COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE (Hong Kong, 2007-07-06)
Submitted by kevin Lu on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 23:27
Chapter: 528 COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE( Version Date 06/07/2007)
Table of contents of enactment:
- Long title - 06/07/2007
Section 1 - Short title and interpretation - 13/07/2001
Section 2 - Copyright and copyright works - 30/06/1997
Section 3 - Rights subsisting in copyright works - 30/06/1997
Section 4 - Literary, dramatic and musical works - 30/06/1997
Section 5 - Artistic works - 30/06/1997
Section 6 - Sound recordings - 30/06/1997
Section 7 - Films - 30/06/1997
Section 8 - Broadcasts - 16/06/2000
Section 9 - Cable programmes - 16/06/2000
Section 10 - Published editions - 30/06/1997
Section 11 - Authorship of work - 30/06/1997
Section 12 - Works of joint authorship - 30/06/1997
Section 13 - First ownership of copyright - 30/06/1997
Section 14 - Employee works - 30/06/1997
Section 15 - Commissioned works - 30/06/1997
Section 16 - Government copyright, etc. - 30/06/1997
Section 17 - Duration of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works - 30/06/1997
Section 18 - Duration of copyright in sound recordings - 30/06/1997
Section 19 - Duration of copyright in films - 30/06/1997
Section 20 - Duration of copyright in broadcasts and cable programmes - 30/06/1997
Section 21 - Duration of copyright in typographical arrangement of published editions - 30/06/1997
Section 22 - The acts restricted by copyright in a work - 06/07/2007
Section 23 - Infringement of copyright by copying - 30/06/1997
Section 24 - Infringement by issue of copies to the public - 30/06/1997
Section 25 - Infringement by rental of work to the public - 25/04/2008
Section 26 - Infringement by making available of copies to the public - 30/06/1997
Section 27 - Infringement by performance, playing or showing of work in public - 30/06/1997
Section 28 - Infringement by broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme service - 30/06/1997
Section 29 - Infringement by making adaptation or act done in relation to adaptation - 30/06/1997
Section 30 - Secondary infringement: importing or exporting infringing copy - 30/06/1997
Section 31 - Secondary infringement: possessing or dealing with infringing copy - 06/07/2007
Section 32 - Secondary infringement: providing means for making infringing copies - 06/07/2007
Section 33 - Secondary infringement: permitting use of premises for infringing performance - 30/06/1997
Section 34 - Secondary infringement: provision of apparatus for infringing performance, etc. - 30/06/1997
Section 35 - Meaning of "infringing copy" - 06/07/2007
Section 35A - Copy of a computer program, or of certain other works embodied in the same article as a computer program, not an "infringing copy" for the purposes of section 35(3) - 28/11/2003
Section 35B - Imported copy not an "infringing copy" for the purposes of section 35(3) - 06/07/2007
Section 36 - Defences for the purposes of sections 30 and 31 - 06/07/2007
Section 37 - Introductory provisions - 30/06/1997
Section 38 - Research and private study - 06/07/2007
Section 39 - Criticism, review and news reporting - 30/06/1997
Section 40 - Incidental inclusion of copyright material - 30/06/1997
Section 40A - Definitions for sections 40A to 40F - 06/07/2007
Section 40B - Making a single accessible copy for a person with a print disability - 06/07/2007
Section 40C - Making multiple accessible copies by specified bodies for persons with a print disability - 06/07/2007
Section 40D - Intermediate copies - 06/07/2007
Section 40E - Records to be kept by specified bodies - 06/07/2007
Section 40F - Supplementary provisions for sections 40A to 40E - 06/07/2007
Section 41 - Things done for purposes of instruction or examination - 30/06/1997
Section 41A - Fair dealing for purposes of giving or receiving instruction - 06/07/2007
Section 42 - Anthologies for educational use - 30/06/1997
Section 43 - Performing, playing or showing work in course of activities of educational establishments - 06/07/2007
Section 44 - Recording by educational establishments of broadcasts and cable programmes - 30/06/1997
Section 45 - Reprographic copying made by educational establishments or pupils of passages from published works - 06/07/2007
Section 46 - Libraries and archives: introductory - 01/07/2007
Section 47 - Copying by librarians: articles in periodicals - 30/06/1997
Section 48 - Copying by librarians: parts of published works - 30/06/1997
Section 49 - Restriction on production of multiple copies of the same material - 30/06/1997
Section 50 - Copying by librarians: supply of copies to other libraries - 30/06/1997
Section 51 - Copying by librarians or archivists: replacement copies of works - 30/06/1997
Section 52 - Copying by librarians or archivists: certain unpublished works - 30/06/1997
Section 53 - Copying by librarians or archivists: articles of cultural or historical importance - 30/06/1997
Section 54 - Judicial proceedings - 06/07/2007
Section 54A - Fair dealing for purposes of public administration - 06/07/2007
Section 54B - Legislative Council - 06/07/2007
Section 55 - Statutory inquiries - 30/06/1997
Section 56 - Material open to public inspection or on official register - 01/07/1997
Section 57 - Material communicated to the Government in the course of public business - 30/06/1997
Section 58 - Public records - 30/06/1997
Section 59 - Acts done under statutory authority - 30/06/1997
Section 60 - Lawful user may make back-up copy of computer program - 30/06/1997
Section 61 - Lawful user may copy or adapt computer program - 30/06/1997
Section 62 - Use of typeface in ordinary course of printing - 30/06/1997
Section 63 - Articles for producing material in particular typeface - 30/06/1997
Section 64 - Transfers of copies of works in electronic form - 30/06/1997
Section 65 - Certain acts permitted where works made available to the public - 30/06/1997
Section 66 - Anonymous or pseudonymous works: acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright or death of author - 30/06/1997
Section 67 - Use of notes or recordings of spoken words in certain cases - 30/06/1997
Section 68 - Public reading or recitation - 30/06/1997
Section 69 - Abstracts of scientific or technical articles - 30/06/1997
Section 70 - Recordings of folksongs - 01/07/2007
Section 71 - Representation of certain artistic works on public display - 30/06/1997
Section 72 - Advertisement of sale of artistic work - 06/07/2007
Section 73 - Making of subsequent works by same artist - 30/06/1997
Section 74 - Reconstruction of buildings - 30/06/1997
Section 75 - Films: acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright, etc. - 30/06/1997
Section 76 - Performance, showing or playing of works for purposes of club, society, etc. - 30/06/1997
Section 77 - Incidental recording for purposes of broadcast or cable programme - 30/06/1997
Section 78 - Recording for purposes of supervision and control of broadcasts and cable programmes - 30/06/1997
Section 79 - Recording for purposes of time-shifting - 30/06/1997
Section 80 - Photographs of television broadcasts or cable programmes - 30/06/1997
Section 81 - Free public showing or playing of broadcast or cable programme - 30/06/1997
Section 81A - Playing of sound broadcasts inside vehicles - 06/07/2007
Section 82 - Reception and re-transmission of broadcast in cable programme service - 07/07/2000
Section 83 - Provision of sub-titled copies of broadcast or cable programme - 01/07/2007
Section 84 - Recording for archival purposes - 01/07/2007
Section 85 - Adaptations - 30/06/1997
Section 86 - Corresponding design - 30/06/1997
Section 87 - Effect of exploitation of design derived from artistic work - 30/06/1997
Section 88 - Things done in reliance on registration of design - 30/06/1997
Section 89 - Right to be identified as author or director - 30/06/1997
Section 90 - Requirement that right be asserted - 30/06/1997
Section 91 - Exceptions to right - 06/07/2007
Section 92 - Right to object to derogatory treatment of work - 30/06/1997
Section 93 - Exceptions to right - 30/06/1997
Section 94 - Qualification of right in certain cases - 30/06/1997
Section 95 - Infringement of right by possessing or dealing with infringing article - 06/07/2007
Section 96 - False attribution of work - 06/07/2007
Section 97 - Duration of rights - 30/06/1997
Section 98 - Consent and waiver of rights - 30/06/1997
Section 99 - Application of provisions to joint works - 30/06/1997
Section 100 - Application of provisions to parts of works - 30/06/1997
Section 101 - Assignment and licences - 30/06/1997
Section 102 - Prospective ownership of copyright - 30/06/1997
Section 103 - Exclusive licences - 30/06/1997
Section 104 - Copyright to pass under will with unpublished work - 30/06/1997
Section 105 - Moral rights not assignable - 30/06/1997
Section 106 - Transmission of moral rights on death - 30/06/1997
Section 107 - Infringement actionable by copyright owner - 30/06/1997
Section 108 - Provisions as to damages in infringement action - 30/06/1997
Section 109 - Order for delivery up - 06/07/2007
Section 110 - Period after which remedy of delivery up not available - 30/06/1997
Section 111 - Order as to disposal of infringing copy or other article - 01/07/1997
Section 112 - Rights and remedies of exclusive licensee - 30/06/1997
Section 113 - Exercise of concurrent rights - 30/06/1997
Section 114 - Remedies for infringement of moral rights - 30/06/1997
Section 115 - Presumptions relevant to literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works - 30/06/1997
Section 116 - Presumptions relevant to sound recordings, films and computer programs - 30/06/1997
Section 117 - Presumptions relevant to works subject to Government copyright - 30/06/1997
Section 118 - Offences in relation to making or dealing with infringing articles, etc.* - 11/07/2008
Section 118A - Application of sections 60 and 61 to offences under section 118(1) - 28/11/2003
Section 119 - Penalties for offences under section 118 - 06/07/2007
Section 119A - Offence in relation to possession of infringing copies in a copying service business - 01/09/2004
Section 120 - #Making infringing copies outside Hong Kong, etc. - 06/07/2007
Section 120A - Time limit for prosecutions - 06/07/2007
Section 121 - Affidavit evidence - 06/07/2007
Section 122 - Powers of investigating officers - 29/05/1998
Section 123 - Authority to issue warrant for entry and search - 29/05/1998
Section 124 - Obstruction of investigating officers - 30/06/1997
Section 125 - Liability of persons other than principal offender - 30/06/1997
Section 126 - Disclosure of information, etc. - 01/07/1997
Section 127 - Protection of informers in criminal proceedings - 30/06/1997
Section 128 - Inspection of articles, release of samples, etc. - 30/06/1997
Section 129 - Multilateral co-operation - 30/06/1997
Section 130 - Offences relating to disclosure of information - 01/07/1997
Section 131 - Seized articles, etc. liable to forfeiture - 01/09/2004
Section 132 - Disposal of articles, etc. where a person is charged - 01/09/2004
Section 133 - Determination of application for forfeiture - 01/09/2004
Section 134 - Jurisdiction of District Court - 01/09/2000
Section 135 - Definitions - 30/06/1997
Section 136 - Application for detention order - 01/07/1997
Section 137 - Issuance of detention order - 01/07/1997
Section 138 - Enforcement of detention order - 01/07/1997
Section 139 - Variation or setting aside of detention order - 01/07/1997
Section 140 - Disclosure of information - 01/07/1997
Section 141 - Inspection of articles, release of samples, etc. - 13/07/2001
Section 142 - Costs payable - 25/07/1997
Section 143 - Compensation payable to importer, etc. - 25/07/1997
Section 144 - Rules - 25/07/1997
Section 145 - Licensing schemes and licensing bodies - 13/07/2001
Section 146 - Registrar of Copyright Licensing Bodies - 13/07/2001
Section 147 - Maintenance of register and inspection - 13/07/2001
Section 148 - Application for registration and renewal - 13/07/2001
Section 149 - Registration, issue of certificate of registration - 13/07/2001
Section 150 - Change of royalty charges during currency of certificate - 30/06/1997
Section 151 - Duration of registration, renewal and cancellation - 30/06/1997
Section 152 - Regulations - 01/07/2007
Section 153 - No liability in the case of the bona fide exercise of functions under this Division - 30/06/1997
Section 154 - Licensing schemes to which sections 155 to 160 apply - 06/07/2007
Section 155 - Reference of proposed licensing scheme to Tribunal - 30/06/1997
Section 156 - Reference of licensing scheme to Tribunal - 30/06/1997
Section 157 - Further reference of scheme to Tribunal - 30/06/1997
Section 158 - Application for grant of licence in connection with licensing scheme - 30/06/1997
Section 159 - Application for review of order as to entitlement to licence - 30/06/1997
Section 160 - Effect of order of Tribunal as to licensing scheme - 30/06/1997
Section 161 - Licences to which sections 162 to 166 apply - 06/07/2007
Section 162 - Reference to Tribunal of proposed licence - 30/06/1997
Section 163 - Reference to Tribunal of expiring licence - 30/06/1997
Section 164 - Tribunal may award interim payment and restrict application for interlocutory injunction - 30/06/1997
Section 165 - Application for review of order as to licence - 30/06/1997
Section 166 - Effect of order of Tribunal as to licence - 30/06/1997
Section 167 - General considerations: unreasonable discrimination - 30/06/1997
Section 168 - Implied indemnity in certain schemes and licences - 30/06/1997
Section 169 - The Copyright Tribunal - 01/07/1997
Section 170 - Membership of Tribunal - 01/07/1997
Section 171 - Financial provisions - 01/07/2007
Section 172 - Constitution for purposes of proceedings - 06/07/2007
Section 173 - Jurisdiction of Tribunal - 30/06/1997
Section 174 - General power to make rules - 30/06/1997
Section 175 - Costs, proof of orders, etc. - 30/06/1997
Section 176 - Appeal to court on point of law - 01/07/1997
Section 177 - Qualification for copyright protection - 30/06/1997
Section 178 - Qualification by reference to author - 30/06/1997
Section 179 - Ships, aircraft and hovercraft registered in Hong Kong - 30/06/1997
Section 180 - Denial of copyright protection to people of countries, etc. not giving adequate protection to Hong Kong works - 01/07/1997
Section 181 - Meaning of first publication and material time - 30/06/1997
Section 182 - Government copyright - 30/06/1997
Section 183 - Copyright in Ordinances - 30/06/1997
Section 184 - Legislative Council copyright - 30/06/1997
Section 185 - Copyright in bills - 01/07/1997
Section 186 - Legislative Council: supplementary provisions with respect to copyright - 30/06/1997
Section 187 - Groundless threat of proceedings in relation to “parallel-imported” copies of works - 06/07/2007
Section 188 - Copyright vesting in international organizations - 01/07/1997
Section 189 - Folklore, etc.: anonymous unpublished works - 01/07/2007
Section 190 - Protection of Commissioner and authorized officers - 30/06/1997
Section 191 - Transitional provisions and savings - 30/06/1997
Section 192 - Rights and privileges under other enactments or the common law - 30/06/1997
Section 193 - General provisions as to construction - 30/06/1997
Section 194 - Construction of references to copyright owner - 30/06/1997
Section 195 - Meaning of "educational establishment" and related expressions - 01/07/2007
Section 196 - Meaning of "publication" and "commercial publication" - 30/06/1997
Section 197 - Requirement of signature: application in relation to body corporate - 30/06/1997
Section 198 - Minor definitions - 25/04/2008
Section 199 - Index of defined expressions - 06/07/2007
Section 200 - Rights conferred on performers and persons having fixation rights - 25/04/2008
Section 201 - Qualifying performances - 30/06/1997
Section 202 - Consent required for fixation, etc. of unfixed performance - 30/06/1997
Section 203 - Consent required for copying of fixation - 30/06/1997
Section 204 - Consent required for issue of copies to public - 30/06/1997
Section 205 - Consent required for making available of copies to public - 30/06/1997
Section 206 - Infringement of performer's rights by use of fixation made without consent - 30/06/1997
Section 207 - Infringement of performer's rights by importing, exporting, possessing or dealing with infringing fixation - 06/07/2007
Section 207A - Infringement of performers' rights by renting copies to the public without consent - 25/04/2008
Section 208 - Exclusive fixation contracts and persons having fixation rights - 30/06/1997
Section 209 - Consent required for fixation of performance subject to exclusive contract - 30/06/1997
Section 210 - Infringement of fixation rights by use of fixation made without consent - 30/06/1997
Section 211 - Infringement of fixation rights by importing, exporting, possessing or dealing with infringing fixation - 06/07/2007
Section 212 - Acts permitted notwithstanding rights conferred by this Division - 30/06/1997
Section 213 - Power of Tribunal to give consent on behalf of owner of right of reproduction in certain cases - 30/06/1997
Section 213A - Power of Tribunal to give consent on behalf of owners of performers' rental right in certain cases - 25/04/2008
Section 214 - Duration of rights - 30/06/1997
Section 215 - Performers' economic rights - 25/04/2008
Section 216 - Assignment and licences - 30/06/1997
Section 217 - Prospective ownership of a performer's economic rights - 30/06/1997
Section 218 - Exclusive licences - 30/06/1997
Section 219 - Performer's economic right to pass under will with unpublished original fixation - 30/06/1997
Section 220 - Infringement actionable by rights owner - 30/06/1997
Section 221 - Provisions as to damages in infringement action - 30/06/1997
Section 222 - Right and remedies for exclusive licensee - 30/06/1997
Section 223 - Exercise of concurrent rights - 30/06/1997
Section 224 - Performers' non-economic rights - 30/06/1997
Section 225 - Transmissibility of rights of person having fixation rights - 30/06/1997
Section 226 - Consent - 30/06/1997
Section 227 - Infringement actionable - 30/06/1997
Section 228 - Order for delivery up - 06/07/2007
Section 229 - Meaning of "infringing fixation" - 06/07/2007
Section 229A - Imported fixation not an "infringing fixation" for the purposes of section 229(4) - 06/07/2007
Section 230 - Period after which remedy of delivery up not available - 30/06/1997
Section 231 - Order as to disposal of infringing fixation - 01/07/1997
Section 232 - Jurisdiction of District Court - 01/09/2000
Section 233 - Jurisdiction of Copyright Tribunal - 25/04/2008
Section 234 - Qualifying person - 30/06/1997
Section 235 - Ships, aircraft and hovercraft registered in Hong Kong - 30/06/1997
Section 236 - Denial of protection to people of countries, etc. not giving adequate protection to Hong Kong performers - 01/07/1997
Section 237 - Transitional provisions and savings - 30/06/1997
Section 238 - Expressions having same meaning as in copyright provisions - 06/07/2007
Section 239 - Index of defined expressions - 25/04/2008
Section 240 - Introductory - 30/06/1997
Section 241 - Criticism, reviews and news reporting - 30/06/1997
Section 242 - Incidental inclusion of performance or fixation - 30/06/1997
Section 242A - Fair dealing for purposes of giving or receiving instruction - 06/07/2007
Section 243 - Things done for purposes of instruction or examination - 30/06/1997
Section 244 - Playing or showing sound recording, film, broadcast or cable programme at educational establishment - 06/07/2007
Section 245 - Recording of broadcasts and cable programmes by educational establishments - 30/06/1997
Section 246 - Copying by librarians or archivists: articles of cultural or historical importance - 30/06/1997
Section 246A - Fair dealing for purposes of public administration - 06/07/2007
Section 246B - Legislative Council - 06/07/2007
Section 247 - Judicial proceedings - 06/07/2007
Section 248 - Statutory inquiries - 30/06/1997
Section 249 - Public records - 30/06/1997
Section 250 - Acts done under statutory authority - 30/06/1997
Section 251 - Transfer of fixations of performances in electronic form - 30/06/1997
Section 252 - Certain copying permitted when performances made available to the public - 30/06/1997
Section 253 - Use of fixations of spoken words in certain cases - 30/06/1997
Section 254 - Fixations of folksongs - 30/06/1997
Section 255 - Performance, showing or playing of works for purposes of club, society, etc. - 30/06/1997
Section 256 - Incidental fixation for purposes of broadcast or cable programme - 30/06/1997
Section 257 - Recordings for purposes of supervision and control of broadcasts and cable programmes - 30/06/1997
Section 258 - Free public showing or playing of broadcast or cable programme - 30/06/1997
Section 258A - Playing of sound broadcasts inside vehicles - 06/07/2007
Section 259 - Reception and re-transmission of broadcast in cable programme service - 07/07/2000
Section 260 - Provision of sub-titled copies of broadcast or cable programme - 30/06/1997
Section 261 - Recording of broadcast or cable programme for archival purposes - 30/06/1997
Section 262 - Definitions - 30/06/1997
Section 263 - Application for detention order - 01/07/1997
Section 264 - Issuance of detention order - 01/07/1997
Section 265 - Enforcement of detention order - 01/07/1997
Section 266 - Variation or setting aside of detention order - 01/07/1997
Section 267 - Disclosure of information - 01/07/1997
Section 268 - Inspection of articles, release of samples, etc. - 30/06/1997
Section 269 - Costs payable - 30/06/1997
Section 270 - Compensation payable to importer, etc. - 01/07/1997
Section 271 - Rules - 01/07/1997
Section 272 - Protection of Commissioner and authorized officers - 30/06/1997
Section 272A - Moral rights conferred on certain performers - 25/04/2008
Section 272B - Right to be identified as performer - 25/04/2008
Section 272C - Requirement that right under section 272B be asserted - 25/04/2008
Section 272D - Exceptions to right under section 272B - 25/04/2008
Section 272E - Right to object to derogatory treatment - 25/04/2008
Section 272F - Infringing of right under section 272E by possessing or dealing with infringing articles - 25/04/2008
Section 272G - Exceptions to right under section 272E - 25/04/2008
Section 272H - Duration of rights - 25/04/2008
Section 272I - Consent and waiver of rights - 25/04/2008
Section 272J - Application of provisions to joint performers - 25/04/2008
Section 272K - Application of provisions to part of performance - 25/04/2008
Section 272L - Moral rights not assignable - 25/04/2008
Section 272M - Transmission of moral rights on death - 25/04/2008
Section 272N - Remedies for infringement of performers' moral rights - 25/04/2008
Section 272O - Presumptions relevant to sound recordings in which performances are fixed - 25/04/2008
Section 273 - Interpretation of sections 273 to 273H - 11/07/2008
Section 273A - Rights and remedies in respect of circumvention of effective technological measures - 11/07/2008
Section 273B - Rights and remedies in respect of devices and services designed to circumvent effective technological measures - 25/04/2008
Section 273C - Offences in relation to circumvention of effective technological measures - 25/04/2008
Section 273D - Exceptions to section 273A - 11/07/2008
Section 273E - Exceptions to section 273B - 25/04/2008
Section 273F - Exceptions to section 273C - 25/04/2008
Section 273G - Application of sections 273, 273A, 273B, 273D and 273E to performances - 11/07/2008
Section 273H - Exceptions to sections 273A, 273B, 273C and 273G - 11/07/2008
Section 274 - Rights and remedies in respect of unlawful acts to interfere with rights management information - 25/04/2008
Section 275 - Rights and remedies in respect of apparatus, etc. for unauthorized reception of transmissions - 30/06/1997
Section 276 - Denial of rights under section 275 to people of countries, etc. not giving adequate protection to Hong Kong broadcasts, cable programmes and encrypted transmissions - 01/07/1997
Section 277 - Supplementary provisions as to fraudulent reception - 30/06/1997
Section 278 - Commissioner may authorize officers - 30/06/1997
Section 279 - Interpretation - 30/06/1997
Section 280 - (Omitted as spent) - 13/07/2001
Section 281 - Repeals - 30/06/1997
Section 282 - Transitional provisions and savings in relation to amendments effected by the Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance 2003 - 06/07/2007
Section 283 - Transitional provisions and savings in relation to amendments effected by the Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 - 06/07/2007
Schedule 1 - EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS - 06/07/2007
Schedule 1A - BODIES AND AUTHORITIES SPECIFIED FOR PURPOSES OF DEFINITION OF "SPECIFIED COURSE OF STUDY" - 06/07/2007
Schedule 2 - COPYRIGHT: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS - 01/07/2007
Schedule 3 - RIGHTS IN PERFORMANCE: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS - 30/06/1997
Schedule 4 - (Omitted as spent) - 13/07/2001
Schedule 5 - REPEALS - 30/06/1997
Schedule 6 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS - 28/11/2003
Schedule 7 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS IN RELATION TO AMENDMENTS EFFECTED BY THE COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 2007 (15 OF 2007) - 25/04/2008
（Source：legislation.gov.hk）
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