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Laws of Malaysia
Act 332
(c) shall be supported by such documents and information,
and accompanied by such fee, as may be prescribed.
(2) This section shall apply to any copy of a work made outside
Malaysia the making of which was carried out without the consent
or licence of the owner of the copyright in the work.
(2a) Upon receipt of the application under subsection (1), the
Controller shall determine the application and the Controller shall
within a reasonable period inform the applicant by a written notice
whether the application has been approved and specify the period
during which the copies shall be treated as infringing copies.
(3) Where the application is approved by the Controller in respect
of a work and the application is not withdrawn, the importation
of any infringing copies into Malaysia for the duration of the
period specified in the Controller’s notice shall be prohibited:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to the importation
of any copy by a person for his private and domestic use.
(4) (Deleted by Act A1082).
(5) The Controller shall require any person making an application
under subsection (1)—
(a) to deposit a security which in the Controller’s opinion is
sufficient to reimburse the Government for any liability
or expenses which may be incurred in consequence of
the detention at any time within the period specified in
the Controller’s notice of any infringing copies or in
consequence of anything done in relation to a copy so
detained; and
(b) whether or not a security is given, to keep the Controller
indemnified against any liability or expenses referred to
in paragraph (a).
(6) Any Assistant Controller, police officer not below the rank
of Inspector or any officer of Customs may search for and seize
any infringing copies which are prohibited from being imported
into Malaysia under subsection (3).
(7) Whenever any infringing copies are seized under this
section, the seizing officer shall forthwith give notice in writing
of such seizure and the grounds thereof to the owner of the
infringing copies if known, either by delivering such notice to
him personally or by post at his residence, if known: