Section 36: Submission of returns and reports.

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

[36. Submission of returns and reports.--(1) Every copyright shall submit to the Registrar of Copyrights such returns as may be prescribed.

(2) Any officer duly authorised by the Central Government in this behalf may call for any report and also call for any records of any copyright society for the purpose of satisfying himself that the fees collected by the society in respect of rights administered by it are being utilised or distributed in accordance with the provisions of this Act].

Where this provision sits

Act	The Copyright Act, 1957
Section	36
Marginal note	Submission of returns and reports.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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substituted, Act 38 of 1994. . Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, s. 11, for Chapter VII (w.e.f. 10-5-1995).

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