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CHAPTER 1 — General provisions the functioning of the parliamentary commit- tees of enquiry provided for in the Constitution and in the financial regime of the State.
CHAPTER 2 — Establishment of parliamentary committees of enquiry of Enquiry referred to in Section 1 above shall be set up in any of the houses, following a resolu- tion taken by an absolute majority of members of the National Assembly or Senators, as the case may be. 2) The resolution referred to in sub-sec- tion (1) above shall clearly determine either the facts giving rise to an enquiry, or the Government services whose administrative, financial or technical management the Committee of Enquiry has to examine. 3) The resolution shall specify the list of the members of the Committee of enquiry, the number of whom shall not be greater than that of members of parliament in a general Committee of the house concerned. ment, the parliamentary Committee of enquiry shall meet under the chairmanship of its eldest member to elect its bureau,compris- ing a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and a Rapporteur, by a relative majority of its mem- bers and in a uninominal vote.UBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 18 août 2014 Yaounde, 18 July 2014. Paul Biya, President of the Republic. ---------------- Law No. 2014/15 of 18 July to lay down procedures for the functioning of par- liamentary committees of enquiry The Parliament deliberated and adopted, the President of the Republic hereby enacts the law set out below :
CHAPTER 1 — General provisions the functioning of the parliamentary commit- tees of enquiry provided for in the Constitution and in the financial regime of the State.
CHAPTER 2 — Establishment of parliamentary committees of enquiry of Enquiry referred to in Section 1 above shall be set up in any of the houses, following a resolu- tion taken by an absolute majority of members of the National Assembly or Senators, as the case may be. 2) The resolution referred to in sub-sec- tion (1) above shall clearly determine either the facts giving rise to an enquiry, or the Government services whose administrative, financial or technical management the Committee of Enquiry has to examine. 3) The resolution shall specify the list of the members of the Committee of enquiry, the number of whom shall not be greater than that of members of parliament in a general Committee of the house concerned. ment, the parliamentary Committee of enquiry shall meet under the chairmanship of its eldest member to elect its bureau,compris- ing a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and a Rapporteur, by a relative majority of its mem- bers and in a uninominal vote. OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 11 2) Thereafter, each member of the Committee of Enquiry shall, while standing with the left hand on the Constitution and the right hand up and glove-free, take the oath before the House to which he belongs saying: “I,............, do swear before God and before men to serve the people of the Republic of Cameroon in honesty, to conduct parliamen- tary enquiries in accordance with the laws, regulations and customs of the Cameroonian people, without fear, favour or rancour, to ensure the confidentiality of proceedings and, in all I do, to comport myself always and everywhere with dignity and loyalty”.
CHAPTER 4 — Hearing of witnesses to be consulted shall be heard each in turn, alone and in such a way as to preserve the secre- cy of the proceedings of the Committee. 2) Witnesses shall testify orally and may provide any written document they deem neces- sary to support their statements and which they shall countersign. They shall swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 3) Such statements and documents may not be used to prosecute them, subject to the provisions of Section 6(3) above. questions put to them by members of the Committee in the same manner, since such questions are intended to gather information and not to demand justification or evidence of the information requested. 2) However, the witness is not required to disclose information that is covered by the rules of secrecy set out in Section 5(2) above. Mention shall be made of such secrecy, if applicable, on the margin of the witness' statement and signed by him. 3) After being heard, the witness shall be requested to listen to his statement read or, if necessary, by signing it, to make hand- written corrections in the margin, and to sign the statement. understand the working language of the Committee, the chairperson shall request the services of an interpreter who shall swear "to assist the Committee on his honour and con- science." The swearing shall be recorded in the minutes of the hearing.OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 13 3) The deliberations of the Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry shall be conducted with a majority of its members present.
CHAPTER 4 — Hearing of witnesses to be consulted shall be heard each in turn, alone and in such a way as to preserve the secre- cy of the proceedings of the Committee. 2) Witnesses shall testify orally and may provide any written document they deem neces- sary to support their statements and which they shall countersign. They shall swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 3) Such statements and documents may not be used to prosecute them, subject to the provisions of Section 6(3) above. questions put to them by members of the Committee in the same manner, since such questions are intended to gather information and not to demand justification or evidence of the information requested. 2) However, the witness is not required to disclose information that is covered by the rules of secrecy set out in Section 5(2) above. Mention shall be made of such secrecy, if applicable, on the margin of the witness' statement and signed by him. 3) After being heard, the witness shall be requested to listen to his statement read or, if necessary, by signing it, to make hand- written corrections in the margin, and to sign the statement. understand the working language of the Committee, the chairperson shall request the services of an interpreter who shall swear "to assist the Committee on his honour and con- science." The swearing shall be recorded in the minutes of the hearing.Transcription provided verbatim as requested above, preserving original spelling, punctuation, numbering and line order with hyphenated line breaks intact. No corrections or content changes were made. LIQUE DU CAMEROUN 18 août 2014 2) The minutes of the hearing, written with single-line spacing, shall be signed by the mem- bers of the Committee, the interpreter and the witness. They may approve any marginal notes and deleted statements. Where the witness is unable to sign, he shall affix his fingerprints at the bottom of the statement and the words "the witness insists and declares that he cannot sign" are entered in the document.
TITLE 1 — n the defiberations of such a Committee in any capacity shall be bound by secrecy. 2) Any member of a parliamentary Committee of enquiry who breaches the rule of secrecy may, based on the report of the Committee and after hearing the said mem- ber, be expelled from the Committee by a deci- sion of the house taken without debate. 16 JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 18 août 2014 3) Le président de la commission d'en- quête peut, en attendant la décision de la chambre entière, suspendre le parlementaire des travaux de la commission d'enquête. 4) Sont punis des peines prévues par la législation en matière de divulgation de secret d'Etat, ceux qui publient une information relative aux travaux, aux délibérations, aux actes ou aux rapports non publiés des Commissions d'enquête.