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[Pt. V, S. 31]Rh 31. (1) Any person may apply to the Tribunal for a licence to produce and publish in the national language a translation of a literary work written in any other language.

(2) The Tribunal after holding such inquiry as it thinks necessary may, subject to this section, grant to the applicant a licence (not being an exclusive licence) to produce and publish a translation of the work in the national language, on condition that the applicant shall pay to the owner of the right of translation in the work in respect of copies sold to the public, royalties at a rate to be determined by the Tribunal in the prescribed manner.

(3) A licence may be granted on an application made under subsection (1) in respect of a work only where—