Section 35: Control over the copyright society by the author and other owners of right.

The Copyright Act, 1957Central Act · Act 14 of 1957

[35. Control over the copyright society by the [author and other owners of right].--(1) Every copyright society shall be subject to the collective control of the owners of rights under this Act whose rights it administers (not being [author and other owners of right] under this Act administered by a foreign society or organisation referred to in sub-section (2) of section 34) and shall, in such manner as may be prescribed,--

(a) obtain the approval of such owners of rights for its procedures of collection and distribution of fees;

(b) obtain their approval for the utilisation of any amounts collected as fees for any purpose other than distribution to the owner of rights; and

(c) provide to such owners regular, full and detailed information concerning all its activities, in relation to the administration of their rights.

(2) All fees distributed among the [author and other owners of right] shall, as far as may be, be distributed in proportion to the actual use of their works.

[(3) Every copyright society shall have a governing body with such number of persons elected from among the members of the society consisting of equal number of authors and owners of work for the purpose of the administration of the society as may be specified.

(4) All members of copyright society shall enjoy equal membership rights and there shall be no discrimination between authors and owners of rights in the distribution of royalties.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Copyright Act, 1957
Section	35
Marginal note	Control over the copyright society by the author and other owners of right.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 38 of 1994. . Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, s. 11, for Chapter VII (w.e.f. 10-5-1995).
substituted, Act 27 of 2012. . Subs. by Act 27 of 2012, s. 23, for "owner of rights" (w.e.f. 21-6-2012).
inserted. . Ins. by s. 23, ibid. (w.e.f. 21-6-2012).

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