(1) Any Cameroonian citizen, of either sex, who enjoys the right to vote, is entered on electoral registers, is aged 23 (twenty-three) years at the date of the election, can read and write English or French and shows proof of effective residence of at least 6 (six) months within the area of the council concerned can be nominated as a candidate for municipal elections.
(2) Persons not resident within the area of the council concerned may stand for municipal elections if they have a place of abode therein.
(3) Any alien who has acquired Cameroonian nationality by way of naturalization shall be eligible only after a prescription period of 10 (ten) years, with effect from the date of acquisition of such nationality.
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In force from 19-04-2012 (date unconfirmed)Source page 52
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