COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS ACT (AS AMENDED) 90 Seal of Copyright office (1) The Copyright Office shall have a seal of a design approved by the Minister, and impressions of the seal shall be judicially noticed. (2) Where a document bears an impression of the seal referred to in subsection (1), it shall be presumed unless the contrary is proved that the document was issued by the Registrar for the purposes of this Act. PART X COLLECTING SOCIETIES 91 Collecting societies to be registered (1) No person shall operate or carry on the business of a collecting society in Zimbabwe unless the society is registered. (2) No person shall act as the agent of a collecting society in Zimbabwe unless⎯ (a) he knows or has reason to believe that the society is registered; or (b) the society is established or constituted outside Zimbabwe and he performs the act in the course of his duties as an officer or employee of a collecting society which is registered. (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level six or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 92 Application for registration of collecting society (1) An application for the registration of a collecting society may be made, subject to this Part, by any person duly authorised by the society concerned. (2) An application under subsection (1) shall be made in the prescribed form and manner and shall be accompanied by— (a) such documents and other information as may be prescribed or as the Registrar may reasonably require; and (b) a list of the classes of works in which the society owns the copyright or whose copyright owners the society intends to act for or represent; and (c) the prescribed fee. (3) The Registrar shall accept an application under subsection (1) if he is satisfied that⎯ (a) all the prescribed requirements have been met in regard to the application; and (b) the society is controlled by individuals who are citizens of Zimbabwe or ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe; and (c) the management of the society is vested in a committee or board consisting of at least five persons elected by members of the society, at least two of whom are authors, artists or performers whose rights are managed by the society; and (d) the society⎯ (i) owns the copyright in a substantial number of works of the class or classes specified in the application; or Act 11/2001 - 51 Chapter 26:01