Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania 1977, as amended to 2005
Vice-President
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    (1) There shall be a Vice-President, who shall be the principal assistant to the President in respect of all the matters in the United Republic generally and, …
    (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 37(5), the Vice-President shall be elected in the same election together with the President, after being nominated by his party at the same time as the Presidential candidate and being voted for together on the same ticket. When the Presidential candidate is elected the Vice-President shall have been elected.
    (3) A person shall be nominated to contest for the office of Vice-President on the basis of the principle that where the President of the United Republic hails from one part of the United Republic, then the Vice-President shall be a person who hails from the other part of the Union.
    (4) A person shall not be nominated to contest for the office of Vice-President of the United Republic, save only if -
    (a) he is a citizen of the United Republic by birth in accordance with the citizenship law;
    (b) he has attained the age of forty;
    (c) he is a member of, and a candidate nominated by, a political party;
    (d) he is qualified to be a Member of Parliament or a Member of the House of Representatives; and
    (e) within the period of five years before the elections he has not been convicted by any court for any offence relating to evasion to pay any tax due to the Government.
    … (Art. 47)
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