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CHAPTER 30lA
PUBLICATIONS (LEGALDEPOSITI
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
lHE LAWS OF BARBADOS
Prlnled by lIIe Government PrlnU", Department. aay Street. St. Michael. by the authority of the Government of Barbados
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CHAPTER lOlA
PUBLICATIONS (LEGAL DEPOSITI
An Act to revise the law relating to legal depositaries in Barbados 1982-28. and provide for related matters.
[15tOctober, 1982] Commencement.
S.l. 1982/
169.
I. This Act may be cited as the Publications (Legal Deposit) Short title. Act.
Interpre
2. (1) For the purposes of this Act,
tation.
"audio-visual works" means the aggregate of a series of related visual images, together with any accompanying sounds, capable of being shown as a moving picture by means of a mechanical, electronic or other device and irrespective of the nature of the material support in which the visual images and any accompanying sounds are embodied;
"legal depositary" means a library designated a legal depositary by order of the Ministr under section 3;
"library" includes any Government office or department that maintains a collection of audio-visual, literary or musical works or sound recordings to which the public has access;
"literary work" means
and includes any postage, stamp and any chart, map, plan, poster, printed reproduction of any artistic work, table, newspaper, pamphlet or periodical or any microform of any literary work; but does not include an audio-visual work or a sound recording;
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"microform", in relation to a literary or musical work, means any form of miniaturised reproduction of work, other than in the form of an audio-visual work, regardless of the nature of the material object in which it is embodied;
"musical work" means any musical composition printed or otherwise graphically reproduced, and includes any microform of any musical work and any accompanying words;
"print", in relation to any audio-visual, literary or musical work or sound recording, means manufacture copies thereof by any electronic, mechanical, reprographic or other process;
"printer", means any person who is a permanent resident in
CaP. 190. Barbados, within the meaning of the Immigration Act, who undertakes the printing of any audio-visual, literary or musical work or any sound recording;
"publisher", subject to subsection (2), means any person who is a permanent resident in Barbados, within the meaning of
Cap. 190. the Immigration Act, who by himself or in association with others, having undertaken the arrangements necessary for the production of copies of any audio-visual, literary or musical work or of any sound recording, publishes them in Barbados;
"publish in Barbados", in relation to any audio-visual, literary or musical work or to any sound recording, means, subject to subsection (3), release copies of the work or sound recording in Barbados for distribution to, or for acquisition, whether by purchase or otherwise, by the public in Barbados, and "publication" has a corresponding meaning;
"sound recording" means a work that results from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken or other sounds, other than a sound track associated with an audio-visual work, regardless of the nature of the material object in which they are embodied.
(2) Where any audio-visual, literary or musical work or sound recording, or any wrapper or container in which any copies thereof are published, bears an imprint whereby any person holds himself out to be the publisher of the work or sound recording, that person shall, for the purposes ofthis Act, be deemed to be the publisher.
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3. The Minister may, by order, designate a library a legal Legaldepositaries.
depositary for the purposes of this Act and there shall be deposited in every legal depositary so designated a copy of such categories of audio-visual, literary or musical works or sound recordings, as may be specified in the order.
4. Subject to the regulations, every publisher shall, within 1 Deposit by
publisher.
month of the pUblication by him in Barbados of any audio-visual, literary or musical work or of any sound recording, deposit 1 copy of the pUblication with the legal depositary.
5. (1) Subject to this section, every printer shall, during the first Notification by printer.
14 days of each of the months of February, May, August and November in each year, furnish each legal depositary with a list of the audio-visual, literary or musical works and sound recordings that he has printed during the 3 months immediately preceding the month in which the list is furnished.
(3) Where, in consequence of an order made under section 3, any category of audio-visual, literary or musical work or sound recording is not required to be deposited with a legal depositary, it is not necessary for a list of the works or of the recordings comprised in that category to be furnished to the legal depositary under subsection (1).
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Printed by the Government PrlnU"I Departmont, Bay SlIeot, St. Mlch.el,
by the luthorlty of the Government of Barbados
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Offences. 6. (1) A publisher who fails to comply with section 4 is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine onsoo or to imprisonment for a term of 3 months; and in addition thereto, the court may order that the publisher forfeit to every legal depositary entitled to the deposit 1 copy of the audio-visual, literary or musical work or sound recording that he was required by that section to deposit.
(2) A printer who fails to comply with section 5 is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $SOO or to imprisonment for a term of 3 months.
Regulations. 7. The Minister may make regulations
Crown. 8. This Act is binding on the Crown, but nothing in this Act renders the Crown liable to prosecution.