Chamba s/o Ndangamila versus The Republic

Chamba s/o Ndangamila versus The Republic; Criminal Appeal No. 209 of 2013: Court of Appeal of Tanzania at Tabora (Unreported).

• Criminal Procedure

• Appeal – Prisoner intends to appeal to the High Court -Prison authorities delay to file notice – the extent of duty of prison’s authorities to process appeal.

Held:-

An appellant who is under prison custody his/her obligation is merely to express an intention to appeal within ten days following conviction by a court, and that what follows thereafter in terms of forwarding of the documents of the appeal to the appropriate Court within the time allowed by the law is the duty of the officer in-charge of the prison where the intended appeal is held.