Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) (Amendment) Act, 1929

Copyright in note issues.

12.—(1) The copyright in legal tender notes issued by the Currency Commission under the Currency Act, 1927 (No. 32 of 1927), or any Act amending or extending that Act shall be perpetual and shall belong and, in the case of legal tender notes so issued before the passing of this Act, shall be deemed always to have belonged to the Currency Commission.

(2) The copyright in consolidated bank notes issued by the Currency Commission under the Currency Act, 1927 (No. 32 of 1927), or any Act amending or extending that Act shall be perpetual and shall belong and, in the case of consolidated bank notes so issued before the passing of this Act, shall be deemed always to have belonged to the Currency Commission.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 155 of the Principal Act, the reproduction in any published literary or artistic work of the whole or any part of a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note issued by the Currency Commission under the Currency Act, 1927 , or any Act amending or extending that Act shall constitute an infringement of the copyright in such note.