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154.   International organisations

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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PART 11
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

154.   International organisations

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    (1)   Where it appears to the Minister that it is expedient that the provisions of this section should apply to any organisation—

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      (a)     of which 2 or more countries or the Governments of 2 or more countries are members; or

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      (b)     that is constituted by persons representing 2 or more countries, or representing the Governments of 2 or more countries,

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    he or she may by order declare that organisation to be an international organisation to which this Act applies.

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    (2)   Where an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is made by or under the direction or control of an organisation to which this section applies in such circumstances that—

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      (a)     copyright would not, except by virtue of this subsection, subsist in the work; but

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      (b)     if the author of the work had been a citizen of, or domiciled or resident in, Saint Lucia at the time when it was made, copyright would have subsisted in the work immediately after it was made and would thereupon have vested in the organisation,

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    then, copyright shall subsist in the work as if the author had been a citizen of, or domiciled or resident in, Saint Lucia when it was made, and shall continue to subsist so long as the work remains unpublished, and the organisation shall, subject to the provision of this Act, be entitled to the copyright.

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    (3)   Where an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is first published by or under the direction or control of an organisation to which this section applies in such circumstances that copyright would not, except by virtue of this subsection, subsist in the work immediately after the first publication thereof, and—

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      (a)     the work is so published under an agreement with the author which does not reserve to the author the copyrights, if any, in the work; or

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      (b)     the work was made in such circumstances that, if it had been first published in Saint Lucia, the organisation would have been entitled to the copyright in the work,

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    then, copyright shall subsist in the work (or, if copyright in the work subsisted immediately before its first publication, shall continue to subsist) as if it had been first published in Saint Lucia, and shall subsist for a period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published, and the organisation shall, subject to the provision of this Act, be entitled to that copyright.

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    (4)   The provisions of Part 2, except those provisions thereof relating to the subsistence, duration of ownership of copyright, shall apply in relation to copyright subsisting by virtue of this section as they apply in relation to copyright subsisting by virtue of Part 2.

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    (5)   An organisation to which this section applies which otherwise has not, or at some material time otherwise has not, the legal capacities of a body corporate shall have, and shall be deemed at all material times to have had, the legal capacities of a body corporate for the purpose for holding, dealing with and enforcing copyright and in connection will all legal proceedings relating to copyright.

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