(1) The victim of the offence shall not file a civil claim for the first time before the Court of Appeal.
(2) The civil party, whether appellant or respondent, shall not make a new claim before the Court of Appeal. However, an application for an increase in damages for fresh injury suffered after the delivery of the decision appealed against and which is directly connected to the offence may be filed. Such application shall not constitute a new claim.
(3) Where an appeal is made by the Legal Department, the civil party who is not an appellant may, in accordance with sub-section (2), file an application for increase in damages.
Official text
Transcription: Spot-checked
In force from 27-07-2005
Source page 104
The document's transcription was spot-checked against the supplied source; this does not confirm a line-by-line review of every provision.
How Lex Cameroon marks its texts →