COPYRIGHT.
No. 11 of 1918.
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(b) sells or lets for hire, or by way of trade exposes or offers [s. 3 contd.]. for sale or hire, any infringing copy of any such work; or
(c) distributes infringing copies of any such work either for the purposes of trade or to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of a copyright; or
(d) by way of trade exhibits in public any infringing copy of any such work; or
(e) imports for sale or hire into the Colony any infringing copy of any such work,
shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for every copy dealt with in contravention of this section, but not exceeding five hundred dollars in respect of the same transaction, or in the case of a second or subsequent offence, either to such fine or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months.
(2) Every person who knowingly makes or has in his possession any plate for the purpose of making infringing copies of any work in which copyright subsists, or knowingly and for his private profit causes any such work to be performed in public without the consent of the owner of the copyright, shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance, and shall, upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or in the case of a second or subsequent offence, either to such fine or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months.
(3) The magistrate before whom any such proceedings are taken may, whether the alleged offender is convicted or not, order that all copies of the work or all plates in the possession of the alleged offender, which appear to him to be infringing copies or plates for the purpose of making infringing copies, be destroyed or delivered up to the owner of the copyright or otherwise dealt with as the magistrate may think fit.
No. 12 of 1918, repealed by No. 5 of 1924.