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Section 55

Proportional examination of articles seized to be accepted

of Copyright Act 1987

ActIn forceProvision 101 of 110
Section 55
(1)

Where packages or receptacles containing copies suspected to be infringing copies or otherwise liable to seizure have been seized, it shall be sufficient only to open and examine one per centum or any five copies, whichever is the lesser, of the contents of each package or receptacle seized.

(2)

The court shall presume that the remaining copies contained in the package or receptacle are of the same nature as those copies examined.