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mark put on them and which are displayed for sale or which have been delivered or supplied to others causing damage to him or infringing his rights. The seizure of the goods, when authorized, shall be limited to making the samples necessary to prove the counterfeit available to the system of justice. The seizure of the goods may be made by the president of the court conditional of the requester submitting collateral to guarantee the compensation of the defendant for the damage that he may incur if a ruling is issued for the non-validity of the counterfeit case. The seizure shall be considered null and void if the complainer did not file a court case within 15 days regardless of the damages. The 15 days term shall be calculated starting from the day of carrying out the seizure or the description. Article 51 Taking into consideration the penalties stridulated in special provisions, a fine between five thousand and fifty thousand Dinars shall be imposed on: Any person who reproduces, counterfeits, uses, places, removes, alters a mark and by doing so infringes the rights granted by the registration of the mark and the restrains based on the registration. Any person who supplies or exports goods bearing a counterfeit mark. Article 52 Taking into consideration the penalties stipulated in special provisions, the penalty stipulated in article 51 of this law shall be imposed on every person who illegally posses goods which he knows are carrying a counterfeit mark, willfully sells goods or services which bears this mark, displays them for sale, supply them to others or offers to supply them to others. Article 53 In case of recidivism with respect to the violations stipulated in articles 51 and 52 of this law a judgment for imprisonment for a period from one to six month may be issued regardless of the judgement of the fine which is doubled. Article 54 In all cases the court may permit the publication of the full text of the ruling or a part thereof in the newspapers which it specifies, as well as posting it in the locations it specifies specially on the main entrances of the laboratories or factories of the convicted and on the facade of his shops at the expense of the convicted. Article 55 In the text of the ruling dealing with the violation of the provisions of article 51, 52 and 53 of this law the court may rule for the seizure of the products and instruments used in committing the crime.

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