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Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement.—
Section2 - Interpretation.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Section3 - The word “and” omitted by Act 38 of 1994, s. 2
Section4 - Ins. by s. 2, ibid
Section5 - Ins. by Act 7 of 2017, s. 160
Section6 - Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, s. 2, for “architectural work of art”
Section7 - Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for sub-clauses
Section8 - Cl
Section9 - Copyright Office.—
Section10 - Registrar and Deputy Registrars of Copyrights.—
Section12 - Powers and procedure of 2[Appellate Board].—
Section13 - Works in which copyright subsists.—
Section15 - Special provision regarding Copyright in designs registered or Capable of being registered under the 5*** 6[Designs
Chapter4 - OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIGHT AND THE RIGHTS OF THE OWNER
Section17 - First owner of copyright.—Subject to the provisions of this Act, the author of a work shall be the first owner of the
Section18 - Assignment of copyright.—
Section19 - Mode of assignment.—1[
Section20 - Transmission of copyright in manuscript by testamentary disposition.—Where under a bequest a person is entitled to the
Section21 - Right of author to relinquish copyright.—
Chapter5 - TERM OF COPYRIGHT
Section22 - Term of copyright in published literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works.—Except as otherwise hereinafter
Section23 - Term of copyright in anonymous and pseudonymous works.—
Section24 - Term of copyright in posthumous work.—
Section26 - Term of copyright in cinematograph films.—In the case of a cinematograph film, copyright shall subsists until 2[sixty
Section27 - Term of copyright in sound recording.—In the case a 3[sound recording] copyright shall subsist until 2[sixty years]
Section28 - Term of copyright Government works.—In the case of Government work, where Government is the first owner of the
Chapter6 - LICENCES
Section30 - Licences by owners of copyright.—The owner of the copyright in any existing work or the prospective owner of the
Section31 - Compulsory licence in works withheld from public.—
Section31C - Statutory licence for cover versions.—
Section31D - Statutory licence for broadcasting of literary and musical works and sound recording.—
Section32 - Licence to produce and publish translations.—
Section32B - Termination of licences issued under this Chapter.—
Section33 - Registration of Copyright society.—
Section34 - Administration of rights of owner by copyright society.—
Section35 - Control over the copyright society by the 1[author and other owners of right].—
Section36 - Submission of returns and reports.—
Section36A - Rights and liabilities of performing rights societies.—Nothing in this Chapter shall affect any rights or liabilities
Chapter8 - 3
Section38B - Moral rights of the performer.—The performer of a performance shall, independently of his right after assignment,
Chapter9 - INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT
Section40 - Power to extend copyright to foreign works.—The Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette,
Section41 - Provisions as to works of certain international organisations.—
Section42 - Power to restrict rights in works of foreign authors first published in India.—If it appears to the Central Government
Chapter10 - REGISTRATION OF COPYRIGHT
Section44 - Register of Copyrights.—There shall be kept at the Copyright Office a register in the prescribed form to be called the
Section45 - Entries in register of Copyrights.—
Section46 - Indexes.—There shall be also kept at the Copyright Office such indexes of the Register of Section 47 - Copyrights as
Section47 - Form and inspection of register.—The Register of Copyrights and indexes thereof kept under this Act shall at all
Section48 - Register of Copyrights to be prima facie evidence of particulars entered therein.—The Register of Copyrights shall be
Section49 - Correction of entries in the Register of Copyrights.—The Registrar of Copyrights may, in the prescribed cases and
Section50 - Rectification of Register by 1[Appellate Board].—The 1[Appellate Board], on application of the Registrar of Copyrights
Chapter11 - INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT
Section51 - When copyright infringed.—Copyright in a work shall be deemed to be infringed—
Section52 - Certain acts not to be infringement of copyright.—
Section54 - Definition.—For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression “owner of
Section55 - Civil remedies for infringement of copyright.—
Section56 - Protection of separate rights.—Subject to the provisions of this Act, where the several rights comprising the copyright
Section57 - Author’s special rights.—2[
Section58 - Rights of owner against persons possessing or dealing with infringing copies.—All infringing copies of any work in
Section59 - Restriction on remedies in the case of works of architecture.—
Section60 - Remedy in the case of groundless threat of legal proceedings.—Where any person claiming to be the owner of copyright in
Section61 - Owner of copyright to be party to the proceeding.—
Section62 - Jurisdiction of court over matters arising under this Chapter.—
Chapter13 - OFFENCES
Section63 - Offences of infringement of copyright or other rights conferred by this Act.—Any person who knowingly infringes or
Section64 - Power of police to seize infringing copies.—4[
Section65 - Possession of plates for purpose of making infringing copies.—Any person who knowingly makes, or has in his possession,
Section65B - Protection of Rights Management Information.—Any person, who knowingly, —
Section66 - Disposal of infringing copies or plates for purpose of making infringing copies.—The Court trying any offence under
Section69 - Offences by companies.—
Chapter14 - APPEALS
Section71 - Appeals against certain orders of Magistrate.—Any person aggrieved by an order made under sub-section
Section72 - Appeals against orders of Registrar of Copyrights and 2[Appellate Board].—
Section73 - Procedure for appeals.—The High Court may make rules consistent with this Act as to the procedure to be followed in
Section74 - Registrar of Copyrights and [Appellate Board] to possess certain powers of civil courts.—The Registrar of Copyrights
Section75 - Orders for payment of money passed by Registrar of Copyrights and 1[Appellate Board] to be executable as a
Section76 - Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person in respect of
Section78 - Power to make rules.—
Section79 - Repeals, savings and transitional provisions.—
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