(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.
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