Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code 2005 - On TRACK against ...

Section 57: Where personal service has not been effected it may be made at his place ofresidence, the council office, the Legal Department, on his surety or at his place of work.Section 58: A bailiff shall not carry out his official duties either on himself, his spouse, hisascendants, his descendants, collaterals and their descendants, as well as those of their spouses,his parents in law and the relatives by marriage to the same degree, or his employees.BOOK IIINVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF OFFENCESPART ICRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONSSection 59:(1) The commission of any offence may lead to the institution of criminal proceedings and as thecase may be, to a civil action.(2) The institution of criminal proceedings aims at procuring a sentence or a preventive measureagainst an offender as provided by law.(3) Civil action is intended to provide compensation for damages resulting from an offence.Section 60: Criminal proceedings shall be institutes and prosecuted by the Legal Department.They may also be instituted by any government department or by the injured person under theconditions laid down by law.Section 61: A civil claim may be made along side a criminal action before the same court so longas they arise from the same offence.It may also be brought separately from a criminal action. In such a case, the court seized of thecivil matter shall stay proceedings until a final decision on the criminal action has been