SECTION 106 — Prejudice Punishable with Five Years

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 .