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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 28, 1912.
49 & 50 Vict. e. 33.
Application
of Part II.
to British
(vi) in applying the provisions of this Act as to existing works, the Order in Council may make such modifications as appear neces- sary and may provide that nothing in those provisions as so applied. shall be construed as reviving any right of preventing the pro- duction or importation of any translation in any case where the right has ceased by virtue of section five of the International Copyright Act, 1886.
(2) An Order in Council under this section may extend to all the several countries named or described therein.
30.-(1) An Order in Council under this Part of this Act shall apply to all His Majesty's dominions to which this Act extends except self-governing domi- possessions. nions and any other po-session specified in the order with respect to which it ap-
pears to His Majesty expedient that the Order should not apply.
Abrogation of common law rights.
Provisions
in Council.
(2) The Governor in Council of any self-governing dominion to which this Act extends may, as respects that dominion, make the like orders as under this Part of this Art His Majesty in Council is authorised to make with respect to His Majesty's dominions other than self-governing dominions, and the provisions of this Part of this Act shall, with the necessary modifications, apply accordingly.
(3.) Where it appears to His Majesty expedient to except from the provi- sions of any order any part of his dominions not being a self-governing dominion, it shall be lawful for His Majesty by the same or any other Order in Council to declare that such order and this Part of this Act shall not, and the same shall not, apply to such part, except so far as is necessary for preventing any prejudice to any rights acquired previously to the date of such Order.
PART III.
SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS.
31. No person shall be entitled to copyright or any similar right in any literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, whether published or unpublished, otherwise than under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or of any other statutory enactment for the time being in force, but nothing in this section shall be construed as abrogating any right or jurisdiction to restrain a breach of trust or confidence.
32. (1) His Majesty in Council may make Orders for altering, revoking, or asto Orders varying any Order in Council made under this Act, or under any enactments repealed by this Act, but any Order made under this section shall not affect prejudicially any rights or interests acquired or accrued at the date when the Order comes into operation, and shall provide for the protection of such rights
Saving of university copyright. 15 Geo. 3. c. 53,
Saving of compensa- tion to certain libraries.
and interests.
(2) Every Order in Council made under this Act shall be published in the London Gazette and shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after it is made, and shall have effect as if enacted in this Act.
33. Nothing in this Act shall deprive any of the universities and colleges mentioned in the Copyright Act. 1775, of any copyright they already possess under that Act, but the remedies and penalties for infringement of any such copyright shall be under this Act and not under that Act.
34. There shall continue to be charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom such annual compensation as was immediately before the commencement of this Act payable in pursuance of any Act as com- pensation to a library for the loss of the right to receive gratuitous copies of books:
Provided that this compensation shall not be paid to a library in any year, unless the Treasury are satisfied that the compensation for the previous year has been applied in the purchase of books for the use of and to be preserved in the library.