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Section 74: Registrar of Copyrights and Appellate Board to possess certain powers of civil courts

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

74. Registrar of Copyrights and [Appellate Board] to possess certain powers of civil courts.--The Registrar of Copyrights *** shall have the powers of a civil court when trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely, --

(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;

(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;

(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;

(d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;

(e) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office;

(f) any other matter which may be prescribed.

Explanation.--For the purpose of enforcing the attendance of witnesses, the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Registrar of Copyrights or the [Appellate Board], as the case may be, shall be the limits of the territory of India.

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ActThe Copyright Act, 1957
Section74
Marginal noteRegistrar of Copyrights and Appellate Board to possess certain powers of civil courts
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 7 of 2017. . Subs. by Act 7 of 2017, s.160, for Copyright Board (w.e.f. 26-5-2017).
  • omitted, Act 33 of 2021. . The words “and the Appellate Board” omitted by Act 33 of 2021, s. 10 (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).

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