# Copyright Act 1956, Paragraph 5


S. 17 (1) of Copyright Act, 1911 (referred to in paragraph 9 of Seventh Schedule):—
In the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, or an engraving, in which copyright subsists at the date of the death of the author or, in the case of a work of joint authorship, at or immediately before the date of the death of the author who dies last, but which has not been published, nor, in the case of a dramatic or musical work, been performed in public, nor, in the case of a lecture, been delivered in public, before that date, . . . the proviso to section three of this Act shall . . . apply as if the author had died at the date of such publication or performance or delivery in public as aforesaid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/74/schedule/EIGHTH/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-act-1956/schedule-EIGHTH/paragraph-5
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