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1868.
Copyright Act of 1868.
Cap. 54.
151

the said works of arts, without the consent of the proprietor or proprietors, such offender or offenders shall forfeit the plate or plates on which such reproduction has been made, and also every sheet thereof so copied^ printed or photographed to the proprietor or proprietors of the Copyright thereof and shall further forfeit two dollars for every sheet of the same reproduction so published or exposed to sale contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act; and one moiety of such forfeiture shall go to the proprietor or proprietors and the other moiety to the use of Her Majesty, and such forfeiture may be recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

Penalty for infringement of copyright of print, &c.12. If any person, after the recording of the title of any print, cut or engraving, map, chart, musical composition or photograph, according to the provisions of this Act, within the term or terms limited by this Act, engraves, etches or works, sells or copies, or causes to be engraved, etched or copied, made or sold, either in the whole or by varying, adding to or diminishing the main design, with intent to evade the Law, or prints or imports for sale, or causes to be printed or imported for sale, any such map, chart, musical composition, print, cut or engraving, or any parts thereof, without the consent of the proprietor or proprietors of the Copyright thereof, first obtained, as aforesaid, or knowing the same to be so printed or imported without such consent, publishes, sells or exposes to sale, or in any manner disposes of any such map, chart, musical composition, engraving, cut, photograph or print, without such consent, as aforesaid, such offender or offenders shall forfeit the plate or plates on which such map, chart, musical composition, engraving, cut, photograph or print, has been copied, and also every sheet thereof, so copied or printed as aforesaid, to the proprietor or proprietors of the Copyright thereof, and shall further forfeit two dollars for every sheet of such map, musical composition, print, cut or engraving, which may be found in his or their possession, printed or published, or exposed to sale, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act; and one moiety of such forfeiture shall go to the proprietor or proprietors, and the other moiety to the use of Her Majesty, and such forfeiture may be recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

Temporary Registration to secure copyright.13. A literary work, intended to be published in pamphlet or book form, but which is first publisted in separate articles in a newspaper or periodical may be the subject of registration within the meaning of the present Act, while it is so preliminarily published, provided that the title of the manuscript and a short, analysis of the work are deposited in the office of the Minister of Agriculture, the registration fee be duly paid and that every separate article so published is preceded by the words "Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act of 1868"; but the work when published in book or pamphlet form, shall be subject, besides, to the other requirements of this Act.

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