Malaysia legislation
Section 16
Section 16
New sections 26a, 26b and 26c
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 26
the following sections:
“Voluntary notification of copyright 26a. (1) A notification of copyright in any work may be made to the Controller by or on behalf of the author of the work, the owner of the copyright in the work, an assignee of the copyright, or a person to whom an interest in the copyright has been granted by licence.
(2)
A notification of copyright shall not be entertained unless the prescribed fee has been paid to the Controller.
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(3)
A notification of copyright shall contain the following particulars:
(a)
the name, address and nationality of the owner of the copyright;
(b)
a statutory declaration that the applicant is the author of the work, or the owner of the copyright in the work, or an assignee of the copyright, or a person to whom an interest in the copyright has been granted by licence;
(c)
the category of the work;
(d)
the title of the work;
(e)
the name of the author and, if the author is dead, the date of the author’s death, if known;
(f)
in the case of a published work, the date and place of the first publication; and
(g)
any other information as the Minister may determine.
Register of Copyright 26b. (1) The Controller shall keep and maintain a register called the Register of Copyright.
(2)
The Register of Copyright shall contain all such particulars relating to a copyright in a work as notified to the Controller under section 26a.
(3)
The Register of Copyright shall be kept in such form and on such medium as the Minister may determine.
(4)
Any person may examine the Register of Copyright at such times and upon such conditions as may be determined by the Minister, and may obtain certified extracts from the
Register on payment of the prescribed fee.
(5)
The Controller or Deputy Controller may certify true extracts from the Register of Copyright which shall be prima facie evidence of the particulars entered therein and such certified extracts of the Register of Copyright shall be admissible in all courts.
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Copyright (Amendment)
Amendments to the Register of Copyright 26c. (1) The Controller may correct any clerical error in any entry made in the Register of Copyright.
(2)
Any interested person may apply to the court for an order to—
(a)
correct any error in an entry in the Register; or
(b)
expunge or amend any entry wrongly made in or remaining in the Register, and any correction, expungement or amendment made under this section shall be effective from such date as the court may order.
(3)
For the purpose of this section, “court” means the appropriate High Court in Malaysia.”.
Amendment of section 27a