Copyright Act, 1957
Bare Act · 1957
An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright.
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- Act number
- 14 of 1957
- Enacted
- 4 June 1957
- Contents
- 105 sections · 16 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Interpretation
- Section 3 – Meaning of publication
- Section 4 – When work not deemed to be published or performed in public
- Section 5 – When work deemed to be first published in India
- Section 6 – Certain disputes to be decided by Commercial Court (preview)
- Section 7 – Nationality of author where the making of unpublished work is extended over considerable period (preview)
- Section 8 – Domicile of Corporations (preview)
Chapter II — Copyright Office And Appellate Board
- Section 9 – Copyright Office (preview)
- Section 10 – Registrar and Deputy Registrars of Copyrights (preview)
- Section 11 – Omitted (preview)
- Section 12 – Omitted (preview)
Chapter III — Copyright
- Section 13 – Works in which copyright subsists (preview)
- Section 14 – Meaning of copyright (preview)
- Section 15 – Special provision regarding copyright in designs registered or capable of being registered under the Designs Act, 2000 (preview)
- Section 16 – No copyright except as provided in this Act (preview)
Chapter IV — Ownership Of Copyright And The Rights Of The Owner
- Section 17 – First owner of copyright (preview)
- Section 18 – Assignment of copyright (preview)
- Section 19 – Mode of assignment (preview)
- Section 19A – Disputes with respect to assignment of copyright (preview)
- Section 20 – Transmission of copyright in manuscript by testamentary disposition (preview)
- Section 21 – Right of author to relinquish copyright (preview)
Chapter V — Term Of Copyright
- Section 22 – Term of copyright in published literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works (preview)
- Section 23 – Term of copyright in anonymous and pseudonymous works (preview)
- Section 24 – Term of copyright in posthumous work (preview)
- Section 25 – [Omitted.] (preview)
- Section 26 – Term of copyright in cinematograph films (preview)
- Section 27 – Term of copyright in sound recording (preview)
- Section 28 – Term of copyright Government works (preview)
- Section 28A – Term of copyright in works of public undertakings (preview)
- Section 29 – Term of copyright in works of international organisations (preview)
Chapter VI — Licences
- Section 30 – Licences by owners of copyright (preview)
- Section 30A – Application of sections 19 (preview)
- Section 31 – Compulsory licence in works withheld from public (preview)
- Section 31A – Compulsory licence in unpublished or published works (preview)
- Section 31B – Compulsory licence for benefit of disabled (preview)
- Section 31C – Statutory licence for cover versions (preview)
- Section 31D – Statutory licence for broadcasting of literary and musical works and sound recording (preview)
- Section 32 – Licence to produce and publish translations (preview)
- Section 32A – Licence to reproduce and publish works for certain purposes (preview)
- Section 32B – Termination of licences issued under this Chapter (preview)
Chapter VII — Copyright Societies
- Section 33 – Registration of copyright society (preview)
- Section 34 – Administration of rights of owner by copyright society (preview)
- Section 34A – [Omitted.] (preview)
- Section 35 – Control over the copyright society by the author and other owners of right (preview)
- Section 36 – Submission of returns and reports (preview)
- Section 36A – Rights and liabilities of performing rights societies (preview)
Sections
Chapter VIII — Rights Of Broadcasting Organisation And Of Performers
- Section 37 – Broadcast reproduction right (preview)
- Section 38 – Performer’s right (preview)
- Section 38A – Exclusive right of performers (preview)
- Section 38B – Moral rights of the performer (preview)
- Section 39 – Acts not infringing broadcast reproduction right or performer’s right (preview)
- Section 39A – Certain provisions to apply in case of broadcast reproduction right and performer’s rights (preview)
Chapter IX — International Copyright
- Section 40 – Power to extend copyright to foreign works (preview)
- Section 40A – Power of Central Government to apply Chapter VIII to broadcasting organisations and performers in certain other countries (preview)
- Section 41 – Provisions as to works of certain international organisations (preview)
- Section 42 – Power to restrict rights in works of foreign authors first published in India (preview)
- Section 42A – Power to restrict rights of foreign broadcasting organisations and performer’s (preview)
- Section 43 – Orders under this Chapter to be laid before Parliament (preview)
Chapter X — Registration Of Copyright
- Section 44 – Register of Copyrights (preview)
- Section 45 – Entries in Register of Copyrights (preview)
- Section 46 – Indexes (preview)
- Section 47 – Form and inspection of register (preview)
- Section 48 – Register of Copyrights to be prima facie evidence of particulars entered therein (preview)
- Section 49 – Correction of entries in the Register of Copyrights (preview)
- Section 50 – Rectification of Register by High Court (preview)
- Section 50A – Entries in the Register of Copyrights, etc., to be published (preview)
Chapter XI — Infringement Of Copyright
- Section 51 – When copyright infringed (preview)
- Section 52 – Certain acts not to be infringement of copyright (preview)
- Section 52A – Particulars to be included in sound recording and video Films (preview)
- Section 52B – [Omitted.] (preview)
- Section 53 – Importation of infringing copies (preview)
- Section 53A – Resale share right in original copies (preview)
Chapter XII
- Section 54 – Definition (preview)
- Section 55 – Civil remedies for infringement of copyright (preview)
- Section 56 – Protection of separate rights (preview)
- Section 57 – Author’s special rights (preview)
- Section 58 – Rights of owner against persons possessing or dealing with infringing copies (preview)
- Section 59 – Restriction on remedies in the case of works of architecture (preview)
- Section 60 – Remedy in the case of groundless threat of legal proceedings (preview)
- Section 61 – Owner of copyright to be party to the proceeding (preview)
- Section 62 – Jurisdiction of court over matters arising under this Chapter (preview)
Chapter XIII — Offences
- Section 63 – Offences of infringement of copyright or other rights conferred by this Act (preview)
- Section 63A – Enhanced penalty on second and subsequent convictions (preview)
- Section 63B – Knowing use of infringing copy of computer programme to be an offence (preview)
- Section 64 – Power of police to seize infringing copies (preview)
- Section 65 – Possession of plates for purpose of making infringing copies (preview)
- Section 65A – Protection of technological measures (preview)
- Section 65B – Protection of Rights Management Information (preview)
- Section 66 – Disposal of infringing copies or plates for purpose of making infringing copies (preview)
- Section 67 – Omitted (preview)
- Section 68 – Omitted (preview)
- Section 68A – Penalty for contravention of section 52A (preview)
- Section 69 – Offences by companies (preview)
- Section 70 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
Chapter XIV — Appeals
- Section 71 – Appeals against certain orders of Magistrate (preview)
- Section 72 – Appeals against orders of Registrar of Copyrights (preview)
- Section 73 – Procedure for appeals (preview)
Chapter XV — Miscellaneous
- Section 74 – Registrar of Copyrights and Appellate Board to possess certain powers of civil courts (preview)
- Section 75 – Orders for payment of money passed by Registrar of Copyrights and Appellate Board to be executable as a decree (preview)
- Section 76 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 77 – Certain persons to be public servants (preview)
- Section 78 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 79 – Repeals, savings and transitional provisions (preview)