Section 87 Copyright Act
Section 87 Copyright Act 2022 is about Registration of Works. It is under Part X (Establishment of Nigerian Copyright Commission and Copyright Administration) of the Act.
(1) The Commission shall establish and maintain a Register of Works (in this Act referred to as “the Register”).
(2) A person may apply in the prescribed manner to the Commission to register a work that is eligible for copyright under this Act.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), the Commission may enter the particulars of the work in the Register, provided that the registration of a work does not confer copyright.
(4) The Register shall at first instance, be evidence of the work and the particulars entered in the Register, and any extract from the Register, certified by the Commission shall be admissible in evidence in all proceedings without further proof or production of the original of the matter certified.
(5) The Commission shall have power to reproduce and store all or any part of a registered work electronically or in any other format.
(6) The Commission may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for the purpose of this Part.
(7) Any person who knowingly makes or causes to be made, a false entry in the Register, commits an offence under this section and is liable on conviction to a fine of at least N100,000 or imprisonment for a term of at least one year or both.
