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COPYRIGHT

of the rights conferred by this Act shall be subject to the accomplishment of such conditions and formali- ties as may be prescribed by the order;

(iv) in applying the provisions of this Act as to existing works the order in council may make such modifica- tions as appear necessary, and may provide that nothing in those provisions as so applied shall be con- strued as reviving any right of preventing the produc- tion or importation of any translation in any case where the right has ceased.

(2.) An order in council under this section may extend to all the several countries named or described therein.

Evidence of foreign copyright

Certified copies as evidence

36. Where it is necessary to prove the existence in a for- eign country to which an order in council under this Act applies of the copyright in any work, or the ownership of such right, an extract from a register, or a certificate, or other document stating the existence of such right, or the person who is the owner of such right, if authenticated by the official seal of a Minister of State of such foreign coun- try, or by the official seal or the signature of a British di- plomatic or consular officer acting in such country, shall be admissible as evidence of the facts named therein, and all courts shall take judicial notice of every such official seal and signature as is in this section mentioned, and shall ad- mit in evidence, without proof, the documents authenti- cated by it.

EvroENCE

37. All copies or extracts certified by the Department shall be received in evidence without further proof and without production of the originals.

Validity of doctunents

38. All documents executed and accepted by the Min- ister shall be held valid, so far as relates to official proceed- ings under this Act.

FEES

39. The following fees shall be paid to the Minister before an application for any of the following purposes is received, that is to say: —