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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.