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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH OCTOBER, 1886.
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7. Where it is necessary to prove the existence or proprietorship of the copyright any work first produced in a foreign country to which an Order in Council under the Evidence d International Copyright Acts applies, an extract from a register, or a certificate, or other copyright document stating the existence of the copyright, or the person who is the proprietor of such copyright, or is for the purpose of any legal proceedings in the United Kingdom deemed to be entitled to such copyright, if authenticated by the official seal of a Minister of State of the said foreign country, or by the official seal or the signature of a British diplomatic or consular officer acting in such country, shall be admissible as evidence of the facts named therein, and all courts shall take judicial notice of every such official seal and signature as is in this section mentioned, and shall admit in evidence, without proof, the documents authenticated by it..
8.-(I.) The Copyright Acts shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, apply to Application a literary or artistic work first produced in a British possession in like manner as they right Act apply to a work first produced in the United Kingdom:
Provided that-
(a) the enactments respecting the registry of the copyright in such work shall not apply if the law of such possession provides for the registration of such copyright; and
(b) where such work is a book the delivery to auy persons or body of persons of
a copy of any such work shall not be required.
(2.) Where a register of copyright in books is kept under the authority of the government of a British possession, an extract from that register purporting to be certified as a true copy by the officer keeping it, and authenticated. by the public seal of the British possession, or by the official seal or the signature of the governor of a British possession, or of a colonial secretary, or of some secretary or minister adminis- tering a department of the government of a British possession, shall be admissible in evidence of the contents of that register, and all courts shall take judicial notice of every such seal and signature, and shall admit in evidence, without further proof, all docu- ments authenticated by it.
(3.) Where before the passing of this Act an Act or ordinance has been passed in any British possession respecting copyright in any literary or artistic works, Her Majesty in Council may make an Order modifying the Copyright Acts and this Act, so far as they apply to such British possession, and to literary and artistic works first produced therein, in such manner as to Her Majesty in Council seems expedient.
(4.) Nothing in the Copyright Acts or this Act shall prevent the passing in a British possession of any Act or ordinance respecting the copyright within the limits of such possession of works first produced in that possession.
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9. Where it appears to Her Majesty expedient that an Order in Council under the Application International Copyright Acts made after the passing of this Act as respects any foreign Acts to colo country, should not apply to any British possession, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by the same or any other Order in Council to declare that such Order and the Interna- tional Copyright Acts and this Act shall not, and the same shall not, apply to such British possession, except so far as is necessary for preventing any prejudice to any rights acquired previously to the date of such Order; and the expressions in the said Acts relating to Her Majesty's dominions shall be construed accordingly; but save as provided by such declaration the said Acts and this Act shall apply to every British possession as if it were part of the United Kingdom.
Council.
10-(1.) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time to make Orders in Making of Ɑ Council for the purposes of the International Copyright Acts and this Act, for revoking or altering any Order in Council previously made in pursuance of the said Acts, or any
of them.
(2.) Any such Order in Council shall not affect prejudicially any rights acquired or accrued at the date of such Order coming into operation, and shall provide for the protection of such rights.
11. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
The expression "literary and artistic work" means every book, print, lithograph, article of sculpture, dramatic piece, musical composition, painting, drawing, photograph and other work of literature and art to which the Copyright Acts or the International Copyright Acts, as the case requires, extend.
The expression "author" means the author. inventor. designer, engraver, or maker of any literary or artistic work, and includes any person claiming through the author; and in the case of a posthumous work means the proprietor of the manuscript of such Work and any person claiming through him; and in the case of an encyclopaedia, greview, magazine, periodical work, or work published in a series of books or parts,
includes the proprietor, projector, publisher, or conductor.
Definitions.