OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE TOGOLESE REPUBLIC
August 2, 1991
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Art. 40 – In any event, these periods shall run to the end of the year during which they are due to
expire.
SECTION X:
Transfer of copyright
Art. 41 – The right of exploitation shall be partially or entirely transferable free of charge or at a
price to a natural person or legal entity,
However:
(1) assignment shall be certified by an authentic document or administrative formality, on
pain of being rendered null and void;
(2) assignment by the author of all or part of one right shall not involve the assignment of
any of his other rights;
(3) when a contract includes the assignment of one right, the scope of this shall be limited to
the means of exploitation provided for in the contract;
(4) the person to whom the exploitation right for a work has been assigned may not, unless
otherwise agreed, transfer this right to a third party without the agreement of the original
right holder;
(5) the global assignment of future works shall be null and void if it is granted by the author
to a professional authors’ body.