In 1964, Tanganyika parliament passed the "Islamic Law (Restatement) Act", which empowered the minister responsible for legal affairs to prepare and publish a statement of Islamic Law after consultation with learned persons in the Islamic schools of law According to the Standard Tanzania (13.7.67), "It is understood that Tanganyika is the first country to have undertaken the exercise of codifying the Islamic Law in a statutory form.
48. Selected Articals Vol 2 UTANGULIZI Katika mwaka wa 1964, Bunge la Tanganyika lilipitisha Sheria ya "ki-Islamu" (Taarifa mpya) ambayo ilimpa uwezo Waziri anayehusika na mambo ya Sheria kutengeneza na kutangaza Taarifa ya Sheria ya ki-Islamu baada ya kushauriana na Wasomi wa sheria katika madhehebu za ki-Islamu. Kwa mujibu wa Gazeti la Standard Tanzania (13/ 7/67) liliandika: "Inafahamika kwamba Tanganyika ni nchi ya kwanza kupata kutekeleza zoezi la kupanga kanuni ya sheria ya ki-Islamu katika mfumo wa sheria iliamriwa halali.