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Section 57: Author’s special rights.

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

[(1) Independently of the authors copyright and even after the assignment either wholly or partially of the said copyright, the author of a work shall have the right--

(a) to claim authorship of the work; and

((b) to restrain or claim damages in respect of any distortion, mutilation, modification or other act in relation to the said work *** if such distortion, mutilation, modification or other act would be prejudicial to his honour or reputation:

Provided that the author shall not have any right to restrain or claim damages in respect of any adaptation of a computer programme to which clause (aa) of sub-section (1) of section 52 applies.

Explanation.-- Failure to display a work or to display it to the satisfaction of the author shall not be deemed to be an infringement of the rights conferred by this section.]

(2) The right conferred upon an author of a work by sub-section (1), ***, may be exercised by the legal representatives of the author.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Copyright Act, 1957
Section57
Marginal noteAuthor’s special rights.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn 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. 20, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 10-5-1995)
  • omitted. . The words "which is done before the expiration of the term of copyright" omitted by Act 27 0f 2012, s. 36 (w.e.f. 21-6-2012)
  • omitted, Act 27 of 2012. . The words "other than the right to claim authorship of the work" omitted by Act 27 of 2012, s. 36 (w.e.f. 21-6-2012).

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