(c) without reasonable cause fails to give to the inspector any assistance or
information which the inspector may reasonably require for the purpose
of the performance of the inspector’s duties under this Act; or
(d) makes any statement which that person knows to be false or which that
person does not believe to be true,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one
hundred currency points, or to imprisonment not exceeding two years or both.
55. Inspectors not personally liable
An inspector shall not be personally liable in respect of any act done in good faith in
the execution of any duty under this Act.
56. Suspension of release by customs authorities
(1) A rights owner, who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the
importation of pirated goods may take place, may lodge an application in writing
with the commercial court for the suspension of the release into free circulation of
such goods.
(2) Any rights owner initiating the procedures under subsection (1) shall be
required to provide adequate evidence to satisfy the court that, there is prima facie
infringement of the copyright and to supply a sufficiently detailed description of the
goods to make them readily recognisable by the customs authorities.
PART VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COLLECTING SOCIETIES.
57. Collecting Societies to be registered
(1) No collecting society shall operate in Uganda without a registration
certificate issued by the Registrar of Companies.
(2) The Registrar of Companies shall not register another society in respect of
the same bundle of rights and category of works if there exists another society that
has already been licensed and functions to the satisfaction of its members.
(3) Any person operating as a collecting society or causing any society or body
to operate as a collecting society without a registration certificate commits an
offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred currency
points or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or to both the fine and
imprisonment.
58. Qualifications for registration
The Registrar may register as a collecting society any society or body which
has for its main object the promotion of the economic and social interest of its
members through defending their copyright and neighbouring right interests and
whose function or other objects include any of the following—