500,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 8 years. (b) Notwithstanding any other enactment, the Magistrate of the Intermediate Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to try any person at first instance charged with an offence under this Act. (4) The Court before which a person is convicted of an offence may, in addition to any other penalty imposed — (a) ­ order the forfeiture of any apparatus, article or thing which is the subjectmatter of the offence or is used in connection with the commission of the offence; (b) ­ order that such apparatus, article or thing shall be delivered up to any person lawfully entitled to it. PART X - MISCELLANEOUS 57. � Regulations (1) ­ The Minister may make such regulations as he thinks fit for the purposes of this Act. (2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may provide for the levying of fees and charges. 58. � Transitional provisions (1) ­ In this section — “former Society” means the Mauritius Society of Authors established under the Copyright Act. (2) ­ Every asset, right or liability of the former Society shall vest in or attach to, the Society.

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