Collection of Laws for Electronic Access YH CAMEROON (2) “Information on copyright regime” shall mean information that helps to identify the work, performance, videogram, phonogram or programme, or information on the conditions of use of such productions and any number or code representing such information where one of these elements of information is attached to a copy of a production or is linked to the communication of a production to the public. 82.—(1) The offences referred to in Sections 80 and 81 [shall] be punishable by imprisonment of from 5 (five) to 10 (ten) years or a fine of from 500,000 to 10,000,000 CFA francs or both such imprisonment and fine. (2) The penalties provided for in this section shall be doubled where the offender is a partner of the owner of the infringed right. 83. Infringements of the provisions of Section 20 above may entail a court sentencing to jointly pay damages to the owners of the right of pursuit the buyer, vendor and the person entrusted with the sale by public auction. 84.—(1) In any case, the court may order the confiscation of forged copies, the equipment used to commit the offence as well as proceeds derived therefrom. (2) The equipment used by the forger and forged copies may be destroyed. (3) The court may order the publication of the decision under the conditions laid down in Section 33 of the Penal Code. 85.—(1) In case of violation of or threat to violate the rights provided in this law, the natural persons or corporate bodies or their legal representatives who own such rights, may request a judicial police officer or a bailiff to establish the said infringements and, if need be, seize, on the authorization of the State Counsel or competent judge, the forged copies, the illegally imported copies and objects and the equipment used or to be used for performance or reproduction, and set up to commit such forbidden acts. (2) The president of the civil court with jurisdiction may, by a ruling on petition, also order: (a) the suspension of any ongoing manufacture that may lead to the unlawful reproduction of a work; (b) the suspension of unauthorized public performances or shows; (c) the seizure, even on non-working days or beyond working hours, of unlawfully reproduced copies of the work, already manufactured or still in the process, of the proceeds realized as well as the forged copies; (d) the seizure of the equipment used for the manufacture; (e) the seizure of the proceeds from any exploitation done in violation of copyrights or neighbouring rights. CM001EN Copyright, Law, 19/12/2000, No. 2000/011 page 23/25

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