Copyrights

(1) In making available for inspection or providing copies of any public record or archives in his custody, the Director shall not be in breach of any private copyright therein in accordance with existing copyright laws of Belize. (2) The provision of copies of any public record or archives by the Director does not involve the transfer of any copyright therein to the recipients. (3) The publication of facsimile verbatim transcripts or literal translations of any public record or archives in the custody of the Director in which copyright subsists in Belize is prohibited, except with the consent of the Director and subject to such conditions as he may prescribe and to the payment of such fees as may be prescribed by regulations made in accordance with section 31 of this Act. 20