Section I

I. It is therefore hereby enacted, that the Copyright in every book published in the life-time of its author within the said Territories after the passing of the Act of Parliament 3 and 4, Wm. 4, C. 85, entitled " an Act for effecting an arrangement with the East India Company and for the better government of His Majesty's India Territories till the 30[th] day of April, 1845," shall endure for the natural life of such author, and for the further term of seven years commencing at the time of his death and shall be the property of such author and his assigns: Provided always, that if the said term of seven years shall expire before the end of forty-two years from the publication of such book, the Copyright shall in that case endure for such period of forty-two years; and that the Copyright in every book published after the death of its author and after the passing of the Act of Parliament last aforesaid shall endure for the term of forty-two years from the first publication thereof and shall be the property of the proprietor of the author's manuscript, from which such book shall be first published, and his assigns.