Departments

LEGAL REVIEW SECTION

Headed by : Ms. Angela Bahati ( Assistant Secretary)

Objectives Design and undertake all review activities of the Commission with the view to;-

Simplify, modernize and improve the content of the law, the law making process, the administration of justice and access to justice.
Remove obsolete or unnecessary laws and eliminate defects in the law.
Explore why principles of law, legal procedures and legal institutions may have become inadequate or outmoded.

Functions / Responsibilities

To identify laws having anomalies or any other defects and suggest ways of remedying those anomalies/defects.
To identify and suggest laws which the Commission should recommend for codification and simplification.
To collect Hansard, Bills and Acts from the Parliament for reference.
To prepare Draft Bills, programmes for consolidation and revision of laws
To approximate and harmonize Regional and International instruments signed and ratified by Tanzania.
To provide legal assistance to MDAs on reviewing their laws.
To review all Reports presented to the Minister and determine what matters have been legislated upon or acted upon by the Government.
To liaise with on-going legal reform programmes that supports the Commission’s review activities