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 28A: Term of copyright in works of public undertakings.
    1[28A. Term of copyright in works of public undertakings.--In the case of a work, where a public undertaking is the first owner of the copyright therein, copyright shall subsist until 2[sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 23 of 1983, s. 11 (w.e.f. 9-8-1984).
2. Subs. by Act 13 of 1992, s. 2, for "fifty years" (w.e.f. 28-10-1991).
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