Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000

Integrity right.

109.—(1) Subject to the exceptions and qualifications specified in sections 110 and 111 , the author of a work shall have the right to object to any distortion, mutilation or other modification of, or other derogatory action in relation to, the work which would prejudice his or her reputation and that right shall also apply in relation to an adaptation of the work.

(2) The right conferred by this section applies to any addition to, deletion from or alteration to or adaptation of parts of a work resulting from any previous addition to, deletion from or alteration to or adaptation of a work or parts of a work by a person other than the author, where those parts are attributed to, or are likely to be regarded as the work of, the author.

(3) The right conferred by this section shall be known and in this Part referred to as the “integrity right”.