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ACT XX.] Proprietor thereof, and of the Publisher thereof, when such Publisher shall not also be the Proprietor thereof.

XII. And it is enacted, that all copies of any Book wherein there shall be Copyright, and of which entry shall have been made in the said Registry Book, and which shall have been unlawfully printed without the consent of the Registered Proprietor of such Copyright in writing under his hand first obtained, shall be deemed to be the property of the Proprietor of such Copyright, and who shall be registered as such, and such Registered Proprietor shall, after demand thereof in writing, be entitled to sue for and recover the same or damages for the detention thereof.

XIII. And it is enacted, that if the case be within the Jurisdiction of any of the Courts of Judicature established by Her Majesty's Charter, such Registered Proprietor shall be entitled to sue for and recover such copies, or damages for the detention thereof, in an action of Detinue, from any party who shall detain the same, or to sue for and recover damages for the conversion thereof in an action of Trover; and that if the case be within the Jurisdiction of any Zillah Court or other local Court as aforesaid, the Registered Proprietor shall be entitled to sue for and recover such copies, or damages for the detention or conversion thereof, in such form as is in use in the said Zillah or other local Courts for the recovery of specific personal property, or damages for the detention or conversion thereof.

XIV. And it is enacted, that no Proprietor of Copyright in any book first published after the passing of the said Act of Parliament 3 and 4 Wm. 4, c. 85, shall maintain, under the provisions of this Act, any action or suit at law or in equity, or any summary proceedings in respect of any infringement of such Copyright unless he shall, before commencing such action, suit, or proceeding, have caused an entry to be made in the Book of Registry at the Office of the said Secretary of such book, pursuant to this Act. Provided always, that the omission to make such entry shall not affect the Copyright in any book, nor the right to sue or proceed in respect of the infringement thereof, except the right to sue or proceed in respect of the infringement thereof, under the provisions of this Act.

XV. And it is enacted, that if any action or suit shall be 2 S