(Note: Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1958, Pt. II, S.3m p.167.) S.R.O. 270, dated the 21st January, 1858. - In excercise of the powers conferred by Section 78 of the Copyright Act, 1857 (14 of 1957) the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely -

1.  Short title, extent and commencement - (1) These rules may be called the Copyright Rules, 1958.

(2)  They extend to the whole of India.

(3)  They shall come into force on the date on which the Act comes into quires, -