OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE TOGOLESE REPUBLIC
August 2, 1991
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the suspension of any manufacture or public performance that is ongoing or announced that
constitutes an infringement or a preparatory act to infringement;
the President of the Civil Court may order the distrainer to provide a security deposit.
The above provisions, except for the security deposit, shall be applicable in the event of
unauthorized exploitation of folklore or a work in the public domain.
Art. 79 – At the request of any author of a work protected by this Law, his successors or the
Copyright Office of Togo (BUTODRA), and also in exceptional circumstances, bailiffs or court
officers may be ordered by the President of the Court to seize copies that constitute an unlawful
or unlawfully used reproduction, in any premises including outside the times provided for in the
Code of Civil Procedure and immediately to draft a statement of the fact.
Art. 80 – Within thirty (30) days of the date of the order provided for in Article 78 or the seizure
statement provided for in Article 79, the distrainee or garnishee may request that the President of
the Court pronounces the lifting of the seizure or to limit the effects thereof, set a deposit or
authorize the resumption of production or exploitation.
The President of the Court may, if the request of the distrainee or garnishee is granted, issue an
interim order for the deposit of a sum, on the requestor’s responsibility, to guarantee against any
damages that might be claimed by the author.
Art. 81 Where the person making the seizure fails to bring the case before the appropriate court
within 30 days of the seizure, at the request of the distrainee or garnishee an interim order for the
lifting of this seizure may be issued by the President of the Civil Court, unless criminal
proceedings are under way.