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

in police custody for the purpose of criminal investigation without the written approval of theState Counsel.(4) Mention of this approval shall be made in the police report.Section 119:(1)(a) where a judicial police officer intends to remand a suspect in police custody, he shall informhim of the grounds for the suspicion and invite him to give any explanation he deems necessary.(b) Mention of these formalities shall be made in the police report.(2)(a) The time allowed for remand in custody shall not exceed forty-eight (48) hours, renewableonce.(b) This period may, with the written approval of the State Counsel, be exceptionally extendedtwice.(c) Reasons shall be given for each extension.(3) However, the period of remand in police custody shall not be extended solely for the purposeof recording the statement of a witness.(4) Except in cases of felonies or misdemeanours committed flagrante delicto, remand in policecustody shall not be ordered on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays. However, where theremand in police custody has commenced on a Friday or on the eve of a public holiday, it may beextended as provided for in sub-section (2).Section 120:(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 119 (2), the period of remand in police custodyshall be extended, where applicable, having regard to the distance between the place of arrest andthe police station or the gendarmerie brigade where such remand has to be effected.(2) The extension shall be twenty-four , (24) hours for every fifty (50) kilometres.(3) Mention of this fact shall be made on the report of arrest.