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In addition, the court may order the closure, either permanent or temporary – for a period
not exceeding five (5) years of the establishment operated by the offender.
Article 134: In all the cases provided for in the three preceding articles, the court may
order the confiscation of all or part of the revenue obtained as a result of the
infringement, all the infringing or unlawfully reproduced phonograms, videograms,
objects or copies, and equipment specially installed for the purpose of committing the
offense.
Equipment and revenue or portions of revenue that have been confiscated shall be
returned to the victims to compensate them for the damage done to them; the surplus
compensation or the full compensation, where there is no confiscation of equipment or of
revenue, shall be settled in accordance with ordinary procedures.
The court shall order the destruction of all unlawfully produced copies.
The court may also order, at the offender's expense, the display of the judgement
pronouncing the conviction and the publication thereof in full or in the form of extracts in
such newspapers as it may designate, provided that the costs of such publication do not
exceed the maximum amount of the fine incurred.
Article 135: A user who fails to request the required consent or to declare it to the
Chadian Copyright Office shall be punished with a fine equal to double the amount of
revenue due; the minimum shall be five thousand (5,000) francs.
Part 5: Final provisions
Article 136: The provisions of the present Law shall also apply to works that were
created, performances that were fixed, phonograms or videograms that were fixed and
broadcasts that were created prior to its entry into force, provided that such works,
performances, phonograms or videograms and broadcasts have not yet fallen into the
public domain by reason of the expiry of the term of protection that they enjoyed under
the previous legislation or under the legislation of their country of origin.
The legal effects of acts and contracts concluded prior to the entry into force of this Law
shall, however, remain entirely unaffected.
Article 137: All earlier conflicting provisions, in particular Law No. 57298 of March
11, 1957 on Literary and Artistic Property and Decree No. 58447 on Public
Administration Regulations for the Implementation of the Law in Overseas Territories,
are hereby repealed.
Where necessary, regulations shall specify the terms of implementation of the present
Law.