Section 42 Copyright Act

Section 42 Copyright Act 2022 is about Admissibility of affidavit evidence. It is under Part IV (Copyright Infringements) of the Act.

Any of the following facts shall be admitted in any proceedings without further proof, if they are stated in an affidavit made before a Commissioner for Oaths, notary public or other person competent to administer an oath in terms of the law of the country where the oath is made, by or on behalf of the owner of the copyright in a work, that —
(a) at the time specified, copyright subsists in the work ;
(b) the person named is the owner of the copyright in the work ;
(c) a copy of the work exhibited to the affidavit is a true copy of the work ;

(d) the author of the work is a citizen of or domiciled in a country named in the affidavit ;
(e) the author of the work is a body corporate established or incorporated by or under the laws of the country named in the affidavit ;
(f ) the work was first made or published in the country named in the affidavit ; and
(g) the certificate attached to the affidavit is a true copy of the certificate or registration of that incorporation.