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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 29, 1937.
No. 779.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
The following Order of His Majesty in Council is published for general information.
29th October, 1937.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS 1937 No. 98.
COPYRIGHT
International Copyright.
THE COPYRIGHT (NORTH BORNEO) ORDER, 1937.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 2ND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1937.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,
LORD PRESIDENT.
EARL OF GRANARD,
LORD HUTCHISON OF MONTROSE.
SIR SAMUEL HOARE.
SIR PHILIP SASSOON.
WHEREAS by Section 29 of the Copyright Act, 1911, (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), it is enacted that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the Act (except such parts, if any, thereof as may be specified in the Order) shall apply to certain classes of foreign works:
AND WHEREAS His Majesty is satisfied that the State of North Borneo has made or has undertaken to make such provision as it appears to His Majesty expedient to require for the protection of works entitled to copyright under the pro- visions of Part I of the Act:
NOW, therefore, His Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Him by the Act, and of all other powers enabling Him in that behalf, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to direct and doth hereby direct as follows:-
1. The Act shall apply—
(a) to works first published in North Borneo, in like manner as if they were first published within