Copyright Act, 1957
12. Publication of statement of fees
etc. –
(1) Every performing rights society having at
the commencement of the Act authority to grant licenses for performance in
public of any works shall, within three months of the commencement of the Act
or within such further period as the Registrar of Copyrights may, for
sufficient reasons, allow in respect of any such society on an application made
by it in this behalf, prepare and publish, as its own cost, in the official
Gazette and in two newspapers in the English language published in two
different zones, the statements of all fees, charges or royalties which it
proposes to collect for the grant of such licenses.
(2) Every performing rights society shall,
within one month of its acquiring after the commencement of the Act the
authority to grant licenses for performance in public of any works or within
such further period as the Registrar of Copyrights may, for sufficient reasons,
allow in respect of any such society on an application made by it in this
behalf, prepare and publish, as its own cost, in the official Gazette, and in
two newspapers in the English language published in two different zones, the
statements of all fees, charges or royalties which it proposes to collect for
the grant of such licenses.
(3) Every performing rights society shall file
with the Registrar of Copyrights two copies of the statements prepared under
sub-rule (1) of sub-rule (2) Within the time specified therein, together with
two copies of each of the newspapers in which statements have been published.
Explanation - In this rule
"Zone" shall have the same meaning as in Section 12.