No. 26
Copyright
Provided that__
(a) where any person has been tried and convicted or where a
person fails to claim the seized substance, article or work after
being acquitted, the substance, article or work shall be disposed
of at the discretion of the Copyright Administrator; and
(b) where a decision has been made not to prosecute, the seized
substance, article or work may be returned to the owner.
(5) Any person who__
(a) wilfully obstructs an inspector in the discharge of the
inspector’s duties;
(b) wilfully fails to comply with any requirement properly
made to him by an inspector;
(c) without reasonable cause fails to give to the inspector any
assistance or information which the inspector may reasonably
require of him for the purpose of the performance of his duties
under this Act; or
(d) in giving any such information as is mentioned in
subparagraph (c), makes any statement which he knows to be
false,
commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of
K5,000,000 and to imprisonment for two years.
97. Any inspector shall not be personally liable in respect of any
act done by him in good faith in the course of his employment and
in the execution or purported execution of any under this Act.
PART XIII__THE COPYRIGHT FUND
98. There is hereby established a fund to be known as the
Copyright Fund (in this Act otherwise referred as the “Fund”),
which shall be administered by the Society, and shall become
operational on such a date as the Minister shall appoint, by notice
published in the Gazette.
99. The Fund shall be used for__
(a) enforcement of copyright law;
(b) promotion and improvement of__
(i) creativity; and
(ii) artistic skills;
(c) promotion and preservation of works which depict a
cultural identity of Malawi; and
(d) payment of proceeds from the fines paid for infringement
of the rights under this Act; and
(c) Civic education
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Inspectors
not
personally
liable
Establish
ment of the
Copyright
Fund
Objectives
of the Fund