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BRITISH COPYRIGHT ACT, 191 1 525

sion any plate for the purpose of making infringing copies of any work in which copyright subsists, or knowingly and for his private profit causes any such work to be performed in public without the consent of the owner of the copyright, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, either to such fine or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding two months.

(3) The court before which any such proceedings are taken may, whether the alleged offender is convicted or not, order that all copies of the work or all plates in the possession of the alleged offender, which appear to it to be infringing copies or plates for the purpose of making in- fringing copies, be destroyed or delivered up to the owner of the copyright or otherwise dealt with as the court may think fit.

(4) Nothing in this section shall, as respects musical 2 Edw. 7. c. works, affect the provisions of the Musical (Summary Pro- ^S- ceedings) Copyright Act, 1902, or the Musical Copyright °^°^' ?• c- Act, 1906. ^°'

12. Any person aggrieved by a summary conviction of Appeals to an offence under the foregoing provisions of this Act may quarter in England and Ireland appeal to a court of quarter ses- sessions sions and in Scotland under and in terms of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Acts. Extent of

13. The provisions of this Act with respect to summary provisions as

remedies shall extend only to the United Kingdom. *" sumnoary

remedies

Importation of Copies.

14. — (i) Copies made out of the United Kingdom of Importation any work in which copyright subsists which if made in the o^ copies United Kingdom would infringe copyright, and as to which

the owner of the copyright gives notice in writing by him- self or his agent to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, that he is desirous that such copies should not be imported into the United Kingdom, shall not be so im- ported, and shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be deemed to be included in the table of prohibitions and