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International agreements
Emergency
powers G.N. 1954 No. 129
Public Seal
Republic of Tanganyika (Consequential Provisions)
Miscellaneous
27. Any treaty, agreement or convention with any country or inter- national organization—
(a) made by the Government of Tanganyika on or after the ninth day of December, 1961, and still in force on the eighth day of December, 1962; or
(b) to which the Government of Tanganyika is otherwise a party on
the eighth day of December, 1962,
shall, subject to any revocation or modification thereof, or unless it expires, continue after that date as if the Government of the Republic were a party.
28. The Emergency Powers Orders in Council, 1939 to 1961, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the 1961 Order, continue to have effect as part of the law of Tanganyika and shall be read and construed as existing law is, by this Act, to be read and construed.
29. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Public Seal Act, 1962, if C.A. Act. the seal thereby prescribed is not available in Tanganyika, the President may by proclamation prescribe some other device which shall be the Public Seal of the Republic until the seal prescribed by that Act is available.
Oaths
Exercise of certain powers in anticipation of Republic
30.-(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the President may require any person holding office in the service of the Republic, or the Speaker or any member of the National Assembly, to take the oath of allegiance, and any judicial oath or oath of office prescribed by law for persons of the appropriate category.
(2) For the avoidance of doubts, it is hereby declared that a person shall not be deemed to be under a declaration of allegiance to a country other than Tanganyika by reason only of his having, before the com- mencement of the Republican Constitution, taken any oath of allegiance in a form then prescribed by law in Tanganyika.
31.-(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 1 of this Act, the Prime Minister may, at any time after this Act has been passed by the Constituent Assembly, exercise any power conferred on the President by the Republican Constitution or by any other Act of the Constituent Assembly to make any appointment, to make any proclamation or order, or to do any other thing for the purposes of that Constitution or such Act, to such an extent as may, in his opinion, be necessary or expedient to enable the Republican Constitution to func- tion, or for enabling such Act to have effect, as from the ninth day of December, 1962; and where the Prime Minister exercises any power under this section, then, on the commencement of the Republican Con- stitution, that power shall be deemed to have been exercised by the President.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1), any person or authority" having power under or in accordance with existing law (including, without prejudice to the generality of that expression, section 24 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance) to make any subsidiary legislation or appointments may, at any time after this Act