OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE TOGOLESE REPUBLIC
August 2, 1991
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Art. 46 –The rights of performance, reproduction, adaptation and translation shall be assignable
free of charge or in exchange for payment.
The assignment by the author of these rights in his work may be total or partial. The assignment
must include for the author a share in the revenues from the sale or exploitation.
SECTION XI:
RESALE ROYALTY RIGHT
Art. 47 –The authors of graphic, threedimensional and handwritten works shall, notwithstanding
any assignment of the original work, have an inalienable right to a share in the proceeds of the
sale of that work at public auction or by a commercial intermediary. This right shall be known
as the resale royalty right.
Following the death of the author, this resale royalty right shall continue for his heirs for the term
of protection provided for in Article 36. This right shall be made up of a five per cent levy on
the proceeds of the sale for the author or his heirs.
SECTION XII:
CONTRACTS
1 –AUTHOR’S CONTRACT
Art. 48 The contracts through which the author or his successors authorize the performance or
publication of their works shall be in writing, on pain of being invalid. The same shall apply to