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The Copyright Act, 1957

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Finin2min Act Summary

This repository converts The Copyright Act, 1957 into a working legal-control system: classify the issue, identify the exact provision and instrument, fix the event date, compute the amount/deadline, obtain authority, preserve evidence and select the correct remedy.

Act structure and section map

Section rangeEditorial topic mapStart
1-8Preliminary And Copyright OfficeOpen
9-19Copyright Ownership And TermOpen
20-32Licences And Statutory LicencesOpen
33-39Copyright Societies And PerformersOpen
40-50International Copyright And RegistrationOpen
51-62Infringement, Civil Remedies And JurisdictionOpen
63-70Offences And EnforcementOpen
71-79Appeals, Rules And MiscellaneousOpen

Full section index (79)

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Rules, Regulations, notifications and directions

  1. Copyright Rules, 2013
  2. Copyright (Amendment) Rules
  3. Copyright society registration and tariff processes
  4. Statutory licence and compulsory licence procedures
  5. Copyright Office and IP Division practice directions

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Section identifiers and professional interpretation pages are provided for implementation and navigation. Exact current words, inserted/omitted provisions, headings, provisos, explanations, commencement and State variations must be certified against the official source before the corpus is labelled full source-controlled.