Section 162 — Copyright Order, 1999

(1)

Copyright does not subsist in a work unless the requirements of this Chapter with respect to qualification for copyright protection have been satisfied as regards —

(a)

the author;

(b)

the country in which the work was first published; or

(c)

in the case of a broadcast or cable programme, the country from which the broadcast was made or the cable programme was sent.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to Government copyright, Legislative

Council copyright and copyright subsisting under section 172.

(3)

If the requirements of this Chapter with respect to qualification, or of sections 167, 169 and 172, are once satisfied in respect of a work, copyright does not cease to subsist by reason of any subsequent event.

Qualification by reference to author.