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Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act 1925

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 2 Related
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1925 c. 46,15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 46
Year1925


Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act, 1925

(15 & 16 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 46.

An Act to prevent unauthorised reproductions of dramatic and musical performances.

[31st July 1925]

Be it enacted by the King'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 Penalties for making, &c. records without consent of performers.

1 Penalties for making, &c. records without consent of performers.

1. If any person knowingly—

a ) makes any record, directly or indirectly, from or by means of the performance of any 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, any record made in contravention of this Act; or
c ) uses for the purpose of a public performance any record made in contravention of this Act

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 it shall be a defence to any proceedings in respect of an...

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