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Copyright Act 1969 s 5

Copyright Act 1969 s 5

This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 5

(1) Copyright shall be conferred by this section on every work eligible for copyright of which the author oT, in the case of a work of joint authorship, any of the authors is, at the time when the work is made, a qualifiedperson, that is to say— (a) an individual who is La citizen of, or is a permanent resident in, Malaysia; or (b) a body corporate constituted and vested with legal personality under the laws of Malaysia and established in Malaysia. (2) The terms of copyright conferred by this section shall be calculated according to the following table- Type of Work Date of Expiration of Copyright (i) Literary, musical or Twenty-five years after artistic works other the end of the year in than photographs which the author dies. (ii) Cinematograph films Twenty-five years after and photographs the end of the year in which the work was first published. (iii) Sound recordings Twenty years after the end of the year in which the recording was made. (iv) Broadcasts Twenty years after the end of the year in which the broadcast took place. (3) In the case of anonymous or pseudonymous literary, musical or artistic works the copyright therein shall expire twenty-five years after the end of the [S. 5-7] year in which the work was first published, but not later than the end of the vear in which it is reasonable to presume that the author has been dead for twentytive years: Provided that in the event of the identity of the author becoming known the terms of copyright shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (i) of the last preceding subsection. (4) In the case of a work of joint authorship, reference in the preceding table to the death of the author shall be taken to refer to the author who dies last, whether or not he is a qualified person.

Malay text (authoritative)

I$. 51

(1) Hakcipta hendaklah diberi menurut seksyen ini Hakcipta mengenai tiap-tiap karya yang layak mendapat hakkewargacipta, iaitu karya yang penciptanya atau, mengenai negaraan karya penciptaan bersama, yang mana-mana daripada kediaman. pencıpta-penciptanya adalah, pada masa karya itu dibuat, seorang yang berkelayakan, laitu- (a) seorang Warganegara Malaysia atau seorang yang tinggal tetap dalam Malaysia; atau (b) sebuah pertubuhan yang diperbadankan yang didirikan dan diberi taraf di sisi undang-undang sebagai seorang manusia di bawah undangundang Malaysia dan ditubuhkan dalam Malaysia. (2) Tempoh bagi hakcipta yang diberi oleh seksyen ini hendaklah dikira mengikut susunan yang berikut- Jenis Karya Tarikh Habis Tempoh Hakcipta (i) Karya sastera, Dua puluh lima tahun semuzik atau senı lepas akhir tahun bila kecuali gambarpenciptanya mati. foto (ii) Filem wayang gambar gambarfoto Dua puluh lima tahun selepasakir tahun bila karya itu pertama kali diterbitkan. (iii) Rakaman bunyi Dua puluh tahun selepas akhir tahun bila rakaman itu dibuat. (iv) Siaran ... ••. Dua puluh tahun selepas akhir tahun bila siaran itu berlaku. (3) Berkenaan dengan karya sastera, muzik atau seni bersembunyı nama atau bernama samaran, hakcipta mengenainya hendaklah habis tempohnya dua pulun lima tahun selepas akhir tahun bila karya itu pertama kali diterbitkan, akan tetapi tidak lewat daripada akhir tahun bila pencıptanya dianggap dengan munasabah sebagai telah mati selama dua puluh lima tanun: Dengan syarat bahàwa Jıka pengenalan mengenai penciptanya dapat diketahui maka tempoh bagi hakcipta hendaklah dikira mengikut peruntukanperuntukan perenggan (i) seksyen-kecil yang akhir di atas. [S. 5-7] Hakcipta mengikut negeri tempasal. (4) Berkenaan dengan sesuatu karya penciptaan bersama, rujukan dalam susunan di atas mengenai kematian pencipta hendaklah dianggap sebagai rujukan mengenai pencipta yang mati akhir sekali, sama ada ia seorang yang berkelayakan atau tidak.

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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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