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on the doors of the domicile and of all the premises or theatres of the persons
convicted, at the expense of the latter, while the cost of this publication shall not,
however, exceed the maximum amount of the fine incurred. Where posting is ordered
the court shall fix the dimensions of the poster and the typographic characters that
must be used for printing it. The court must set the period during which this posting is
to be kept up, a period that must not exceed fifteen days. The removal, concealment
or tearing up of posters, in whole or in part, shall be punished by a fine of between
FMG 5,000 and FMG 15,000. In the event of repeat offending, the fine shall be
increased to between FMG 20,000 and FMG 100,000, and imprisonment of between
eleven days and one month may be ordered. Where the removal, concealment or
tearing up of the posters, in whole or in part, has been done voluntarily by the
convicted person, at his instigation or on his orders, the judgments relating to the
posting of notices at the expense of the convicted person shall again be fully
enforced.
Article 149 – In all the situations provided for in the six preceding articles, the
infringing material and the proceeds that have given rise to confiscation shall be
returned to the victim or his successors in title to compensate them for the damage
done to them; the surplus from their compensation or the full compensation, where
there is no confiscation of material or of proceeds, shall be settled in the ordinary
way. Infringing objects shall be publicly destroyed.
Article 150 – Where the penalty handed down for the offences referred to in Articles
143 to 149 is a fine, judges must at the same time hand down a prison sentence as a
substitute for the fine, lest the latter should fail to be paid.
Article 151 - This law shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic.
It will be enforced as State Law.
Promulgated in Antananarivo,
18 September 1995
Pr ZAFY Albert