(1) Whoever forges the Great Seal or makes use of such forged Seal
shall be punished with imprisonment for life.
(2) Whoever makes use of the Great Seal improperly procured shall be
punished with imprisonment for from 10 (ten) to 20 (twenty) years.
(3) Whoever acts in contravention of the regulations in force on
ordering, manufacturing, and affixing of the Great Seal, shall be punished
with imprisonment for from 1 (one) to 5 (five) years and with fine of from
CFAF 40 000 (forty thousand) to CFAF 4 000 000 (four million).
(4) In case of conviction, the Court shall also order the forfeitures
provided for in Section 30 of this Code for a period of from 5 (five) to 10 (ten)
years.
Official text
Transcription: Spot-checked
In force from 12-07-2016
Source page 74
The document's transcription was spot-checked against the supplied source; this does not confirm a line-by-line review of every provision.
How Lex Cameroon marks its texts →
Section 201 of the Penal Code/akn/cm/act/loi/2016-07-12/2016-007
Report an error in this text
AI features are in beta
Where an official English or French text exists, we show it; where none does, we give
a translation, clearly marked as one and never presented as the official text. We make
every AI feature as accurate as we can, but it can be wrong and is not legal advice —
always check the cited official text.