Copyright Law In The Sudan

THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN THE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION ACT, 1974 (1974 Act No. 49)

PART 1: PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

1. This Act may be cited as "The Copyright Protection Act, 1974".

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Minister" means the Minister of Internal affairs;

"Department" means the Department of Culture;

"Registrar of Works" means any person appointed by the Minister to supervise over the works register and the execution of such duties as may be assigned to him in accordance with the provisions of this Act;

"Copyright" means all or any of the rights mentioned in section 6;

"Work" means any work whether literary, theatrical, musical, singing, any portrait or decoration, sculpture, design, drawing, engraving, picture or recorded tapes, or recorded song or cinema film which has not been published before and which has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall in particular include the works mentioned