S.M. Z versus Machano Khamis Ali and 17 Others; Criminal Application No 8 of 2000: Court of Appeal of Tanzania at Zanzibar (Unreported).
(i) The following four matters should be proved in an indictment for treason
(a) One, an act has been committed;
(b) The act is treasonable,
(c) The act is against a sovereign or a state;
(d) The act was done by a person who owes allegiance to the sovereign or the state.
(ii) Treason can only be committed against a sovereign. However, treason is a breach of security which in the United Republic is a Union matter therefore; the sovereign is the United Republic and not the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar as the Head of the Executive of Tanzania Zanzibar who is also called the President of Zanzibar.
Sasa kuandamana ambako ni haki ya kikatiba ni tendo la Treason?
In passing, hawa WA BANDARI wasingeliweza kutoa hukumu ya kupinga serikali KAMA HAO bOLD JUDGES
DUNSTAN B. N URU
MUSTAFA K. ISMAIL
ABDI S. KAGOMBA
johnthebaptist
- Criminal Law
- Treason – whether or not treason can be committed against the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar.
- Treason – what are the elements of offence?
(i) The following four matters should be proved in an indictment for treason
(a) One, an act has been committed;
(b) The act is treasonable,
(c) The act is against a sovereign or a state;
(d) The act was done by a person who owes allegiance to the sovereign or the state.
(ii) Treason can only be committed against a sovereign. However, treason is a breach of security which in the United Republic is a Union matter therefore; the sovereign is the United Republic and not the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar as the Head of the Executive of Tanzania Zanzibar who is also called the President of Zanzibar.
Sasa kuandamana ambako ni haki ya kikatiba ni tendo la Treason?
In passing, hawa WA BANDARI wasingeliweza kutoa hukumu ya kupinga serikali KAMA HAO bOLD JUDGES
DUNSTAN B. N URU
MUSTAFA K. ISMAIL
ABDI S. KAGOMBA
johnthebaptist
