(Chapter II.—Construction and Modification of the Copyright Act.)
of India and two newspapers published in British India; and the reference in proviso (b) of the same sub-section of the same section to the 26th day of July, 1910, shall, as regards works the authors where of were at the time of the making of the works resident in British India, and as regards works first published in British India, be construed as a reference to the 30th day of October, 1912.
Modification of copyright as regards translation of works first published in British India.
4. (1) In the case of works first published in British India, shall be subject to this limitation that the sole right to produce, reproduce, perform or publish a translation of the work shall subsist published in only for a period of ten years from the date of the first publication of the work:
Provided that if within the said period the author, or any person to whom he has granted permission so to do, publishes a, translation of any such work in any language, copyright in such work as regards the sole right to produce, reproduce, perform or publish a translation in that language shall not be subject to the limitation prescribed in this sub-section.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1) the expression "author" includes the legal representative of a deceased author.
Musical works made by resident of, or first published in, British India.
5. In the application of the Copyright Act to musical works the authors whereof were at the time of the making of the works resident in British India, or to musical works first published in British India, the term "musical work" shall, save as otherwise expressly provided by the Copyright Act, mean "any combination of melody and harmony, or either of them, which has been reduced to writing."
Importation of copies.
6. (1) Copies made out of British India of any work in which copyright subsists which if made in British India would infringe copyright, and as to which the owner of the copyright gives notice, in writing by himself or his agent to the Chief Customs