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COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS, 2010
36. A person who intends to perform the work of an author or cause
the work of the author to be performed in public or do any act in respect
of work protected under the Copyright Act, 2005, (Act 690) shall apply
to the appropriate society for a licence for the performance of the work,
Application for performance licence
37. (1) An application to use or perform a work shall be as set out in
Form 1 in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations.
(2) A society shall charge royalties in respect of the grant of a
licence as it may determine.
(3) Subject to sub-regulation (2), a person who fails t.o renew a
licence two months after the expiration of the licence, shall in addition to
the royalties charged, pay a late renewal fee of not more than fifty per
cent of the royalties charged.
(4) A society may request a person granted a licence to submit
monthly returns of all the authors' works used or performed by the person,
to the society.
(5) The returns shall be as set out in Form D in the Fifth Schedule
to these Regulations.
(6) A person who
(a) fails to comply with a request made to that person under
these Regulations, or
(b) makes a declaration which the person knows to be false,
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not
. more than one hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of
not more than six months or to both.
Settlement of Disputes and Copyright Tribunal
Settlement of disputes
38•. ~1) Where a report is made to the Copyright Administrator under
section 48 (2) of the Act, the Copyright Administrator shall fix a date to
hear the parties to the dispute.
(2) A party to the dispute may be accompanied or represented by
a lawyer.
(3) The Copyright Office shall charge a dispute settlement fee of
twenty-five Ghana Cedis for any dispute reported to the Copyright
Administrator for settlement and the fee is payable to the Copyright
Office by the party who made the report.
(4) Where the Copyright Office recovers money on behalf of a
party as a result of a resolution of a dispute, that party shall pay five