Copyright Act, 1957 · Chapter VIII: Rights of Broadcasting Organisation and of Performers
Section 38: Performer’s right
[38. Performer's right.— (1) Where any performer appears or engages in any performance, he shall have a special right to be known as the "performer's right" in relation to such performance.
(2) The performer's right shall subsist until [fifty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the performance is made.
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