- PART I - PRELIMINARY
- PART II - COPYRIGHT
- PART III- COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION
- PART IV - ASSIGNMENTS AND LICENCES
- PART V - CIVIL ACTIONS FOR INFRINGEMENT
- PART VI - OFFENCES
- PART VII - COPYRIGHT INVESTIGATION
- PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
- SCHEDULE 1
- SCHEDULE 2
- SCHEDULE 3
- (SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION)
- FIRST SCHEDULE
- SECOND SCHEDULE FORMS
COPYRIGHT ACT
CHAPTER 51
REVISED EDITION 1991
PRINTED FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SEYCHELLES BY SPACE
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER
1991 ED] COPYRIGHT ACT CHAPTER 51 COPYRIGHT ACT 1stApril, 1984 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section PART I - PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and application 2. Interpretation PART II - COPYRIGHT General and eligibility 3. Copyright 4. Special cases of eligibility Subsistence of copyright 5. Copyright by nationality or residence 6. Copyright by origin in Seychelles 7. Copyright in Seychelles folklore 8. Copyright in works of Government etc. 9. Period of copyright Nature of copyright 10. Literary, musical and artistic works and films 11. Performances of literary or musical works 12. Sound recordings 13. Broadcasts Ownership of copyright 14. First ownership of copyright
PART III - COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION 15. Copyright Register 16. Registration of agreements etc. 1 PART IV - ASSIGNMENTS AND LICENCES
17. Assignments and licences
18. Copyright Licence Authority
PART V - CIVIL ACTIONS FOR INFRINGEMENT
19. Civil actions for infringement
20. Proof of facts
PART VI - OFFENCES
21. Offence to infringe
22. Offences in connection with infringing copies
23. Maker's name etc to be marked
24. Affidavit evidence
PART VII- COPYRIGHT INVESTIGATION
25. Copyright inspectors
26. Powers of investigating officers
27. Restriction on entry and search of domestic premises
28. Obstruction of investigating officer
PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
29. Regulations
30. Rules of court
31. Extension of Act to other persons or places
32. Saving
SCHEDULES
1. Acts not controlled by copyright
2. Proof of facts (in civil proceedings or matters)
3. Affidavit evidence (in criminal proceedings)
1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Copyright Act.
(2) This Act binds the Republic.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
"adaptation", in relation to a work, includes a translation, dramatisation, pictorialisation, transcription, and the making of a new version or arrangement, of a pre-existing work_
"artistic work" means, irrespective of artistic quality, a work which is, or which is a combination of two or more of,
(a) a painting, drawing, etching, lithograph, woodcut, collage, engraving or print_
(b) a map, plan, diagram, sketch or illustration_
(c) a work of sculpture_
(d) a three dimensional work relating to geography,
topography, or science_
(e) a photograph not comprised in a film or a work expressed by a process analogous to photography_
(f) a work of architecture in the form of a building or model_ or
(g) a work of artistic craftsmanship or applied art_
author"
(a) in the case of a literary, musical or artistic work, means the person who actually writes, compiles, composes or draws the work_
(b) in the case of a photograph, means the photographer_
(c) in the case of a performance of a literary or musical work, means the person who performs the work_
(d) in the case of a film or sound recording, means the person who undertook the arrangements for the making of the film or recording;
(e) in the case of a broadcast transmitted from within any country means the person who undertook the arrangements for the making of the transmission from within that country;
"Authority" means a Copyright Licence Authority appointed under section 18;
"broadcast" means a sound or television broadcast of any material and includes a diffusion over wires;
"building" includes any structure;
"communication to the public" includes, in addition to any live performance or delivery, any mode of visual or accostic presentation to the public;
"control", in relation to an act, includes authorizing other persons to do that act;
"copy" means a reproduction in
(a) written form;
(b) the form of a print, negative, recording, film, tape or wire; or
(c) in any other material form:
provided that
(i) this definition is without prejudice to the definition of "reproduction"; and
(ii) an object is not to be taken to be a copy of an architectural work unless the object is a building or model;
LAWS OF SEYCHELLES