Copyright Act, 2022
PART I — OBJECTIVES, SCOPE AND SUBSISTENCE OF COPYRIGHT
Duration of copyright.
19.—(1) The duration of copyright conferred under this Act shall be, in the case of —
(a) literary, musical or artistic works other than photographs, 70 years after the end of the year in which the author dies ;
(b) works deriving copyrights from section 7 of this Act, 50 years after the end of the year in which the work was first made available to the public or 50 years after the work was created, if not made available to the public within that time ;
(c) audiovisual works and photographs, 50 years after the end of the year in which the work was first made available to the public with the consent of the author or 50 years after the work was created, if not made available to the public within that time ;
(d) sound recordings, 50 years after the end of the year in which the recording was first made available to the public with the consent of the author or 50 years after the work was created, if not made available to the public within that time ; and
(e) broadcasts, 50 years after the end of the year in which the broadcast first took place.
(2) Copyright in anonymous or pseudonymous literary, musical or artistic works shall subsist until 70 years after the year in which the work was first made available to the public with the consent of the author or 70 years after the work was created, if not made available to the public within that time, provided that when the author becomes known, the duration of copyright shall be in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1).
(3) In joint authorship work, reference to the death of the author shall be to the author who dies last.