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Section 49 Copyright Act Section 49 Copyright Act 2022 is about Anti-piracy measures. It is under Part VI (Anti-Piracy and other Measures) of the Act. (1) The Commission shall have powers, with the consent of the Minister, to prescribe any design, label, mark, impression or any other antipiracy device for use on, in, or in…
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Section 48 Copyright Act Section 48 Copyright Act 2022 is about Duty to keep records. It is under Part VI (Anti-Piracy and other Measures) of the Act. (1) A person carrying on the business of production or reproduction of works including publishers, printers, producers, manufacturers and aggregators of works in which copyright subsists shall keep…
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Section 47 Copyright Act Section 47 Copyright Act 2022 is about Simultaneous actions. It is under Part V (Copyright Offences) of the Act. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, it shall be permissible for both criminal and civil actions to be taken simultaneously in respect of the same infringement under this Act.
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Section 46 Copyright Act Section 46 Copyright Act 2022 is about Offence by bodies corporate. It is under Part V (Copyright Offences) of the Act. (1) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate, the body corporate and its principal officers are deemed to have committed the offence and liable to…
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Section 45 Copyright Act Section 45 Copyright Act 2022 is about Aiding and procuring copyright offence. It is under Part V (Copyright Offences) of the Act. Any person who aids or procures another person to commit an offence under this Act is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to the same…
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Section 44 Copyright Act Section 44 Copyright Act 2022 is about Criminal liability. It is under Part V (Copyright Offences) of the Act. (1) Any person who —(a) makes or causes to be made for sale, hire or for the purposes of trade or business any infringing copy of a work in which copyright subsists…
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Section 43 Copyright Act Section 43 Copyright Act 2022 is about Presumptions. It is under Part IV (Copyright Infringements) of the Act. In an action for infringement of copyright in a work, whether civil or criminal, the following shall be presumed, where such work has been registered under section 87 of this Act —(a) that…
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Section 42 Copyright Act Section 42 Copyright Act 2022 is about Admissibility of affidavit evidence. It is under Part IV (Copyright Infringements) of the Act. Any of the following facts shall be admitted in any proceedings without further proof, if they are stated in an affidavit made before a Commissioner for Oaths, notary public or…
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Section 41 Copyright Act Section 41 Copyright Act 2022 is about Infringement actionable as a breach of statutory duty. It is under Part IV (Copyright Infringements) of the Act. (1) An infringement of the rights conferred by section 14 of this Act is actionable as a breach of statutory duty owed to the person entitled…
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Section 40 Copyright Act Section 40 Copyright Act 2022 is about Forfeiture of infringing copies. It is under Part IV (Copyright Infringements) of the Act. Where a person has an infringing copy of a work in his possession, custody, or control in the course of business or has in his possession, custody or control an…