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(2) The owner of copyright or his agent may apply to the court to obtain an injunction to stop the infringing act in respect of a work, or the attachment of duplicates or photographic copies extracted therefrom, or the calculation of the revenue resulting from the infringing acts and depositing such revenue in treasury of the court, or any other injunction as such owner may think necessary for the protection of his rights until the case is finally decided. (3) The owner of copyright or his agent may apply to the court to obtain an order allowing him to inspect an alleged infringer’s premises and to seize, copy or photocopy any material relating to the alleged infringement and to require the alleged infringer to disclose the names and addresses of his suppliers and customers and the premises where the alleged infringing materials are stocked. (4) Any person against whom an injunction has been issued in accordance with subsection 2 of this section may appeal against such injunction to a competent court within ten days from the date of the issuing of such injunction and the decision of the court confirming, canceling or altering such injunction shall be final. Penalties 36.—(1) Whoever commits the offense of copyright infringement shall be punished with a fine as determined by the court or imprisonment not exceeding three years or both. (2) The Court may order: (a) the confiscation or destruction of all copies of such work if it is of the opinion that such copies were the result of copyright infringement and also of all the materials devised for or used in the commission of such offense; the delivery of such materials to the owner of copyright, or the destruction or disposal of such materials in any other way as the court may think reasonable; (b) in the case of recidivism, the doubling of the amount of fine or the term of imprisonment; (c) the publication of the judgment of the court in one or more daily newspapers at the expense of the defendant. Application of Penalties to Neighbouring Rights 37. The penalties prescribed in section 36 of this Act shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to infringement of neighbouring rights. Civil Damages for Copyright Infringement 38. The copyright owner shall be entitled to request in a claim all the rights relating to financial compensation and such compensation shall include loss of earnings and prejudice to the reputation of the copyright owner.

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