanzania’s endeavors to find an appropriate law of marriage and divorce began immediately after independence in 1961 when President Nyerere sanctioned the recording of the personal law of various communities throughout the country. In 1963 the codification team produced a comprehensive draft code which was applicable to the Bantu patri-lineal groups. It was published that year as Government Notice No. 279 of 1963.1 It may be recalled that during the early 1960s some other African states which had recently become-independent were actively involved in critically evaluating their legal systems which they had inherited from the previous colonial administration. At the Dar es Salaam Conference of 1963 for example, a number of speakers argued for the unification of customary laws noting that such a step would lead towards national unification.

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Kgm Attorneys Law Review

Conflicts of Laws in Tanzania

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Sioni Gabriel vs. Attorney General and other. Challenging Section 11 of the Citizenship Act of Tanzania which is discriminatory as it gives the woman married to Tanzanian man right to get citizenship while the man married to Tanzanian woman has no such right. 11.-(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) and of section 6, a woman who is married to a citizen of the United Republic shall at any time during the lite-time of the husband be entitled, upon making an application in the prescribed form, to be naturalized as a citizen of the United Republic. Naturalization of Women married to citizens of the United Re- (2) A woman who has, previous to her marriage to a citizen of the United Republic, renounced, or been deprived of, her status as a citizen of the United Republic in accordance with the law for the time being in force shall not be entitled to be naturalized under subsection (1), but may be naturalized with approval of the Minister

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