Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code 2005 - On TRACK against ...
Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code 2005 - On TRACK against ...
Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code 2005 - On TRACK against ...
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Section 2:This <strong>Code</strong> shall be of general application except where there is provision to the contrary asprovided in the <strong>Code</strong> of Military Justice or in any special law.Section 3:(1) The sanction <strong>against</strong> the infringement of any rule of criminal procedure shall be an absolutenullity when it is:(a) Prejudicial to the rights of the defence as defined by legal provisions in force;(b) Contrary to public policy.(2) Nullity as referred to subsection (1) of this section shall not be overlook be raised at any stageof the criminal proceedings by any of the parties and shall be raised by the trial court of its ownmotion.Section 4:(1) The cases of infringement other than those provided for in section 3 shall result in relativenullity.(2) Cases of relative nullity shall be raised by the parties in limine litis before the trial court. Itshall not be considered after this stage of the proceedings.Section 5: Any document rejected by a decision of the court shall be withdrawn from the casefile and med in the registry.It shall be forbidden to obtain information from the document withdrawn for use <strong>against</strong> theperson concerned under pain of a civil action in damages.Section 6:(1) A joint trial shall be obligatory in the case of indivisible offences and option al in the case of