Penal Code of Tanzania - Criminal Defense Wiki

custody of the child under an order of court;
(j) having the means to pay compensation or costs or any other sum in civil or criminal
proceedings awarded against him by a primary court, wrongfully refuses or neglects
after due notice to make the payment in accordance with any order for payment
whether or not by instalments; or
(k) commits any other act of intentional disrespect to any judicial proceeding or to any
person before whom the proceeding is being heard or taken,
is guilty of an offence, and is liable to imprisonment for six months or to a fine not exceeding
five hundred shillings.
(2) When any offence against paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), or (k) of subsection (1) is
committed in view of the court, the court may cause the offender to be detained in custody and,
at any time before the rising of the court on the same day may take cognisance of the offence
and sentence the offender to a fine of four hundred shillings or in default of payment to
imprisonment for one month.
(3) The provisions of this section shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation
from the power of the High Court to punish for contempt of court.
(4) Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall have effect in relation to proceedings in a primary
court in which evidence is not given on oath or affirmation as if the references to a person
having been or affirmed included a reference to a person having been required by the court to
give evidence in those proceedings.
114A. Preventing or obstructing service or execution of process
Any person who–
(a) wilfully obstructs or knowingly prevents or in any way interferes with or resists the
service upon himself or any other person of any summons, notice, order, of warrant or
other process issued by a court for service on himself or such other person, as the
case may be;
(b) wilfully obstructs or knowingly prevents or in any way interferes with or resists the
execution of any summons, notice, order, warrant or other process issued by a court,
or any person lawfully charged with its execution; or
(c) absconds in order to avoid being served with any summons, notice, order, warrant or
other process issued by a court,
is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
one year.
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