THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957

[As amended by the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021]

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CHAPTER 2 – COPYRIGHT OFFICE

9. COPYRIGHT OFFICE.

(1) There shall be established for the purposes of this Act an office to be called the Copyright Office.

(2) The Copyright Office shall be under the immediate control of the Registrar of Copyrights who shall act under the superintendence and direction of the Central Government.

(3) There shall be a seal for the Copyright Office.

10. REGISTRAR AND DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF COPYRIGHTS.

(1) The Central Government shall appoint a Registrar of Copyrights and may appoint one or more Deputy Registrars of Copyrights.

(2) A Deputy Registrar of Copyrights shall discharge under the superintendence and direction of the Registrar of Copyrights such functions of the Registrar under this Act as the Registrar may, from time to time, assign to him; and any reference in this Act to the Registrar of Copyrights shall include a reference to a Deputy Registrar of Copyrights when so discharging any such functions.

11. APPELLATE BOARD.

[Omitted by the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021.]

12. POWERS AND PROCEDURE OF APPELLATE BOARD.

[Omitted by the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021.]