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CHAPTER 311
COPYRIGHT ACT
SUBSIDIARY LEGlSLAnON
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LAWS OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
REVISED EDITION
COPYRIGHT (SPECIFIED COUNTRIES) ORDER
SRO 16 of 2005
Printed and published with the authority of the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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COPYRIGHT (SPECIFIED COUNTRIES) ORDER
ARRANGEMENT OF ORDERS
ORDER
I. Citation.
2. Specified countries.
3. Proof of status as a Berne Convention country.
4. Effect of specifying countries.
SCHEDULE
COPYRIGHT (SPECIFIED COUNTRIES) ORDER
In exercise of the power conferred by sections 2(1) and 6(11) of the Copyright Act (No. 21 of2003), the Minister makes the following Order.
[SRO 16 of2005.]
[Date of commencement: 2nd August, 2005.]
1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Copyright (Specified Countries) Order, 2005.
2. Specified countries
(1) The countries specified in the Schedule to this Order, being members of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1886 as revised and amended, are hereby declared to be specified countries for the purposes of copyright pro- tection in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
(2) Where a country becomes a party to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1886, as revised and amended, after the commencement of this Order, the provisions of, and the benefits of copyright protection conferred by, this Order shall apply to such country with effect from the date it becomes a party to the Con- vention.
3. Proof of status as a Berne Convention country
Any circular, notice or list which may be issued by the World Intellectual Property Organisation from time to time, setting out the countries which are parties to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, and the dates on which such countries became parties to the Convention, shall be sufficient proof of a country's membership of the Convention for the purposes of paragraph 2(2) of this Order.
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4. Effect of specifying countries
The provisions of the Copyright Act shall apply-
(a) in relation to persons who, at a material time, are citizens or subjects of a country specified in the Schedule, as they apply in relation to persons who, at such a time, are citizens of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
(b) in relation to persons who, at a material time, are domiciled or resident in a country specified in the Schedule, as they apply in relation to persons who, at such a time, are domiciled or resident in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
(c) in relation to literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, sound recordings, films or editions first published in a country specified in the Schedule, as they apply in relation to literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, sound recordings, films or editions first published in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
(d) in relation to bodies incorporated by or under the laws of a country speci- fied in the Schedule, as they apply in relation to bodies incorporated by or under the laws of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
(e) in relation to broadcasts made or cable programmes sent from places in a country specified in the Schedule by persons permitted or authorised by or under the laws of that country to make those broadcasts or send those pro- grammes, as they apply in relation to broadcasts made or cable pro- grammes sent from places in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by persons permitted or authorised by or under the laws of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to make those broadcasts or send those cable programmes.
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
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Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
SCHEDULE-continued
China, including the Special Administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Cote d'ivoire
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
EI Salvador
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Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenva
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
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SCHEDULE-continued
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxemburg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
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SCHEDULE--continued
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Saint Lucia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
SCHEDULE-continued
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
The Gambia
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
VietNam
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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