4. Right of entry by police
Feedback & supportIf a Magistrate is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Act is being committed in any premises, he may grant a search warrant authorising any police officer named therein to enter the premises, and, if necessary, to use force for making such entry, and to seize copies of any gramophone record which appear to that officer to be pirated copies.
gramophone record
“gramophone record” means the material first embodying the recording of a sequence of sounds capable, by the use of that material, of being automatically reproduced aurally, but does not include a sound track associated with a cinematograph film;
All copies of any gramophone record seized under this section shall be brought before a court, and, if proved to be pirated copies, shall be delivered up to the owner of the copyright in that record or otherwise dealt with as the court thinks fit.
pirated copies
“pirated copies”, in relation to any gramophone record, means any copies of that record made or reproduced without the consent lawfully given by the owner of the copyright in that record.