# Copyright Act 1956, Paragraph 7


S. 17 (2) of the Copyright Act, 1911 (referred to in paragraph 29 of Seventh Schedule):—
The ownership of an author's manuscript after his death, where such ownership has been acquired under a testamentary disposition made by the author and the manuscript is of a work which has not been published nor performed in public nor delivered in public, shall be prima facie proof of the copyright being with the owner of the manuscript.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/74/schedule/EIGHTH/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-act-1956/schedule-EIGHTH/paragraph-7
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