(i) that at the time specified therein the rights of the owner of the copyright work subsisted; (ii) the nationality of the owner of the copyright; (iii) the place where the work was first made; (iv) the date and place of first publication of the work and the date of publication thereof in Malawi, if such publication was not first publication; (v) that the person named therein is the owner of the copyright or his successor in title; (vi) that a copy of the work exhibited to the affidavit is a true copy or the work, shall be admitted without further proof in any proceedings under this Act. Inspectors 51. (1) The Society shall, for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this Act, appoint such number of inspectors as the Society considers appropriate and shall issue to them, in writing or in such form as may be prescribed, certificates of authority to act as such inspectors. (2) In addition to inspectors appointed under subsection (1) any member of the Society, a police officer of the rank of Sub-Inspector and above shall perform the functions of an inspector under this Act. (3) A person apppointed as an inspector shall hold office subject to such conditions as the Society may determine with approval of the Minister. Entry into premises 52. Subject to the provisions of this section, an inspector may, at any reasonable time and on production of his certificate of authority, enter any premises, ship, aircraft or vehicle for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is or has been, on or in connexion with those premises, ship, aircraft or vehicle any contravention of this Act. Mode of inspection 53. (1) For the purpose of ascertaining whether there is or has been a contravention of this Act, an inspector may inspect: (a) any substance or article appearing to him to be a work; (b) any container or package used or intended to be used to contain 41

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