Shall be punished with imprisonment for from 1 (one) to 5 (five) years or
with fine of from CFAF 50 000 (fifty thousand) to CFAF 5 000 000 (five
million), or with both such imprisonment and fine whoever in time of peace:
1. carries on with the agents of a foreign power a course of
communication liable to injure the defence or diplomatic position of
the Republic ;
2. Within the territory of the Republic and without the permission of the
Government recruits or enlists any person for any foreign armed
forces ; or
3. by any activity not approved by the Government exposes any citizen
to reprisals; or
4. without permission from the Government surrenders or
communicates to a foreign power or its agents any invention
connected with the defence of the nation, or any information, study
or process regarding such an invention, or any industrial application
connected with the defence of the nation; or
5. by rashness, carelessness, or breach of any regulation, permits the
removal or observation, whether in whole or in part, and for however
short a time, of any article, equipment, document or information
entrusted to him or in his care, and knowledge of which is liable to
lead to the discovery of a defence secret; or
6. by rashness, carelessness, or breach of any regulation permits the
damage or destruction of any object, equipment or document
entrusted to him or in his care, where such damage or destruction is
prejudicial to the defence of the nation; or
7. being in control of any supplies, concern or undertaking on behalf of
the armed forces, or being agent for any supplier or a subcontractor,
causes the service to fail or to be delayed, be it merely by
carelessness; or
8. being in control of any supplies, concern or undertaking on behalf of
the armed forces commits a fraud in respect of the description, the
quality or the amount of works, of labour or of articles supplied.
9 enlists undertakes training without prior permission of the competent
Cameroon authorities, in the Armed Forces or Police Forces of a
foreign country .
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In force from 12 July 2016
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