Constitution Of The State Of Zanzibar (December 5, 1963)

7(4) T h e Minister shall not deprive a person of his status as Zanzibarsubject under this section unless h e is satisfied that it is not conduciveto the public good that that person should continue t o b e a Zanzibarsubject.(5) Before making a n order under this section the Minister shallgive the person against whom the order is proposed t o b e made noticein writing informing him of the ground o n which it is proposed to b emade and, if it is proposed that the order b e made o n any of thegrounds specified in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, of his rightto any inquiry under this section.(6) If it is proposed that a n order b e made o n any of the groundsspecified in subsections (2) a n d (3) of this section and the person affectedapplies t o the Minister in the prescribed manner for a n inquiry, theMinister shall, and in any other case m a y refer the case t o a committeeof inquiry consisting of a chairman, being a person possessing judicialexperience, appointed by the Sultan, acting i n accordance with theadvice of the Prime Minister, a n d such other members appointed b ythe Sultan, acting in accordance with the advice of tV, Prime Minister,as the Sultan shall deem fit.8. T h e Minister shall not be required to assign any reason f or the Discretiongrant or refusal of any application under this Chapter and his decision Pjtoeshall not b e questioned in any court.mister.9. Any person who o n 10th December, 1963, is a citizen of the rv rtainUnited Kingdom and Colonies, having become such a citizen b y virtue citizens ofof his having been naturalised or registered in Zanzibar under the côkmies toBritish Nationality Act, 1948, shall, b y virtue of that status, have t h e be Zanzibarstatus of a Zanzibar subject.subjects.11 & 12 Geo.6.C.56.10.—(1) Every person who under this Constitution or a n y A c t Commonof Parliament is a Zanzibar subject o r under any enactment for the wealthtime being in force in any country to which this section applies is a "k2 *citizen of that country shall, by virtue of that status, have the statusof a Commonwealth citizen.(2) Every person who is a British subject without citizenship underthe British Nationality Act, 1948, o r who continues t o b e a Britishsubject under section 2 of that Act shall, b y virtue of that status, havethe status of a Commonwealth citizen.(3) Save as may b e otherwise provided by Parliament the countriesto which this section applies are the United Kingdom and Colonies,Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Ghana,Malaysia, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Republic of Cyprus,the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Sierra Leone, Tanganyika,Uganda, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Kenya.

8Criminalliability ofCommon wealthcitizens.11.—(1) A Commonwealth citizen who is not a Zanzibar subject ora citizen of the Republic of Ireland who is not a Zanzibar subject shallnot be guilty of an offence against any law in force in the State byreason of anything done or omitted in any part of the Commonwealthother than the State or in the Republic of Ireland or in any foreigncountry unless—(a) the act or omission would be an offence if he were an alien; and(b) in the case of an act or omission in any part of the Common wealth or in the Republic of Ireland, it would be an offence ifthe country in which the act was done or omission made werea foreign country.(2) In this section "foreign country" means a country (other thanthe Republic of Ireland) that is not part of the Commonwealth.Powers ofParliament.12.—(1) Parliament may make provision for—(a) the acquisition of the status of Zanzibar subject by Common wealth citizens who are not under any other provisions of thisConstitution eligible or who are no longer eligible to be registeredas Zanzibar subjects;(b) the renunciation by any person of his status as a Zanzibar subject;(c) for depriving any person of the status of Zanzibar subject wheresuch person—(i) having attained full age acquires the citizenship of somecountry other than the State by voluntary act (other thanmarriage); or(ii) having attained full age, otherwise acquires the citizenshipof some country other than the State and has not, by suchdate as may be prescribed, renounced his citizenship of thatother country.(2) Parliament may make provision for the renunciation by anyperson of his status as a Zanzibar subject.Interpreta-13.—(1) In t h b Chapter—"ali;n" mean a person who is not a Commonwealth citizen, a Britishprotected person within the meaning ascribed to that term in theBritish Nationality Act, 1948, or a citizen of the Republic ofIreland;"Commonwealth" means the State, any country to which section 10of this Constitution applies and any dependency of any suchcountry;"Dominions of the Sultan" means the State and in so far as theexpression relates to the place of birth of persons born beforethe commencement of this Constitution includes the Sultan'spossessions on the mainland of Africa and the adjacent islands(other than the islands comprising the State);

9"full age" means the age of majority as defined in the Majority Decree; Cap. 53."minor child" means any child who is not of full age;"prescribed" means prescribed by or under any A c t of Parliament.(2) For the purposes of this Chapter a person born aboard a registeredship or aircraft of the Government of any country shall be deemed t ohave been born in the place in which the ship or aircraft was registeredor, as the case may be, in that country.(3) Any reference in this Constitution to the status or description ofthe father of a person at the time of that person's birth shall, i nrelation to a person born after the death of his father, b e construed as areference to the status or description of the father at the time of thefather's death.(4) References in this Chapter to "the Minister" are references to suchMinister as may for the time being be designated by the Prime Minister.(5) Any person having the status of Zanzibar subject may b e knowneither as a Zanzibar subject or a Zanzibar citizen and accordingly i nthis Constitution and in any Act of Parliament the expression "Zanzibarsubject" and the expression "Zanzibar citizen" shall have the samemeaning.CHAPTER IIPROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THEINDIVIDUAL14. Whereas every person in the State is entitled to the fundamental Fundamenrights and freedoms of the individual, that i s to say, has the right,whatever his race, tribe, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed, doms of theor sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others individual,and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely—(a) life, liberty, security of the person, the enjoyment of property andthe protection of the law;(b) freedom of conscience, of expression, and of assembly andassociation; and(c) respect for his private and family life,the subsequent provisions of this Chapter shall have effect for the purposeof affording protection to the aforesaid rights and freedoms subject t osuch limitations of that protection as are contained in those provisions,being limitations designed to ensure that the enjoyment of the saidrights and freedoms by any individual does not prejudice the rightsand freedoms of others or the public interest.15.—(1) N o person shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in Protectionexecution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of j e n g h t t owhich he has been convicted.

10(2) Without prejudice t o any liability for a contravention of any otherlaw with respect to the use of force in such cases as are hereinaftermentioned, a person shall not be regarded as having been deprived ofhis life in contravention of this section if he dies as the result of the useof force to such extent as is reasonably justifiable in the circumstancesof the case—(a) for the defence of any person from violence or for the defenceof property;(b) in order to effect a lawful arrest or t o prevent the escape of aperson lawfully detained;(c) for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection or mutiny; or(d) in order to prevent the commission by that person of a criminaloffence,or if he dies as the result of a lawful act of war.Protectionof right t opersonalliberty.16.—(1) N o person shall be deprived of his personal liberty save asmay be authorised by law in any of the following cases, that is t o say—(a) in execution of the sentence or order of a court, whether establishedfor the State or some other country, in respect of a criminaloffence of which he has been convicted;(b) in execution of the order of the High Court or of the Court ofAppeal punishing him for contempt of any such court or ofanother court or tribunal;(c) in execution of the order of a court made to secure the fulfilmentof any obligation imposed on him by law;(d) for the purpose of bringing him before a court in execution ofthe order of a court;(e) upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, or being aboutto commit, a criminal offence under the law of the State;(/) in the case of a pe rson who has not attained the age of eighteenyears, for the purpose of his education o r welfare;(g) for the purpose of preventing the spread of an infectious orcontagious disease;(h) in the case of a person who is, or is reasonably suspected to be,of unsound mind, addicted to drugs or alcohol, or a vagrant, for thepurpose of his care or treatment or the protection of the community;( 0 for the purpose of preventing the unlawful entry of that personinto the State, or for the purpose of effecting the expulsion,extradition or other lawful removal of that person from the Stateor for the purpose of restricting that person while he is beingconveyed through the State in the course of his extradition orremoval as a convicted prisoner from one country to another; or

110") to such extent as may be necessary in the execution of a lawfulorder requiring that person to remain within a specified areawithin the State or prohibiting him from being within such anarea or to such extent as may be reasonably justifiable for thetaking of proceedings against that person relating to the makingof any such order, or to such extent as may be reasonablyjustifiable for restraining that person during any visit that he ispermitted to make to any part of the State in which, in consequenceof any such order, his presence would otherwise be unlawful.(2) Any person who is arrested or detained shall be informed as soonas reasonably practicable, in a language that he understands, of thereasons for his arrest or detention.(3) Any person who is arrested or detained—(a) for the purpose of bringing hira before a court in execution ofthe order of a court; or(b) upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, or beingabout to commit a criminal offence,and who is not released, shall be brought before a court as soon as isreasonably practicable, and where he is not brought before a courtwithin twenty-four hours of his arrest or from the commencement ofhis detention, the burden of proving that the person arrested or detainedhas been brought before a court as soon as is reasonably practicableshall rest upon any person alleging that the provisions of this subsectionhave been complied with.(4) Where any person is brought before a court in execution of theorder of a court in any proceedings or upon suspicion of his havingcommitted or being about to commit an offence, he shall not be there after further held in custody in connection with those proceedings orthat offence save upon the order of a court.(5) If any person arrested or detained as mentioned in paragraph (b)of subsection (3) of this section is not tried within a reasonable timethen, without prejudice to any further proceedings that may be broughtagainst him, he shall be released either unconditionally or upon reason able conditions, including in particular such conditions as are reasonablynecessary to ensure that he appears at a later date for trial or forproceedings preliminary to trial.(6) Any person who is unlawfully arrested or detained by any otherperson shall be entitled to compensation therefor from that other person.17.—(1) No person shall be deprived of his freedom of movement,and for the purposes of this section the said freedom means the rightto move freely throughout the State, the right to reside in any part ofthe State, the right to enter the State, the right to leave the State andimmunity from explusion from the State.(2) Any restriction on a person's freedom of movement which isinvolved in his lawful detention shall not be held to be inconsistentWith oï in contravention of this Section.protection of

(3) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shallbe held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section t othe extent that the law in question makes provision—(a) for the imposition of restrictions on the movement or residence within the State of any person or on any person's right to leavethe State that are reasonably required in the interests of defence,public safety or public order;(b) for the imposition of restrictions on the movement or residence !within the State or on the right t o leave the State of persons ¡generally or any class of persons that are reasonably required in the interests of defence, public safety, public order, public morality ror public health and except s o far as that provision or, as thecase may be, the thing done under the authority thereof is shownnot to be reasonably justifiable in a democratic society;(c) for the imposition of restrictions b y order of a court, on the jmovement or residence within the State of any person or on anyperson's right to leave the State either in consequence of his havingbeen found guilty of a criminal offence under the law of the Stateor for the purpose of ensuring that he appears before a courtat a later date for trial of such a criminal offence or for proceedingspreliminary to trial or for proceedings relating to his extraditionor lawful removal from the State;(d) for the imposition of restrictions on the freedom of movementof any person who i s not a Zanzibar subject;(e) for the imposition of restrictions on the acquisition or use by anyperson of land or other property in the State;(/) for the imposition b y the Government of restrictions upon themovement or residence within the State or on the right to leavethe State of any person who holds or is acting in any office inthe public service of the Government;(g) for the removal of a person from the State to be tried or punishedin some other country for a criminal offence under the law ofthat other country or t o undergo imprisonment in some othercountry in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of acriminal offence under the law of the State of which he has beenconvicted; or(ft) for the imposition of restrictions o n the right of any person toleave the State that are reasonably required in order t o securethe fulfilment of any obligations imposed on that person by lawand except s o far as that provision, or as the case may be, thething done under the authority thereof, is shown not to b ereasonably justifiable in á democratic society.(4) If any person whose freedom of movement has been restrictedby virtue of such a provision as is referred to in subsection (3) (a) ofthis section s o requests at any time during the period of that restrictionnot earlier than three months after the order was made or three months

after he last made such request, a s the case may be, his case shall b ereviewed by an independent tribunal presided over by a person appointedby the Chief Justice from among persons qualified to b e appointed asa judge of the High Court.(5) On any review by a tribunal in pursuance of subsection (4) ofthis section of the case of any person whose freedom of movementhas been restricted, the tribunal may make recommendations concerningthe necessity or expediency of continuing that restriction t o the authorityby whom it was ordered and, unless it is otherwise provided b y law,that authority shall be obliged t o act in accordance with any suchrecommendations.18.—(1) N o person shall be held in slavery or servitude or requiredto perform forced labour.(2) For the purposes of this section the expression "forced labour"does not include—Protectionfrom slaveryand forcedlabour.(a) any labour required in consequence of the sentence or order ofa court;(b) labour required of any person while he is lawfully detained which,though not required in consequence of the sentence or order ofa court, is reasonably necessary in the interests of hygiene orfor the maintenance of the place at which he is detained;(c) any labour required of a member of a disciplined force in pur suance of his duties as such or, in the case of a person who hasconscientious objections to service as such a member, any labourwhich that person is required by law to perform i n place of suchservice;(if) any labour required during a period of public emergency or inthe event of any other emergency or calamity which threatensthe life or well-being of the community; or(e) any labour which forms part of normal communal or other civicobligations.19.—(1) N o person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman ordegrading punishment or other treatment.(2) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shallbe held t o be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section t othe extent that the law in question authorises the infliction in the Stateof any description of punishment which was lawful in the Stateimmediately before the commencement of this (1) N o property of any description shall be compulsorily taken Protectionpossession of, and no interest in or right over property of any description rom.shall be compulsorily acquired, except where the following cönditions 0 f property,are satisfied, that is to say—

( ) the taking of possession or acquisition is necessary in the interestsof defence, public safety, public order, public morality, publichealth, town and country planning or the development or utilisationof any property in such manner as to promote the public benefit;and( ) the necessity therefor is such as to afford reasonable justification jfor the causing of any hardship that may result to any person ;having any interest in or right over the property; andj(c) provision is made by a law applicable t o that taking of possession íor acquisition for the payment of adequate compensation.(2) Every person having an interest or right in or over property whichis compulsorily taken possession of or whose interest in or right overany property is compulsorily acquired shall have a right of direct access \t o the High Court for—(a) the determination of his interest or right, the legality of the takingof possession or acquisition of the property, interest or right, and jthe amount of any compensation to which he is entitled; and!(ft) the purpos

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ZANZIBAR , ¿.vVST¡ncftèrà. 1. Zanzibar subjects by birth. 2. Subjects by descent. 3. Naturalisation of aliens. 4. Registration of minors. 5. Registration of wives of Zanzibar subjects. 6. Women who have ceased to be Zanzibar subjects on marriage. 7. Deprivation of status as Zanzibar subject.