¹S.O. 228(E)- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 40 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957) and in supersession of the International Copyright Order, 1991, the Central Government hereby makes the following Order, namely:-

1. As published in the GOI(E), Part 11 3(ii), dt. 24.3.1999, w.e.f. 24.3.1999.

(1) This Order may be called the International Copyright Order, 1999.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(a) “Berne Convention Country” means a country which is a member of the Berne Copyright Union, and includes a country mentioned either in Part I or in Part IIof the Schedule;

(b) “Phonogram” means an exclusively aural fixation of a performance or

other sounds;

ratified, or accepted, or acceded to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms, done at Geneva on the Twenty ninth day of October,one thousand nine hundred and seventyone, and includes a country mentioned in Part V of the Schedule;

(d) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Order.

(e) “Universal Copyright Convention Country” means a country which has either ratified, or accepted, or acceded to the Universal Copyright Convention, and includes a country mentioned either in Part III or in Part IV of the Schedule.

(f) “World Trade Organisation Country” means a country which is a member of the World Trade Organisation and which has either ratified, or accepted, or acceded to the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Right, 1994 and includes a country mentioned in Part VI of the Schedule.

3. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, all the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), (hereafter referred to as the Act), except those in Chapter VIII, and those other provisions which apply exclusively to Indian works, shall apply :-

(a) To any work first made or published in a country mentioned in Part I,II, III, IV or VI of the Schedule, in like manner as if it was first published in India;

(b) To any work first made or published in a country other than a country mentioned in Part I, II, III, IV or VI of the Schedule, the author of which was, at the date of such publication, or, where the author was dead on that date, he was at the time of his death, a national of a country mentioned in Part I, II, III, IV and VI of the Schedule, in like manner, as if the author was a citizen of Indian at that point of time;

(c) To an unpublished work, the author whereof was, at the time of the making or publication of the work, a national or domiciled in any country mentioned in Part I, II, III, IV and VI of the Schedule, in like manner, as if the author was a citizen of, domiciled in, India;

(d) To any work first made or published by a body corporate incorporated under any law of a country mentioned in Part I, II, III, IV or Part VI of the Schedule, in like manner, as if it was incorporated under a law in force in India; and

(e) To a sound recording first made, the producer of which was, at the date of such production, a national of a country mentioned in Part V or Part VI of the Schedule or a body corporate incorporated under a law in force in such a country, in like manner as if the producer was the citizen of India or a body corporate incorporated under a law in force in India, as the case may be, at that point of time.

4. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 3, the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Act shall apply to a Broadcasting Organisation and a Performer in a World Trade Organisation Country mentioned in Part VI of the Schedule.

5. Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) of paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 32 of the Act-

(i) Shall not apply to a work first made or published in any Berne Convention Country mentioned in Part I and Part II of the Schedule.

(ii) Shall not apply to a work first made or published in any Woeld Trade Organisation Country mentioned in Part VI of the Schedule.

(iii) Shall apply to a work first made or published in any Universal Copyright Convention Country mentioned in Part III or Part IV of the Schedule. Only in respect of the translation of such work into any language specified in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.

6. The provisions of section 32 (excluding its sub section (1) 32A and 32B shall apply to a work first made or published in a Berne Convention Country mentioned in Part I of the Schedule or in a Universal Copyright Convention Country mentioned in Part III of the Schedule or in a World Trade Organisation Country mentioned in Part VI of the Schedule.

7. The term of copyright in a work shall not exceed that which is enjoyed by it in its country of origin.

Explanation- In this paragraph “the country of origin” shall mean-

(a) In the case of a work first made or published in a Berne Convention Country or in a Universal Copyright Convention Country or a World Trade Organisation Country, that country;

(b) In the case of a work made or published simultaneously either in a Berne Convention Country or a Universal Copyright Convention Country or in a World Trade Organisation Country and in a country which is neither a Berne Convention Country nor a World Trade Organisation Country, the former country.

(c) In the case of a work which is made or published simultaneously in several Berne Convention Countries, the country whose laws grant the shortest term of copyright to such a work’

(d) In the case of a work which is made or published simultaneously in several Universal Copyright Convention Countries, the country whose laws grant the shortest term of copyright to such a work;

(e) In the case of a work which is made or published simultaneously in several World Trade Organisation Countries, the country whose laws grant the shortest term of copyright to such a work;

(f) In the case of an unpublished work or a work first made or published in a country other than a Berne Convention Country or a Universal Copyright Convention Country or a World Trade Organisation Country, the country of which the author was a citizen, or the country in which he was domiciled at the time of its first publication, whichever grants the longer term of copyright.

SCHEDULE

PART- I

BERNE CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE RATIFIED/ACCEPTED/ ACCEDED TO THE 1971 TEXT OF THE CONVENTION

[See Paragraph 2(a)]

1. Albania	2. Algeria
3. Argentina	4. Australia
5. Austria	6. Bahamas
7. Bahrain	8. Barbados
9. Belanis	10. Benin
11. Bolivia	12. Bosnia& Herzegovina
13. Botswana	14. Brazil
15. Bulgaria	16. BurkinaFaso
17. Cameroon	18. Canada
19. Cape Verde	20. Central African Republic
21. Chile	22. China
23. Colombia	24. Congo
25. Costa Rica	26. Cote d'lvoire
27. Croatia	28. Cuba
29. Cyprus	30. Czech Republic
31. Democratic Republic of the Congo	32. Denmark
33 Dominican Republic	34. Ecuador
35. Egypt	36. El Salvador
37. Equatorial Guinea	38. Estonia
39. Finland	40. France
41. Gabon	42. Gambia
43. Georgia	44. Germany
45. Ghana	46. Greece
47. Guatemala	48. Guinea
49. Guinea-Bissau	50. Guyana
51. Haiti	52. Holy See
53. Honduras	54. Hungary
55. Iceland	56. Iceland
57. Italy	58. Jamaica
59. Japan	60. Kenya
61. Latvia	62. Lesotho
	64. Libya
65. Lithuania	66. Luxembourg
67. Malawi	68. Malaysia
69. Mali	70. Malta
71. Mauritania	72. Mauritius
73. Mexio	74. Monaco
75. Mongolia	76. Morocco
77. Namibia	78. Netherlands
79. Niger	80. Nigeria
81. Norway	82. Panama
83. Paraguay	84. Peru
85. Philippines	86. Poland
87. Portugal	88. Republic of Korea
89. Republic of Moldova	90. Russian Federation
91. Rwanda	92. Saint Kitts & Nevis
93. Saint Lucia	94. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
95. Senegal	96. Singapore
97. Slovakia	98. Slovenia
99. South Africa	100. Spain
101. SriLanka	102. Surinam
103. Swaziland	104. Sweden
105. Switzerland	106. Thailand
107. The Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia	108. Togo
109. Trinidad and Tobago	110. Tunisia
111 Turkey	112. Ukraine
113. United Kingdom	114. United Republic of Tanzania
115. United States of America	116. Uruguay
117. Venezuela	118. Yugoslavia
119. Zambia	120. Zimbabwe

PART - II

BERNE CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH ARE YET TO RATIFW ACCEPT/

ACCEDE TO THE 1971 TEXT OF CONVENTION

[See Paragraph 2(a)]

1.	Belgium	2.	Chad
3.	Fiji	4.	Ireland
5.	Israel	6.	Lebanon
7.	Liechtenstein	8.	Madagascar
9.	New Zealand	10.	Pakistan
11.	Romania

PART - III

UNIVERSAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE RATIFIED/ ACCEPTED/ACCEDED TO THE 1971 TEXT OF THE CONVENTION

[See Paragraph 2(e)]

1.		Algeria	2.	Australia
3.		Austria	4.	Bahamas
5.		Bangladesh	6.	Barbados
7.		Bolivia	8.	Bosnia& Herzegovina
9.		Brazil	10.	Bulgaria
11.		Cameroon	12.	China
13.		Colombia	14.	Costa Rica
15.		Croata	16.	Cyprus
17.		Czech Republic	18.	Denmark
19.		Dominican Republic	20.	Ecudor
21.		El Salvador	22.	Finland
23.		France	24.	Germany
25.		Guinea	26.	Holy See
27.		Hungary	28.	Italy
29.		Japan	30.	Kenya
31.		Mexico	32.	Monaco
33.		Morocco	34.	Netherlands
35.		Niger	36.	Norway
37.		Panama	38.	Peru
39.		Poland	40.	Portugal
41.		Republic of Korea	42.	Russian Federation
43.		Rwanda	44.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
45.		Saudi Arabia	46.	Senegal
47.		Slovakia	48.	Slovenia
49.		Spain	50.	SriLanka
51.		Sweden	52.	Switzerland
53.		Trinidad and Tobago	54.	Tunisia
55.	United Kingdom		56.		United States of America
57.	Uruguay		58.		Yugoslavia

PART - IV

UNIVERSAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH ARE YET TO RATIFY/ ACCEPT/ACCEDE TO THE 1971 TEXT OF THE CONVENTION

[See Paragraph 2(e)]

1.	Andorra	2.	Argentina
3.	Belarus	4.	Belgium
5.	Belize	6.	Cambodia
7.	Canada	8.	Chile
9.	Cuba	10.	Fiji
11.	Ghana	12.	Greece
13.	Guatemala	14.	Haiti
15.	Iceland	16.	Ireland
17.	Israel	18.	Kazakhistan
19.	Lao People's Democratic Republic	20.	Lebanon
21.	Liberia	22.	Liechtenstein
23.	Luxembourg	24.	Malawi
25.	Malta	26.	Mauritius
27.	New Zealand	28.	Nicaragua
29.	Nigeria	30.	Pakistdn
31.	Paraguay	32.	Phillippines
33.	Tajikistan	34.	Ukraine
35.	Venezuela	36.	Zambia

PART - V

PHONOGRAMS CONVENTION COUNTRIES

[See Paragraph 2(c)]

1.		Argentina	2.		Australia
3.		Austria	4.		Barbados
5.		Brazil	6.		Bulgaria
7.		Burkina Faso	8.		Chile
9.		China	10.		Colombia
11.		Costa Rica	12.		Cyprus
13.		Czech Republic	14.		Democratic Republic of the Congo
15.		Denmark	16.		Ecuador
17.		Egypt	18.		El Salvador
19.		Fiji	20.		Finland
21.	France		22.	Germany
23.	Greece		24.	Guatemali
25.	Holy See		26.	Honduras
27.	Hungary		28.	Israel
29.	Italy		30.	Jamaica
31.	Japan		32.	Kenya
33.	Latvia		34.	Luxembourg
35.	Mexico		36.	Monaco
37.	Netherlands		38.	New Zealand
39.	Norway		40.	Panama
41.	Paraguay		42.	Peru
43.	Republic of Korea		44.	Russian Federation
45.	Slovakia		46.	Slovenia
47.	Spain		48.	Sweden
49.	Switzerland		50	TheFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
51.	Trinidad and Tobago		52.	United Kingdom
53.	United States of America		54.	Uruguay
55.	Venezuela

PART - VI

THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION COUNTRIES

[See Paragraph 2(l)]

1. Angola	2. Antigua and Barbuda
5. Austria	6. Bahrain
7. Bangaladesh	8. Barbados
9. Belgium	10. Belize
11. Benin	12. Bolivia
13. Botswana	14. Brazil
15. Brunei Darussalam	16. Bulgaria
17. Burkina Faso	18. Burundi
19. Cameroon	20. Canada
21. Central African Republic	22. Chad
23. Chile	24. Colombia
25. Congo	26. Costa Rica
27. Cote d'lvoire	28. Cuba
29. Cyprus	30. Czech Republic
31. Democratic Republic of the Congo	32. Denmark
33. Djibouti	34. Dominica
35. Dominican Republic	36. Ecuador
37. Egypt	38. El Salvador
39. European Community	40. Fiji
41. Finland	42. France
43. Gabon	44. Gambia
45. Germany	46. Ghana
47. Greece	48 Grenada
49. Guatemala	50. Guinea
51. Guinea-Bissau	52. Guyana
53. Haiti	54. Honduras
55. Hong Kong	56 Hungary
57. Iceland	58 Indonesia
59. Ireland	60 Israel
61. Italy	62. Jamaica
63. Japan	64. Kenya
65. Korea	66. Kuwait
67. Lesotho	68. Liechtenstein
69. Luxembourg	70. Macau
71. Madagascar	72. Malawi
73. Malaysia	74. Maldives
75. Mali	76. Malta
77. Mauritania	78. Mauritius
79. Mexico	80. Mongolia
81. Morocco	82. Mozambique
83. Myanmar	84. Namibia
85. Netherlands-for the Kingdom in Europe and for the Netherlands Antilles	86. New Zealand
87. Nicaragua	88. Niger
89. Nigeria	90. Norway
91. Pakistan	92. Panama
93. Papua New Guinea	94. Paraguay
95. Peru	96. Philippines
97. Poland	98. Portugal
99. Qatar	100. Romania
101. Rwanda	102. Saint Kitts & Nevis
103. Saint Lucia	104. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
105. Senegal	106. Sierra Leone
107. Singapore	108. Slovak Republic
109. Slovenia	110. Solomon Islands
111. South Africa	112. Spain
113. SriLanka	114. Suriname
115. Swaziland	116. Sweden
117. Switzerland	118. Tanzania
119. Thailand	120. Togo
121. Tri nidad and Tobago	122. Tunisia
123. Turkey	124. Uganda
125. United Arab Emirates	126. United Kingdom
127. United States of America	128. Uruguay
129. Venezuela	130. Zambia
131. Zimbabwe