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1. Ordinance No. 62-0F-30 of March 31, 1962 on the Code of Merchant Marine Fishing in Cameroon, article 1, paragraph 1:
" However, foreign navigators to whom reciprocal agreements between their country of origin and Cameroon have allowed them to navigate on Cameroonian vessels may, insofar as the regulations governing their status allow, continue to enjoy the advantages that are specific to them.
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2. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 15, paragraph 1:
" Where the coasts of two States are opposite or adjacent to each other, neither of the two States is entitled, failing agreement between them to the contrary, to extend its territorial sea beyond the median line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points on the baselines from which the
breadth of the territorial seas of each of the two States is measured. The above provision does not apply, however, where it is necessary by reason of historic title or other special circumstances to delimit the territorial seas of the two States in a way which is at variance therewith.
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3. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 43:
" User States and States bordering a strait should by agreement cooperate:
(a) in the establishment and maintenance in a strait of necessary navigational and safety aids or other improvements in aid of international navigation; and
(b) for the prevention, reduction and control of pollution from ships.
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4. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 47, paragraph 6:
" If a part of the archipelagic waters of an archipelagic State lies between two parts of an immediately adjacent neighbouring State, existing rights and all other legitimate interests which the latter State has traditionally exercised in such waters and all rights stipulated by agreement between those States shall continue and be respected.
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5. Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations in Cameroon, Chapter I, article 144, paragraph 1:
" Perishable products seized, with the exception of those that are dangerous or damaged shall in the absence of a purchaser, be sold forthwith, by public auction or mutual agreement, by the competent service, under the conditions laid down by decree.
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6. Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations in Cameroon, Chapter I, article 146, paragraph 4:
" Where the offence is compounded :
(a) an adjustment shall be made immediately between the amount of the deposit and that of the compounding fee, where the offender has paid a deposit;
(b) Non perishable produce seized shall be sold by auction.
(c) The equipment seized may be restored ta the offender after the final settlement of the compounding process, where they were used for the first time ta commit the offence and where the person concerned is a first offender.
(d) The equipment seized may not be restored to the offender but sold by public auction or by mutual agreement in the absence of a purchaser, with the exception of arms and ammunitions which shall be handed over ta the competent services of the Ministry of Territorial Administration, where such equipment was used for the first time to commit the offence and where the person concerned is not a previous, offender.
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7. Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations in Cameroon, Chapter VI, article 148:
" The competent court may order the confiscation of forest product~ equipment or animals seized. In such case :
the arms shall be handed to the head of the administrative unit concerned; and
forest products, vehicles, boats, equipment or animals shall be sold by public auction or mutual agreement in the absence of a purchaser. The proceeds of the
sale shall be paid into the Treasury within 48 hours.
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8. Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations in Cameroon, Chapter I, article 149:
" For any sale of seized produce by public auction or mutual agreement, a surcharge of 12% on the sale price shall be paid and corresponding amount shall be shared among the employees of the services under conditions laid down by decree.
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9. Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations in Cameroon, Chapter III, article 157:
" A fine of 1,000,000 CFA francs or imprisonment for from six months to 1 year or both such fine and imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever commits any of the following offences :
- exploitation by sale of standing volume in a State forest beyond the felling plan fixed and/or the volume and period granted, in contravention of Section 45(1) above, without prejudice to damages for the timber exploited :as provided for in Section 158 below;
- fraudulent forest exploitation by a sub-contractor operating
in a State forest under a sub-contracting agreement, in contravention of Section 51(2), without prejudice to damages for timber exploited as provided for in Section 158 below;
- contravention of the provisions on fisheries stipulated in Section 127(a), (j) and (m) of this law
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