(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
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