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(5) In cases of posthumous work (Section 2.21), photographs (Section 2.22), records (Section 2.23), government works (Section 2.24), public undertakings (Section 2.25) and international organizations (Section 2.26), the term of protection for each work shall be fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which such work is published. (6) Every period provided for under the preceding sub-sections shall run to the end of the calendar year in which it would otherwise expire. SECTION: 2.21. TERM OF COPYRIGHT IN POSTHUMOUS WORK (1) In the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work or an engraving in which copyright subsists at the date of the death of the author, or any adaptation of which has not been published before that date, copyright shall subsist until a period of fifty years. (2) For the purpose of this section as literary, dramatic or musical work or an adaptation of any such work shall be deemed to have been published if it is has been performed in public or if any records made in respect of the work have been sold to the public or have been offered for sale to the public. SECTION: 2.22 TERM OF COPYRIGHT IN PHOTOGRAPHS In the case of a photograph, copyright shall subsist until a period of fifty years from the date the photograph is published. If the work is not published before fifty years after its making, it shall be protected for fifty years after its making. SECTION: 2.23 TERM OF COPYRIGHT IN RECORDS In the case of records, copyright shall subsist until a period of fifty years from the date the record is published. If the work is not published before fifty years after its making, it shall be protected for fifty years after its making. SECTION: 2.24 TERM OF COPYRIGHT IN GOVERNMENT WORKS In the case of Government works, where Government is the first owner of the copyright therein, copyright shall subsist until seventy years from the date the work is first published. If the work is not published before fifty years after its making, it shall be protected for fifty years after its making. SECTION: 2.25 TERM OF COPYRIGHT IN WORKS OF PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS In the case of a work, where a public undertaking is the first owner of the copyright therein, copyright shall subsist until a period of fifty years from the date the work is first published. If the work is not published before fifty years after its making, it shall be protected for fifty years after its making. 27

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