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(b)
PRINTED PUBLICATIONS ACT
subject to such conditions as he may impose and upon
the application in writing of the printer or publisher of
a particular book, exempt from the requirements of
subsection (1) all or any of the copies of such book.
(3) Each copy of a book donated and delivered in terms of
subsection (1) shall be—
(a) a copy of the whole of such book with all maps,
prints, engravings or illustrations or other supplementary material, if any, belonging thereto, finished and
coloured in the same manner as the best copies of
such book are finished and coloured; and
(b) in the case of a book which is bound, bound in the
same manner as the best copies of such book are
bound; and
(c) on the best paper on which such book is printed.
(4) A publisher who fails to comply with this section shall
be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level
four or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three
months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(5) If a person is convicted of an offence in terms of subsection (4), the court convicting the person may, in addition
to imposing a penalty in terms of that subsection, order the
person to comply with this section by donating and delivering free of charge a copy of the book concerned of the
appropriate quality to the person to whom or to which, as the
case may be, donation and delivery of such copy should have
been made in terms of subsection (1).
(6) This section shall not apply to any second or subsequent edition of a book unless such edition contains additions or alterations—
2. Books designed to enable persons to keep daily records
of events and commonly known as diaries.
3. Calendars.
4. Christmas cards and similar cards for use in marking
anniversaries and occasions.
5. Colouring books.
6. Commercial, entertainment or industrial catalogues,
circulars, coupons, labels, leaflets, manuals, price lists,
programmes, prospectuses, show cards and other advertising material for commercial, entertainment or industrial purposes.
7. Forms of all kinds in blank.
8. Packaging materials.
9. Postcards.
10. Posters.
11. Tickets.
12. Wall sheets for instructional purposes.
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Delivery of books published in Zimbabwe to
certain libraries
(1) Subject to this section, the publisher of each book
published in Zimbabwe shall, within a period of thirty days
from the date of publication of such book, donate and deliver
free of charge a copy of such book to—
(a) the Director of National Archives appointed in terms
of section 3 of the National Archives of Zimbabwe Act
[Chapter 25:06]; and
(b) the Director of the National Library and Documentation Service referred to in section 6 of the National Library and Documentation Service Act [Chapter
25:10]; and
(c) the authority having control of the Public Library,
Bulawayo.
(2) Each of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) and
(c) of subsection (1) shall—
(a) give a receipt in writing for each copy of a book
delivered to him or to it, as the case may be, in terms
of that subsection; and
(b) unless the Minister otherwise directs, preserve the
copy referred to in paragraph (a) in a safe place.
(a) in the printing or binding; or
(b) in the maps, prints, engravings or illustrations or other
supplementary material;
belonging thereto.
(7) It shall not be necessary for the publisher of any book
belonging to a class of book specified in the Schedule to
donate and deliver free of charge a copy of such book in
terms of subsection (1) to a person referred to in paragraph
(a) or (c) of that subsection unless, as respects any particular
such book, such person makes a demand in writing for the
donation and delivery free of charge of a copy thereof.
(8) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, add to,
amend or replace the whole or any part of the Schedule.
SCHEDULE (Section 5 (7) and (8))
BOOKS EXEMPTED FROM AUTOMATIC DONATION AND
DELIVERY
FREE OF CHARGE
1. Bookplates.
NOTE
This print-out reflects text of the Act as amended in sections 4(2) and 5(4)
by the Criminal {Penalties Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 22 of 2001).
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