Volume 111, Issue 59A
Royal Gazette
21 December 2537
Section23.The copyright of a work which has been created on account of a hiring [agreement], or by virtue of an order, or under the control according to section 14 shall last for a term of fifty years reckoned from the creation of such work, but if the work is published during the said period of time, the copyright shall last for a term of fifty years reckoned from the taking place of the first publication.
Section24.The publication of a work according to section 19, section 20, section 21, section 22, or section 23, from which the term of copyright protection starts to be reckoned, means the issuing of the work for publication with the consent of the copyright owner.
Section25.When the term of copyright protection completes in any year, if the date of completion of the term of copyright does not correspond to the final day of the calendar year or in the event that the exact date of completion of the term of copyright protection cannot be ascertained, the copyright shall continue to exist until the final day of that calendar year.[1]
Section26.The issuing of a copyrighted work for publication after the term of copyright protection has terminated does not result in the revival of the copyright in such work.
Section27.The conduct of a particular act upon a work copyrighted under this Act without having obtained the permission under section 15(5) shall be deemed to be an infringement of the copyright, should the act be [any of] the following:
(1)reproducing or adapting;
(2)communicating to the public.
Section28.The conduct of a particular act upon an audiovisual work, film, or sound recording copyrighted under this Act without having obtained the permission under section 15(5), whether in relation to either the sound or picture or to both the sound and picture,[2] shall be deemed to be an infringement of the copyright, should the act be [any of] the following:
(1)reproducing or adapting;
(2)communicating to the public.
(3)letting for rent the original or copies of the said work.
Section29.The conduct of a particular act upon a broadcast copyrighted under this Act without having obtained the permission under section 15(5) shall be deemed to be an infringement of the copyright, should the act be [any of] the following:
