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For 2024, the active event in this file is Lei n.º 9/2022 de 29 de Junho (Lei dos Direitos do Autor e Direitos Conexos).
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Current rationale
As of 2025, the copyright law in force in Mozambique is Law No. 9/2022 of 29 June 2022 on Copyright and Related Rights, which repealed Law No. 4/2001. The WIPO Lex record confirms this is the current law. However, the verbatim text of the exceptions and limitations provisions relevant to research, private study, fair use/dealing, TDM, library copying, and related matters could not be extracted from the PDF hosted on WIPO Lex via web search. Without access to the actual statutory text of the exception provisions, a definitive color classification cannot be assigned. The classification is AMBIGUOUS because the statutory text itself could not be verified, not because the law's existence is in doubt. No subsequent amendments to this law were identified through web search as of March 2025.
Law changes
Lei n.º 4/2001 de 27 de Fevereiro (Lei dos Direitos de Autor)
Baseline · Effective 1990-01-01
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Relevant section: Artigos 10, 11, 12
Dates: Effective 1990-01-01
Why this score
The copyright law in force on 1990-01-01 in Mozambique was inherited from the Portuguese colonial-era copyright framework. Mozambique gained independence in 1975 and did not enact its own comprehensive copyright statute until Law No. 4/2001 of 27 February 2001. The pre-2001 legal situation is extremely difficult to verify: no digitized statutory text of any copyright law applicable in Mozambique before 2001 could be located via web search. The WIPO Lex entry for Mozambique's copyright law begins with Law No. 4/2001. The Intellectual Property Strategy 2008-2018 document references Law No. 4/2001 as the first national copyright statute. Because the actual statutory text in force on 1990-01-01 cannot be verified, this baseline is classified as AMBIGUOUS. The earliest verifiable national copyright law is Law No. 4/2001, which entered into force in 2001.
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Lei n.º 4/2001 de 27 de Fevereiro (Lei dos Direitos de Autor)
Relevant update · Effective 2001-02-27
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Relevant section: Artigos 10, 11, 12
Dates: Effective 2001-02-27 · Enacted 2001-02-27
Why this score
Law No. 4/2001 was Mozambique's first dedicated national copyright statute. The WIPO Lex record confirms its existence and hosts a PDF of the text. However, the full text of the exceptions and limitations provisions (likely in Articles 10-12 or similar) could not be extracted verbatim from the search results. Based on the WIPO Intellectual Property Strategy 2008-2018 document, this law addressed copyright and related rights comprehensively. Without the verbatim text of the exceptions provisions, a definitive color classification cannot be made. The law is known to exist and to have been in force from 2001 until its repeal in 2022, but the specific exception text could not be verified.
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Lei n.º 9/2022 de 29 de Junho (Lei dos Direitos do Autor e Direitos Conexos)
Relevant update · Effective 2022-06-29
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Relevant section: Artigos 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Dates: Effective 2022-06-29 · Enacted 2022-06-29
Why this score
Law No. 9/2022 of 29 June 2022 repealed and replaced Law No. 4/2001. The WIPO Lex record clearly states this is the current copyright and related rights law of Mozambique. However, the full text of the exceptions and limitations provisions could not be extracted verbatim from the search results. The PDF is hosted on WIPO Lex but its content was not accessible through the web search. Without the verbatim text of the research/private study/fair use exceptions, a definitive color classification cannot be assigned. The law is confirmed to exist and to be in force.
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Lei n.º 9/2022 de 29 de Junho (Lei dos Direitos do Autor e Direitos Conexos)
Current law confirmation · Effective 2022-06-29
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Dates: Effective 2022-06-29 · Enacted 2022-06-29
Why this score
As of 2025, the copyright law in force in Mozambique is Law No. 9/2022 of 29 June 2022 on Copyright and Related Rights, which repealed Law No. 4/2001. The WIPO Lex record confirms this is the current law. However, the verbatim text of the exceptions and limitations provisions relevant to research, private study, fair use/dealing, TDM, library copying, and related matters could not be extracted from the PDF hosted on WIPO Lex via web search. Without access to the actual statutory text of the exception provisions, a definitive color classification cannot be assigned. The classification is AMBIGUOUS because the statutory text itself could not be verified, not because the law's existence is in doubt. No subsequent amendments to this law were identified through web search as of March 2025.