§ 450 — Causing certain works or performances to be performed, seen or heard in public for private profit

450.—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person does any of the following acts:(i)

causes a literary, dramatic or musical work to be performed in public;

(ii)

causes the visual images of a film to be seen in public or any sounds of the film to be heard in public (or both);

(b)

the act is done —(i)

other than by the reception of a television broadcast or cable programme;

(ii)

for the person’s private profit; and

(iii)

at any time when copyright subsists in the work; and

(c)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the act infringes the copyright in the work.

(2) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person does an act that causes a protected performance to be seen or heard live in public (or both);[Act 32 of 2024 wef 25/11/2024]

(b)

the act is done for the person’s private profit; and

(c)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the act is an infringing use of the performance.

(3) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person does an act that causes a recording of a protected performance to be heard in public;

(b)

the act is done for the person’s private profit; and

(c)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the recording is an infringing copy of the protected performance.[Act 32 of 2024 wef 25/11/2024]

—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person does any of the following acts:(i)

causes a literary, dramatic or musical work to be performed in public;

(ii)

causes the visual images of a film to be seen in public or any sounds of the film to be heard in public (or both);

(b)

the act is done —(i)

other than by the reception of a television broadcast or cable programme;

(ii)

for the person’s private profit; and

(iii)

at any time when copyright subsists in the work; and

(c)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the act infringes the copyright in the work.

(2) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person does an act that causes a protected performance to be seen or heard live in public (or both);[Act 32 of 2024 wef 25/11/2024]

(b)

the act is done for the person’s private profit; and

(c)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the act is an infringing use of the performance.

(3) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person does an act that causes a recording of a protected performance to be heard in public;

(b)

the act is done for the person’s private profit; and

(c)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the recording is an infringing copy of the protected performance.[Act 32 of 2024 wef 25/11/2024]