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CHAPTER VII COPYRIGHT SOCIETIES

Section 36A: Rights and liabilities of performing rights societies

The Copyright Act, 1957

Nothing in this Chapter shall affect any rights or liabilities in any work in connection with a 1[copyright society] which had accrued or were incurred on or before the day prior to the commencement of 2[the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012], or any legal proceedings in respect of any such rights or liabilities pending on that day.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 27 of 2012, s. 24, for “performing rights society” (w.e.f. 21-6-2012).
  2. 2.Subs. by s. 24, ibid., for “the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1994 (38 of 1994)” (w.e.f. 21-6-2012).

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