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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-374
An Act to amend the Copyright Act (Crown copyright)

FIRST READING, February 8, 2024

Mr. Masse

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Copyright Act to specify that, without prejudice to any rights or privileges of the Crown, no copyright subsists in any work that is, or has been, prepared or published by or under the direction or control of His Majesty or any government department.

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1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-374

An Act to amend the Copyright Act (Crown copyright)

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.‍S.‍, c. C-42

Copyright Act

1Section 12 of the Copyright Act is replaced by the following:

No copyright — His Majesty

12Without prejudice to any rights or privileges of the Crown, Insertion start no copyright subsists Insertion end in any work Insertion start that Insertion end is, or has been, prepared or published by or under the direction or control of Insertion start His Insertion end Majesty or any government department.

Transitional Provision

Copyright ceases to subsist

2Without prejudice to any rights or privileges of the Crown, any copyright subsisting in a work referred to in section 12 of the Copyright Act, as it read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, ceases to subsist as of the day of that coming into force.

Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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