Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1962
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright.
1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Ordinance may be called the
Copyright Ordinance, 1962.
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions.
In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:-
(a) "adaptation" means:-
(i) in relation to a dramatic work, the conversion of the work into a non-dramatic work;
(ii) in relation to a literary work or an artistic work, the conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise.
