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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, (Central) Section 17

Amendment of Section 31a

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Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, (Central) Section 17 is part of Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, (Central) - Amendment of Section 31a. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

In section 31A of the principal Act,-

(i) in the marginal heading, for the words "Indian works", the words "or published works" shall be substituted;

(ii) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-

"(1) Where, in the case of any unpublished work or any work published or communicated to the public and the work is withheld from the public in India, the author is dead or unknown or cannot be traced, or the owner of the copyright in such work cannot be found, any person may apply to the Copyright Board for a licence to publish or communicate to the public such work or a translation thereof in any language.".

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What does Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, (Central) Section 17 provide?

Section Section 17 of the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, (Central) (Amendment of Section 31a) is reproduced on this page as part of the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, (Central). Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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