(1) Summonses on persons residing abroad shall be served on the Legal Department.
(2) The Legal Department shall send a copy in a sealed envelope to the Ministry in charge of Foreign Affairs, which shall cause the summons to be served without delay on the addressee through diplomatic channels.
(3) Where there is a judicial convention between Cameroon and the foreign country in which the person summoned resides, the Legal Department shall send the copy in a sealed envelope directly to the authority provided for the convention.
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In force from 27-07-2005
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