The Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organization Act

The Council is made up of a Chairman appointed by the President, the Director-General, and between eight and ten other members appointed by the Minister.

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
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Citation: The Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organization Act
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The Council is made up of a Chairman appointed by the President, the Director-General, and between eight and ten other members appointed by the Minister. The members must elect one of their number as Vice-Chairman of the Council. When appointing Council members, the Minister must choose people the Minister considers suitably experienced or qualified to contribute to the Council’s work. Council members normally serve for the period set in their appointment; if none is set, the term is three years from appointment. They may also resign by written notice to the President or Minister. A qualifying Council member who cannot attend a meeting may nominate someone from his organisation in writing to attend instead.

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Short title
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AI-assisted research summary: The Council is made up of a Chairman appointed by the President, the Director-General, and between eight and ten other members appointed by the Minister.

1. The Council shall consist of- (a) a Chairman, who shall be appointed by the President; (b) the Director-General; (c) not less than eight nor more than ten other members, who shall be appointed by the Minister.
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Interpretation
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AI-assisted research summary: The members must elect one of their number as Vice-Chairman of the Council.

2. The members shall elect one of their member to be the Vice-Chairman of the Council, and any member elected as Vice-Chairman shall, subject to his continuing to be a member, hold office for a term of one year from the date of his election, and shall be eligible for re-election.
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Establishment of Organisation
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AI-assisted research summary: When appointing Council members, the Minister must choose people the Minister considers suitably experienced or qualified to contribute to the Council’s work.

3. In making appointments of members of the Council, the Minister shall ensure that a person appointed by him is a person who, in his opinion, has the necessary experience or qualification to enable that person to make a useful contribution to deliberations of the Council and to assist the Council in the performance of its functions.
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Functions of Organisation
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AI-assisted research summary: Council members normally serve for the period set in their appointment; if none is set, the term is three years from appointment. They may also resign by written notice to the President or Minister.

4.–(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), a member of the Council shall, unless his appointment is sooner determined by the appointing authority, or he otherwise ceases to be a member, hold office for such period as the appointing authority may specify in his appointment, or if no period is so specified, shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of his appointment, and shall be eligible for re-appointment. Notification of orders Composition of Council Act No. 8 of 2023 s. 45 Vice-Chairman Duty of Minister to appoint able and prominent persons Tenure of appointment 629 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE TANZANIA INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION ACT [CAP. 159 R.E. 2023] (2) In the case of a member who is a member by virtue of his holding some other office, he shall cease to be a member upon his ceasing to hold that office. (3) A member, other than a member referred to in subparagraph (2), may at any time resign by giving notice in writing to the President or to the Minister, and from the date specified in the notice or if no date is so specified, from the date of the receipt of the notice by the President or the Minister he shall cease to be a member.
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Establishment, composition and proceedings of Council
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AI-assisted research summary: A qualifying Council member who cannot attend a meeting may nominate someone from his organisation in writing to attend instead.

5. Where a member of the Council who is a member by virtue of his holding some other office is unable for any reason to attend any meeting, he may nominate in writing another person from his organisation to attend that meeting in his place.
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Minister may give directions to Council
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AI-assisted research summary: If a member leaves office early, the appointing authority may appoint someone else, and that person serves for the rest of the predecessor’s term.

6. Where a member ceases to be a member for any reason before the expiration of his term of office, the appointing authority may appoint another person in his place and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term of office of his predecessor.
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Provisions relating to research
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AI-assisted research summary: The Council must meet at least once every three months, and its Chairman or Vice-Chairman must handle special meetings and preside over meetings.

7.–(1) The Council shall ordinarily meet for the transaction of its business at the times and at the places determined by it, but shall meet at least once every three months. (2) The Chairman, or in his absence the Vice-Chairman, may at any time call a special meeting of the Council, and shall call a special meeting upon a written request by a majority of the members in office. (3) The Chairman, or in his absence the Vice-Chairman, shall preside at every meeting of the Council and in the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside over the meeting. (4) The Chairman, or in his absence the Vice-Chairman, may invite any person who is not a member to participate in the deliberations at any meeting of the Council, but the person so invited shall not be entitled to vote.
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Repealed
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AI-assisted research summary: A Council meeting has quorum only when half of the members in office are present.

8. The quorum at any meeting of the Council shall be half of the members in office.
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Organisation may call for information
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AI-assisted research summary: The Council decides questions by majority vote of members present and voting. If votes are equal, the presiding person gets a casting vote. The Council may also make a decision without meeting by circulating papers and obtaining written views of the majority.

9.–(1) Questions proposed at a meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting, and in the event of an equality of votes the person presiding shall have a second or casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote. (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), a decision may be made by the Council without a meeting by circulation of the relevant papers among the members, and the expression in writing of the views of the majority of the members.
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Custody and disclosure of information furnished to Organisation
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AI-assisted research summary: The Council must keep minutes of its meetings and record the business transacted.

10.–(1) The Council shall cause to be recorded and kept minutes of all business conducted or transacted at its meetings, and the minutes of each meeting of the Council shall be read and confirmed, or amended and confirmed, at the next meeting of the Council and signed by the person presiding at the meeting. Absent member to be represented at meetings Casual vacancies Meetings of Council Quorum Decisions of Council Minutes of meetings 630 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE TANZANIA INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION ACT [CAP. 159 R.E. 2023] (2) Any minutes purporting to be signed by the person presiding at a meeting of the Council shall, in the absence of proof of error, be deemed to be a correct record of the meeting whose minutes they purport to be.
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Provisions relating to inventions
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AI-assisted research summary: A vacancy in the Council or a defect in a member’s appointment does not affect the validity of the Council’s acts or proceedings.

11. The validity of any act or proceeding of the Council shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of any of them.
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Repealed
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AI-assisted research summary: An order, direction, notice, or document made or issued for the Council must be signed by the Chairman or by the Director-General, or another officer authorised in writing by the Director-General.

12. An order, direction, notice or document made or issued on behalf of the Council shall be signed by- (a) the Chairman of the Council; or (b) the Director-General or any other officer of the Organisation authorised in writing in that behalf by the Director-General.
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Power of Minister to make regulations
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AI-assisted research summary: The Organisation’s seal must not be affixed to an instrument unless the specified officials are present and at least one Council member is present.

13. The seal of the Organisation shall not be affixed to any instrument except in the presence of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman, the Director-General or some other officer of the Organisation and at least one member of the Council.
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Appointment of employees
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AI-assisted research summary: The Council may regulate its own proceedings, subject to the provisions of the Schedule.

14. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Council may regulate its own proceedings. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings Orders, directions, etc. Seal of Organisation Council may regulate its own proceedings 631 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG.

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