(a) in the case of a body corporate, every director and the secretary of the body
shall be deemed to have committed the offence; and
(b) in the case of a partnership or other body not being a body corporate, every
partner or member shall be deemed to have committed the offence.
(2) No person shall be taken to have committed an offence under subsection (1)
if he or she proves to the satisfaction of the court that the offence for which he or she
is charged was committed by some person other than himself or herself and was
without his or her consent or connivance and that he or she exercised all diligence to
prevent the commission of the offence as he or she ought to have exercised in the
circumstances.
50. Penalties and compensation
(1) A person convicted of an offence under this Act, for which no other
punishment is provided, is liable to a fine not exceeding fifty currency points or
imprisonment not exceeding one year or both.
(2) In addition to any other punishment that may be imposed by the court under
this Act, the court may order—
(a) that all sums of money arising out of the offence and received by the
offender be accounted for by the offender and paid to the person entitled
to the economic rights under this Act; and
(b) that all reproductions, duplication, translation, extracts, imitations and all
other materials involved in the infringement be forfeited and disposed of
as the court may direct.
51. Proof of facts
An affidavit, affirmation or other oath made before a magistrate, commissioner for
oaths or other person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation under the law
of the country where the oath was made, which—
(a) purports to have been made by or on behalf of the owner of the copyright or
successor in title, and
(b) states all or any of the following—
(i) that at the time of the affidavit, oath or affirmation the rights of the
owner of the copyright work subsisted;
(ii) the nationality of the work of the copyright;
(iii) the place where the work was first made;
(iv) the date and place for first publication of the work and the date of
publication in Uganda, if such publication was not the first
publication;