National Industries (Licensing and Registration) Act - No. 10 - enacted on 27th April, 1967

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National Industries (Licensing and Registration) Act, 1967 (No. 10 of 1967) establishes an industrial licensing and registration framework for industries in the United Republic of Tanzania. It provides for the Industrial Licensing Board, appoints key officers including a Registrar, and defines core terms such as “industry,” “factory,” “worker,” and “industrial licence.” It requires registration before establishing certain industries, sets procedures for obtaining certificates of registration, and regulates licensing for designated or prescribed industrial activities.

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PART I

PRELIMINARY

PART II

OFFICERS

PART III

REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIES

PART IV

INDUSTRIAL LICENSING BOARD

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA No.10 OF 1967 I ASSENT,Julie President 27TH APRIL,1967 An Act to make provision for the Orderly Promotion and Develop-ment of Industries,to provide for the Registration and Licensingof certain Industries and for Matters relating thereto andconnected therewith […………………… ……] ENACTED by the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania. # PART I PRELIMINARY 1.This Act may be cited as the National Industries (Licensing and Short titleRegistration)Act,1967 and shall come into operation on such date as andthe Minister may,by notice in the Gazette,appoint.COmmence-ment 2.In this Act,unless the context otherwise requires— “the Board”means the Industrial Licensing Board established undersection 9; “certificate of registration”means a certificate of registration of anindustry issued under section 8; “chairman”means the chairman of the Board and includes the vice-chairman; "factory"means any building or place,and any machinery or plant there.in or thereon,intended to be used or used for manufacture: "industry"means any factory— (i)in which ten or more workers are employed on any day;or (ii)the capital cost of which exceeds the sum of two hundredthousand shillings; 1 Interpreta- tion Cap.324 “industrial licence”means an industrial licence granted under the pro-visions of this Act; “licensee”means the person to whom an industrial licence has beengranted,and includes the person to whom such licence is transferredin accordance with the provisions of this Act; “manufacture”with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions,means—\# (i)the production of any article by the process af mechanical orchemical transformation of any inorganic or organic sub-stance,whether such transformation is carried out by powerdriven machinery or by manual labour;or (ii)the making,processing,altering,repairing,ornamenting,finishing,cleaning or washing or the breaking up or demoli-tion of any article;or (iii)the adapting for sale of any article,and includes the assemblyof component parts of manufactured products; "member"means a member of the Board and includes the chairman; "the Minister"means the Minister for the time being responsible forindustries; "operative date"means,in relation to a prescribed article,the datespecified in the order made under section 11 as being the date fromwhich the article shall be a prescribed article; “prescribed article”means any manufactured article declared by theMinister under the provisions of section 11 to be a prescribedarticle; “Registrar”means the Registrar of Industries appointed under section 3and includes Assistant Registrars of Industries; "scheduled article"shall have the meaning assigned to it in the EastAfrican Industrial Licensing Ordinance; "worker"means any person employed in any industry by the ownerof such industry whether he performs his duties in relation to theindustry at any factory engaged in the industry or outside suchfactory. (2)For the purposes of this Act an industry shall be deemed to havebeen established when any article or component part of an article forthe manufacture of which the industry is established is produced,whether or not such article or part is used,sold,exposed for sale orotherwise dealt with. # PART II OFFICERS 3.The Minister may,by notice published in the Gazette,appoint a Registrarand AssistantRegistrar of Industries and as many Assistant Registrars as he may Registrarthink fit. 4.Any certificate,licence or other document purporting to be signed Proof ofby the Registrar or an Assistant Registrar shall,until the contrary isdocumentsproved,be deemed to have been so signed by him and may be provedby the productioh of a copy thereof purporting to have been so signed. # PART IIIREGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIES 5.This Part shall apply to all industries other than industries for the Applicationmanufacture of prescribed articles. 6.—(1)No person shall,after the commencement of thi

FAQs

What does the Act regulate regarding industries in Tanzania?

The Act provides for orderly promotion and development of industries, and it governs registration and licensing requirements for certain industries and related matters.

What qualifies as an “industry” under the Act?

An “industry” is defined as a factory with ten or more workers employed on any day, or where the capital cost exceeds two hundred thousand shillings.

When must a certificate of registration be obtained?

After the commencement of the Act, no person may establish any industry unless they have obtained a certificate of registration for that industry.

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