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COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 135AD

Inspection, release etc. of seized copies

  (1)   The Comptroller - General of Customs may permit the objector or the importer to inspect the seized copies.

  (2)   If the objector gives the Comptroller - General of Customs the requisite undertakings, the Comptroller - General of Customs may permit the objector to remove one or more samples of the seized copies from the custody of the Comptroller - General of Customs for inspection by the objector.

  (3)   If the importer gives the Comptroller - General of Customs the requisite undertakings, the Comptroller - General of Customs may permit the importer to remove one or more samples of the seized copies from the custody of the Comptroller - General of Customs for inspection by the importer.

  (4)   The requisite undertakings are undertakings in writing that the person giving the undertaking will:

  (a)   return the sample copies to the Comptroller - General of Customs at a specified time that is satisfactory to the Comptroller - General of Customs; and

  (b)   take reasonable care to prevent damage to the sample copies.

  (5)   If the Comptroller - General of Customs permits inspection of the seized copies, or the removal of sample copies, by the objector in accordance with this section, the Commonwealth is not liable to the importer for any loss or damage suffered by the importer arising out of:

  (a)   damage to any of the seized copies incurred during that inspection; or

  (b)   anything done by the objector or any other person to, or in relation to, sample copies removed from the custody of the Comptroller - General of Customs or any use made by the objector of such sample copies.


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