OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE TOGOLESE REPUBLIC
August 2, 1991
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Any contrary clause shall be considered nonexistent. Neither the bankruptcy of the publisher nor
a settlement approved by the court shall terminate the contract.
The receiver may not remainder the copies manufactured or sell them out until at least 15 days
have elapsed since he advised the author of his intention by registered letter with
acknowledgement of receipt.
The author shall have a right of preemption over all or some of the copies. In the absence of an
agreement, the purchase price shall be determined by expert opinion.
Art. 55 – It shall be lawful for the author to grant a preferential right to a publisher for the
publication of his future works in clearly defined genres. This right shall be limited for each
genre to five (5) new works, calculated from the date of signing of the publishing contract
entered into for the first work or on the production achieved by the author within a period of five
(5) years calculated from the same date.
Art. 56. The publishing contract shall end independently of the cases provided for in ordinary
law or the previous articles if the publisher destroys all copies.
The contract shall be terminated as of right where, when the author has formally notified him of
a suitable time limit, the publisher has not proceeded to publish the work or, where stocks have
run out, to republish it.
A publication shall be deemed to be out of print where two requests for delivery of copies
addressed to the publisher have not been met within six months.
In the event of the death of the author, where a work is incomplete the contract shall be rescinded
with respect to the unfinished part of the work, save as agreed between the publisher and the
author’s successors.