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MINISTERE DE LA FONCTION PUBLIQUE MINISTRY OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE

ET DE LA REFORME ADMINISTRATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM

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to announce a competitive examination for the special recruitment of 20 (twenty)
6tudents Court Registrars of English expression into the Magistracy and
Registry Division of the National School of Administration and Magistracy (NSAM)
for the 2023/2024 academic year,

THE MINISTER OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM,

Mindful of the Constitution :
Mindful of law No. 2017/010 of 12 July 2017 to lay down General Rules and Regulations of State
Establîshments ;
Mindful of decree No. 94/199 of 7 October 1994 y the General Rules and RegulatËons of the
Public Service, together with its subsequent amendments ;
Mindful of decree No. 2011/020 of 4 February 2011 on the Special Status of the Civil Servants of
the Court Registry ;
Mindful of decree No, 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government, amended by
Decree No. 2018/190 of 2 March 2018 ;
Mindful of dncree No. 2012/537 of 19 November 2012 to organize the Ministry of the Public
Service and Administrative Reform ;
Mîndful of decree No. 2018/1 91 of 2 March 2018 to reshuffle the Government ;
Mindful of decree No. 2018/240 of 9 AprII 2018 to reorganise the National School of Administration
and Magistracy (NSAM)
Mîndful of decree No. 2000/696/PM of 13 September 2000 to lay down the general system of
government competîtive examinations ;
Mindful of order No. 040/PM of 19 May 2022 to lay down terms and conditions for granting age
exemption to persons with disabilities during competitive examinations and recruitment
into public service;
Mindful of order No. 004832/MINFOPRA of 10 October 2012 on the system of studies and
schooling in the Magistracy and Regisïry Division of the National School of
Administration and Maqjstracv;
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Mlndful of order No. 00000490/MINFI of 21 December 2022 SDel !=,}BH.;FâH$SHi
the impïementation of competition examînation fees,
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HEREBY ORDERS AS FOLLOWS
PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
Article 1: (1) A competitive examination for the special recrui
Court Registrars of English expression into the Magistracy and Registry Division of the
National School of Administration and Magtstracy (NSAM), has been announced for the
2023/2024 academic year. The examËnation syllabus is appended to this order.

Article 2: The examinations shall be open to persons who fulfil the folïowing requîrements:

a) be a Cameroonian national:
b) be at least 17 (seventeen) years of age and 32 (thirty-two) years at most as from 1
January 2023;
c) however, disabled persons holder of a national disability card issued by the competent
authorities, may benefit from an age-limit waiver for a maximum of 5 (five) years, over
 the age limit set above, in accordance with ttle above-nlentîoned Order No. 040/PM of
19 May 2022;
d) have a good mastery of the English language;
e) be holder of the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (G.C.E-A/L) in at
least two subjects, not including Religious Knowledge, obtained in one session,
“Baccalaureat,” or a “ Capacité” in Law issued by a Cameroonian University, or a
foreign certîficate recognised as equivalent by the competent authority established and
approved by the Higher Education;
f) be physical fit and of good health that will enable the candidate to effectively exercise
the duties of the magistracy;
g) enjoy civic rights;
h) not having a conviction featuring on the Certificate of non-conviction which feads to
disentitlerrlent to hold the office of a court registrar.

Article 3: (1) Application forms can be downloaded from the Ministry of the Public Service and
Administrative Reform website (www,minfopra.qov.cm).
(2) The application fees for the competîtive examinations stand at FCFA 25,000
(twenty five thousand) payable to the persons in charge of the counter EXPRESS UNION at
the place of submission of the application files.
(3) Candidates can submît their applications, against a receipt, on line or directly at
Regional Delegations of the Public Service and Administrative Reform.
(4) Applications must arrive at the Regional Delegatîons of the Public Service and
Administrative Reform not later than Friday, 14 July 2023 which is the deadline.
(5) The candidates’ application files shall comprise the following documents:
- a registratiorl form bearing a CFA 1500 francs fiscal stamp. The forms can be obtained
at the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform or at all Regional
Delegations of the Public Service or downloaded at the folïowËng website address:
UI -–ntlttD://www.mînfoora.aov.cm:
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\n g 1 >’4 receipt attestîng payment of the registration fee issued by an EXPRESS UNION
ëqfficial at the place of submission of the application files
p dn attestation of presentation of the original certificate signed by the Governor, the
e ;enior Divisional Officer or the DËvisional Offîcer
g certîficate of non-conviction of not more than 3 (three) months old at the date of
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,ubmission of application, issued by the competent legal authorities
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ILJ medical certificate of not more than 3 (three) months old at the date of subm ssion of
2 lpplication, issued by a public sector Medical Doctor;
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a certified true copy of birth certificate, handwritten or typed-sïgned by the an
administrative or council authority.
- an envelope bearing stamp and the candidate’s adress.
Any incomplete file or a file containing forged or falsified documents shall be
rejected.

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 (6) The list of candidates authorîsed to sit the examËnatîons shall be published at the
MINFOPRA website (www.minfopra.qov.cm) on Wednesday 26 July 2023 at the latest.

(7) The publication of the lists shall serve as invitation to write the examinations.

Article 4: (1) The tests of the written part of the examinatîons to take place at the examînation
centre (Bamenda, Buea, Garoua, Yaounde) chosen by the candidate, shall be dQrle
accordîng to the following schedule:

a) Saturday 29 July 2023 :

. General Knowledge:
• Time allowed: 4 hours (from 7:30 am to 1 1:30am);
• Coeff. 4
Judicial and Administrative Organization of Courts.
Time allowed: 4 hours (from 1:00pm to 5:00pm);
• Coeff. 4 ; »«
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Sunday 30 July 2023 :

Family Law/Land Law /Civil Procedure:
- Time allowed: 4 hours (from 7:30am to 1 1:30am);
• Coeff. 04 ;
Criminal Law/ Criminal Procedure:

- Time allowed: 4 hours (from 1:00pm to 5:oopm);

Coeff. 04

(2) The examinations shall be written exclusively in the English Language.

(3) The latest time to be allowed in the examination room shall be Candidates
are expected at the examinatîon halls at 7.00 am for the morning papers and 12.30 pm for the
afternoon papers .

Article 5: The oral part of the examination shall consist of:

an oral presentation of a practical case following an exchange with jury in

English Language, on any of the following: Judicial and Administrative
Organisation of Courts, Family Law, Criminal Law, Public Freedoms, Human
Rights, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, Law of Tort, BusËness
Law, Company Law; coeff. 3;
an interview with a jury in French language: coeff. 7.

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Article 6: Receipts of submission for application for national identity cards of less than 03
(three) months old at the date of closure of application for the competitive examinations shall
not be accepted.

Article 7: Any form of fraud established before, during or after the competitive examination
shall be sanctioned in accordance with the regulations in force.

Article 8: This order sha Il be registered and published wherever necessary. l-

Done af Yao 4(e4on He 11-2 al-N 2023

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Mînister of the Public Service and
PRIME MINISTER'S OFFre E Administrative Reform

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SYLLABUS FOR THE SPECIAL RECRUITMENT OF 20 (TWENTY) STUDENT
COURT REGISTRARS OF ENGLISH EXPRESSION INTO THE MAGISTRACY
AND COURT REGISTRY DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF
ADMINISTRATION AND MAGISTRACY (NSAM) FOR THE 2023/2024
ACADEMIC YEAR

I . WRITTEN EXAMS

A. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Politîcal, economic and social history of the world
Basics of constitutional law and poïitical ideology
Geography of the world with emphasis on Cameroon and Africa
Current events

B- JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANISATION OF COURTS

1/Judicial Organization
Creation, organization, competQnce of:
Customary courts
Court of First instance
High Court
Military Court
Court of Appeal VISA
Court of State 'Security
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Special Criminal Court

2/ Administrative organization of Courts

- Organization of the Registry
- Organization of State Counsel’s Office

C- CRIMINAL LAW /CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

The princÊple of crimËnal legality
Offence, prosecution and penalty

1. General notions

Competence
Legal proceedings
Debates, hearing
Evidence
Contradiction
 2. Submission of a case to a trIbunal
SubmËssion of a case to the Court of First Instance
Submission of a case to the High Court
Competence of the Court of First Instance and the High Court
Competences of The Special Criminal Court
3. Public Action
Different ways of implementing public action
Conditions for implementing public action
Civil action in criminal Courts
Preliminary inquiry
Preliminary investigation of a case
Judicial police, custody
Submission of a case to Court
Criminal evidence
Criminal judgments 66

Remedy at law S F r: i: il iD RE RAIER MINISTRE

Enforcement of penalties VISA
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D- COMMON LAW
D-1) CIVIL LAW PR !ME MIN ISTER'S OFFICE

- The basis and characteristics of the rule of law

- Sources of law:
o written sources:
o Non-textual sources of law, general principles of law, customs, jurisprudence /case law.

TOPICS ON LAW

- Distinction between natural persons and corporate entities;

- Identification of persons and their rights.
FAMILY LAW

- Marriage (void and voidabïe marriage, validity of marriage, consortium);

- Divorce and judicial separation;
- Legitimation;
- Property rights (financial provisions, custody. ..);
- Child law.
* Filiation (LegitËmate child, illegitimate child, adoption, contlicts).

D-2) CIVIL PROCEDURE

- Meaning of civil procedure and its application in Anglophone Cameroon;

- Commencement of civil proceedings (motions, petitions, wrîts of summons);
- Simplified recovery procedure and the undefended list;
- Parties (nature, joinder procedure, misjoinder procedure, representation proceedings...) ;
- Joinder and consolidation of causes of action:
- Service of process and appearance;

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- Pleadings (functions, content, facts that must be specifically pleaded...);
- Interim relief (interlocutory order, injunction.....);
- Equitable relief;
- Interlocutory application ;
- Settlement of issues :
- Stay of execution.

E- PUBLIC FREEDOMS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Freedom of expression, information and communication;

Freedom of association, of meeting and formation of political parties;
Freedom of movement;
Human Rights;
The limitation of Public Freedoms :
Institutions regulatîng Public Freedoms:
• The National Commission for Human Rights and Freedoms;
• Competent Courts of common Law;
• A special Court: the High Court of Justice.

Il- ORAL EXAM

A. GRAND JURY

An interview with a jury, with the aim is to determine the candidate’s personality and
his/her predîspositions to serve the State and the citizens.

B. THE LANGUAGE JURY

An interview with a jury in French.

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