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Article 125: Police detectives, justices of the peace and sworn officials of the Chadian
Copyright Office shall be required, at the request of any author or holder of neighboring
rights, their successors in title, licensees or the Chadian Copyright Office, to seize copies
that have been produced in violation of copyright or neighboring rights.
Where the desired effect of the seizure is to delay or suspend public performances that
are already under way or have been announced, special authorization must be obtained
from the President of the court of minor jurisdiction, by an order issued on request. The
President of the court may also, in the same manner, order:
1 the suspension of any manufacturing currently under way to reproduce unlawfully a
work, performance, phonogram or videogram;
2 the seizure, irrespective of the day and time, of copies constituting an unlawful
reproduction of a work, performance, phonogram or videogram that has been or is being
produced, of the revenue obtained, and of copies used unlawfully;
3 the seizure of the revenue from any reproduction, performance or broadcast, by any
means whatsoever, of a work of the mind, performance, phonogram or videogram,
effected in violation of copyright or neighboring rights.
In the orders referred to above, the President of the court may order the distrainer to
provide appropriate security first.
The provisions of the present Article shall also apply in the event of improper
exploitation.
Article 126: The distrainee or the garnishee may request the President of the court to
order the release of the seizure, to limit its effects or to authorize the resumption of
manufacture or of public performances, under the authority of an administrator appointed
as custodian, for the benefit of whomsoever it may concern, of the proceeds of such
manufacture or exploitation.
Where the President of the court allows the request of the distrainee or garnishee, he may,
hearing the case in chambers, order the applicant to deposit a sum as security against any
damages to which the author may be entitled.
Article 127: The measures taken pursuant to Article 114 above shall be lifted
automatically in the event of a nonsuit or discharge.
In the absence of criminal proceedings, the measures shall also be lifted automatically
where the distrainer fails to refer the matter to the competent civil court within 30 days of
the seizure.