SECTION 37 — (1) Under the authority of a Sub-Director, the Sub-Department for the Central Criminal Record shall be responsible for:

- supervising the activities of Court Registries and Legal Departments concerning the drawing-up of Forms and Bulletins of the Criminal Record; - centralizing and filing Criminal Record Forms received from national and foreign courts; - disseminating Bulletins No.1 of the Criminal Record relating sentences passed against foreigners in Cameroon and sentences passed abroad against Cameroonians; - appending on criminal record forms , after consultation with the Sub-Department for Criminal Matters, notes related to court decisions rendered after the drawing-up of forms; - drawing up and issuing of Criminal Record Bulletins devolving on the Ministry of Justice; - participating in the drafting of the biennial, quinquennial and decennial bulletin of criminal tendencies. (2) In addition to the Sub-Director, the Sub-Department for the Central Criminal Record shall comprise three (3) Assistant Research Officers.