29 (4) Where before the commencement of this Act any person has incurred any expenditure or liability in connection with or in contemplation of, the doing of an act in relation to a protected work or a performance in respect of which rights are conferred by this Act, being an act which prior to that date would have been lawful, nothing in this Act shall diminish or prejudice any rights or interests of that person which, in relation to that work or performance, are subsisting and valuable on the commencement of this Act, unless the person who, under this Act, is the owner of the copyright or the person having rights in the performance, agrees to pay such compensation as, in default of agreement, may be fixed by the Registrar. (5) Where an act done before the commencement of this Act was then an infringement of copyright, proceedings in respect of that act may be taken as if this Act had not been passed. Repeal of Cap. 701 59. The Copyright Act is hereby repealed. SCHEDULE APPENDIX TO THE BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES) (Section 54) . . .1 * Official title. Entry into force: December 31, 1994. Source: Communication from the Zambian authorities. 1 Not reproduced here (Editor’s note).

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