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L.N. 103 of 1973 COPYRIGHT ACT 1956 (1956 c. 74) COPYRIGHT (HONG KONG) ORDER 1972 (S.I. 1972 No. 1724) COPYRIGHT (LIBRARIES) REGULATIONS 1973 In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7 and 15 of the Copyright Act 1956, as extended to Hong Kong by the Copyright (Hong Kong) Order 1972, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations—

1. These regulations may be cited as the Copyright (Libraries) Regulations 1973 and shall come into operation on the expiration of the day next preceding the day on which they are published in the Gazette.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Act” means the Copyright Act 1956, as extended to Hong Kong by the Copyright (Hong Kong) Order 1972; and

“work” means a published literary, dramatic or musical work.

3. Each of the classes of library specified in the First Schedule shall be a class prescribed for the purposes of subsections (1) and (3) of section 7 of the Act:

Provided that this regulation shall not apply to any library established or conducted for profit.