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Self-help legal tools for Tanzania — Primary Court, CMA, and the traffic and probate systems in plain English and Kiswahili.
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Uliza swali la kisheria kwa Kiswahili au Kiingereza. Pata jibu la moja kwa moja na rejeleo.
Every US visa category — B/F/J/H/L/E/K/IR/DV — with fees and US Embassy Dar es Salaam links.
Cap. 11 R.E. 2019 — file in Kiswahili, no advocate, magistrate sits with two lay assessors.
The Rent Restriction Act, forcible entry under Penal Code s.85, and ex parte mandatory injunctions.
Article 15 rights, the 24-hour rule (stricter than most EAC states), free police bond, and CHRAGG complaints.
ELRA 2004 — refer to the Commission for Mediation and Arbitration (CMA) within 60 days. Free filing.
The Road Traffic Act, GePG control numbers, contesting a notification, and vehicle impoundment.
The three regimes — statutory (Cap. 352), Islamic and customary — and the Ndewawiosia line of cases.
Briefings
Plain-language write-ups of the Constitution, statutes and procedure rules — the self-help procedures Tanzania's law has already set out.
Read the briefings →Self-help educational resource. Using it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Verify every statute at tanzlii.org.