The Minister of Culture or his representative shall notify the competent judicial authority to
obtain permission for the work disclosure in case the author has no heirs.
Article 23: The work’s author shall have the right to require his family name or his pseudonym
be indicated in the work’s common form, and also on the appropriate mediums of the work.
He shall also have the right to indicate his family name or his pseudonym in connection with all
forms of accidental notifications of the work if the profession practices and ethics permit.
Article 24: The author, who finds that his work is no longer consistent with his beliefs, may stop
the publication of the medium carrying the work to the public by practicing his right of
repentance or by withdrawing the work previously published to the public by practicing his right
to withdraw the work.
However, the author can not practice this right unless he pays a fair compensation for the
damages incurred by the beneficiaries of the assigned rights as a result of his action.
Article 25: The author shall have the right to require that the integrity of his work be respected
and to oppose any amendment, mutilation or distortion thereof if such action would be
detrimental to his name as author, or his honor or legal interests.
Article 26: The rights provided for in Articles 23& 25 herein shall be practiced by the heirs of
the work’s author following his death, or by each natural or nominal person conferred with these
rights under a will.
If a dispute arises among the heirs of the work’s author, the judicial authority shall settle such
dispute upon request from the stakeholder practicing the rights referred to in the previous clause.
The National Bureau of Copyrights & Neighboring Rights may practice the rights provided for in
the first clause herein in a manner that ensure optimal use of copyrights if the author has no
heirs.
Chapter 2
Material Rights
Article 27: The author shall have the right to utilize his work in any form and to obtain the
financial proceeds thereof.
He shall also solely have the right, subject to the provisions herein, to carry out or allow others to
carry out the following:
- Reproduce the work by any means whatsoever,
- Offer the original audio-visual work or reproductions thereof for public circulation through
rental or commercial rental of computer software,
- Convey the work to the public by public representation or performance,
- Convey the work to the public by audio or audio-visual radio broadcasting,
- Convey the broadcasting work to the public via wire mediums, optical fibers, cabling or any
other medium to transmit signals carrying sounds, images or both.
- Convey the broadcasting work to the public via wireless diffusion by another facility other than
the original broadcasting facility.
- Convey the broadcasting work to the public via loudspeaker, radio, or television placed in an
open setting,