Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act 1925
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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:—
1 Penalties for making, &c. records without consent of performers.
1. If any person knowingly—
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 alleged offence under the foregoing paragraph (a ) if the defendant proves that the record in respect of which the offence is alleged was not made for purposes of trade.
2 Penalties for making or having plates, &c. for making records in contravention of Act.
2. If any person makes, or has in his possession, any plate or similar contrivance for the purpose of making records 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 fifty pounds for each plate or similar contrivance in respect of which an offence is proved.
3 Power to order destruction of records, &c. contravening Act.
3. The Court before which any proceedings are taken under this Act may, on conviction of the offender, order that all records or plates or similar contrivances in the possession of the offender which appear to the Court to have been made in contravention of this Act, or to be adapted for the making of records in...
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