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 100 Copyright Act, 1911

§ 11. sent IciAvfullv givf^n b^- the owner of the

copyright in such musical work:

The expression "musical ^york " means a musical work in which there is a subsisting copyright:

The expression "plates" includes any stereo- typo or other plates, stones, matrices, trans- fers, or negatives used or intended to be used for printing or reproducing copies of any musical work: Provided that the ex- pressions "pirated copies" and "plates" shall not, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to include perforated music rolls used for playing mechanical instruments, or records used for the reproduction of sound waves, or the matrices or other appliances by which such rolls or records respectively are made:

The expression " chief officer of police " —

(a) with respect to the City of London, means the Commissioner of City Police;

(b) elsewhere in England has the same 53 & 54 Vict. meaning as in the Police Act, 1890;

^- '*5- (c) in Scotland has the same meaning

53 & 54 Vict. as in the Police (Scotland) Act, 1890;

'^^ ^'- (d) In the police district of Dublin

metropolis means either of the Commis- sioners of Police for the said district;

(e) elsewhere in Ireland means the Dis- trict Inspector of the Eoyal Irish Con- stabulary : The expression "court of summary jurisdic- tion " in Scotland means the sheriff or any magistrate of any royal, parliamentary, or police burgh officiating under the provisions of any local or general police Act.

Short title. 4. This Act may be cited as the Musical Copy-

right Act, 1906.

^^temative ^{^q ^y gifj^ ^yitji the summary remedies provided by

mdkjti^nt.^ this Act and the Musical (Summary Proceedings) Copy- right Acts, 1902 and 1906, there is the more cumbersome procedure of indictment for conspiracy. If two or more

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