Amendment 8 is one of the amendments that I referred to, with regard to the Commonwealth of Nations. It is for the purpose of applying regulations with regard to the compilations and translations into Irish of books published before the Treaty. The same applies to amendment 9.
GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS.
8. Section 154. To add at the end of the section a new sub-section as follows:—
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 174 (which relates to the preservation of existing copyrights) of this Act, paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) of this section shall apply to copyright acquired before the 6th day of December, 1921, as well as to copyright acquired since that date under this Act.
9. Section 155. To add at the end of the section a new sub-section, as follows:—
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 174 (which relates to the preservation of existing copyrights) of this Act, paragraph (iv) of sub-section (1) of this section shall apply to copyright acquired before the 6th day of December, 1921, as well as to copyright acquired since that date under this Act.
Amendments agreed to.
Sections 154 and 155, as amended, put and agreed to.