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sells or lets for hire or by way of trade offers or exposes for sale or hire;

by way of trade exhibits in public;

imports into the Republic otherwise than for his private or domestic use;

distributes for purposes of trade; or

distributes for any other purposes to such an extent that the owner of the copyright is prejudicially affected,

articles which he knows to be infringing copies of the work, [or, in the case where such work consists of a cinematograph film registered in terms of the Registration of Copyright in Cinematograph Films Act, 1977 (Act No. 62 of 1977), articles which are reproductions or adaptations of the cinematograph film] shall be guilty of an offence.”.

Amendment of section 40 of Act 98 of 1978

4. Section 40 of the principal Act is hereby amended―

by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph:

The Minister shall appoint an advisory committee [on copyright law] consisting of a judge or a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa as chairman and such ex officio and other members as the Minister may from time to time determine.”;

by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection: “(3) The advisory committee may from time to time make recommendations to the Minister in regard to any amendments to this Act and to the Trade Marks Act, 1963 (Act No. 62 of 1963), the Designs Act, 1967 (Act No. 57 of 1967), and the Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978), and shall advise the Minister on any matter referred to it by the Minister.”;

by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of the following paragraph:

The advisory committee [shall] may constitute and maintain [at all times] subcommittees [on sound recordings, cinematograph films, broadcasting and such other practices as the Minister may from time to time determine].”; and

by the substitution for subsection (5) of the following subsection: “(5) The advisory committee may call to its assistance any person it may deem necessary to assist it with, or to investigate matters relating to, [copyright law] the functions referred to in subsection (3) .”.

Short title and commencement

5. (1) This Act shall be called the Copyright Amendment Act, 1989, and shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), be deemed to have come into operation on 1 April 1989.

(2) Section 4 shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the State President by proclamation in the Gazette.