REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE – WORK – FATHERLAND
LAW No. 2025/003 OF 14 APR 2025
TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT SOME PROVISIONS OF LAW No. 2012/001 OF 19 APRIL 2012 RELATING TO THE ELECTORAL CODE
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The Parliament deliberated and adopted, the President of the Republic hereby enacts the law set out below:
SECTION 1: The provisions of Sections 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146 and 170 of Law No. 2012/001 of 19 April 2012 relating to the Electoral Code, are amended and supplemented as follows:
# CHAPTER VI ## OATH TAKING
SECTION 140 (new): (1) The President-elect shall assume office once he takes the oath within no more than 15 (fifteen) days of the proclamation of the results by the Constitutional Council.
(2) He shall take oath of office before the Cameroonian people in the presence of Members of Parliament, the Constitutional Council and the Supreme Court meeting in solemn session in the manner and words prescribed hereinunder:
(a) The President of the National Assembly shall administer the oath following a short address which he shall conclude in the following established form:
“Mr President-elect of the Republic,
Do you pledge yourself on your honour to faithfully perform the duties entrusted to you by the people, and do you solemnly swear before God and all men to devote all your efforts to preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Cameroon, to watch over the commonwealth of the Nation, and to uphold and defend the unity, integrity and independence of the Cameroon Fatherland?”
(b) The President-elect, standing, raising his right hand and facing the Members of Parliament, the Constitutional Council and the Supreme Court shall pledge himself by answering:
“I DO SO SWEAR.”
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# CHAPTER VII ## VACANCY OF THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
SECTION 142 (new): (1) Where the office of President of the Republic becomes vacant for any reason whatsoever, the Vice-President shall complete the term of office of the President of the Republic.
(2) (a) The Vice-President shall assume office once he takes the oath of office before the Cameroonian people in the presence of Members of Parliament, the Constitutional Council and the Supreme Court meeting in solemn session.
(b) The form of the oath shall be as follows:
“Mr Vice-President of the Republic,
Do you pledge yourself on your honour to faithfully perform the duties of President of the Republic, and do you solemnly swear before God and all men to devote all your efforts to preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Cameroon, to watch over the commonwealth of the Nation, and to uphold and defend the unity, integrity and independence of the Cameroon Fatherland?”
(c) The Vice-President, standing, raising his right hand and facing the Members of Parliament, the Constitutional Council and the Supreme Court shall pledge himself by answering:
“I DO SO SWEAR.”