Summary Remedies
11Penalties for dealing with infringing copies, &c
(1)If any person knowingly—
(a)makes for sale or hire any infringing copy of a work in which copyright subsists ; or
(b)sells or lets for hire, or by way of trade exposes or offers for sale or hire any infringing copy of any such work; or
(c)distributes infringing copies of any such work either for the purposes of trade or to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright; or
(d)by way of trade exhibits in public any infringing copy of any such work ; or
(e)imports for sale or hire into the United Kingdom any infringing copy of any such work :
he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding forty shillings for every copy dealt with in contravention of this section, but not exceeding fifty pounds in respect of the same transaction ; or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, either to such fine or to imprisonment with or without hard labour .for a term not exceeding two months.
(2)If any person knowingly makes or has in his possession any plate for the purpose of making infringing copies of any work in which copyright subsists, or knowingly and for his private profit causes any such work to be performed in public without the consent of the owner of the copyright, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, either to such fine or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding two months.
(3)The court before which any such proceedings are taken may, whether the alleged offender is convicted or not, order that all copies of the work or all plates in the possession of the alleged offender, which appear to it to be infringing copies or plates for the purpose of making infringing copies, be destroyed or delivered up to the owner of the copyright or otherwise dealt with as the court may think fit.
(4)Nothing in this section shall, as respects musical works, affect the provisions of the [2 Edw. 7. c. 15.] Musical (Summary Proceedings) Copyright Act, 1902, or the [6 Edw. 7. c. 36.] Musical Copyright Act, 1906.
12Appeals to quarter sessions
Any person aggrieved by a summary conviction of an offence under the foregoing provisions of this Act may in England and Ireland appeal to a court of quarter sessions and in Scotland under and in terms of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Acts.
13Extent of provisions as to summary remedies
The provisions of this Act with respect to summary remedies shall extend only to the United Kingdom.