Amendment of section 3. 4. In section 3 of the principal Act, in clause (a), for the words “work to the public in sufficient quantities”, the words “work, either in whole or in part, to the public in a manner sufficient to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the public having regard to the nature of the work” shall be substituted.
Amendment of section 6. 5. In section 6 of the principal Act, for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
- “(a) whether for the purposes of section 3, copies of any,—
- (i) literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work are issued to the public in a manner sufficient to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the public; or
- (ii) records are issued to the public in sufficient quantities; or”.
Amendment of section 12. 6. In section 12 of the principal. Act, in sub-section (7), for the words and figures “sections 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18985 of 1898.”, the words and figures “section 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19732 of 1974.” shall be substituted.
Amendment of section 15. 7. In section 15 of the principal Act, the words “Indian Patents and”, at both the places where they occur, shall, be omitted.
Amendment of section 17. 8. In section 17 of the principal Act,—
- (a) after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
- “(cc) in the case of any address or speech delivered in public, the person who has delivered such address or speech or if such person has delivered such, address or speech on behalf of any other person, such other person shall be the first owner of the copyright therein notwithstanding that the person who delivers such address or speech, or, as the case may be, the person on whose behalf such address or speech is delivered, is employed by any other person who arranges such address or speech or on whose behalf or premises such address or speech is delivered;”;
- (b) after clause (d), the following clause and Explanation shall be inserted, namely:—
- ‘(dd) in the case of a work made or first published by or under the direction or control of any public undertaking, such public undertaking shall, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, be the first owner of the copyright therein.
- Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause and section 28A, “public undertaking” means—
- (i) an undertaking owned or controlled by Government; or
- (ii) a Government Company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 19561 of 1956.; or
- (iii) a body corporate established by or under any Central, Provincial or State Act.’.
