A handbook for public prosecutors / B.D. Chipeta.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]) and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Part I
The Public Prosecutor and the Law of Criminal Procedure; Introduction; Chapter 1
APPOINTMENT, POWERS AND DUTIES OF A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR; Chapter 2
JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COURTS; Chapter 3
FORMULATION OF CHARGES OR COMPLAINTS; Chapter 4
THE ACCUSED AND HIS PLEA; Chapter 5
BAIL PENDING TRIAL; Chapter 6
PROCEDURE IN TRIALS; Chapter 7
JUDGMENTS AND SENTENCES; Chapter 8
SUBSTITUTED CONVICTIONS. Chapter 9
COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGSPart II
Criminal Law: Select Offences; Chapter 10
GENERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY; Chapter 11
OFFENCES RELATING TO THEADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; Chapter 12
OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC TRANQUILITY, HEALTH AND CONVENIENCE; Chapter 13
OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY; Chapter 14
OFFENCES INVOLVING BODILY INJURY; Chapter 15
THEFT AND ALLIED OFFENCES; Chapter 16
FORGERY AND ALLIED OFFENCES; Chapter 17
FALSE PRETENCES AND ALLIED OFFENCES; Chapter 18
ROBBERY AND EXTORTION; Chapter 19
BURGLARY, HOUSEBREAKING AND ALLIED OFFENCES. Chapter 20
OFFENCES INVOLVING AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROPERTYChapter 21
OFFENCES UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT; Part III
Basic Principles of the Law of Evidence; Chapter 22
WHAT EVIDENCE IS ADMISSIBLE?; Chapter 23
COMPETENCY, COMPELLABILITY AND PRIVILEGE; Chapter 24
FACTS NOT REQUIRING PROOF; Chapter 25
ADMISSIONS AND CONFESSIONS; Chapter 26
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE; Chapter 27
OPINION EVIDENCE; Chapter 28
BANKER'S BOOKS; Chapter 29
EVIDENCE OF CHARACTER; Chapter 30
BURDEN OF PROOF; Chapter 31
CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES AND WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE. Chapter 32
EXAMINATION OF WITNESSESPart IV
The Art of Conducting Cases; Chapter 33
THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AND CASE PREPARATION; Chapter 34
THE CHOICE OF WITNESSES; Chapter 35
HOW TO CONDUCT EXAMINATION-IN-CHIEF; Chapter 36
HOW TO CONDUCT CROSS-EXAMINATION; Chapter 37
HOW TO CONDUCT RE-EXAMINATION; Chapter 38
FINAL SUBMISSIONS; Appendices; Appendix I. Bibliography; Appendix II. Excerpts; Appendix III. Case Index; Appendix IV. Alphabetical Index; Back cover; Backcover

This is the third edition of A Handbook for Public Prosecutors. It takes into account multiple changes in the Tanzania law since publication of the first and second editions in 1978 and 1982 respectively, and the new Criminal Procedure Act of 1985. A Handbook for Public Prosecutors is written primarily for Public Prosecutors. However, it is sufficiently comprehensive to be useful to those who are fresh on the Bench or the Bar, and to investigators of crime, as well as to those who are required to do examinations in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and the Law of Evidence in order to advance in

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