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Copyright (Specified Countries) Order, 2001


CHAPTER 252 COPYRIGHT (SPECIFIED COUNTRIES) ORDER ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER

  1. Short title.
  2. Specified Countries Schedule.
  3. Proof of status as a Berne Convention country.
  4. Commencement.

SCHEDULE

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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the Government of Belize.

75 of 2001.

Short title.

Specified Countries. Schedule.

Proof of status as a Berne Convention country.

Commencement.

CHAPTER 252

COPYRIGHT (SPECIFIED COUNTRIES) ORDER

[19th May, 2001.]

1. This Order may be cited as the

COPYRIGHT (SPECIFIED COUNTRIES) ORDER.

2. (1) The countries specified in the Schedule to this Order, being members of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1886 as revised and amended, are hereby declared to be specified countries for the purposes of copyright protection in Belize pursuant to section 3(1)as read with section 143 of the Act.

(2) Where a country becomes a party to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1886, as revised and amended, after the commencement of this Order, the provisions of, and the benefits of copyright protection conferred by, this Order shall apply to such country with effect from the date it becomes a party to the Convention.

  1. Any circular, notice or list which may be issued by the World Intellectual Property Organisation from time to time, setting out the Countries which are parties to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, and the dates on which such countries became parties to the Convention, shall be sufficient proof of a country‘s membership of the Convention for the purposes of paragraph 2(2) of this Order.
  2. This Order shall come into force on signature.

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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the Government of Belize.

MADE by the Attorney General this 14th day of May, 2001. (GODFREY SMITH)

Attorney General

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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the Government of Belize.

SCHEDULE

[Order 2 (1)]

Albania Algeria Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China, including the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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the Government of Belize.

Colombia Congo Costa Rica Cote d‘lvoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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the Government of Belize.

Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxemburg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Monaco Mongolia Morocco Namibia

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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the Government of Belize.

Netherlands New Zealand Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines, Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Senegal Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan

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the Government of Belize.

Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Venezuela Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe

(Total: 144 states)

THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003

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the Government of Belize.