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(a) the creation of music, fiction and nonfiction such as
poetry, essays, plays and textbooks, fine art and audiovisual
works, and the production of a particular sound recording or
performance of a dramatic work or musical works, etc.; and
(a) the professional improvement of Malawian authors and
performers, producers and publishers, and their living or working
conditions by the way of offering__
(i) measures such as training courses, seminars,
organisational improvement and legal aid, organised or
approved by the Society, enforcement activities; and
(ii) grants to individual authors or performers:
Provided that the availability of such measures and grants to be
publicly announced.
Access to
accounts
(2) The right to benefit from the measures and grants referred to
in subsection (1) shall be equally enjoyed by such persons as
referred to in this section, regardless of whether or not they are
members of the Society or an association.
108.__(1) The Society shall, on request in writing have access to
the accounts of manufacturers or importers of devices for digital
storage placed on the market for consumers, sellers of works of art,
and copy shops in order to determine whether they comply with the
provisions in this Act, this right being limited to the accounts of the
last three years before the year in which the request for access is
made.
(2) Information gathered by reason of access to the accounts may
not be exploited for other purposes, and the Society and the persons
whom the Society employs for such purposes, shall observe strict
confidentiality with respect to this information except as is
necessary in order to enforce the levy schemes pursuant to section
101.
Books and
109.__(1) The Minister shall cause to be kept proper books and
other records of
other records of account in respect of receipts and expenditures of
accounts
the Fund accordance with the Public Audit Act and the Public
Cap. 37:01
Cap. 37:02
Finance Management Act.
(2) The accounts of the Fund shall be audited by the Auditor
General in accordance with the Public Audit Act.
(3) The Minister shall cause to be prepared, as soon as
practicable, but not later than six months after the end of the
financial year, an annual report on all the financial transactions of
the Fund.