THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957

Repeals, savings and transitional provisions (1) The Indian Copyright Act, 1914 (3 of 1914),and the Copyright Act of 1911 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as modified in itsapplication to India by the Indian Copyright Act, 1914 are hereby repealed.(2) Where any person has, before the commencement of this Act, taken any action […]

Power to make rules — (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make2rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the Central Government maymake rules to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—3[***](b) the form

Certain persons to be public servants Every officer appointed under this Act and every member ofthe 1[Appellate Board] shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian PenalCode (45 of 1860). Practice area’s of B K Goyal & Co LLP Income Tax Return Filing | Income Tax

Protection of action taken in good faith. No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against anyperson in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act. Practice area’s of B K Goyal & Co LLP Income Tax Return Filing | Income Tax Appeal |

Orders for payment of money passed by Registrar of Copyrights and 1 [Appellate Board] to be executable as a decree. Every order made by the Registrar of Copyrights or the 1[Appellate Board] under thisAct for the payment of any money or by the High Court in any appeal against any such order of the 1[AppellateBoard]

Registrar of Copyrights and 1 [Appellate Board] to possess certain powers of civil courts.— TheRegistrar of Copyrights and the 1[Appellate Board] shall have the powers of a civil court when trying a suit underthe Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely, —(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance

Procedure for appeals The High Court may make rules consistent with this Act as to theprocedure to be followed in respect of appeals made to it under section 72. Practice area’s of B K Goyal & Co LLP Income Tax Return Filing | Income Tax Appeal | Income Tax Notice | GST Registration | GST

Appeals against orders of Registrar of Copyrights and 1 [Appellate Board] — (1) Any personaggrieved by any final decision or order of the Registrar of Copyrights may, within three months from the dateof the order or decision, appeal to the 1[Appellate Board].(2) Any person aggrieved by any final decision or order of the 1[Appellate Board],

Appeals against certain orders of Magistrate Any person aggrieved by an order made under subsection (2) of section 64 or section 66 may, within thirty days of the date of such order, appeal to the Court to 1Ins. by Act 65 of 1984, s. 9, (w.e.f. 08-10-1984)2 Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, s. 2,

Cognizance of offences. No Court inferior to that of 3[a Metropolitan Magistrate or a JudicialMagistrate of the first class] shall try any offence under this Act. Practice area’s of B K Goyal & Co LLP Income Tax Return Filing | Income Tax Appeal | Income Tax Notice | GST Registration | GST Return Filing |