Copyright  88-  1.  (1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  copyright

shall  subsist  throughout  the  parts  of  His  Majesty's  do-
minions to  which  this  Act  extends  for  the  term  herein-
after mentioned  in  every  original  literary,  dramatic,
musical  and  artistic  work,  if —

(a)  In  the  ease  of  a  published  work,  the  work  was  first
published  within  such  parts  of  His  Majesty's
dominions  as  aforesaid;  and
(6)  in  the  case  of  an  unpublished  work,  the  author  was
at  the  date  of  the  making  of  the  work  a  British
subject  or  :;esident  within  such  parts  of  His
Majesty's  dominions  as  aforesaid;
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but  in  no  other  works,  except  so  far  as  the  protection  con-
ferred by  this  Act  is  extended  by  Orders  in  Council  there-
under relating  to  self-governing  dominions  to  which  this
Act  does  not  extend  and  to  foreign  countries.
