18 (Elections) Act 1979 (as later amended by the Local Authorities (Elections) Act No. 7 of 2002) through the Eighth Constitutional Amendment Act referred to above. The 2nd Applicant contended in the High Court, that the amendment conflicted with the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania and was therefore null and void. 69. On 24 October 1994, the High Court delivered its judgment in Civil Case No.5 of 1993 in favour of the 2nd Applicant, declaring as unconstitutional the amendment which sought to bar independent candidates from contesting Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government elections. 70. In the meantime, the Government had on 16 October 1994, tabled a Bill in Parliament (Eleventh Constitutional Amendment Act No. 34 of 1994) seeking to nullify the right of independent candidates to contest Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections. 71. On 2 December 1994, the Tanzanian National Assembly passed the Bill (Eleventh Constitutional Amendment Act No. 34 of 1994) whose effect was to restore the Constitutional position before Civil Case No.5 of 1993 by amending Article 21(1) of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania. This Bill became law on 17 January 1995 when it received Presidential assent. This law negated the High Court’s judgment in Civil Case No.5 of 1993.