COPYRIGHT- SEPTEMBER 1990 may further authorize resumption of manufacture or of public performance under the authority of an administrator appointed as a receiver of the proceeds of such manufacture or exploitation on behalf of the person to whom the work belongs. Article 68. The judge sitting in chambers may, if he accepts the request of the distrainee or garnishee, order the deposit by the petitioner of an amount to guarantee the damages to which the author of the work or his successors in title may be entitled. Article 69. The measures ordered by the magistrate under Article 65 above shall be automatically lifted in the event of a non-suit or a nolle prosequi. Article 70. The measures ordered by the presiding judge shall be lifted automatically on the thirtieth day following the decision if the petitioner fails to submit the matter to the competent civil court, unless criminal proceedings are in progress. Article 71. ANPAC shall be authorized to appoint agents to secure proof of the existence of a performance or an execution or a public diffusion of any kind or of any infringement ofthe provisions of this Law on the territory of the Gabonese Republic. These agents shall be sworn before the first-instance court of their district in accordance with conditions set out by decree. Article 72. The authorities of all security forces and the customs administration shall be required, at the request of the representatives of ANPAC, to give their assistance and, where appropriate, their protection. Article 73. Any legal or natural person who has permitted unlawful reproduction or communication to the public in his establishment of protected works shall be deemed to have civil responsibility for such unlawful reproduction or public communication, together with any other person, whether his agent or not, who has materially committed the infringement. LAWS AND TREATIES Article 75. Any person who has infringed the copyright afforded to any protected work shall be liable for damages of an amount to be determined by the competent court. Article 76. In all those cases provided for in this Chapter, the court shall order ex officio the confiscation of the unlawfully collected amounts and of all infringing copies and objects. It may also order confiscation of the equipment used to commit the infringement. Chapter VIII Scope of Application of the Law Article 77. Works of the mind of nationals "iri.tblished in Gabon or abroad or unpublished \.Vorks shall enjoy the protection of this Law. The same shall apply to new works by foreign nationals published on the territory of Gabon. Subject to application of the international· conventions to which the Gabonese Republic i·s·· a party, works not comprised in either of the abovementioned categories shall not enjoy the protect~Rn afforded by this Law unless the country of wh1ch the original owner of copyright is a national, or in which he is domiciled, affords equivalent protection to works by Gabonese nationals. However, neither the integrity nor the authorship of those works shall be affected. The list of countries for which the condition of reciprocity required by the preceding paragraph is deemed to have been met shall be established b>y an order issued jointly by the Minister responsible.ior culture and the Minister responsible for foreign ·· . affairs and cooperation. The use of foreign works not enjoying protection under this Law shall be subject to payment of a fee to ANPAC under conditions similar to those applicable to protected works. ..L· This fee shall be paid into a special fund established for cultural and welfare_purposes.fo:r tb.e b.enefit of Gabonese authors. TITLE II-NEIGHBORING 'RIGHTS Article 74. The exploitation of a work of folklore or of a work in the public domain for which prior authorization has not been obtained from ANPAC shall be liable to a civil fine amounting to twice the due fee, in accordance with the regulations in force. GA Chapter I I· . . !·. The Protection of-Neighboring Rights· . .:_;:,; , J ·-. Article,' :78. The oprov.:isions of .t his .Law' shall apply to the_rights of performers,. phonogtaril';pro-