Shall be punished with imprisonment for from 1 (one) to 10 (ten) years
or with fine of from CFAF 100 000 (one hundred thousand) to CFAF
10 000 000 (ten million), or with both such imprisonment and fine whoever in
time of peace:
1. otherwise than in order to surrender it to a foreign power, acquires a
defence secret, or reveals such secret to a person not entitled to
know it ;
2. with intent to surrender them to a foreign power collects information,
articles, documents or processes, where advantage could be taken
of such collection to injure the defence of the nation ;
3. intrudes by any deceitful means into any installation, ship, aircraft or
vehicle employed in the defence of the nation ;
4. carries out any drawing, survey or photographic or topographical
operation within any defence installation or within any prohibited area
around it as laid down by the defence authorities and without their
permission ;
5. loiters within a fixed distance prohibited by competent authority
around a defence installation ;
6. flies without permission in a foreign aircraft over the territory of the
Republic ;
7. sets up secretly a means of correspondence or of long distance
transmission liable to injure the defence of the nation ;
8. by any activity not approved by the Government exposes the
Republic to reprisals ;
9 enlists or undertakes training, without prior permission of the compe-
tent Cameroon authorities, in the Armed Forces or Police Forces of a
foreign country and engages in activities injurious to the defence of
the nation or in activities capable of eventually exposing the Republic
to a rebellion or an insurrection."
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In force from 12-07-2016
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