Registration of temporary compyright in periodical works 23. Any literary work intended to be published in pamphlet or book form, but which is first published in separate articles in a newspaper or periodical in Canada, may be registered under this Act while it is so preliminarily published as a temporary copyright, if the title of the manuscript and a short analysis of the work are deposited at the Department with an application for registration in accordance with the prescribed form, and if every separate article so published is preceded by the words, "Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act, 1911:" Provided that the work, when published in book or pamphlet form, shall be subject, also, to the other requirements of this Act.
Anonymous publications 24. If a book is published anonymously, it shall be sufficient to enter it in the name of the first publisher thereof, either on behalf of the unnamed author or on behalf of such first publisher, as the case may be.
Application for registration 25. The application for the registration of a copyright or of a temporary copyright may be made in the name of the author or of his legal representatives, by any person purporting to be agent of such author or legal representatives.
Unauthorized assumption of agency (2.) Any damage caused by a fraudulent or an erroneous assumption of such authority shall be recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Deposit of application and copies of work in Department 26. Application for registration of a copyright shall be made in accordance with the prescribed form, and shall be deposited at the Department together with three copies of the work if it is a book, map, chart, musical composition, photograph, print, cut or engraving, and with a written description thereof if the work is a painting, drawing or a work of sculpture, and with one complete type-written copy thereof if the work is a dramatic work copies of which are not published.
Weekly list of registered works 27. The Minister shall cause to be transmitted to the Library of the Parliament of Canada and to the British Museum a weekly list of all works registered under this Act
