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Article 128: Authorities of all kinds, and in particular the police and the gendarmerie,
shall be required, at the request of the Chadian Copyright Office, to give their assistance
and, where appropriate, their protection.
Section 3: Civil and criminal penalties
Article 129: A victim of the infringement of a right protected under the present Law may
obtain payment, by the infringer, of damages to compensate for the prejudice that they
have suffered and the payment of the costs arising from the infringing act, including legal
costs.
Article 130: In the event of an infringement of the author's resale royalty right, the
purchaser and ministerial officials may be ordered, jointly and severally, to pay damages
to the beneficiaries of that right.
Article 131: Article 209 of the Penal Code is hereby amended as follows:
Any publication of writings or of a musical composition, drawing, painting or any other
production, printed or engraved, in whole or in part, any reproduction, translation,
adaptation, arrangement or other transformation, any representation, rental, public
lending or communication to the public of works published in Chad or abroad, in
violation of the laws and regulations on the ownership of authors, shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term of three (3) months to two (2) years or with a fine of fifty
thousand (50,000) to five million (5,000,000) CFA francs or both.
Anyone who sells, exports and imports infringing works shall be punished with the same
penalties.
Article 132: Anyone who infringes one of the rights of performers, producers of
phonograms or videograms or audiovisual communication companies, as set out in the
present Law, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of three (3) months to two
(2) years or with a fine of fifty thousand (50,000) to five million (5,000,000) CFA francs
or both.
Anyone who sells, imports or exports phonograms or videograms made without the
consent of the producer or the performer, where such consent is required, shall be
punished with the same penalties.
Failure to pay the remuneration due to the author, the performer or the phonogram or
videogram producer for private copying or public communication and for the
broadcasting of commercial phonograms, and also infringements of the provisions of
Article 106 of the present Law, shall be punishable with the same fine as provided for in
the first paragraph.
Article 133: In the event of repetition of the infringements referred to in the two
preceding Articles, the penalties incurred shall be doubled.