to that section of the public that receives the said broadcast or transmission on payment of a set fee, shall
be liable to imprisonment for a term varying from one month to three years and/or to a fine varying from LBP
5 to 50 million. The sanction shall be doubled in the event of a subsequent offence.
88. Any person who arranges or facilitates for third parties the reception of the transmission or broadcast
referred to in the previous Article shall be liable to imprisonment for a term varying from one month to three
years and/or to a fine varying from LBP 5 to 50 million. The sanction shall be doubled in the event of a
subsequent offence.
89. With regard to the foregoing violations, legal action may be instituted by the public prosecutor ex officio
or at the request of the person suffering damage or the president of the Intellectual Property Protection
Office.
90. The court shall communicate any judicial decision issued with regard to the foregoing infringements to
the Intellectual Property Protection Office within 15 days of the date of the decision.
91. It shall be strictly prohibited to import, consign to a warehouse or a free zone or transit sound recordings,
or works that are imitations of sound recordings or works enjoying legal protection in Lebanon. Such sound
recordings and works shall be seized wherever they are found.
92. The persons mentioned below shall have authority to identify, inventory and sample suspect objects.
These persons shall be: police and customs officers and employees of the Intellectual Property Protection
Office sworn in to that effect. These employees shall perform their duties pursuant to an order or a mandate
issued by the public prosecutor or the Intellectual Property Protection Office and they shall notify the Office
of all violations of the provisions of this Law that come to their attention. Sworn-in employees of the
Intellectual Property Protection Office shall have police powers with regard to the implementation of the
provisions of this Law.
Suspect articles may be seized, inventoried and sampled wherever they are found. A report must be drawn
up of all sampling and inventorying and it must contain the following information:
1. the name, surname, title and place of residence of the employee who has drawn up the report;
2. the authority that has issued the order and the date it was communicated to the employee;
3. the date, time and location of the operation;
4. the name, surname, nationality, place of residence and profession of the person on whose premises the
operation was carried out;
5. a detailed list of the suspect articles stating their number, kind and specifications;
6. the signature of the person in whose possession the articles or goods were found and if he refuses to sign,
his refusal shall be mentioned;
7. the signature of the officer who has drawn up the report.
The proprietor of the goods shall have the right to mention in the report all the information and reservations
he deems necessary and to obtain copies of the report and inventory if an inventory has been drawn up
separately. Civil action or penal proceedings must be filed with the competent court within 15 days of the
date of the report otherwise the whole operation will be considered as void.
93. The court may, at the request of the plaintiff and before rendering its final judgment order the seizure of
all or some of the articles stated in the report and inventory. In such case, the court may order the plaintiff to
deposit with the court, prior to the seizure, a guarantee fixed by the court based on the value of the articles
to be seized.
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