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

Section 121:The period of police custody shall start to run from the time the suspect presents himself or isbrought to the police station or gendarmerie brigade. The time of his arrival at the station shall bementioned in the station diary and in the police report.Section 122:(1)(a) The suspect shall immediately be informed of the allegations against him, and shall be treatedhumanely both morally and materially.(b) He shall be given reasonable time to rest fully in the course of the investigation.(c) The period of rest shall be mentioned in the police report.(2) The suspect shall not be subjected to any physical or mental constraints, or to torture,violence, threats or any pressure whatsoever, or to deceit, insidious manoeuvres, false proposals,prolonged questioning, hypnosis, the administration of drugs or to any other method which islikely to compromise or limit his freedom of action or decision, or his memory or sense ofjudgment.(3) The person on remand may at anytime within the period of detention and during workinghours, be visited by his counsel, members of his family, and by any other person following up histreatment while in detention.4) The State shall be responsible for feeding persons remanded in police custody. However, suchpersons shall have the right to receive from members of their families or from their friends themeans of subsistence and other necessaries.(5) Whoever violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this section or prevents theircompliance with, shall be liable to prosecution without prejudice, where necessary, todisciplinary sanctions.Section 123:(1) The person remanded in police custody may, at any moment, be examined by a medicalofficer appointed by the State Counsel of his own motion. Such medical officer may be assisted