SECTION 127

(1) The Legal Department shall be indivisible. Any judicial act done by any magistrate of the Legal Department shall be presumed to be done in the name of the entire Department. (2) The Legal Department shall, as provided for in this section, comprise the magistrates in the Legal Department of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Court of First Instance. (3) The Legal Department of the Supreme Court shall comprise the Procureur General at the said Court and all the magistrates of the said Legal Department. Its jurisdiction shall be that of the Supreme Court. Courtesy of the Cameroon Center for Demoncracy and Human Rights – CCDHR: www.ccdhr.org 33 (4) The Legal Department of the Court of Appeal shall comprise the Procureur General at the said Court and all the magistrates of the said Legal Department. Its jurisdiction shall be that of the Court of Appeal. (5) The Legal Department of the High Court shall comprise the State Counsel and all the magistrates of the said Legal Department. Its jurisdiction shall be that of the High Court. (6) The Legal Department of the Court of First Instance shall comprise the State Counsel and the Magistrates of the said Legal Department. Its jurisdiction shall be that of the Court of First Instance. (7) The magistrates of the Legal Department of the Supreme Court, a Court of Appeal, a High Court and a Court of First Instance shall under the control, direction and authority of the Heads of the said Legal Departments, exercise the powers conferred by the law on the Procureur General at the Supreme Court, the Procureur General at the Court of Appeal and the State Counsel respectively.