SECTION 92

Courtesy of the Cameroon Center for Demoncracy and Human Rights – CCDHR: www.ccdhr.org 23 (1) (a) A judicial police officer may, in the course of an investigation, question any person whose statement is likely to lead to the discovery of the truth. (b) The person summoned for questioning shall appear and answer any question and if he fails to appear, the judicial police officer shall inform the State Counsel who may issue a writ of capias against him. Such person shall be brought before the said State Counsel (2) A judicial police officer may: - conduct the search of a house, or premises and make seizures in accordance with the provisions of sections 93 to 100; - remand persons in police custody, pursuant to sections 119 and following; - request the assistance of any expert or of any person capable of assisting him in any given phase of the investigation; make a request in writing for transportation with immediate effect, in any public or private road, railway, water or air transport vehic1e. The original of the written request shall be left with the carrier. (3) In cases of felonies and misdemeanours punishable with at least two years imprisonments, the judicial police officer may, on the written authorization of the State Counsel, and under the control of the latter, in accordance with the conditions laid down in section 245, in the course of the investigations: - intercept, record or transcribe all correspondences sent by means of telecommunication; - take any photographs at private premises. (4) Any one heard as a witness or as a person vicariously liable, may not, in any circumstance, be subject to remand in police custody.