Section 97 Copyright Act
Section 97 Copyright Act 2022 is about Regulations. It is under Part XII (Miscellaneous Provisions) of the Act.
(1) The Commission may with the consent of the Minister, make regulations —
(a) specifying the conditions necessary for the operation of a business involving the production, publication, public exhibition, distribution, sale, hiring, rental, storage, warehousing or any other dealings with a work in which copyright subsists ;
(b) prescribing any fees for any transactions, or fines for any act or non-compliance arising from the provisions of this Act or regulations made under this Act ; and
(c) for the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act.
(2) A contravention of any regulation order or any other instrument made under the provisions of this Act, or non-compliance with any administrative sanctions imposed under any directive or regulation issued by the Commission, commits an offence and is liable on conviction, in the case of first offence, to a fine of at least N100,000 and in the case of a repeat offence, to a fine of at least N500,000 or imprisonment for a term of at least six months.