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Copyright Act, 1957 Chapter XII

Title: Civil Remedies

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....to which clause (aa) of sub-section (1) of section 52 applies. Explanation.--Failure to display a work or todisplay it to the satisfaction of the author shall not be deemed to be aninfringement" of the rights conferred by this section.] (2) The right conferred upon an author of a work bysub-section (1), other than the right to claim authorship of the work, may beexercised by the legal representatives of the author. __________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 38 of 1994, section 20 w.e.f.10-5-1995. Section 58 - Rights of owner against persons possessing or dealing with infringing copies All infringing copies of any work in which copyright subsists, and all plates used or intended to be used for the production of such infringing copies, shall be deemed to be the property of the owner of the copyright, who accordingly may take proceedings for the recovery of possession thereof or in respect of the conversion thereof: Provided that the owner of the copyright shall not be entitled to any remedy in respect of the conversion of any infringing copies if the opponent proves-- (a) that he was not aware and had no reasonable ground to believe that.....

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 Section 57

Title: Author's special right

State: Central

Year: 1957

1 [(1)Independently of the author's copyright and even after the assignment eitherwholly or partially of the said copyright, the author of a work shall have theright-- (a) to claim authorship of thework; and (b) to restrain or claim damagesin respect of any distortion, mutilation, modification or other act inrelation to the said work which is done before the expiration of the term ofcopyright if such distortion, mutilation, modification or other act would beprejudicial to his honour or reputation: Provided that the author shall not have any righttp restrain of claim damages in respect of any adaptation of a computerprogramme to which clause (aa) of sub-section (1) of section 52 applies. Explanation.--Failure to display a work or todisplay it to the satisfaction of the author shall not be deemed to be aninfringement" of the rights conferred by this section.] (2) The right conferred upon an author of a work bysub-section (1), other than the right to claim authorship of the work, may beexercised by the legal representatives of the author. __________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 38 of 1994, section 20 w.e.f.10-5-1995.

Copyright Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 [Act No. 14 of Year 1957, dated 4th. June, 1957] An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Copyright Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: INTERPRETATION In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "adaptation" means,- (i) in relation to a dramatic work, the conversion of the work into a non-dramatic work; (ii) in relation to a literary work or an artistic work, the conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise; (iii) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, any abridgement of the work or any version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; 2[* * *] (iv) in.....

The Kerala Land Conservancy Act, 1957 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1957

THE KERALA LAND CONSERVANCY ACT, 1957 [1] THE KERALA LAND CONSERVANCY ACT, 1957 [1] ACT 8 OF 1958 An Act to check the unauthorised occupation of Government lands. Preamble.- WHEREAS it is necessary to enact a uniform law for checking the unauthorised occupation of Government lands; BE it enacted in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title, extent and commencement .--(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Land conservancy Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala . (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Repeal .-The Travancore-Cochin Land Conservancy Act, 1951, and the Madras Land Encroachment Act, 1905 as in force in the Malabar district referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956), are hereby repealed. 3. Property of Government defined .-(1) All public roads, streets, lanes, and paths, the bridges, ditches, dykes and fences on or beside the same, the bed of the sea and of harbours and creeks below high water mark, the beds and banks of rivers, streams, irrigation and drainage channels, canals, tanks, lakes, backwaters and water courses, and all standing and.....