Section 74 of Copy Right Act - Registrar of Copyrights and Appellate Board to possess certain powers of civil courts

Section 74: Registrar of Copyrights and Appellate Board to possess certain powers of civil courts - Copy Right Act 1957

The Registrar of Copyrights 2*** shall have the powers of a civil court when trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely, --

(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;

(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;

(d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;

(e) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office;

(f) any other matter which may be prescribed.

Explanation.--For the purpose of enforcing the attendance of witnesses, the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Registrar of Copyrights or the 1[Appellate Board], as the case may be, shall be the limits of the territory of India.

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1. Subs. by Act 7 of 2017, s.160, for Copyright Board (w.e.f. 26-5-2017).

2. The words "and the Appellate Board" omitted by Act 33 of 2021, s. 10 (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).