COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE, 1918

COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE, 1918

No. 11 of 1918.

An Ordinance to modify and to add to the provisions of
the copyright Act, 1911, in its application to the
Colony of Hongkong.

[30th August, 1918.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Copyright Ordi-
nance, 1918.

2. For the purpose of the application of section 14 of the
Copyright Act, 1911, to the importation into this Colony of
works made out of the Colony-

(1) The Superintendent of Imports and Exports shall
perform the duties and may exercise the powers thereby
imposed on or given to the Commissioners of Customs and
Excise of the United Kingdom.

(2) Regulations made by the Superintendent of Imports

and Exports under that section shall require the approval
of the Governor in Council.

(3) Regulations made tinder that section may provide that
notices oiven to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise
of the United Kingdon, if communicated by them to the
Superintendent of Imports and Exports, shall be deemed to
have been given by the owner of the copyright to the
Superintendent of Imports and Exports.

(4) That section shall have effect as if it formed part of
the Importation and Exportation Ordinance, 1915.

3.-(1) Every person who knowingly-

(a) makes for sale or hire any infringing copy of a work.
in which copyright subsists; or

(b) sells, or lets for hire, or by way of trade exposes or
offers for sale or hire, any infringing copy of any such work;
or

(c) distributes infringing copies of any such work either
for the purposes of trade or to such an extent as to affect
prejudicially the owner of a copyright; or

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(d) by way of trade exhibits in public any infringing copy
of any such work; or

(e) imports for sale or hire into the Colony any infringing
copy of any such work,

shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall
upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding
twenty dollars for every copy dealt with in contravention of
this section, but not exceeding five hundred dollars in respect
of the same transaction, or, in the case of a second or
subsequent offence, either to such fine or to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding two months.

(2) Every person who knowingly makes or has in his
possession any plate for the purpose of making infringing
copies of any work in which copyright subsists, or knowingly
and for his private profit causes any such work to be
performed in public without the consent of the owner of the
copyright, shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance,
and shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars, or, in the case of a second or
subsequent offence, either to such fine or to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding two months.

(3) The magistrate -before whom any such proceedings
are taken may, whether the alleged offender is convicted or
not, order that all copies of the work or all plates in the
possession of the alleged offender, which appear to him to
be infringing copies or plates for the purpose of making
infringing copies, be destroyed or delivered up to the owner
of the copyright or otherwise dealt with as the magistrate
may think fit.

No. 12 of 1918, repealed by Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.

No. 13 of 1918, repealed by No. 30 of 1923.

No. 14 of 1918, repealed by Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.

No. 15 of 1918, incorporated in No. 2 of 1900.
[Originally No. 11 of 1918. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 46. Short title. Modifications of 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 46, s. 14. Ordinance No. 32 of 1915. Penalties for dealing with infringing copies, etc. 1 & 2 Geo 5, c. 46, s. 11. [s. 3 contd.]

[Originally No. 11 of 1918. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 46. Short title. Modifications of 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 46, s. 14. Ordinance No. 32 of 1915. Penalties for dealing with infringing copies, etc. 1 & 2 Geo 5, c. 46, s. 11. [s. 3 contd.]

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