Penal Code · English · 2015
Article 361
Infringement of Copyright
A person who, without permission of the lawful owner or copyright holder, and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain:
#counterfeits, reproduces, copies or imitates, in whole or in part, by sound, print, electronically, photographically or any other copying method, a literary, musical or photographic composition, or any other intellectual work protected by an owner’s, author’s or performer’s copyright; or
#sells, offers for sale, imports or exports, distributes or places on the market infringements of such works,
#is guilty of infringement of copyright, a Class 9 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
#Infringement of literary or artistic copyright under sub-Article (1) may only be prosecuted upon the preferring of charges by the victim.
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