THE COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983
No. 23 of 1983
An Act to amend the Copyright Act, 1957.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Short title and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be called the Copyright (Amendment) Act 1983.
(2) It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Substitution of expression “radio-diffusion” by expression “broadcast”. 2. Throughout the Copyright Act, 195714 of 1957. (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), unless otherwise expressly provided, for the word “radio-diffusion”, wherever it occurs, the word “broadcast” shall be substituted.
Amendment of section 2. 3. In section 2 of the principal Act,—
- (a) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
- ‘(dd) “broadcast” means communication to the public—
- (i) by any means of wireless diffusion, whether in any one or more of the forms of signs, sounds or visual images; or
- (ii) by wire,
- and includes a re-broadcast’;
- ‘(dd) “broadcast” means communication to the public—
- (b) after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
- ‘(ff) “communication to the public” means communication to the public in whatever manner, including communication through satellite;’;
- (c) for clause (l), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
- ‘(l) “Indian work” means a literary, dramatic or musical work,—
- (i) the author of which is a citizen of India; or
- (ii) which is first published in India; or
- (iii) the author of which, in the case of an unpublished work, is, at the time of the making of the work, a citizen of India;’;
- ‘(l) “Indian work” means a literary, dramatic or musical work,—
- (d) clause (v) shall be omitted.
- ↑ 9-8-1984: Vide Notification No. G.S.R. 602 (E), dated 9-8-1984 Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3 (i).
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