A handbook for public prosecutors / B.D. Chipeta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chipeta, B. D.

Tanzania.

Contributor:

Tanzania. Wizara ya Fedha na Uchumi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal procedure--Tanzania.

Criminal procedure.

Public prosecutors--Tanzania.

Public prosecutors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the third edition of A Handbook for Public Prosecutors. It takes into account multiple changes in the Tanzania law since publication of the first and second editions in 1978 and 1982 respectively, and the new Criminal Procedure Act of 1985. A Handbook for Public Prosecutors is written primarily for Public Prosecutors. However, it is sufficiently comprehensive to be useful to those who are fresh on the Bench or the Bar, and to investigators of crime, as well as to those who are required to do examinations in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and the Law of Evidence in order to advance in

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Part I - The Public Prosecutor and the Law ofCriminal Procedure; Introduction; Chapter 1 - APPOINTMENT, POWERS AND DUTIES OF A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR; Chapter 2 - JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COURTS; Chapter 3 - FORMULATION OF CHARGES OR COMPLAINTS; Chapter 4 - THE ACCUSED AND HIS PLEA; Chapter 5 - BAIL PENDING TRIAL; Chapter 6 - PROCEDURE IN TRIALS; Chapter 7 - JUDGMENTS AND SENTENCES; Chapter 8 - SUBSTITUTED CONVICTIONS

Chapter 9 - COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGSPart II - Criminal Law: Select Offences; Chapter 10 - GENERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY; Chapter 11 - OFFENCES RELATING TO THEADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; Chapter 12 - OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC TRANQUILITY, HEALTH AND CONVENIENCE; Chapter 13 - OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY; Chapter 14 - OFFENCES INVOLVING BODILY INJURY; Chapter 15 - THEFT AND ALLIED OFFENCES; Chapter 16 - FORGERY AND ALLIED OFFENCES; Chapter 17 - FALSE PRETENCES AND ALLIED OFFENCES; Chapter 18 - ROBBERY AND EXTORTION; Chapter 19 - BURGLARY, HOUSEBREAKING AND ALLIED OFFENCES

Chapter 20 - OFFENCES INVOLVING AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROPERTYChapter 21 - OFFENCES UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT; Part III - Basic Principles of the Law of Evidence; Chapter 22 - WHAT EVIDENCE IS ADMISSIBLE?; Chapter 23 - COMPETENCY, COMPELLABILITY AND PRIVILEGE; Chapter 24 - FACTS NOT REQUIRING PROOF; Chapter 25 - ADMISSIONS AND CONFESSIONS; Chapter 26 - DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE; Chapter 27 - OPINION EVIDENCE; Chapter 28 - BANKER'S BOOKS; Chapter 29 - EVIDENCE OF CHARACTER; Chapter 30 - BURDEN OF PROOF; Chapter 31 - CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES AND WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE

Chapter 32 - EXAMINATION OF WITNESSESPart IV - The Art of Conducting Cases; Chapter 33 - THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AND CASE PREPARATION; Chapter 34 - THE CHOICE OF WITNESSES; Chapter 35 - HOW TO CONDUCT EXAMINATION-IN-CHIEF; Chapter 36 - HOW TO CONDUCT CROSS-EXAMINATION; Chapter 37 - HOW TO CONDUCT RE-EXAMINATION; Chapter 38 - FINAL SUBMISSIONS; Appendices; Appendix I. Bibliography; Appendix II. Excerpts; Appendix III. Case Index; Appendix IV. Alphabetical Index; Back cover; Backcover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]) and index.

ISBN:

9786613005106

9781283005104

1283005107

9789987081011

9987081010

9789987081394

9987081398

9789987102648

9987102646

OCLC:

830166120