SECTION 68

(1) The time-limit shall be suspended be any de jure or de facto bars which may prevent the commencement of criminal action. (2) It shall be considered as de jure bars where: (a) there is an interlocutory plea against the judgement being given; (b) there is parliamentary immunity; (c) a fiat to prosecute is being awaited; (d) an appeal to the Supreme Court has been lodged; (e) there is a conflict of jurisdiction. (3) De facto bars shall in particular include the following: (a) invasion of the territory by enemy forces; (b) insanity of the suspect, the defendant or the accused after the commission of the offence; (c) the escape of the suspect, defendant or accused; (d) the enlisting of the case for hearing; (e) adjournment of the case entered in the record-book; (f) the fact that a court by failing to perform an act within its jurisdiction, has prevented a party from exercising his legal rights to take action or to defend himself. Courtesy of the Cameroon Center for Demoncracy and Human Rights – CCDHR: www.ccdhr.org 18