Republic of Tanganyika (Consequential Provisions)
(b) the Government of Tanganyika or any public officer on behalf of
the Government of Tanganyika,
shall, on and after the commencement of the Republican Constitution, be the rights, liabilities and obligations of the Republic.
(2) In this section, rights, liabilities and obligations include rights, liabilities and obligations arising from contract or otherwise, other than the rights to which sections 7 and 12 refer.
Offices and Officers
14.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, every person who, Officers immediately before the commencement of the Republican Constitution, holds or is acting in any office established by or under the 1961 Order or any Order in Council or Royal Instructions which were revoked by, or ceased to have effect on the coming into operation of, the 1961 Order, shall, so far as is consistent with the provisions of the Republican Con- stitution, be deemed, as from the commencement thereof, to have been appointed to or to act in the like office in the service of the Republic, and to have complied with any requirement of the Republican Constitu- tion, or of other written law, to take and subscribe any oath on appointment or election to office:
Provided that any person who, under the 1961 Order or such Order in Council or Royal Instructions or existing law, would have been required to vacate his office at the expiration of any period or on the attainment of any age shall vacate his office at the expiration of that period or upon the attainment of that age.
(2) The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to the powers conferred by or under any law upon any person or authority to make provision for the abolition of offices, to remove persons holding or acting in offices, or to require persons to retire from office.
(3) Until the President makes other provision in that behalf, the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission established by the Civil C.A. Act. Service Act, 1962, shall be deemed to have been appointed a member of the Judicial Service Commission under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 52 of the Republican Constitution.
(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to the office of Governor- General, Prime Minister. Minister, Parliamentary Secretary, Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, a member of the National Assembly, or a member of the Public Service Commission or the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy established by the existing Constitution.
(5) In determining, for the purpose of any law relating to retiring benefits or otherwise to length of service, the length of service of a person to whom subsection (1) of this section applies, service under the Crown which terminates immediately before the commencement of the Republican Constitution and service under the Republic which begins at the commencement of that Constitution shall be deemed to be continuous.
15. The number of puisne judges of the High Court shall, until Number of Parliament otherwise provides, be seven.
judges
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