SECTION 573

(1) A criminal record shall be established: (a) at the registry of each Court of First Instance; (b) at the Ministry in charge of Justice, (2) The criminal record established at the registry of the Court of First Instance and known as district index card shall concern persons born within the t jurisdiction of the said court. Courtesy of the Cameroon Center for Demoncracy and Human Rights – CCDHR: www.ccdhr.org 130 (3) The criminal record kept at the Ministry in charge of Justice, and known as the central index card shall centralize particularly: (a) the index cards of the criminal records of persons of Cameroonian or foreign nationality born abroad; (b) the index cards of the criminal records of persons of foreign nationality born in Cameroon whose birth has not been declared at the Cameroonian civil status registry and who reside in Cameroon; (c) the index cards of the criminal records of persons of Cameroonian or foreign nationality whose place of birth is unknown or who have doubtful nationalities.