Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000

Acts done for purposes of instruction or examination.

53.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or the typographical arrangement of a published edition is not infringed by its being copied in the course of instruction or of preparation for instruction.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply unless—

(a) the copying is done by or on behalf of a person giving or receiving instruction,

(b) the copying is not by means of a reprographic process, and

(c) the copy is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the copyright in a sound recording, film, broadcast, cable programme or an original database is not infringed by its being copied in the course of instruction or of preparation for instruction.

(4) Subsection (3) shall not apply unless—

(a) the copying is done by or on behalf of a person giving or receiving instruction,

(b) the copying results in only a single copy being made, and

(c) the copy is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.

(5) Subject to subsection (6), the copyright in a work is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of an examination by way of setting questions, communicating questions to the candidates or answering questions.

(6) Subsection (5) shall not apply to the making of a reprographic copy of a musical work for use by an examination candidate in performing the work.

(7) Where a copy that would otherwise be an infringing copy is made under this section but is subsequently sold, rented or lent, or offered or exposed for sale, rental or loan, or otherwise made available to the public, it shall be treated as an infringing copy for those purposes and for all subsequent purposes.