Any proceedings brought under sections 636 and 637 shall be null and void to all
intents and purposes if:
(a) prosecution is commenced by any person other than the Legal Department which in
cases of misdemeanour under Cameroonian law Can only act, if a complaint is brought
to it by the injured party or if it receives an official information from the competent
authority of the place of commission of the principal act;
(b) the defendant shows that he has been tried abroad for the same acts and final judgment
passed, and that if sentenced, he has either served his sentence or has been absolved
of it by prescription or by pardon;
(c) the prosecution is barred by amnesty. or by any other cause, according to the law of the
state where the acts were committed, or would be so barred according to the laws of
Cameroon if the acts had been committed in Cameroon.
Official text
Transcription: Spot-checked
In force from 27-07-2005
Source page 143
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