# General Statutory Rule 267 (Amendment of Indian Copyright Rules 1958)

​REGISTERED No. D. 221.
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 54] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1958/VAISAKHA 2, 1880
MINISTRY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
(Copyright)
New Delhi-2. the 22nd April 1958
G.S.R. 267.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 78 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the Copyright Rules, 1958, namely:—
    In sub-rule (1) of rule 21 of the said rules, for the words "sixty days" the words "fifteen days" shall be substituted.
[No. F17-16/58-Copt.] A. M. D. ROZARIO, Jt. Edcl. Adviser.
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This work is in the public domain in India because it originates from India and its term of copyright has expired. According to The Indian Copyright Act, 1957, all documents enter the public domain after 60 years counted from the beginning of the following calendar year after the death of the author (i.e. as of 2024, prior to January 1, 1964). Film, sound recordings, government works, anonymous works, and works first published over 60 years after the death of the author are protected for 60 years after publication.
Works by authors who died before 1941 entered the public domain after 50 years (before 1991) and copyright has not been restored.
This work is also in the public domain in the United States because it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days), and it was first published before 1989 without complying with U.S. copyright formalities (renewal and/or copyright notice) and it was in the public domain in India on the URAA date (January 1, 1996). This is the combined effect of India having joined the Berne Convention in 1928, and of 17 USC 104A with its critical date of January 1, 1996.
The critical date for copyright in the United States under the URAA is January 1, 1941.
This work was published in 1958.
This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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This work is in the public domain in the U.S. because it is an edict of a government, local or foreign. See § 313.6(C)(2) of the Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices. Such documents include "legislative enactments, judicial decisions, administrative rulings, public ordinances, or similar types of official legal materials" as well as "any translation prepared by a government employee acting within the course of his or her official duties."
These do not include works of the Organization of American States, United Nations, or any of the UN specialized agencies. See Compendium III § 313.6(C)(2) and 17 U.S.C. 104(b)(5).
A non-American governmental edict may still be copyrighted outside the U.S. Similar to {{PD-in-USGov}}, the above U.S. Copyright Office Practice does not prevent U.S. states or localities from holding copyright abroad, depending on foreign copyright laws and regulations.
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