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SOUTH AFRICA

Government Notice No R2140
published in Government Gazette No 7266 of 24 October 1980

REGISTRATION OF COPYRIGHT IN
CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS ACT, 1977
[Date of Commencement: 1 November, 1980]
REGULATIONS
The Minister of Industries, Commerce and Tourism has, by virtue of the powers vested in him in terms
of section 45 of the Registration of Copyright in Cinematograph Films Act, 1977 (Act 62 of 1977), made the
following regulations and prescribed the matters in respect of which fees shall be payable and the tariff of
such fees set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

DEFINITIONS
1. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise indicates, any expression to which a meaning has
been assigned in the Registration of Copyright in Cinematograph Films Act, 1977 (Act 62 of 1977), bears the
meaning so assigned, and–
‘Office’ means the registration office for copyright in cinematograph films established under section 2 of the
Act;
‘Patent Journal’ means the official journal of patents, designs and trade marks of the Republic of South
Africa;
‘the Act’ means the Registration of Copyright in Cinematograph Films Act, 1977 (Act 62 of 1977).

FEES
(Section 45(1))
2.–
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)

The fees to be paid in terms of the Act shall be payable as follows:
By affixing revenue stamps to any relevant document, which stamps may be cancelled by a
Receiver of Revenue or the Registrar; or
by impressing a stamp on any relevant document by means of a die approved by the
Commissioner for Inland Revenue; or
in such other manner as the Registrar may direct.

FORMS
(Section 45(2))
3. The forms referred to in these regulations are the forms contained in Schedule 2 hereto and the forms
used shall be substantially in the form of those prescribed for the cases concerned but may be modified or
amended with the approval of the Registrar provided that such modification or amendments shall not
substantially affect their identity.

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