Ramadhani Pazi and Another versus Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority

Ramadhani Pazi and  Another v. Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority: Revision  No 325 of 2013: High Court of Tanzania (Labour Division) at Dar es Salaam. (Unreported).

• Evidence

• Affidavit-Jurat of attestation: Effect of failure to indentify the deponent.

• Legal Method

• “Shall “: Effect of the use of the word ‘shall’ in a statute

Held:-

(i) A jurat of attestation must state whether the commissioner for oath knows the deponent in person or has been indentified to him by another person.

(ii) The use of word ‘shall’ does not always mean that there is a mandatory requirement.  It all depends on the circumstance for each case.