Copyright Act, 1957
45. Entries in Register of Copyrights -
(1) The author or published of, or the owner
of or other person interested in the copyright in, any work may make an
application in the prescribed form accompanied by the prescribed fee to the
Registrar of Copyrights for entering particulars of the work in the Register of
Copyrights.
[(Note: Added by Act 23 of 1983, S.16
(w.e.f. 9-8-1984) Provided that in respect of an artistic work which in
used or is capable of being used in relation to any goods, the application
shall include a statement to that effect and shall be accompanied by a
certificate from the Registrar of Trade Marks referred to in Section 4 of the
Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 (43 of 1958), to the effect that no trade
mark identical with or deceptively similar to such artistic work has been
registered under than Act in the name of, or that no application has been made
under that Act for such registration by, any person other than the applicant.]
(2) On receipt of an applicant in respect of
any work under sub section (1), the Registrar of Copyrights may, after holding
any such inquiry as he may deem fit, enter the particulars of the work in the
Register of Copyrights.