Cap. 415 Art. 60Application to works. Cap. 196.

(1) This Act shall apply:

(a) in relation to works made after the coming into force of this Act; and

(b) saving the provisions of sub-article (2), to works made before the coming into force of this Act where the term of protection has not, upon the coming into force of this Act, expired under the Copyright Act repealed by this Act.

(2) (a) The rights of performers in respect of a fixation of their performance on a phonogram to prevent the fixation of their unfixed performance which took place prior to the commencement of this Act and the reproduction of such fixation when undertaken without their authorisation and the rights of performers to prevent the broadcasting by wireless means and the communication to the public of their live performance when undertaken without their authorisation shall be protected under this Act until the end of a period of fifty years computed from the end of the calendar year in which the performance took place. Provided that these rights are exercised through a collecting society.

(b) The right of producers of sound recordings made prior to the commencement of this Act to authorize or prohibit the rental of the said sound recordings shall be protected under this Act for a term of fifty years computed from the end of the calendar year in which the sound recording was made. Provided that these rights are exercised through a collecting society.

(c) The right of the holder of copyright in respect of a literary work consisting of a computer programme to authorise or prohibit the rental of the said programme shall be protected until the end of a period of fifty years computed from the end of the calendar year in which the author of the said computer programme dies.

(3) No action may be taken under this Act in respect of an action which took place prior to the commencement of this Act in respect of rights recognised by this Act but which were not recognised by the Copyright Act repealed by this Act.