Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act, 1996 (Act No. 107 of 1996)

Part 6 : Copyright

15. Application of South African Copyright Act
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(1)        The South African Act shall apply to any work—

(a)        made by—

(i)        any individual who at a material time was a citizen of or was domiciled or resident in Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda or Ciskei;

(ii)        any juristic person which at a material time was organised or existing under the laws of Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda or Ciskei; or

(b)        which—

(i) being a literary, musical or artistic work or a sound recording, was first published in Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda or Ciskei;
(ii) being a broadcast, was made in Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda or Ciskei;
(iii) being a programme-carrying signal, was emitted to a satellite from a place in Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda or Ciskei;
(iv) being a cinematograph film, was first published or made in Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda or Ciskei;
(v) being a published edition, was first published or made in Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda or Ciskei;
(vi)being a computer program, was first published or made in Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda or Ciskei.

 

(2) Any reference to South Africa or the Republic in sections 3 and 4 of the South African Act shall be deemed also to be a reference to Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda and Ciskei.

 

(3)The repeal of laws by section 16 does not affect any proceedings commenced under the Bophuthatswana Act, the Transkei Act, the Venda Act or the Ciskei Act, and such proceedings shall be continued with and concluded in every respect as if the laws had not been repealed.