Penalties in respect of dealings which infringe copyright

(1) Any person who, without the licence of the copyright owner, at a time when copyright in a work subsists by virtue of this Act, (a) makes for sale or hire; 71 (b) in the course of a business sells or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire, exhibits in public or distributes; or (c) imports into Belize for purposes other than his private and domestic use; (d) distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright; or (e) possesses in the course of business with a view to committing any act infringing the any article which he knows or has reason to believe is an infringing copy of that work, commits an offence. (2) Any person who, at the time when copyright subsists in a work by virtue of this Act makes or has in his possession an article specifically designed or adapted for making copies of a particular protected work, knowing that it is to be used for making infringing copies for sale or hire or for use in the course of business, commits an offence. (3) Any person who causes, (a) a literary, dramatic or musical work to be performed in public; or (b) a sound recording or film to be played, or as the case may be, shown in public, (otherwise than by reception of a broadcast or cable programme) knowing or having reason to believe that copyright subsists in the work or that the performance constitutes an infringement of the copyright, commits an 72 (4) Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of this section, shall be liable on summary conviction in the case of a first conviction, to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for each article to which the offence related, and in the case of any subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for each such article, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months. (5) Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section, shall be liable on summary conviction in the case of a first conviction, to a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars and in the case of any subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.