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 61 STAT.] NEW ZEALAND-COPYRIGHT-APR. 24, 1947 2843 unable to comply with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States. The New Zealand Government is prepared, if this proposal is ac- ceptable to the Government of the United States of America, to regard the present note and Your Excellency's reply to the same effect as constituting an agreement between the two Governments, which shall take effect this day. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest considera- tion. CARL BERENDSEN Enclosure. The Honourable the Acting Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. THE COPYRIGHT (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) ORDER 1946 Michael Myers Administratorof the Government ORDER IN COUNCIL At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of June, 1946 Present: HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOB OF THE GOVEENMENT I COUNCIL WHEREAS, by reason of conditions arising out of the present war, difficulties have been experienced by citizens of the United States of America in complying with the requirements of the Copyright Act, 1913, as to the first publication within New Zealand of their works first published in the United States of America during the present war: And whereas the Administrator of the Government is advised that the Government of the United States of America has undertaken to grant such extension of time as may be deemed appropriate for the fulfilment of the conditions and formalities prescribed by the laws of the United States with respect to the works of citizens of New Zealand first produced or published outside the United States and subject to copyright or to renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States, including works subject to ad interim copy- right: And whereas by reason of the said undertaking of the Government of the United States of America the Administrator of the Government is satisfied that the said Government has made, or has undertaken to make, such provision as it is expedient to require for the protection of works first made or published in New Zealand during the period commencing on the 3rd day of September, 1939, and ending one year after the termination of the present war and entitled to copyright under Part I of the Copyright Act, 1913: And whereas by the Copyright Act, 1913, authority is conferred to extend, by Order in Council, the protection of the said Act to certain classes of foreign works within New Zealand: And whereas by reason of these premises it is desirable to provide protection within New Zealand for literary or artistic works first published in the United States of America during the period commencing on the 3rd day of September, 1939, and ending one year after the termination of the present war which have failed to accomplish the formalities prescribed by the Copyright Act, 1913, by reason of conditions arising out of the war: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion of

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