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Chapter: | 528
 | Title: | COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 68 of 2010 |
| Section: | 132 | Heading: | Disposal of articles, etc. where a person is charged | Version Date: | 16/07/2010 |
Without prejudice to section 131, where a person is charged with an offence under section 118, 119A, 119B or 120 the court may, if it is satisfied that any article, vessel, aircraft, vehicle or thing seized or detained by an authorized officer under section 122 in connection with the offence- (Amended 4 of 2004 s. 5; 15 of 2007 s. 38)
(a) is an infringing copy of a copyright work;
(b) is an article specifically designed or adapted for making copies of a particular copyright work which article has been used, or is intended to be used, for making infringing copies of any such work; or
(c) has been used in connection with any offence under this Ordinance,
order that the article, vessel, aircraft, vehicle or thing be-
(i) forfeited to the Government; (Amended 22 of 1999 s. 3)
(ii) delivered up to the person who appears to the court to be the owner of the copyright concerned; or
(iii) disposed of in such other way as the court may think fit,
whether or not the person charged is convicted of the offence with which he was charged.