International organisations

(1) Where it appears to the Minister that it is expedient that the provisions of this section should apply to any (a) of which two or more countries or the Governments of two or more countries are members; or (b) that is constituted by persons representing two or more countries, or representing the Governments of two or more countries, he may by Order published in the Gazette declare that to be an 134 international organisation to which this Act applies. (2) Where an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is made by or under the direction or control of an to this applies in such circumstances that, (a) copyright would not, except by virtue of this subsection, subsist in the work; but (b) if the author of the work had been a citizen of Belize at the time when it was made, copyright would have subsisted in the work immediately after it was made and would thereupon have vested in the organisation, then, copyright shall subsist in the work as if the author had been a citizen of Belize when it was made, and shall continue to subsist so long as the work remains unpublished, and the organisation shall, subject to the provision of this Act, be entitled to the (3) Where an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is first published by or under the direction or control of an organisation to which this section applies in such circumstances that copyright would not, except by virtue of this subsection, subsist in the work immediately after the first publication thereof; and (a) the work is so published in pursuance of an agreement with the author which does not reserve to the author the copyrights, if any, in the work; or (b) the work was made in such circumstances that, if it had been first published in Belize, 135 the organisation would have been entitled to the copyright in the work, then, copyright shall subsist in the work (or, if copyright in the work subsisted immediately before its first publication, shall continue to subsist) as if it had been first published in Belize, and shall subsist for a period of fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published, and the organisation shall, subject to the provision of this Act, be entitled to that copyright. (4) The provisions of Part II, except those provisions thereof relating to the subsistence and duration of ownership of copyright, shall apply in relation to copyright subsisting by virtue of this section as they apply in relation to copyright subsisting by virtue of Part II. (5) An organisation to which this section applies which otherwise has not, or at some material time otherwise has not, the legal capacities of a body corporate shall have, and shall be deemed at all material times to have had, the legal capacities of a body corporate for the purpose of holding, dealing with and enforcing copyright and in connection with all legal proceedings relating to copyright.