page 21 Swearing-in of agents and impounding Article 60.2 Officials of the Moroccan Copyright Office, commissioned by the supervisory authority and sworn in under the conditions specified in the legislation currently in force regarding the swearing-in of reporting officers, shall be authorized to establish infringements of this Law. They may, once the infringements have been established, proceed to impound the phonograms, videograms and any other usable recording medium, as well as any material used for unlawful reproduction. Assistance of the public authorities Article 60.3 Public authorities of all kinds shall be required to lend their assistance and support to the Moroccan Copyright Office, as well as to its officials, as part of the fulfillment of their duties. PART IV MEASURES, APPEALS AND PENALTIES AGAINST PIRACY AND OTHER OFFENSES Protective Measures Article 61 The court with competence to hear civil cases instituted under this Law shall have the authority, subject to the provisions of the Codes of Criminal and Civil Procedure, and to the conditions it considers reasonable, to: (a) make a judgment prohibiting the commission or ordering the cessation of the violation of any right protected under this Law; (b) order the seizure of the copies of works or of the sound recordings suspected of having been made or imported, or being exported, without the authorization of the owner of the right protected under this Law, as well as of the packaging of these copies, the instruments that may have been used to produce them, and the documents, accounts or business papers relating to these copies. The provisions of the Codes of Criminal and Civil Procedure relating to search and seizure shall apply to violations of rights protected under this Law. The copyright and works not published prior to the author’s death may not be seized. Only copies of the work already published may be seized. Border measures Article 61.1 The Customs and Excise Authority may, at the written application of an owner of copyright or related right (based on the model adopted by that Authority), suspend the release for free circulation of merchandise suspected of being counterfeit or pirated, infringing copyright and related rights. 21