THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH AUGUST, 1894.
ARTICLE VIII.
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The provisions of the present Convention shall be applied to literature or artistic works produced prior to the date of its coming into effect, subject, however, to the limitations prescribed by the following Regulations:-
(a.) In the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy-
Copies completed before the coming into force of the present Convention, the production of which has been hitherto allowed, can also be circulated in future.
In the same manner, appliances for the reproduction of works, such as stereotypes, woodblocks, and engraved plates of every description, such as lithographers' stones, if their production has not hitherto been prohibited may continue to be used during a period of four years from the coming into force of the present Convention.
The distribution of such copies, and the use of the said appliances, is, however, only permitted if an inventory of the said copies and appliances is taken by the Government in question, in consequence of an application of the interested party, within three months from the coming into force of the present Convention, and if these copies and appliances are marked with a special stamp.
Dramatic and dramatico-musical works, or musical compositions legally performed before the coming into force of the present Convention, can also be performed in the future.
(b.) In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland-
The author and publisher of any literary or artistic work first produced before the date at which this Convention comes into effect shall be entitled to all legal remedies against infringement; provided that where any person has, before the date of the publication of the Order in Council putting this Convention into effect, lawfully produced any work in the United Kingdom, any rights or interests arising from or in connection with such production, which are subsisting and valuable at the said date, shall not be diminished or prejudiced."
ARTICLE IX.
The provisions of the present Convention shall apply to all the Colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say, except to—
India.
The Dominion of Canada.
Newfoundland.
The Cape.
Natal.
New South Wales.
Victoria.
Queensland.
Tasmania.
South Australia. Western Australia. New Zealand.
Provided always that the provisions of the present Conventions shall apply to any of the above- named Colonies or foreign possessions on whose behalf notice to that effect shall have been given by Her Britannic Majesty's Representative at the Court of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty within two years from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the present Convention.
ARTICLE X.
The present Convention shall remain in force for ten years from the day on which the ratifications are exchanged; and in case neither of the two High Contracting Parties shall have given notice twelve months before the expiration of the said period of ten years of their intention of terminating the present Convention, it shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given such notice.
Her Britannic Majesty's Government shall also have the right to denounce the Convention in the same manner, on behalf of any of the Colonies or foreign possessions mentioned in Article IX, separately.
ARTICLE XI.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Vienna as soon as possible. It shall come into effect ten days after its publication in conformity with the forms prescribed by the Laws of the High Contracting Parties respectively.
In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Convention, and have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done at Vienna, the 24th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
(L.S.) (L.S.)
(Signed)
A. B. PAGET.
KÁLNOKY.
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