Copyright Act, 2022

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COPYRIGHT ACT, 2022

ACT No. 8

PART VI — ANTI-PIRACY AND OTHER MEASURES

Duty to keep records.

48.—(1) A person carrying on the business of production or reproduction of works including publishers, printers, producers, manufacturers and aggregators of works in which copyright subsists shall keep a record of all works dealt with in the course of their business, showing the following —

(a) name of the author ;

(b) title of the work ;

(c) date of use or production ;

(d) quantity of the work used or produced ; and

(e) any other information as may be prescribed by the Commission.

(2) Any person who —

(a) fails to keep the record required under this section,

(b) makes or causes to be made a false entry in a record, or

(c) produces, tenders or causes to be produced or tendered as evidence any entry knowing the same to be false,

commits an offence under this section and is liable on conviction to a fine of at least N100,000 or imprisonment for a term of at least one year or both.

(3) A copyright owner or any person having an interest in a work shall, on written demand, be furnished with information relating to the work as contained in the record kept under this section.