Section 62 – THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957

Jurisdiction of court over matters arising under this Chapter

(1) Every suit or other civil
proceeding arising under this Chapter in respect of the infringement of copyright in any work or the
infringement of any other right conferred by this Act shall be instituted in the district court having
jurisdiction.

1 Subs. by Act 23 of 1983, s. 20, for “the Specific Relief Act, 1877 (1 of 1877)” (w.e.f. 9-8-1984).
2 Subs. by s. 21, ibid., for “in section 42 the Specific Relief Act, 1877 (1 of 1877)”(w.e.f. 9-8-1984).
(2) For the purpose of sub-section (1), a “district court having jurisdiction” shall, notwithstanding
anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), or any other law for the time being in
force, include a district court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction, at the time of the institution of the
suit or other proceeding, the person instituting the suit or other proceeding or, where there are more than one
such persons, any of them actually and voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain.

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