This Act may be cited as the Republic of Tanzania Act 1966.

Subject to section 3 hereof, this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the twenty-sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.

All existing law—that is to say, all law which, whether it is a rule of law or a provision of an Act of any Parliament or a provision of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, has come into force or been passed or made before the commencement of this Act—shall, until provision to the contrary is made by the authority having power to alter that law, have the same operation in relation to Tanzania, and to persons and things in any way belonging to or connected with Tanzania, as it would have had if Tanzania had not become a Republic.

During the period that commenced on the tenth day of December, nineteen hundred and sixty-three, and ended with the commencement of this Act, all law—that is to say, all law which, whether it was a rule of law or a provision of an Act of any Parliament or a provision of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, was for the time being in force—shall be deemed to have had the same operation in relation to Zanzibar, and to persons and things in any way belonging to or connected with Zanzibar, as it would have had if Zanzibar had not ceased to be part of Her Majesty’s dominions.

Sections 2 and 3 of this Act extend to law of, or of any part of, New Zealand or any of the territories referred to in section 5 of this Act.

This Act shall be in force in the following territories:

The First Schedule to the Cook Islands Amendment Act 1964 is hereby amended by adding the following words:

The following enactments are hereby repealed: