Region
Country
Territorial subdivision
Court
Type of court
Seat of court
Serengeti
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2013
Abstract
On 08/10/2010 at 15:00 while SENAPA park rangers were on patrol at Sonzo area within the park, they saw a people hidden in the bush, they surrounded them and managed to arrest one of them, he was in possession of one machete, 3 animal trapping wires, one dry skin of reedbuck, one dry skin of impala and three pieces dry meat of wildebeests. He was then taken to Mugumu police station. The case lasted for three years from the date it was instituted to the date of the judgment. The accused was found guilty and convicted on all the three counts.
Language of document
English
Reference number
No. 57 of 2010
Charges
(1) unlawful entry into a national park, (2) unlawful possession of weapons in a national park, (3) unlawful possession of government trophies.
Species
Money value
TZS 1,065,000
Transnational
No
Decision
Conviction
Appealed
No
Penalty
(1) first count: to pay Tshs 50,000/= or serve one year imprisonment in default, (2) second count: to pay Tsh 100,000/= or serve two years imprisonment in default, (3) third count: to pay 10,650,000/= or serve 20 years imprisonment.
Legislation cited
Economic and Organised Crime Control Act, Cap. 200 R.E. 2002
National Parks Act, Cap. 282 R.E. 2002
Reference to FAOLEX
Source