(e)
to require any person who, he finds in such building or premises to give such information as it
is in his power to give in relation to any purpose specified in this Act;
(f)
to carry out such examination, test or analysis within or outside the premises as is required to
give effect to any provision of this Act and to take instant photographs where such examination,
test, analysis or photograph is carried out within the premises and such examination, test,
analysis or photograph shall be required to be endorsed by the occupier of the premises or his
agent but a refusal by an occupier to endorse any document containing the result of an
examination, test, analysis or photograph shall not invalidate the result or finding of the
examination, test, analysis or photograph; and
(g)
to exercise such other powers as the Council may delegate to it to give effect to the provisions
of this Act.
(3)
A copyright inspector may prosecute, conduct or defend before a court any charge, information,
complaint or other proceedings arising under this Act.
(4)
Any person who obstructs a copyright inspector in the performances of his duties shall be guilty of
an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N500 or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 3 months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
32B. (1)
(2)
A collecting society (in this section referred to as "a society") may be formed in respect of any one
or more rights of copyright owners for the benefit of such owners, and the Society may apply to the
Council for approval to operate as a collecting society for the purpose of this Act.
The Council may approve a Society if it is satisfied that –
(a)
it is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee;
(b)
its objects are to carry out the general duty of negotiating and granting copyright licenses and
collecting royalties on behalf of copyright owners and distributing same to them;
(c)
it represents a substantial number of owners of copyright in any category of works protected
by this Act; in this paragraph of this subsection, "owners of copyright" includes owners of
performers rights;
(d)
it complies with the terms and conditions prescribed by regulations made by the Council under
this section.
(3)
The Council shall not approve another Society in respect of any class of copyright owners if
adequately protects the interests of that class of copyright owners.
(4)
It shall be unlawful for any group of persons to purport to perform the duties of a Society without
the approval of the Council as required under this section.
(5)
Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, shall be guilty of an
offence and liable on conviction to a fine of N1,000 on the first conviction and for any other
subsequent conviction to a fine of N2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or
to both such fine and imprisonment.
(6)
Where the contravention is by a body corporate, it shall be guilty of an offence and liable on
conviction to a fine of N10,000 on the first conviction and N2,000 for each day on which the offence
continues.
(7)
The Council shall have power to make regulations specifying the conditions necessary to give
effect to the purposes of this section of this Decree.
(8)
For the purposes of this section –
"collecting society" means an association of copyright owners which has as its principal objectives