mark put on them and which are displayed for sale or which have been delivered or supplied
to others causing damage to him or infringing his rights.
The seizure of the goods, when authorized, shall be limited to making the samples necessary
to prove the counterfeit available to the system of justice.
The seizure of the goods may be made by the president of the court conditional of the
requester submitting collateral to guarantee the compensation of the defendant for the damage
that he may incur if a ruling is issued for the non-validity of the counterfeit case.
The seizure shall be considered null and void if the complainer did not file a court case within
15 days regardless of the damages. The 15 days term shall be calculated starting from the day
of carrying out the seizure or the description.
Article 51
Taking into consideration the penalties stridulated in special provisions, a fine between five
thousand and fifty thousand Dinars shall be imposed on:
Any person who reproduces, counterfeits, uses, places, removes, alters a mark and by doing
so infringes the rights granted by the registration of the mark and the restrains based on the
registration.
Any person who supplies or exports goods bearing a counterfeit mark.
Article 52
Taking into consideration the penalties stipulated in special provisions, the penalty stipulated
in article 51 of this law shall be imposed on every person who illegally posses goods which he
knows are carrying a counterfeit mark, willfully sells goods or services which bears this mark,
displays them for sale, supply them to others or offers to supply them to others.
Article 53
In case of recidivism with respect to the violations stipulated in articles 51 and 52 of this law
a judgment for imprisonment for a period from one to six month may be issued regardless of
the judgement of the fine which is doubled.
Article 54
In all cases the court may permit the publication of the full text of the ruling or a part thereof
in the newspapers which it specifies, as well as posting it in the locations it specifies specially
on the main entrances of the laboratories or factories of the convicted and on the facade of his
shops at the expense of the convicted.
Article 55
In the text of the ruling dealing with the violation of the provisions of article 51, 52 and 53 of
this law the court may rule for the seizure of the products and instruments used in committing
the crime.