or subsidiary legislation made thereunder has been committed and that such article, book, document, copy or contrivance was the subject matter or was used in the commission of such offence, shall order the same to be forfeited or may, in the absence of such proof, order the release of such article, book, document, copy or contrivance to the person entitled to it.
(7) Any article, book, document, copy or contrivance forfeited or deemed to be forfeited shall be delivered to the Controller who shall dispose of it in a manner he deems fir or deliver it up to the first owner of copyright in question, his assignee or exclusive licencee, as the case may be.
Proportional examination of articles seized to be accepted. 55. (1) Where packages or receptacles containing copies suspected of infringing any copyright or otherwise liable to seizure have been seized, it shall be sufficient only to open an examine one per centum or any five copies, whichever is the lesser, of the contents of each package or receptacle seized.
(2) The court shall presume that the remaining copies in the package or receptacle are of the same nature as those copies examined.
Protection of informers from discovery. 56. (1) Except as hereinafter provided, no witness in any civil or criminal proceedings shall be obliged or permitted to disclose the name or address of an informer or the substance and nature of the information received from him or to state any matter which may lead to his discovery.
(2) If any books, documents or papers which are in evidence or are liable to inspection in civil or criminal proceedings whatsoever contain any entry in which any informer is named or described or which might lead to his discovery, the court shall cause all such passages to be concealed from view or to be obliterated so far only as may be necessary to protect the informer from discovery.
