“Neighbouring rights” means rights of performers, producers and broadcasting organizations (radio and television). “Performer” means actor, singer, musician, dancer or any other person who acts, sings, delivers, declaims, recites, plays or otherwise performs literary or artistic works, including puppet show, variety and circus artists. “Rules” means the copyright registration rules issued by the Minister in accordance with the provisions of this Act. “Cable” means a material carrier of sounds or images or both such as coaxial cable, optical fiber or similar carrier. “Registrar” means any person appointed by the Minister to supervise over the register of works and contracts for transfer of rights and the execution of such duties as may be assigned to him by the Minister in accordance with the provisions of this Act. “Producer” means the person or legal entity who has taken the initiative to organize and finance production of an audiovisual work or sound recording. “The Minister” means the Minister of Culture and Information. “Author” means any physical person who created the work and under whose name the work has been published by any means known or to be invented in future unless there is proof to the contrary. “Work” means any work whether literary, theatrical, musical, singing, any portrait or decoration, sculpture, design drawing, engraving, picture, recorded tape, phonogram, song or cinema film which has not been published before and which has been registered in accordance with provisions of this Act. “Communication to the public” means the operation by which sounds or images or both are transmitted by wire or other material carrier for reception by the public. “Publication” means lawful reproduction of a work or of an audiovisual or sound recording in any material form and distribution of copies thereof to the general public by sale or otherwise. “Official documents” means the official documents issued by the State or its institution, corporation or unit and which, by virtue of their specialization, are issued for publication to the public, including laws, Presidential or administrative orders, international agreements and judicial judgments, but not including military documents, secret agreements and deliberations of secret sessions in courts or legislative bodies. “Corporation” means the National Corporation for Culture and Arts. Application of the Act 4.—(1) Subject to the provisions of Part IV, the protection prescribed by this Act shall extend to: