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(iv) the notice may provide that the enjoyment of the rights conferred
by this Act shall be subject to the accomplishment ofsuch conditions
and forinalities (if any) as may be prescribed therein;
(v) in applying this Act as to ownership of copyright, the notice may
make such modific-ations as appear necessary having regard to the:
law of the foreign country;
(vi) in applying this Act as to existing works, the notice may make such
modifications as appear necessary, and may provide that nothing.
in those provisions as so applied shall be construed as reviving.
any right of preventing the production or importation of any
translation in any case where the right has.ceased by virtue of section
5 of the International Copyright Act, 1886 of the United Kingdom.
(2) A notice under this section may extend to all the several countries named or
described therein.
(3) An Order in Council made under section 29 of the Copyright Act, 1911 of the:
United Kingdom and in force on the 24th April, 1967, shall have the same force and effect
as a notice under this section.
PAR'T
III
·SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Abrogation of common law rights.
26.
No person shall be entitled to copyright OT any similar right in any literary, drama
tic, musical, or artistic work, whether published or unpublished, otherwise than under and in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, or of any other statutory enactment for the time
being in force, but nothing in this section shall be construed as abrogating any right or juris
diction to restrain a breach of trust or confidence.
POHJer of the Minister.
27.
(1) The Minister may publish notices altering, revoking, or 'varying any Order in
Council or notice made under this Act, or under any enactments repealed by this Act, in so
far as the same are applicable in Swaziland, but any notice published under this section shall
not affect prejudicially any rights or interests acquired or accrued at the date when the notice
comes into operation, and shall provide for the protection of such rights and interests.
(2) Every notice made under this Act shall be published in the Gazette and shall be
laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after it is made, and shall have
effect as if enacted in this Act.
Saving of University Copyrights.
28..
Nothing in this Act shall deprive any of the universities and colleges mentioned
in the Copyright Act, 1775, of the United Kingdom, of any copyright they already possess.
under that .A~.ct, but the remedies and penalties for infringement of any such copyright shall
be under tbis Act and not under that Act,