Colonial Copyright Act 1847
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1847 c. 95 |
| Year | 1847 |
(10 & 11 Vict.) C A P. XCV.
[22d July 1847]
'WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her present Majesty, intituledAn Act to amend the Law of Copyright , it is amongst other things enacted, that it shall not be lawful for any Person not being the Proprietor of the Copyright, or some Person authorized by him, to import into any Part of the United Kingdom, or into any other Part of the British Dominions, for Sale or Hire, any printed Book first composed or written or printed or published in any Part of the United Kingdom wherein there shall be Copyright, and reprinted in any Country or Place whatsoever out of the British Dominions: And whereas by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Eighth and Ninth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled British Books wherein the Copyright is subsisting, first composed or written or printed in the United Kingdom, and printed or reprinted in any other Country, are absolutely prohibited to be imported into theBritish Possessions abroad: And whereas by the said last-recited Act it is enacted, that all Laws, Bye Laws, Usages, or Customs in practice, or endeavoured or pretended to be in force or practice in any of the British Possessions in America, which are in anywise repugnant to the said Act or to any Act of Parliament made or to be made in the United Kingdom, so far as such Act shall relate to and mention the said Possessions, are and shall be null and void to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever:' Now be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons,in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That in case the Legislature or proper legislative Authorities in anyBritish Possession shall be disposed to make due Provision for securing or protecting the Rights of British Authors in such Possession, and shall pass an Act or make an Ordinance for that Purpose, and shall transmit the same in the proper Manner to the Secretary of State, in order that it may be submitted to Her Majesty, and in case Her Majesty shall be of opinion that such Act or Ordinance is sufficient for the Purpose of securing to British Authors reasonable Protection within such...
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