42 No. 18
Tanzania Communications
1993
Filling of
vacancies
7. If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Commission, the
Minister may, subject to paragraph 1, appoint any person to fill the
vacancy and the person so appointed shall hold office for so long as the
member in whose place he is appointed would have held office.
Disqualification
from
membership
8. No person shall be eligible to be appointed or to remain a member
of the Commission who
(a) is an undischarged bankrupt or has made any arrangement with
his creditors:
(b) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or
(c) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a
member.
Disclosure of interest by
members
9-(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), if a member of the Commission
has a pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in any contract, proposed
contract or other matter which is before any meeting of the Commission
he shall at that meeting declare the nature of his interest and shall not
take part in the consideration or discussion of, or vote on any question
with respect to, that contract or other matter, and if the Chairman or
the person presiding at that meeting so directs, he shall withdraw from
the meeting during the consideration or discussion.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a general notice given to
the members of the Commission by a member to the effect that he is
an officer or member of a specified corporation or a member of a specified
corporation or a member of a specified firm and is to be regarded as
interested in any contract which may, after the date of the notice, be
made with that corporation or firm shall be deemed to be a sufficient
declaration of interest in relation to any contract so made if it specifies
the nature and extent of his interest in the specified corporation or firm
and his interest is not different in nature or greater in extent than the
nature and extent so specified in the general notice at the time any
contract is so made, but no such notice shall be of effect unless either
it is given at a meeting of the Commission or the member takes reasonable
steps to ensure that it is brought up and read at the next meeting of the
Commission after it is given.
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a pecuniary interest of a
spouse, parent, son or a daughter or an adopted son or daughter or
member-shall be treated as a pecuniary interest of the member,
(4) For the purposes of determining whether there is a quorum, a
member shall be treated as being present at a meeting notwithstanding
that under this paragraph, he cannot vote or has withdrawn from the
meeting.