27 and shall be punishable on conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both. (2) It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (1) if the defendant proves that he believed on reasonable grounds that he had the represented authority. PART VI MISCELLANEOUS Registrar of copyright 54.—(1) There shall be a Registrar of Copyright, who shall be a public officer appointed under the Service Commissions Act, 1991. (2) The duties and functions of the Registrar shall be— (a) to monitor the activities of collecting societies; (b) to encourage and facilitate the development of collecting societies; (c) at the request of copyright owners or collecting societies, to examine cases of alleged copyright infringement and, where appropriate, to advise the Director of Public Prosecutions; (d) to provide information and advice on copyright matters to the Minister, and (e) to perform such other duties or functions as are provided for under this or any other Act. (3) The Registrar shall be assisted by a staff of persons appointed under the Service Commissions Act, 1991. Registrar may authorise translation and reproduction of works in certain cases 55.—(1) The Registrar may, subject to Articles II, III and IV of the Appendix to the Convention (reproduction in the Schedule), grant licences under this section for persons to translate or reproduce certain works. (2) Where— (a) a work in printed or analogous form; or (b) an audiovisual work produced solely for the purposes of systematic instruction; is the subject of, or contains material the subject of, copyright under this Act and, at a time more than three years after its first publication, no translation has been made into a language in general use in Zambia, the Registrar may, on the application of a Zambian citizen or company incorporated in Zambia, grant that person the right to translate the work and reproduce the translation. (3) The Registrar may on the application of a Zambian citizen or a company incorporated in Zambia grant the person the right to translate for the purposes of broadcasting, and to broadcast— (a) a literary work subject to copyright; or

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