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Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act 1958

As Enacted Cited authorities 3 Cited in Amendments 5 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1958 c. 44
Year1958


Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act , 1958

(6 & 7 Eliz. 2) CHAPTER 44

An Act to consolidate the Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act, 1925, and the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1956, amending it.

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, as follows:—

S-1 Penalization of making, &c., records without consent of performers.

1 Penalization of making, &c., records without consent of performers.

1. Subject to the provisions of this Act, if a person knowingly—

a ) makes a record, directly or indirectly from or by means of the performance of a dramatic or musical work without the consent in writing of the performers, or
b ) sells or lets for hire, or distributes for the purposes of trade, or by way of trade exposes or offers for sale or hire, a record made in contravention of this Act, or
c ) uses for the purposes of a public performance a record so made

he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty shillings for each record in respect of which an offence is proved, but not exceeding fifty pounds in respect of any one transaction:

Provided that, where a person is charged with an offence under paragraph (a ) of this section, it shall be a defence to prove that the record was made for his private and domestic use only.

S-2 Penalization of making, &c., cinematograph films without consent of performers.

2 Penalization of making, &c., cinematograph films without consent of performers.

2. Subject to the provisions of this Act, if a person knowingly—

a ) makes a cinematograph film, directly or indirectly, from or by means of the performance of a dramatic or musical work without the consent in writing of the performers or
b ) sells or lets for hire, or distributes for the purposes of trade, or by way of trade exposes or offers for sale or hire, a cinematograph film made in contravention of this Act, or
c ) uses for the purposes of exhibition to the public a cinematograph film so made

he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds:

Provided that, where a person is charged with an offence under paragraph (a ) of this section, it shall be a defence to prove that the cinematograph film was made for his private and domestic use only.

S-3 Penalization of broadcasting without consent of performers.

3 Penalization of broadcasting without consent of performers.

3. Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person who, otherwise than by the use of a record or cinematograph film, knowingly broadcasts a performance of a dramatic or musical work, or any part of such a performance, without the consent in writing of the performers, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

S-4 Penalization of making or having plates, &c., for making records in contravention of Act.

4 Penalization of making or having plates, &c., for making records in contravention of Act.

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