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'''GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE

To amend the Copyright Act, 1978, so as to make provision relating to importing, selling and distribution in connection with the nature of copyright in cinematograph films and sound recordings; to provide that certain infringements in respect of certain cinematograph films will no longer be an offence; and to extend the functions of the advisory committee; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

(English text signed by the State President.) (Assented to 17 May 1989.)

E IT ENACTED by the State President and the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:―

Amendment of section 8 of Act 98 of 1978, as amended by section 5 of Act 56 of 1980 and section 6 of Act 52 of 1984

1. Section 8 of the Copyright Act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph:

[importing (other than importing for the private and domestic use of the importer), selling] letting, or offering or exposing for [sale or] hire by way of trade, [or distributing] directly or indirectly, a reproduction or an adaptation of the film.”.

Amendment of section 9 of Act 98 of 1978, as substituted by section 6 of Act 56 of 1980 and amended by section 7 of Act 52 of 1984

2. Section 9 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph:

[importing (other than importing for the private and domestic use of the importer), selling] letting, or offering or exposing for [sale or] hire by way of trade, [or distributing] directly or indirectly, a reproduction of the sound recording.”.

Amendment of section 27 of Act 98 of 1978, as amended by section 11 of Act 52 of 1984

3. Section 27 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1) Any person who at a time when copyright subsists in a work, without the authority of the owner of the copyright―

makes for sale or hire;