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TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF THIS CODE (ss 6-7)
6. Extent of jurisdiction of local courts
The jurisdiction of the Courts of Mainland Tanzania for the purposes of this Code extends
to–
(a) every place within Mainland Tanzania and within the territorial waters;
(b) any offence committed by a citizen of Mainland Tanzania in any place outside
Mainland Tanzania; and
(c) any offence committed by any person on an aircraft registered in Mainland Tanzania.
7. Offences committed partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction
When an act which, if wholly done within the jurisdiction of the court, would be an offence
against this Code, is done partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction, every person who
within the jurisdiction does any part of such act may be tried and punished under this Code in
the same manner as if such act had been done wholly within the jurisdiction.
8.
CHAPTER IV
GENERAL RULES AS TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY (ss 8-21)
Ignorance of law
Ignorance of the law does not afford any excuse for any act or omission which would
otherwise constitute an offence unless knowledge of the law by the offender is expressly
declared to be an element of the offence.
9. Bona fide claim of right
A person is not criminally responsible in respect of an offence relating to property if the act
done or omitted to be done by him with respect to the property was done in the exercise of an
honest claim of right and without intention to defraud.
10. Relevance of intention or motive
(1) Subject to the express provisions of this Code relating to negligent acts and omissions, a
person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission which occurs independently of the
exercise of his will or for an event which occurs by accident.
(2) Unless the intention to cause a particular result is expressly declared to be an element of
the offence constituted, in whole or part, by an act or omission, the result intended to be caused
by an act or omission is immaterial.
(3) Unless otherwise expressly declared, the motive by which a person is induced to do or