Tanzania, United Republic of

Code of Criminal Law

PART II
CRIMES

Division II. – Offences against the Administration of Lawful Authority.

CHAPTER XI
OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

108. Deceiving witnesses

Any person who practises any fraud or deceit or knowingly makes or exhibits any false statement representation, token, or writing to any person called or to be called as a witness in any judicial proceeding, with intent to affect the testimony of that person as a witness, commits an offence.

109. Destroying evidence

A person who, knowing that any book, document, or thing of any kind whatsoever is or may be required in evidence in a judicial proceeding, wilfully removes or destroys it or renders it illegible or undecipherable or incapable of identification, with intent thereby to prevent it from being used in evidence, commits an offence.

110. Conspiracy to defeat justice and interference with witnesses Ord. No. 5 of 1961 s. 5 ; Act No. 2 1962 Sch.

A person who—

(a) conspires with any other person to accuse any person falsely of any crime or to do anything to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the course of justice ; or
(b) in order to obstruct the due course of justice, dissuades, hinders or prevents any person lawfully bound to appear and give evidence as a witness from so appearing and giving evidence, or attempts to do so,

Keywords

Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence



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