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1968
Copyright
No. 63
(e) contravene or fail to comply with a direction of the Tribunal given under paragraph (b) of sub-section (2.) of section 163 of this Act; or
(f) do any other act or thing that would, if the Tribunal were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.

Penalty: One thousand dollars or imprisonment for three months.

Cost of proceedings. 174. (1.) The Tribunal may order that the costs of any proceedings before it incurred by any party, or a part of those costs, shall be paid by any other party and may tax or settle the amount of the costs to be so paid, or specify the manner in which they are to be taxed.

(2.) Costs directed by the Tribunal to be paid to a party may be recovered by that party in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(3.) This section does not apply in relation to an inquiry by the Tribunal under section 148 of this Act.

Proof of orders of Tribunal. 175. Without prejudice to any other method available by law for the proof of orders of the Tribunal, a document purporting to be a copy of such an order, and to be certified by the Secretary to the Tribunal to be a true copy of the order, is, in any proceeding, evidence of the order.


Part VII.—The Crown.

Crown copyright in original works made under direction of Crown. 176.—(1.) Where, apart from this section, copyright would not subsist in an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work made by, or under the direction or control of, the Commonwealth or a State, copyright subsists in the work by virtue of this sub-section.

(2.) The Commonwealth or a State is, subject to this Part and to Part X., the owner of the copyright in an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work made by, or under the direction or control of, the Commonwealth or the State, as the case may be.

Crown copyright in original works first published in Australia under direction of Crown. 177. Subject to this Part and to Part X., the Commonwealth or a State is the owner of the copyright in an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work first published in Australia if first published by, or under the direction or control of, the Commonwealth or the State, as the case may be.

Crown copyright in recordings and films made under direction of Crown. 178.—(1.) Where, apart from this section, copyright would not subsist in a sound recording or cinematograph film made by, or under the direction or control of, the Commonwealth or a State, copyright subsists in the recording or film by virtue of this sub-section.

(2.) The Commonwealth or a State is, subject to this Part and to Part X., the owner of the copyright in a sound recording or cinematograph film made by, or under the direction or control of, the Commonwealth or the State, as the case may be.

Provisions relating to ownership of copyright may be modified by agreement.

179. The last three preceding sections have effect subject to any agreement made by, or on behalf of, the Commonwealth or a State with the author of the work or with the maker of the sound recording or