The Tanzania Forestry Research Institute Act

The President appoints the Board Chair, the Minister appoints eight other Board members, and the Director General serves as Board Secretary.

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
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Citation: The Tanzania Forestry Research Institute Act
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The President appoints the Board Chair, the Minister appoints eight other Board members, and the Director General serves as Board Secretary. The members must elect one of their number as Vice Chairman of the Board. When appointing Board members, the Minister must make sure each appointee is, in the Minister’s opinion, prominent and suitably experienced or qualified to contribute to the Board’s work. Board members normally serve for the period set by the appointing authority, or for three years if no period is set, and some members may resign in writing. A qualifying Board member who cannot attend a meeting may nominate, in writing, someone from their organisation to attend in their place.

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Short title
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AI-assisted research summary: The President appoints the Board Chair, the Minister appoints eight other Board members, and the Director General serves as Board Secretary.

1.–(1) The Board shall consist of- (a) Chairman who shall be appointed by the President; and (b) eight other members who shall be appointed by the Minister Act No. 5 of 2023 s. 65 Composition of Board as follows: (i) (ii) (iii) the Director of the Forestry and Beekeeping Division; the Conservation Commissioner of the Tanzania Forest Services Agency; the Director General of the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology; (iv) a Law Officer representing the Attorney General; 97 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE TANZANIA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ACT [CAP. 277 R.E. 2023] Vice Chairman Duty of Minister to appoint able and prominent persons Tenure of appointment (v) a representative from a higher -learning institution who possesses qualifications relating to forestry or beekeeping management; (vi) a member from a registered association dealing with forestry or beekeeping; (vii) Administrative Secretary of the Tanzania Forest Fund; and (viii) one person with financial or human resources expertise. (2) The Director General shall be the Secretary to the Board.
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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 Board.

2. The members shall elect one of their number to be the Vice Chairman of the Board, and any member so elected shall, subject to his continuing to be a member, hold office for a term of one year from the date of his election, and eligible for re-election.
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Establishment of Institute
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AI-assisted research summary: When appointing Board members, the Minister must make sure each appointee is, in the Minister’s opinion, prominent and suitably experienced or qualified to contribute to the Board’s work.

3. In making appointments of members of the Board, the Minister shall ensure that every person appointed by him is a person who, in his opinion, is prominent and has the necessary experience or personal qualifications to enable him to make a useful contribution to the deliberations of the Board and to assist the Board in the exercise of its functions.
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Functions of Institute
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AI-assisted research summary: Board members normally serve for the period set by the appointing authority, or for three years if no period is set, and some members may resign in writing.

4.–(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), a member of the Board 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 eligible for re-appointment. (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, as the case may be, 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. Absent member to be represented at meetings
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Vesting of Centres and provisions relating to acquisition of land
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AI-assisted research summary: A qualifying Board member who cannot attend a meeting may nominate, in writing, someone from their organisation to attend in their place.

5. Where a member of the Board 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. Casual vacancies
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Composition and proceedings of Board
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AI-assisted research summary: If a board member leaves before the end of the term, the appointing authority may appoint a replacement, and the replacement serves for the rest of the original term.

6. Where any member ceases to be a member for any reason before the expiration of his term of office, the appointing authority may appoint 98 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE TANZANIA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ACT [CAP. 277 R.E. 2023] Meetings of Board Quorum Decisions of Board Minutes of meetings 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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Minister may give directions to Board
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AI-assisted research summary: The Board must meet at least once every three months, and the Chairman or Vice Chairman can call or preside over meetings, with invited non-members not allowed to vote.

7.–(1) The Board 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 Board, 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. (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 Board, but any person so invited shall not be entitled to vote.
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Provisions relating to research
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AI-assisted research summary: A Board meeting has quorum only if half of the members in office are present.

8. The quorum at any meeting of the Board shall be half of the members in office.
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10. Repealed
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AI-assisted research summary: Board questions are decided by a majority of votes, and if votes are equal the presiding person gets a casting vote. The Board may also decide without a meeting if papers are circulated and the majority of members express their views in writing.

9.–(1) Questions proposed at a meeting of the Board 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 Board 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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Repealed
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AI-assisted research summary: The Board must keep minutes of its meetings and board business, have them read and confirmed or amended and confirmed at the next meeting, and have them signed by the person presiding.

10.–(1) The Board shall cause minutes of meetings to be recorded and kept minutes of all business conducted or transacted at its meetings, and the minutes of each meeting of the Board shall be read and confirmed, or amended and confirmed, at the next meeting of the Board and signed by the person presiding at the meeting. (2) Any minutes purporting to be signed by the person presiding at a meeting of the Board shall, in the absence of proof of error, be deemed to be a correct record of the meeting whose minutes they purport to be. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings
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Dissemination of results for purposes of practical utilisation
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AI-assisted research summary: The Board’s acts and proceedings remain valid even if there is a vacancy among members or a defect in a member’s appointment.

11. The validity of any act or proceeding of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or any defect in the appointment of any of them. Orders, directions, notices or documents
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Power of Minister to make regulations
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AI-assisted research summary: Documents and notices made for the Board must be signed by the Chairman, the Director General, or another officer authorised in writing by the Director General.

12. All orders, directions, notices or documents made or issued on behalf of the Board shall be signed by- (a) the Chairman of the Board; or (b) the Director General or any other officer of the Institute authorised in writing in that behalf by the Director General. 99 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE TANZANIA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ACT [CAP. 277 R.E. 2023] Seal of Institute Board may regulate proceedings
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Appointment of employees and management
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AI-assisted research summary: The Institute’s seal may not be affixed to an instrument unless the seal is used in the presence of specified officers and at least one Board member.

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

14. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Board may regulate its own proceedings. 100 ©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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