Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000

False claims of copyright

141

141.—A person who, for financial gain, makes a claim to enjoy a right under this Part which is, and which he or she knows or has reason to believe is, false, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding F90[€130,000], or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.

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F90

Substituted (2.12.2019) by Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (19/2019), s. 46, sch. 2 ref. 6, S.I. No. 586 of 2019.