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 1066 PROCLAMATIONS-APR. 24,1947 [61 STAT. WHEREAS the Governor-General of New Zealand has issued an Order in Council, effective from this day, by the terms of which treat- ment substantially equal to that authorized by the aforesaid act of i755ut. 32. September 25, 1941 is accorded in New Zealand to literary and artistic works first produced or published in the United States of America; and 61 Stat., Pt. 3. WHEREAS the aforesaid Order in Council is annexed to and is part of an agreement embodied in notes exchanged this day between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of New Zealand; and WHEREAS by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America dated April 9, 1910 (36 Stat. 2685) citizens of New Zealand are, and since July 1, 1909 have been, entitled to the 17 u. s. c. §§ 1-62. benefits of the act of Congress approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1075) relating to copyright, other than the benefits of section 1 (e) of that act; and WHEREAS by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America dated February 9, 1917 (39 Stat. 1815) the citizens of New Zealand are, and since December 1, 1916 have been, 35 Stat. 1075. entitled to the benefits of section 1 (e) of the aforesaid act of March 17U.S.C.§1(e). 4 4, 1909; NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority 55 stat. 732. veste4 in me by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941, do declare 17 U.S. C.§8. and proclaim: and proclaim: Declaration of ex- That with respect to (1) works of citizens of New Zealand which tension of time re- specting designated were first produced or published outside the United States of America New eoalan. of on or after September 3, 1939 and subject to copyright under the laws of the United States of America, including works subject to ad interim copyright and (2) works of citizens of New Zealand subject to renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States of America on or after September 3, 1939, there has existed during several years of the time since September 3, 1939 such disruption or suspension of facilities essential to compliance with the conditions and for- malities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States of America as to bring such works within the 55 Stat. 732. terms of the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941; and that accordingly 7U. S.C. the time within which compliance with such conditions and formalities may take place is hereby extended with respect to such works until the day on which the President of the United States of America shall, in accordance with that act, terminate or suspend the present declara- Term of copyright; tion and proclamation. nonliability for por It shall be understood that the term of copyright in any case is not acts. and cannot be altered or affected by this proclamation, and that, as 17 Stat. C. provided by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941, no liability shall attach under the Copyright Act for lawful uses made or acts done prior to the effective date of this proclamation in connection with the above-described works, or in respect to the continuance for one year subsequent to such date of any business undertaking or enterprise lawfully undertaken prior to such date involving expenditure or con- tractual obligation in connection with the exploitation, production, reproduction, circulation, or performance of any such work. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first. By the President: HARRY S TRUMAN DEAN ACHESON Acting Secretary of State

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