LawgistThe Copyright Act
1Short 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.
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1. 21st January, 1958, vide notification No. 269, dated 21st January 1958, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3
PRELIMINARY
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Interpretation
- 3 Meaning of publication
- 4 When work not deemed to be published or performed in public
- 5 When work deemed to be first published in India
- 6 Certain disputes to be decided by Appellate Board
- 7 Nationality of author where the making of unpublished work is extended over considerable period
- 8 Domicile of Corporations
