TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1957

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 23

Term of copyright in anonymous and pseudonymous works.—

Section Text

1) In the case of literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work (other than a photograph), which is published anonymously or pseudonymously, copyright shall subsist until 7[sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published: Provided that where the identity of the author is disclosed before the expiry of the said period, copyright shall subsist until 7[sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year Section 1 - in which the author dies