Copyright Ordinance, 1962 — section 54

54. Power to extend copyright to foreign works..—(1) The 1[Federal Government] may, by order published in the official Gazette, direct that all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply

(a)to works first published in a foreign country to which the order relates in like manner as if they were first published within Pakistan; 1 Subs. and added by Act No. II of 1973, ss. 4 and 5.

(b)to unpublished works, or any class thereof, the authors whereof were at the time of making of the work, subjects or citizens of a foreign country to which the order relates, in like manner as if the authors were citizens of Pakistan;

(c)in respect of domicile in a foreign country to which the order relates in like manner as if such domicile were in Pakistan;

(d)to any work of which the author was at the date of the first publication thereof, or, in a case where the author was dead at that date, was at the time of his death, a subject or citizen of a foreign country to which the order relates in like manner as if the author was a citizen of Pakistan at the date or time; and thereupon, subject to the provisions of this Chapter and of the order, this Ordinance shall apply accordingly: Provided that

(i)before making an order under this section in respect of any foreign country (other than a country with which Pakistan has entered into a treaty or which is a party to a convention relating to copyright to which Pakistan is also a party), the 1[Federal Government] shall be satisfied that that foreign country has made, or has undertaken to make, such provisions, if any, as it appears to the 1[Federal Government] expedient to require for the protection in that country of work entitled to copyright under the provisions of this Ordinance;

(ii)the order may provide that the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply either generally or in relation to such classes of works or such classes of cases as may be specified in the order;

(iii)the order may provide that the term of copyright in Pakistan shall not exceed that conferred by the law of the foreign country to which the order relates;

(iv)the order may provide that the provisions of this Ordinance as to delivery of copies of books to public libraries shall not apply to works first published in such foreign country except so far as is provided by the order;

(v)in applying the provisions of this Ordinance as to ownership of copyrights, the order may make such modification as appears necessary, having regard to the law of the foreign country;

(vi)the order may provide that this Ordinance or any part thereof shall not apply to works made, or first published, before the commencement of the order.