(1) Any person in Cameroon who commits a felony or a misdemeanour abroad or has been an accessory to such an offence or attempted to commit it, may be prosecuted and tried in Cameroon in accordance with the laws of Cameroon, if the principal offence is punishable both by Cameroon law and by the law of the place of commission, and on condition that the existence of the principal offence has been established by a final decision emanating from a competent foreign court.
(2) Any person who has been an accessory abroad to any felony or misdemeanour committed in the Republic of Cameroon may be prosecuted in Cameroon.
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In force from 27-07-2005
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Section 696 of the Criminal Procedure Code/akn/cm/act/loi/2005-07-27/2005-007
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