Copyright Ordinance, 1962 — section 72

72. Cognizance of offences..—No court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence under this Ordinance. 73. Power of the court to dispose of infringing copies 1[, plates or recording equipment] for purpose of making infringing copies.__ The court before which any offence under this Ordinance is tried may, whether the alleged offender is convicted or not, order that all copies of the work or all plates 1[or recording equipment] in the possession of the alleged offender, which appear to it to be infringing copies, or plates 1[or recording equipment used or intended to be used] for the purpose of making infringing copies, be destroyed or delivered to the owner of the copyright or otherwise dealt with as the court may think fit. 1 Ins and subs. by Act No. XX of 1992, ss. 21-22. 2 Ins. by Ordinance No. LIII of 2000, s. 17.