Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code 2005 - On TRACK against ...

not, under pain of prosecution for false arrest detain such person for more than 12 hours;(b) to, where necessary, remand in police custody any suspected person;(c) to ensure the preservation of evidence that may be used for the discovery of the truth;(d) to seize any articles or documents used in committing, or which appear to be the product ofthe felony;(e) to, in case of urgency, carry out his duties outside his territorial jurisdiction in accordancewith section 88 (2);(f) to conduct searches in the houses of persons suspected of either keeping documents or articlesrelating to the particulars of the offence or of having participated in the commission of thefelony.Section 105: Articles which are not useful for revealing the truth shall, after the written approvalof the State Counsel, be returned by the judicial police officer, to the owner or to any otherperson from whom they were seized, who shall acknowledge receipt thereof in the police diary.A report of the return shall be drawn up.Section 106:(1) Searches in an advocate's chambers shall be conducted only for the purpose of seizingdocuments or objects connected with legal proceedings or where the advocate is beinginvestigated or where the documents or objects are unrelated to the practice of his profession.(2) The search shall be conducted by the competent law officer of the Legal Department in thepresence of the advocate and the President of the Bar Council or his representative.It shall be conducted under conditions which safeguard professional secrecy and maintain thedignity of the advocate.(3) Failure to comply with the provisions of the present section shall render the search null andvoid.Section 107: Searches in the office of a physician, a public notary or all other persons bound byprofessional secrecy shall be conducted in the presence of the competent magistrate, and ifnecessary, of the person concerned and of the representative of his professional organization, ifany.