Copyright Ordinance, 1962 — section 30

30. Relations to copyright..—For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that 1[,subject to the provisions of sub-section (2A) of section 10,] the rights conferred upon publishers by this Chapter shall

(a)subsist irrespective of the question whether the edition is that of a work protected or unprotected by copyright;

(b)not affect the copyright, if any, in the literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work itself. CHAPTER VI PERFORMING RIGHTS SOCIETIES