Criminal Law in Cameroon: Specific Offences

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i Contents Preface ix Abbreviations xiv List of Statues xvii List of Cases xix PART I. CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE 1 Chapter 1 Offences against the Security of the State 2§1. Treasonable acts 5 A. Treasonable offences punishable by death 9 B. Wartime treasonable offences 15 C. Peacetime treasonable offences 20 D. Misprison of treason 25§2. Secession 27§3. Civil war 29§4. Revolution 30§5. Armed band 31§6. Insurrection 33 Chapter 2 Offences against the Constitution 34§1. Electoral fraud 34§2. Electoral corruption and violence 36§3. Agreement to subvert the law 37§4. Trespass on the legislature 38§5. Trespass of the executive and the judiciary reciprocally 38§6. Trespass by the judiciary on particular immunities 39§7. Unlawful use of force 41§8. Non-compliance with requisition 41 Chapter 3 Misconduct in Public Office 43§1. Use of force by public servant 45§2. Corruption 45 1. Bribery 46 2. Corruption 58 3. Interest in grant 60 4. Interest in concern 61 5. Indulgence 63 6. Undue demand 64 7. Compulsion of public servant 66 8. Procuring influence 67§3. Abuse of office 68 1. Oppression 68 2. Obstructing the exercise of civic rights 68 3. Favour 69 ii 4. Forgery of official act 70§4. Culpable abstention 70 1. Failure to report deficiency 70 2. Negligent custody 71 3. Failure to suppress riot 71 4. Failure to protect private rights 71 5. Denial of justice 72 6. Refusal of service 73 7. Neglect of preliminary to marriage 73 8. Non-entry of births, marriages and deaths in the prescribed register 73 9. Persistent neglect 73§5. Torture 74 Chapter 4 Offences against Public Officials 77§1. Contempt 77 1. Contempt of president, vice-president or foreign sovereign 78 2. Contempt of head of government, etc. 81 3. Contempt of constituent bodies and of public servants 82§2. Assaulting a public servant 85 1. General considerations 85 2. Simple assault on a public servant 86 3. Aggravated assault on a public servant 87§3. Obstructing the exercise of lawful duty 88 1. Simple resistance 90 2. Collective resistance 92 3. Political resistance 93§4. Offences of subversion 93 1. Incitement to resist the application of laws 93 2. Contempt of any public authority 94 3. Inciting hatred against the government 95 4. Taking part in a subversive enterprise 96 5. Dissemination of false news 97§5. False statement; fraud at examinations 98 1. False statement misleading public servant 98 2. Fraud at examinations 100 Chapter 5 Offences against Public Revenue, Government Property, etc. 102§1. Offences against the public revenue 102 1. Misappropriation of public funds 102 2. Refusal of tax 118§2. Offences against government property 119 1. Damage to public or protected property 119 2. Removal, destruction of public record 120 3. Taking copy of any government record 121§3. Offences against the normal operation of public service 123 1. Disturbance 123 iii 2. Resistance to the carrying out of authorized works 123§4. Offences against certain acts of public authority 124 1. Breach of seals 124 2. Defacement of posters 124 3. Failure by innkeeper to register guests 124 4. Illicit burial 124 Chapter 6 Offences against the Administration of Justice 126§1. Perversion of justice 126 1. Perjury and cognate offences 126 2. False expert report 135 3. False oath 136 4. Concealment of proceedings 136 5. Concealment and fabrication of evidence 137 6. Prejudicial comment 140§2. Refusal to assist justice 142 1. Non-intervention 142 2. Refusal to clear 144 3. Defaulting witness 145 4. Defaulting expert 146 5. Defaulting juror or assessor 146 6. False excuse 147§3. Disobedience to judicial orders 147 1. Banned residence 147 2. Willful insolvency 148 3. Re-entry on immovable property 148 4. Non-payment of court-ordered maintenance 149 5. Failure to surrender minor to person granted custody 150§4. Defeating the course of justice 151 1. Misappropriation of attached property 151 2. Facilitating a detainee’s relations with an outside party 151 3. Escape from lawful custody 152 4. Accessory after the fact by shelter 155 5. Public invitation for contribution to pay off a court fine 155 6. Defacement of any judgment posted on a notice board 156 7. Revenge on witness 156 8. Forbidden publications 157 Chapter 7 Offences against State Guarantees 158§1. Forgery offences 158 1. Forging the Great Seal 165 2...