All publishers of works of art which are prepared for publication by making copies
thereof, must deposit, within one month as from the date of publication, five copies of the
work at The Ministry of Information & Culture. Non-depositing of a work of art shall be
punishable with a fine not exceeding twenty five pounds, without prejudice to the
necessity of depositing the copies.
Non-depositing shall not result in prejudicing the copyrights stipulated by this law. These
provisions do not apply to works of art published in newspapers and periodicals, unless
they were published separately.
Article(50)
The provisions of this law shall apply to authors holding the nationality of the State and
foreign authors whose works of art are published, acted or presented for the first time in
the Kingdom of Libya, as well as to the works of art of Libyan authors which are
published, acted or presented for the first time in a foreign country. While the works of
art of foreign authors which are published for the first time in a foreign country shall not
be protected by this law, unless they are protected in the foreign country and that this
country provides similar protection for Libyan authors for their published, acted or
presented works for the first time in Libya.
Article(51)
Without prejudice to the provisions of the previous article, the provisions of this law shall
apply to the works of art which exist at the time of its application. However, with respect
to calculating the period of protection of existing works of art, the calculations must
include the period which elapsed from the date of the event which shall be considered as
the starting point and until the date of implementing the law.
The provisions of this law shall apply to all events and agreements concluded subsequent
to the time of its implementation, even if they are related to works of art published,
presented or acted for the first time before its implementation. As for agreements made
before the implementation of this law, they shall not be subject to its provisions, but shall
remain subject to the legal provisions which were effective at the time of their
conclusion, without prejudice to the provisions of Article (40) paragraph two.