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Number 10 of 1963.

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1963.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Section
1.	Short title and commencement.
2.	Interpretation generally.
3.	Supplementary provisions as to interpretation.
4.	Orders, rules and regulations.
5.	Expenses.
6.	Transitional provisions and repeals.

PART II

PART III

17.	Copyright in sound recordings.
18.	Copyright in cinematograph films.
19.	Copyright in television broadcasts and sound broadcasts.
20.	Copyright in published editions of works.
21.	Supplementary provisions for purposes of Part III.

PART IV

REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT

22.	Action by owner of copyright for infringement.
23.	Limitation on amount of plaintiff's costs in certain actions for infringement of copyright.
24.	Rights of owner of copyright in respect of infringing copies.
25.	Proceedings in case of copyright subject to exclusive licence.
26.	Proof of facts in copyright actions.
27.	Penalties and summary proceedings in respect of dealings which infringe copyright.
28.	Provision for restricting importation of infringing copies.

PART V

JURISDICTION OF THE CONTROLLER OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

PART VI

APPLICATION OF ACT TO OTHER COUNTRIES

43.	Power to extend benefit of Act to other countries.
44.	Copyright in publications of certain international organisations.
45.	Extended application of provisions relating to broadcasts.
46.	Denial of copyright to citizens of countries not giving adequate protection to Irish works.

PART VII

MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

47.	Assignments and licences in respect of copyright.
48.	Broadcasting of works incorporated in a cinematograph film.
49.	Prospective ownership of, copyright.
50.	Copyright to pass under will with unpublished work.
51.	Copyright in Government publications.
52.	Broadcasts of sound recordings and cinematograph films and diffusion of broadcast programmes.
53.	Use of copyright material for education.
54.	False attribution of authorship.
55.	Register to be kept by proprietors of theatres, etc.
56.	Delivery of books to certain libraries.
57.	Copyright in Irish legal tender notes, consolidated bank notes and in Irish coins.
58.	Disposal of books of King's Inns Library, Dublin.
59.	Amendment of section 70 of Act of 1927.
60.	Savings.

FIRST SCHEDULE

SECOND SCHEDULE

Acts Referred to
(Charter Amendment) Act, 1960	1960. No. 1.(private)
Broadcasting Authority Act, 1960	1960, No. 10
Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926	1926, No. 45
Courts of Justice Act, 1936	1936, No. 48
Statute of Limitations, 1957	1957, No. 6
The Public Offices Fees Act, 1879	1879, c. 58
Coinage Act, 1926	1926, No. 14
Currency Act, 1927	1927, No. 32
Coinage Act, 1950	1950, No. 32
King's Inns Library Act, 1945	1945, No. 22
Copyright Act, 1801	1801, c. 107
Copyright Act, 1836	1836, c. 110
Copyright (Preservation) Act, 1929	1929, No. 25
Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) (Amendment) Act, 1957	1957, No. 13
Copyright Act, 1911	1911, c. 46

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Number 10 of 1963.

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1963.

AN ACT TO MAKE NEW PROVISION IN RESPECT OF COPYRIGHT AND RELATED MATTERS, IN SUBSTITUTION FOR THE PROVISIONS OF PARTS VI AND VII OF THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY (PROTECTION) ACT, 1927 , AND OTHER ENACTMENTS RELATING THERETO, AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [8th April, 1963.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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