Copyright Law Implementing Regulations

(1) In case of violations in the works or detected equipment, the competent investigating officer shall initiate a record to enter the statements of the person or persons accused of the violation or whoever acts on their behalf and their defenses, in relation to the information recorded in the report by the analyst, and to the complaint made against them. (2) The investigation record shall contain the following data: (a) Hour, day, date and place of the investigation. (b) Name of the investigating officer and his capacity. (c) Name of the person accused of the violation, his identification number and contact addresses. (d) Confronting him with the violations of which he is specifically accused. (e) Complete answers of the person accused of the violation to the questions addressed to him, including his defenses and the statements of witnesses, if any. (3) The violator shall be questioned about the time period in which he infringed on the work and the financial returns he has realized. (4) The investigator may, if necessary, summon anyone whose testimony he deems indispensable regarding the violation, and enter the same in the record. (5) The Competent Department may seek the assistance of experts to reveal violations in accordance with the administrative procedures governing this. (6) The persons testifying shall sign at the end of every answer they give, and each page of the record shall be signed by the investigator and those who have been interrogated, in addition to the witnesses. The pages shall be drafted in a consecutive serial order without cancellation or amendment. (7) The investigator shall conclude the investigation record with the results he has reached, attaching therewith the documents, evidences and proofs submitted, along with the time of its completion. (8) The competent department shall refer the record of investigation along with all documents relevant to the infringement to the General Director of the Department. (9) The competent department shall review all procedures and investigations, determine the violations committed, the articles governing these violations in the Law and these Regulations, and the views of the Department. The information related to the case shall be entered in a special register in order to make entries thereof. The competent department shall refer the cases and violations along with all relevant documents to the violation review committee for consideration.