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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 22, 1932.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS, 1931.

No. 900.

COPYRIGHT.

International Copyright.

THE COPYRIGHT CONVENTION (Siam) Order, 1931

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1931.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS His Majesty, by virtue of the authority con-

ferred upon Him by the Copyright Act, 1911, (a) and having regard to the provisions of the revised Berne Copyright Convention of 1908, (b) was pleased to make an Order in Council, dated the 24th day of June, 1912 (c) (here- inafter called the Principal Order), extending the protection of the said Act to certain classes of works to which protection is guaranteed by the said Convention :

And whereas the Kingdom of Siam has acceded to the said Convention subject to the reservations mentioned in the Schedule to this Order:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority con- ferred upon Him by the Copyright Act, 1911, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows :-

1. The Principal Order shall extend to Siam as if that country were amongst the Foreign Countries of the Copyright Union therein named, subject to the following modifica- tions:

(a) The provisions of Article 2, proviso (ii) (6), Article 2, proviso (iii) (c), Article 2, proviso (iii) (d) and Article 2, proviso (iii) (e) shall apply as if Siam were included amongst the Foreign Countries named in those provisions.

(b) In the application of the provisions of Article 3 of the Principal Order to works of which the country of origin is Siam the date of this Order shall be substituted for the commencement of the Act and for the commencement of the Principal Order.

(a) 1-2 G. 5. c. 46.

(b) Treaty Series No. 19 of 1912.

(c) S.R. & O. 1912 (No. 913) p. 48.

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