“VLAGLIED” COPYRIGHT ACT
NO. 9 OF 1974
[ASSENTED TO 26 FEBRUARY, 1974]
[DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 6 MARCH, 1974]
(English text signed by the State President)
ACT
To validate the assignment to the Government of the Republic of South Africa of the
copyright in a certain literary work of the late Cornelis Jakob Langenhoven under the
title of “Vlaglied”, and to determine the effect of the said assignment.
WHEREAS it is deemed desirable that the copyright in the literary work of the late
Cornelis Jakob Langenhoven (hereinafter referred to as the testator) known under
the title “Vlaglied” shall be vested in the State;
AND WHEREAS the persons now living who have an interest in the estate of the
testator have by the deed of assingment whereof a translation is set out in the
schedule to this Act assigned all their rights, title and interest in connection with the
copyright in the said literary work to the Government of the Republic of South Africa;
AND WHEREAS the said assignment has been accepted on behalf of the
Government of the Republic of South Africa by the Honourable Pieter Willem Botha
in his capacity as Minister of Defence of the Republic of South Africa;
AND WHEREAS the last will and testament of the testator does not authorize the
said assignment;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to validate the said assignment and to determine the
effect thereof:
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
1.
2.
1.
Validation and determination of effect of assignment to Government of
copyright in “Vlaglied”
Short title
Schedule.
Validation and determination of effect of assignment to Government of
copyright in “Vlaglied”.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the last will and
testament of Cornelis Jakob Langenhoven, the assignors mentioned in the
Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to have been duly authorized to assign
to the Government of the Republic of South Africa all copyright in the literary
work known under the title of “Vlaglied”, and the deed of assignment whereof
a translation is set out in that Schedule shall be deemed to be a duly
registered assignment of such copyright in favour of the Government of the
Republic of South Africa in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright
Act, 1965 (Act No. 63 of 1965).
2.
Short title.
This Act shall be called the “Vlaglied” Copyright Act, 1974.