116 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH FEBRUARY, 1887.
Inclosure 1 in No. 13. (Translation.)
Convention concerning the Creation of an International Union for the Protection of Literary
and Artistic Works.
;
HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, in the name of His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain; the President of the French Republic; the President of the Republic of Haïti; His Majesty the King of Italy; the President of the Republic of Liberia; the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation; His Highness the Bey of Tunis,
Being equally animated by the desire to protect effectively, and in as uniform a manner as possible, the rights of authors over their literary and artistic works,
Have resolved to conclude a Convention to that effect, and have named for their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, Sir Francis Ottiwell Adams, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne; and John Henry Gibbs Bergne, Esquire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Director of a Department in the Foreign Office at London.
His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, M. Otto von Bülow, Privy Councillor of Legation, and Chamberlain of His Majesty, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians, M. Maurice Delfosse, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation.
Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, in the name of His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain; the Count de la Almina, Senator, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation; M. Don José Villa-Amil y Castro, Chief of the Section of Intellectual Property in the Ministry of Public Instruction, Doctor of Civil and Canon Law, Member of the Facultative Corps of Archivists, Librarians, and Archeologists, and of the Academies of History, of the Fine Arts of St. Ferdinand, and of the Academy of Sciences at Lisbon.
The President of the French Republic, M. François Victor-Emmanuel Arago, Senator, Ambassador from the French Republic to the Swiss Confederation.
The President of the Republic of Haïti, M. Louis Joseph Janvier, Doctor of Medicine of the Faculty of Paris, Prizeman of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, bearing Diplomas from the School of Political Sciences of Paris (Administrative and Diplomatic Sections), decorated with the Haitian Medal of the third class.
His Majesty the King of Italy, M. Charles Emmanuel Becaria des Marquis d'Incisa, Chevalier of the Orders of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, and of the Crown of Italy, his Chargé d'Affaires to the Swiss Confederation.
The President of the Republic of Liberia, M. William Kontzer, Imperial Councillor, Consul- General, Member of the Chamber of Commerce of Vienna.
The Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation, M. Numa Droz, Vice President of the Federal Council, Head of the Department of Commerce and Agriculture; M. Louis Ruchonnet, Federal Councillor, Chief of the Department of Justice and Police; M. A. d'Orelli, Professor of Law at the University of Zurich.
His Highness the Bey of Tunis, M. Louis Renault, Professor to the Faculty of Law of Paris, and to the Free School of Political Sciences, Chevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honour, and Chevalier of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
Who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :---
ARTICLE I.
The Contracting States are constituted into an Union for the protection of the rights of authors over their literary and artistic works.
ARTICLE II.
Authors of any of the countries of the Union, or their lawful representatives, shall enjoy in the other countries for their works, whether published in one of those countries or unpublished, the rights which the respective laws do now or may hereafter grant to natives.
The enjoyment of these rights is subject to the accomplishment of the conditions and formalities prescribed by law in the country of origin of the work, and cannot exceed in the other countries the term of protection granted in the said country of origin.
The country of origin of the work is that in which the work is first published, or if such publication takes place simultaneously in several countries of the Union, that one of them in which the shortest term of protection is granted by law.