Section 28 of the Copyright Act, 1957 – Term of copyright Government works

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Section 28: Term of copyright Government works

In the case of Government work, where Government is the first owner of the copyright therein, copyright shall subsist until 1[sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published.

Source: official text of The Copyright Act, 1957 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Copyright Act, 1957.