CHAPTER VI

NOTE-This Chapter is to be read as supplemental to Chapter X of the Act.

15. ¹[(1) The Register of Copyrights shall be kept in six parts as follows:-

Part I - Literary works other than computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer data bases and dramatic works.

Part II - Musical works

Part III - Artistic works

Part IV - Cinematograph films

Part V - Sound recordings

Footnote
1. Substituted by the Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 1995, w.e.f. 10-5-1995.

Part VI - Computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer data bases.]

(2) The Register of Copyrights shall contain the particulars specified in Form III.

NOTE-The Register of Copyrights is prima facie evidence of particulars entered therein, vide section 48 of the Act.

16. Application for Registration of Copyright.

16. (1) Every application for registration of copyright shall be made in accordance with Form IV and every application for registration of changes in the particulars of copyright entered in the Register of Copyright shall be made in accordance with Form V.

(2) Every such application shall be in respect of one work only, shall be made in triplicate and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in the Second Schedule in this behalf.

¹[(3) The person applying for registration shall give notice of his application to every person who claims or has any interest in the subject-matter of the copyright or disputes the rights of the applicant to it.]

(4) If no objection to such registration is received by the Registrar of Copyrights within thirty days of the receipt of the application by him, he shall, if satisfied about the correctness of the particulars given in the application, enter such particulars in the Register of Copyrights.

(5) If the Registrar of Copyrights receives any objections for such registration within the time specified in sub-rule (4), or, if he is not satisfied about the correctness of the particulars given in the application, he may, after holding such inquiry as he deems fit, enter such particulars of the work in the Register of Copyrights as he considers proper.

(6) The Registrar of Copyrights shall, as soon as may be, send, wherever practicable, a copy of the entries made in the Register of Copyrights to the parties concerned.

17. Correction of entries in the Register of Copyrights.

17. The Registrar of Copyrights may, on his own motion or on application of any interested person, amend, or alter the Register of Copyrights in the manner specified in section 49 after giving, wherever practicable, to the person affected by such amendment or alteration, an opportunity to show cause against such amendment or alteration, and communicate to such person the amendment or alteration made.

18. Indexes.

18. (1) There shall be kept at the Copyright Office the following indexes for each part of the Register of Copyrights, namely:-

(i) a general Author Index;

(ii) a general Title Index;

(iii) an Author Index of works in each language; and (iv) a Title Index of works in each language.

(2) Every Index shall be arranged alphabetically in the form of cards.

19. Inspection of the Register of Copyrights and Indexes.

19. The Register of Copyrights and Indexes thereof shall at all reasonable time be open to inspection by any person in such manner and subject tot such conditions as the Registrar of Copyrights may specify.

Footnote
1. Substituted by the Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 1992, w.e.f. 27-4-1992. Prior to its substitution, sub-rule (3) read as under:
"(3) The person applying for registration shall simultaneously send a copy of the application to every other person interested in the copyright of the work."

20. Copies and extracts of the Register of Copyrights and Indexes.

20. (1) Any person shall be entitled to take copies of, or make extracts from, the Register of Copyrights or Indexes on payment of the fee specified in the Second Schedule subject to such supervision as the Registrar of Copyrights may arrange.

(2) The Registrar of Copyrights shall, on an application made in that behalf and on payment of the fee specified in the Second Schedule, furnish a certified copy of any entries made in the Register of Copyrights and Indexes thereof.