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528 PDFTitle:COPYRIGHT ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:15Heading:Commissioned worksVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) Where a work is made on the commission of a person and there is an agreement between the author and the commissioner of the work which expressly provides for the entitlement to the copyright, copyright in the commissioned work belongs to the person who is entitled to the copyright under the agreement.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and sections 13 and 103, the person who commissioned the work-

        (a) has an exclusive licence to exploit the commissioned work for all purposes that could reasonably have been contemplated by the author and the person who commissioned the work at the time the work was commissioned; and
        (b) has the power to restrain any exploitation of the commissioned work for any purpose against which he could reasonably take objection.