(1) Justice shall be administered in the territory of the
Republic in the name of the people of Cameroon.
(2) Judicial power shall be exercised by the Supreme Court, Courts of
Appeal and Tribunals. The Judicial Power shall be independent of the
Executive and Legislative Powers.
Magistrates of the bench shall, in the discharge of their duties,
be governed only by the law and their conscience.
(3) The President of the Republic shall guarantee the independence of
the Judicial Power. He shall appoint members of the bench and of the
legal department.
He shall be assisted in this task by the Higher Judicial Council
which shall give him its opinion on all nominations for the bench and
on disciplinary action against judicial and legal officers. The
organization and functioning of the Higher Judicial Council shall be
defined by law.
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In force from 18 January 1996
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