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ecause it violates Article 13 of the constitution of the United Republic ofTanzania. At the hearing of this appeal, Mr. Matata exapanded on this complaintsubmitting that G.N. 41/92 is unconstitutional because first if allows the secondrespondent to act arbitrarily and secondly it violates the second respondent to actarbitrarily and secondly it violates the concept of equality before the law enshrinein Article 13 of the constitution. He added that the Rent Restriction Act avails allthe tenants two basic rights. The protection against increase of rent except onthe formula given by the Act and statutory tenancy at the end of the existing term.G.N. 41/92 removes both these rights, and that since the 1 st respondents’s orderousts the jurisdiction of the Housing Tribunal, it leaves the second respondentfree to treat its tenants in any way it likes as it did in the rent increases in thiscase and against such arbitrary actions, the tenants are left defenceless. Theeffect of the order Mr. Matata went on, is to create two categories of tenants,those with full protection under the Rent RestrictionOn behalf of the 1 st respondent, Mr. Magoma the learned senior state Attorney,supprted the High court judgement on the validity of G.N. 41/92 Stating that itwas made within the four corners of the law empowering the 1 st respondent tomake it and that it does not in any way violate the constitution of the UnitedRepublic.In support of his contention that Courts can and should intervene in respect oflegislation without proper safeguards against arbitrary action, Mr. Matata citedthe decision of the High Court of Uganda in SHAH. V. ATTORNEY GENERAL527

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