REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE – WORK – FATHERLAND
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DECREE No. 2024/554 OF 14 NOV 2024 to lay down the administrative organization of military tribunals
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,
Mindful of the Constitution;
Mindful of Law No. 2006/15 of 29 December 2006 relating to the judicial organization, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 2011/27 of 14 December 2011;
Mindful of Law No. 2017/12 of 12 July 2017 to lay down the Code of Military Justice;
Mindful of Decree No. 2001/177 of 25 July 2001 to organize the Ministry of Defence, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2004/178 of 1 July 2004;
Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree. No. 2018/190 of 2 March 2018;
HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1: This decree lays down the administrative organization of military tribunals in Cameroon.
ARTICLE 2: Each Head of Court shall be responsible for the administration of military tribunals.
ARTICLE 3: (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2 above, services common to the Bench and the Legal Department, and the management of non-judicial staff of the military tribunal shall fall under the sole authority of the Head of the Legal Department.
(2) Within the meaning of this decree, common services shall comprise the maintenance, library and archives, binding, printing and reception services.
(3) The minister in charge of military justice shall appoint non-judicial staff to various duties in military tribunals.
ARTICLE 4: The registries of military tribunals shall be run by registry staff. Under the supervision of the chief registrar, registries shall perform specialized or day-to-day line, preparation and staff functions for each of the bodies that make up the tribunal.
ARTICLE 5: (1) Registrars shall ensure the functioning of the Bench registry. They shall see to the classification of documents in case files, conduct due diligence ordered, preparation of documents of execution and keeping of Bench registers and case files.
(2) Registrars shall ensure the functioning of the Legal Department and keep registers and administrative files. They shall conduct due diligence ordered by the tribunal and prepare case files.
(3) During preliminary inquiry, registrars shall be responsible for opening and keeping files and registers, preparing due diligence, serving documents and performing any other legal duties entrusted to them by the Examining Magistrate.
CHAPTER II
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONING OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE 6: Under the authority of a government commissioner, the Legal Department shall comprise:
- the Criminal Matters Bureau;
- the Sentence Enforcement Monitoring and Judicial Statistics Bureau;
- the Mail and Records Bureau;
- the Administrative and Financial Affairs Bureau.
I - CRIMINAL MATTERS BUREAU
ARTICLE 7: Under the authority of a bureau head, the Criminal Matters Bureau shall be responsible for:
- keeping complaints registers;
- opening case files;
- docketing case files, in conjunction with the Registry;
- drawing up, posting and communicating the cause lists;
- conducting due diligence ordered by the tribunal;