Paul Makaranga versus The Republic

Paul Makaranga versus The Republic; Criminal Appeal No 3 of 2010: Court of Appeal of Tanzania at Mwanza (Unreported).

• Affidavit

• Verification – affidavit lacks verification clause – effect.
• Jurat – jurat lacks name of the commissioner who administer the oath –effect

Held:-

(i) An affidavit which lacks verification clause is incurably defective;

(ii) A jurat that lacks the name of the Commissioner who administered the oath renders the affidavit incurably defective.