A court-ordered ban in Cameroon on issuing checks and using payment cards may be imposed, either as a primary or secondary measure, by any criminal court called upon to prosecute any offense related to checks and payment cards.
The criminal court in Cameroon may impose such a sanction, in particular, against the person who issues a check without sufficient funds, commits counterfeiting or falsification of a check, commits fraud involving a means of payment, or against anyone who knowingly uses or attempts to use a counterfeit or falsified check, or accepts such a check as payment.
A court-ordered ban may also be imposed by any court that finds evidence of misuse of a payment card.
The court-ordered ban may be declared provisionally enforceable. The court that pronounces the order shall order the return to the issuing institutions of the check forms and payment cards in the possession of the convicted person and their agents and joint holders.
The judicial ban also applies to anyone who issues a check, even if it is funded, in defiance of a banking ban or in violation of a court order prohibiting the issuance of checks or the use of payment cards.
The judicial ban applies not only to the perpetrator or accomplice of a check-related offense, but also to the perpetrator or accomplice of an offense related to bills of exchange, promissory notes, direct debits, or payment cards.
The judicial ban on issuing checks and using payment cards may not be imposed for a period of less than one (1) year or more than five (5) years.