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The Indian Copyright Act, 1847, 20 of 1847 (Rep., Act 3 of 1914)

17 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. XIIAnd it is enacted, that all copies of any Book wherein there shall be Copyright, and of which entry
  2. VIIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that after the passing of this Act in any suit or action brought in any of
  3. IVAnd it is enacted, that if any person shall willfully make or cause to be made any false entry in th
  4. XIVAnd it is enacted, that no Proprietor of Copyright in any book first published after the passing of
  5. XAnd it is hereby enacted, that when any publisher or other person shall within the said Territories
  6. XVAnd it is enacted, that if any action or suit shall be commenced or brought in any of the Courts of
  7. XVIAnd it is enacted, that all actions, suits, bills, indictments, in-formations and other criminal pro
  8. XIAnd it is hereby enacted, that the Proprietor of the Copyright in any Encyclopoedia, Review, Magazin
  9. ISection I
  10. IIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that a Book of Registry wherein may be registered as hereinafter enacted t
  11. XIIIAnd it is enacted, that if the case he within the jurisdiction of any of the Courts of Judicature es
  12. VIISection VII
  13. IIAnd whereas it is expedient to provide against the suppression of books of importance to the public:
  14. VAnd it is hereby enacted, that after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for the proprietor
  15. IXAnd it is hereby enacted, that after the passing of this Act in any such suit or action as last afor
  16. VIAnd it is enacted, that if any person shall deem himself aggrieved by any entry made under colour of
  17. XVIIProvided always and it is enacted, that nothing in the Act contained shall affect, alter or vary any