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COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS ACT* - Uaipit.com

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(5) The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to the proceedings for the<br />

preservation of evidence, unless otherwise provided by this Act.<br />

Section III<br />

Measures for the enforcement of protection<br />

Article 172<br />

Duty to provide information<br />

(1) A right holder may demand that persons, who are in any way connected with the<br />

infringement of rights recognized by this Act (manufacturers, printers, importers, suppliers, or<br />

possessors of copies or means with which the right was infringed), provide information and<br />

produce documents in connection with the infringement, immediately upon demand.<br />

(2) The duty mentioned in the foregoing paragraph shall not apply, when conditions exist that<br />

would allow a witness in any civil proceedings to refuse to testify or to answer to a particular<br />

question.<br />

(3) If the persons mentioned in the paragraph (1) of this Article fail to give the required<br />

information or produce the documents in their possession, they are liable for damages that<br />

may be caused by their failure to <strong>com</strong>ply.<br />

Article 173<br />

(deleted)<br />

Article 174<br />

Register<br />

(1) To preserve the evidence or for other reasons, the holders of rights granted by this Act,<br />

may register their works or deposit the originals or reproductions of their works, phonograms,<br />

videograms, or subject matters of some other right with the organization authorized for this<br />

purpose.<br />

(2) Until proven otherwise, it shall be presumed that the rights in registered works exist and<br />

belong to the person designated in such register as their holder.<br />

(3) There shall be one public register for a given category of works for the whole state, and<br />

shall be kept by an organization specially authorized for that purpose by the Office.<br />

(4) In case of doubt whether a given work can be considered as a work of copyright, the<br />

organization mentioned in the foregoing paragraph shall give an opinion.<br />

(5) Provisions of this Article do not affect in any way the existence and protection of rights<br />

under this Act.

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