Artistic and cultural associations shall be formed and shall carry out their activities in accordance with the Law relating to freedom of association and the provisions of this law.
Artistic and cultural associations is Cameroon is an agreement whereby people undertake to promote the spirit of creativity, the dissemination of culture and the preservation of national and universal cultural heritage by organizing artistic and cultural activities.
Artistic and cultural associations shall be formed by declared associations or foreign associations.
The associations shall be affiliated to the artistic and cultural movement as specified in Section 9 of the law regulating arts and cultural associations in Cameroon.
Declared associations wishing to acquire the status of artistic and cultural association shall be formed under the same conditions as those of associations subject to the declaratory regime governed by the Law relating to the freedom of association.
Foreign associations wishing to acquire the status of artistic and cultural association shall be set up under the conditions stipulated in the Law relating to the freedom of association.
Acquisition of the status of artistic and cultural association by declared and authorized associations shall be subject to an approval issued by the Minister in charge of culture.
Any association wishing to be approved as an artistic and cultural association must apply to the Minister in charge of culture.
The application shall be lodged with the decentralized services of the Ministry in charge of culture, against a receipt.
The applications lodged with the deconcentrated services, shall be forwarded to the Ministry in charge of culture through official channels within 30 (thirty) days of submission, including the opinion of the said services.
Approval shall be granted by the Minister in charge of culture within 30 (thirty) days of submission of the application. Beyond such time limit, approval shall be deemed granted.
The rejection of an approval application shall be reasoned and immediately notified to the parties concerned by the Minister in charge of culture.
The composition of the approval application file shall be laid down by an instrument of the Minister in charge of culture.
The approval of artistic and cultural associations shall be granted for a 5 (five)-year period, renewable under the conditions laid down by law.
The approval referred to above shall be personal, non-transferable and non-assignable.
The approval of artistic and cultural associations shall be renewed under the same conditions in respect of form, time limits and procedure as when it was granted.