In force · As amended up to 2026-08
27. Term of copyright in sound recording. —In the case a[4] [sound recording] copyright shall subsist until[3] [sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the[4] [sound recording] is published.
1. Subs. by Act 7 of 2017, s.160, for "Copyright Board" (w.e.f. 26-5-2017).
2. Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, s. 2, for "record" (w.e.f. 10-5-1995).
3. Subs. by Act 13 of 1992, s. 2, for "fifty years" (w.e.f. 28-10-1991).
4 . Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, s. 2, for "record" (w.e.f. 10-5-1995).
Source: India Code