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be deemed that, subject to any rights
acquired by any person after the lapse of that period and
before the said commencement, copyright did not expire on that ground.
[Para. (d) added by s. 14 (c) of Act 52 of 1984.]
44
Time when work is made
(1) For the purposes of this Act a work, except a broadcast or programme-carrying signal, shall be deemed to have
been made at the time when it was first reduced to writing, recorded or otherwise reduced to material form.
(2) A broadcast shall be deemed to have been made at the time when it was first broadcast.
(3) A programme -carrying signal shall be deemed to have been made at the time when it was first transmitted by a
satellite.
[S. 44 substituted by s. 34 of Act 125 of 1992.]
45
Regulation and control of circulation, presentation or exhibition of works
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act contained, the Minister may make such regulations as he
may consider necessary in regard to the circulation, presentation or exhibition of any work or production.
(2) Such regulations may empower any person specified therein to prohibit the circulation, presentation or
exhibition of any such work or production or to authorize the circulation, presentation or exhibition thereof on such
conditions as may be specified in those regulations.
(3) The circulation, presentation or exhibition of any work or production in pursuance of authority granted in terms
of such regulations shall not constitute an infringement of copyright in such work or production, but the author shall not
thereby be deprived of his right to a reasonable remuneration, which shall in default of agreement be determined by
arbitration.
[Date of commencement of s. 45: to be proclaimed.]
46
Repeal of laws
The laws specified in the Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent set out in the third column of the Schedule:
Provided that any proclamation, regulation or rule having effect under any provision so repealed and in force immediately
prior to the commencement of this Act, shall continue in force after such commencement and may be repealed, amended or
altered as if it had been made under this Act.
47
Short title and commencement
This Act shall be called the Copyright Act, 1978, and shall come into operation on 1 January 1979, except sections
1, 39 and 40, which shall come into operation upon promulgation of this Act in the Gazette, and except section 45, which
shall come into operation on a date fixed by the State President by proclamation in the Gazette.
Schedule
No and year of
Act
Title
Act 63 of 1965
Copyright Act, 1965
Act 56 of 1967
Act 75 of 1972
Act 64 of 1975
Copyright Amendment Act, 1967
Copyright Amendment Act, 1972
Copyright Amendment Act, 1975
Extent of Repeal
The whole, except section
46
The whole
The whole
The whole