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Right to seize infringing copies, etc

Cap. 252, s. 38 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Subject to any decision of the court under section 135 of this Act, and to the conditions specified in subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section, an infringing copy of a work which is found exposed or otherwise immediately available for sale or hire, and in respect of which the copyright owner would be entitled to apply for an order under section 37 of this Act, may be seized and detained by him or a person authorized by him. (2) Before anything is seized under this section notice of the time and place of the proposed seizure shall be given to a local police station. (3) At the time that anything is seized under this section there shall be left at the place where it was seized a notice in the prescribed form containing the prescribed particulars as to the person by whom or on whose authority the seizure is made and the grounds on which it is made. (4) In this section, “premises” includes land, buildings, fixed or moveable structures, vehicles, vessels and aircraft.
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