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 Application to British Possessions. 149

any of the provisions of this Act in its application § 27. to the possession, but, except so far as such

��modifications and additions relate to procedure supplemental and remedies, they shall apply only to works the legislation. authors whereof were, at the time of the making of the work, resident in the possession, and to works first published in the possession-

28. His Majesty may, by Order in Council, Appiicationto extend this Act to any territories under his pro- P^ot^^*^^^*^^- tection and to C3'prus, and, on the making of any such Order, this Act shall subject to the provisions of the Order have effect as if the territories to which it applies or Cyprus were part of His Majesty's dominions to which this Act extends.

��British possessions.

��The application of the existing law to the British Application of dominions is as follows (a):— The Act of 1842 relating *5lut? *° to books extends throughout the British dominions, and the rights and remedies conferred by the Act are not affected by any Colonial legislation, except in so far as anj' British possession may have passed an Act or Ordi- nance relating to works first published in such possession. The Act of 1862 relating to artistic works, although it protects works produced anywhere in the British dominions, protects them only in the United Kingdom. Artistic works, as such, can only obtain protection in a British possession under a local Act or Ordinance. The Acts relating to engravings, and probably that relating to sculpture, are also confinod in their operation to the United Kingdom. Paintings, drawings, photographs and en- gravings, which are published bound up in a book, are, however, protected under the Act of 1842 relating to books, and in this way copyright may be, and is very frequently, secured throughout the British dominions in all classes of artistic work Avhich can be reproduced in the flat.

(ff) Ante, p. 3.

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