Penal Code of Tanzania - Criminal Defense Wiki

65. Foreign enlistment
Any person commits an offence who does any of the following acts without the licence of the
President if he–
(a) prepares or fits out any naval or military expedition to proceed against the dominions of
any friendly state, or is engaged in such preparation or fitting-out, or assists therein, or
is employed in any capacity in the expedition;
(b) being a citizen of the United Republic, accepts or agrees to accept any commission or
engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any friendly
state, or whether a citizen of the United Republic or not, induces any other person to
accept or agree to accept any commission or engagement in the military or naval
service of any such foreign state;
(c) being a citizen of the United Republic, quits or goes on board any vessel with a view of
quitting the United Republic, with intent to accept any commission or engagement in
the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with a friendly state, or whether
a citizen of the United Republic or not, induces any other person to quit or to go on
board any vessel with a view of quitting the United Republic with the like intent;
(d) being the master or owner of any vessel, knowingly either takes on board or engages
to take on board, or has on board the vessel any illegally enlisted persons; or
(e) with intent or knowledge, or having reasonable cause to believe that the same will be
employed in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any friendly
state, builds, agrees to build, causes to be built, equips, dispatches, or causes or
allows to be dispatched, any vessel, or issues or delivers any commission for any
vessel:
Provided that a person building, causing to be built, or equipping a vessel in
pursuance of a contract made before the commencement of the war is not liable to any
of the penalties specified in this section in respect of the building or equipping if–
(i) upon proclamation of neutrality being issued by the President he forthwith
gives notice to the Minister for the time being responsible for home affairs
that he is so building, causing to be built, or equipping such vessel, and
furnishes such particulars of the contract and of any matters relating to, or
done, or to be done under the contract as may be required by the Minister;
(ii) gives such security, and takes and permits to be taken such other
measures, if any, as the Minister for the time being responsible for home
affairs may prescribe for ensuring that the vessel shall not be dispatched,
delivered, or removed without the licence of the President until the
termination of the war.