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Government Gazette, 30 June 1978
No. 609219

Copyright Act, 1978.
Act No. 98, 1978

with fair practice, that the extent thereof shall not exceed the extent justified by the purpose and that the source shall be mentioned, as well as the name of the author if it appears on the work.

(4) The copyright in a literary or musical work shall not be infringed by using such work, to the extent justified by the purpose, by way of illustration in any publication, broadcast or sound or visual record for teaching: Provided that such use shall be compatible with fair practice and that the source shall be mentioned, as well as the name of the author if it appears on the work.

(5) (a) The copyright in a literary or musical work shall not be infringed by the reproduction of such work by the Corporation by means of its own facilities where such reproduction or any copy thereof is intended exclusively for lawful broadcasts of the Corporation and is destroyed before the expiration of a period of six months immediately following the making of the reproduction, or such longer period as may be agreed to by the owner of the relevant part of the copyright in the work.

(b)

Any reproduction of a work made under paragraph (a) may, if it is of an exceptional documentary nature, be preserved in the archive of the Corporation, but shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, not be used for broadcasting or for any other purpose without the consent of the owner of the relevant part of the copyright in the work.

(6) (a) The copyright in a lecture, address or other work of a similar nature which is delivered in public shall not be infringed by reproducing it in the press or by broadcasting it, if such reproduction or broadcast is for an informatory purpose.

(b)

The author of a lecture, address or other work referred to in paragraph (a) shall have the exclusive right of making a collection thereof.

(7) The copyright in an article published in a newspaper or periodical, or in a broadcast, on any current economic, political or religious topic shall not be infringed by reproducing it in the press or broadcasting it, if such reproduction or broadcast has not been expressly reserved and the source is clearly mentioned.

(8) (a) No copyright shall subsist in official texts of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, or in official translations of such texts, or in speeches of a political nature or in speeches delivered in the course of legal proceedings, or in news of the day that are mere items of press information.

(b)

The author of the speeches referred to in paragraph (a) shall have the exclusive right of making a collection thereof.

(9) The provisions of subsections (1) to (7) inclusive shall apply also with reference to an adaptation of a work.

(10) The provisions of subsections (1) to (4) inclusive and (6) and (7) shall apply also with reference to a work or an adaptation thereof which is transmitted in a diffusion service.

(11) The provisions of subsections (1) to (4) inclusive and (6), (7) and (10) shall be construed as embracing the right to use the work in question either in its original language or in a different language, and the right of translation of the author shall, in the latter event, be deemed not to have been infringed.

(12) The copyright in a literary or musical work or an adaptation thereof shall not be infringed by a bona fide demonstration thereof to a specific client by a licensed dealer in radio or television receivers or any type of recording equipment.


General exceptions in respect of reproduction of works. 13. The reproduction of a work shall be permitted as prescribed, but in such a manner that the reproduction is not in conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and is not unreasonably prejudicial to the legal interests of the author.