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Machako Athumani versus the Republic

Pays/Territoire
Tanzanie, Rép.-Unie de
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Déc 15, 2014
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
High Court of Tanzania
Siège de la cour
Tanga
Juge
Msuya
Numéro de référence
No. 1 of 2014
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Questions juridiques, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes
Résumé

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.