{"id":1767,"date":"2021-11-03T23:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/cameroon_the_civil_status_registration_ordinance_no_81_02_of_29_june_1981\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:21:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:21:42","slug":"cameroon_the_civil_status_registration_ordinance_no_81_02_of_29_june_1981","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ru\/resource\/uncategorised\/cameroon_the_civil_status_registration_ordinance_no_81_02_of_29_june_1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon &#8212; The Civil Status Registration (Ordinance No. 81-02 of 29 June 1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#00754C\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless is-multiline is-mobile\">\n            <div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-8-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                <div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-desktop\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">3rd \u041d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044c 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Cameroon &#8212; The Civil Status Registration (Ordinance No. 81-02 of 29 June 1981)<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column is-9\">\n                                        <p class=\"time-to-read\">5 min read<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"column is-6-desktop is-hidden-touch\">\n                <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p>Article 74 of Cameroon\u2019s Civil Status Registration provides that a husband may object to his wife\u2019s exercise of a trade different from him in the interest of their marriage or children.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Cameroon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law status:\u00a0<\/strong>Discriminatory law in force<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Employment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Article 74 of Cameroon\u2019s Civil Status Registration (Ordinance No. 81-02 of 29 June 1981) provides that a husband may object to his wife\u2019s exercise of a trade different from him in the interest of their marriage or children.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 74.\u00a0<em>(1) A married woman may exercise a trade different from her husband.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>(2)\u00a0<strong>The husband may object to the exercise of such a trade in the interest of the marriage or their children.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>(3) The President of the Court with jurisdiction shall decide by order on such an objection by the husband within ten days of being seized of the matter. His decision shall be rendered free of charge and shall be taken only after the parties have been heard.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvuc-uccc.com\/minat\/textes\/34.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Article 74 of Cameroon\u2019s Civil Status Registration<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Civil Code of the Republic of Cameroon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 1421.\u00a0<em>The husband\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>alone administers the common property<\/em><\/strong><em>. He can sell, dispose of and mortgage them without the\u00a0 cooperation of the wife.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 1428.\u00a0<em>The husband has the administration of all the personal property of the wife.\u00a0\u00a0He alone can exercise all the property and possessory actions belonging to the wife.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resourceequity.org\/record\/2864-cameroon-civil-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Read the Civil Code of the Republic of Cameroon<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-signpost-block\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","post_tag":[],"resource_type":[],"law_status":[216],"law_type":[220],"issue":[49],"region":[138],"class_list":["post-1767","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","issue-achieve-legal-equality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cameroon - The Civil Status Registration (Ordinance No. 81-02 of 29 June 1981) - Equality Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/cameroon_the_civil_status_registration_ordinance_no_81_02_of_29_june_1981\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ru_RU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cameroon - The Civil Status Registration (Ordinance No. 81-02 of 29 June 1981)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/cameroon_the_civil_status_registration_ordinance_no_81_02_of_29_june_1981\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Equality Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equalitynoworg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T10:21:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u041f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0447\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0442\u044b\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/cameroon_the_civil_status_registration_ordinance_no_81_02_of_29_june_1981\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/cameroon_the_civil_status_registration_ordinance_no_81_02_of_29_june_1981\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cameroon - The Civil Status Registration (Ordinance No. 81-02 of 29 June 1981) - Equality Now\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-03T23:00:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T10:21:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/cameroon_the_civil_status_registration_ordinance_no_81_02_of_29_june_1981\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ru-RU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/cameroon_the_civil_status_registration_ordinance_no_81_02_of_29_june_1981\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/cameroon_the_civil_status_registration_ordinance_no_81_02_of_29_june_1981\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/ar\\\/resource\\\/%type%\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Cameroon &#8211; 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