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CHAPTER V TERM OF COPYRIGHT

Section 26: Term of copyright in cinematograph films

The Copyright Act, 1957

In the case of a cinematograph film, copyright shall subsists until 1[sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the film is published.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 13 of 1992, s. 2, for “fifty years” (w.e.f. 28-10-1991).

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