Act Number: 14

Act Name: The Copyright Act, 1957

Year: 1957

Enactment Date: 1957-06-04

Long Title: An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright.

Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Section 27: Term of copyright in sound recording.
    In the case a 1[sound recording] copyright shall subsist until 2[sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the 1[sound recording] is published.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, s. 2, for "record" (w.e.f. 10-5-1995).
2. Subs. by Act 13 of 1992, s. 2, for "fifty years" (w.e.f. 28-10-1991).
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