LAWNO._2007/001 OF 1 8 AVR 707 TO INSTITUTE A JUDGE IN CHARGE OF LITIGATION RELATED TO THE EXECUTION OF JUDGEMENTS AND Lay DoWN CondiTioNS fOr ThE ENforCeMeNT In CAMEROON OF FOREIGN COURT DECISiONS, PUBLIC Acts and Arbitral awards
The National Assembly deliberated and adopted, the President of the Republic hereby enacts the law set out below:
# CHAFTERI
# GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. This law institutes a judge in charge of litigation related to the execution of judgments and lays down conditions for the enforcement of foreign court decisions, public acts and arbitral awards.
Section_2. The judge in charge of litigation related to the execution of judgments shall have jurisdiction to entertain the following matters:
forceful execution of court decisions and other acts: applications for the recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions and public acts: applications for the recognition and enforcement of national and foreign arbitral awards.
# CHAPTER II
# JUDGE IN CHARGE OF LITIGATION RELATED TO THE EXECUTION OF JUDGMENTS REGARDING NATIONAL COURT DECISIONS AND PUBLIC ACTS
Section 3. (1) The President of the Court from which the contested decision was delivered, acting as a matter of urgency or the judge of this court delegated for this purpose by the said President, shall be the judge in charge of litigation related to the execution of judgments regarding national court decisions
(2) Where the execution is to be effected outside the territorial jurisdiction of the Court that delivered the judgment, the protest is taken before the same type of court in that area, in accordance with the rules of territorial jurisdiction provided for in the Uniform Act on the organisation of the simplified procedure of recovery and measures of execution.
(3; The judge in charge of litigaticn telated to the erecution of judgments shall have a time-limit of 30 (thirty) days within which to deliver the judgment.
(4) Where the judge in charge of litigation related to the execution of judgments is the President of the Court of First Instance or the President of the High Court or the judge delegated for this purpose by the said President, the decision may be appealed against within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of delivery.
The time-limit for the appeal, as well as the introduction of the said appeal, shall not stay execution of the decision unless the President of the Court of Appeal takes a particularly reasoned decision to the contrary.
(5) Where the judge in charge of litigation related to the execution of judgments is the President of the Court of Appeal or a judge of the court he has delegated for this purpose, the decision may be appealed against within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of delivery.
The time-limit for the appeal, as well as the introduction of the said appeal, shall not stay execution of the decision unless the President of the Supreme Court takes a particularly reasoned decision to the contrary.