1984 Ed.]
Copyright
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(4) An authorized officer authorized under subsection (2) or (3) to enter and search any domestic premises may call upon any authorized officer to assist him in entering and searching the premises.
(Amended, 38 of 1974, s. 5)
8. (1) Without prejudice to any other Ordinance, any person who-
(a) wilfully obstructs an authorized officer in the exercise of his powers or the performance of his duties under the Act or this Ordinance;
(b) wilfully fails to comply with any requirement properly
made to him by any such authorized officer; or
(c) without reasonable excuse, fails to give such authorized officer any other assistance which he may reasonably require to be given for the purpose of exercising his powers or performing his duties under the Act or this Ordinance,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
(2) Any person who, when required to give information to an authorized officer in the exercise of his powers or the performance of his duties under the Act or this Ordinance, knowingly gives false or misleading information to any such authorized officer shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring any person to give any information which may incriminate him.
(Amended, 38 of 1974, s. 6)
Obstruction of investigating officers.
9. (1) An affidavit which-
(a) purports to have been made by or on behalf of the owner of a work or other subject matter in which copyright subsists under the Act; and
(b) states that-
(i) at a time specified therein copyright subsisted in the work or other subject matter;
(ii) the person named therein is the owner of the copyright in the work or other subject matter; and
(iii) a copy of the work or other subject matter exhibited to the affidavit is a true copy of the work or other subject matter,
shall, if it complies with subsection (3), be admitted without further proof in any proceedings under the Act or this Ordinance.
(2) The court before whom an affidavit is produced under subsection (1) shall presume, until the contrary is proved—
Affidavit evidence.