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Government Gazette, 10 July 1992
No. 1412913

Copyright Amendment Act, 1992.
Act No. 125, 1992

Amendment of section 4 of Act 98 of 1978, as amended by section 4 of Act 52 of 1984

4. Section 4 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in subsection (1) after paragraph (e) of the following paragraph:

(f)

being a computer program, is first published or made in the Republic,”;


Amendment of section 5 of Act 98 of 1978, as amended by section 5 of Act 52 of 1984

5. Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection:

“(4) Copyright conferred by this section on a cinematograph film, photograph, sound recording, broadcast, programme-carrying signal, [or] published edition or computer program shall be subject to the same term of copyright provided for in section 3 for a similar work.”.


Amendment of section 6 of Act 98 of 1978, as amended by section 3 of Act 56 of 1980

6. Section 6 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph:

(b)

publishing the work if it was hitherto unpublished;”.


Amendment of section 7 of Act 98 of 1978, as amended by section 4 of Act 56 of 1980

7. Section 7 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph:

(b)

publishing the work if it was hitherto unpublished;”.


Amendment of section 8 of Act 98 of 1978, as amended by section 5 of Act 56 of 1980, section 6 of Act 54 of 1984 and section 1 of Act 61 of 1989

8. Section 8 of the principal Act is hereby amended―

(a)

by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph:

(a) Reproducing the film in any manner or form, including making a still photograph therefrom;”;

(b)

by the substitution for paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph:

(g)

letting, or offering or exposing for hire by way of trade, directly or indirectly, a [reproduction or an adaptation] copy of the film.”; and

(c)

by the deletion of subsection (2).


Amendment of section 10 of Act 98 of 1978, as amended by section 7 of Act 56 of 1980

9. Section 10 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of the following paragraph:

(a) Reproducing, directly or indirectly, the broadcast in any manner or form, including, in the case of a television broadcast, making a still photograph [of an individual image] therefrom;”.


Insertion of section 11B in Act 98 of 1978

10. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 11A: