No. 26
Copyright
33.__(1) In determining the person vested with copyright under
this Part, the following principles shall apply__
(a) where one person is the author of the work, the rights shall
vest in that person;
(b) where two or more persons are the authors of the work of
joint ownership, the rights shall vest in them jointly; and
(c) where there is no proof to the contrary, the author of the
work is the individual whose name or generally known
pseudonym, mark or symbol is indicated in the usual manner on
the work as its author.
(2) In the case of published anonymous or pseudonymous works
other than those referred to in subsection (1) (c), the publisher
whose name appears on the work shall, in the absence of proof to
the contrary, be deemed to represent the author and may act on
behalf of the author until the author reveals his identity and
establishes his claim to authorship of the work.
34.__(1) Unless there is evidence to the contrary, when a work is
created by an author in the course of his employment or as a
commissioned work, the rights of the author in respect of the work
shall vest in the employer or the party that commissioned the work.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall derogate from the rights of the
author as set out in section 30.
35.__(1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the
rights referred to in sections 29 and 30 shall be protected__
(a) during the life of the author and for fifty years after his
death;
(b) in the case of a work of joint ownership, during the life of
the last surviving author and for fifty years after his death;
(c) in the case of anonymous or pseudonymous works, for a
period of fifty years from the date on which such work was first
published or otherwise lawfully made available to the public,
whichever date is the latest, or if the work has not thus been made
available to the public within fifty years of it having been created,
for a period of fifty years from the date on which the work was
created:
Provided that where the author, before the expiration of such
period, discloses his identity, or the pseudonym leaves no doubt
as to the identity of the author, protection shall be for the duration
specified in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be;
(d) in the case of any audiovisual work, until the expiration of
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