6 — 8).  The  benefit  of  the  act  is  limited  to  foreign  countries
where  reciprocal  protection  is  secured  (s.  14).  The  authors
of  works  first  published  abroad  are  not  entitled  to  any  copy-
right save  under  the  act  (s.  19),  and  this  provision  extends
to  Englishmen  publishing  abroad.  Boucicault  v.  Delqfield,
1  H.  &  M.  597.  By  the  15  &  16  Vict.  c.  12,  which  recites
a  convention  with  France  for  extending  in  each  country  the
enjoyment  of  copyright  in  works  of  literature  and  the  fine
arts  first  published  in  the  other,  and  that  it  is  expedient  that
the  Queen  should  be  enabled  to  make  similar  stipulations
with  any  foreign  power,  it  is  enacted  that  the  Queen  may
by  order  in  council  direct  that  authors  of  books  published
abroad  may  be  empowered  to  prevent  the  unauthorized  trans-
lations of  such  books  in  the  British  dominions,  but  for  not
more  than  five  years  (s.  2).  Sect.  3  contains  similar  pro-
visions with  reference  to  the  representation  here  of  trans-
lations from  foreign  dramatic  pieces.  The  existing  law  of
copyright  in  this  country  shall  be  applied  to  prevent  such
translations  as  are  mentioned  in  s.  2,  and  such  representa-
tions as  are  mentioned  in  the  3rd  section  (ss.  3,  5).  Fair
imitations  or  adaptations  of  foreign  dramatic  pieces  are  not
prevented  (s.  6).  The  following  provisions  must  be  com-
plied with:— (1)  The  original  work  must  be  registered.
