Transferring Certain Powers from the National Library to the Patent Office
Republic Act No. 167, enacted on June 20, 1947, transfers the responsibilities for copyright registration and protection from the National Library to the Patent Office. This includes the transfer of all related records and personnel, along with the necessary budget provisions. Additionally, it mandates that one of the two copies deposited for each copyright registration must be sent to the National Library for its Filipiniana collection. The Act took effect upon approval and was published in the Official Gazette in July 1947.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 167
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 20, 1947
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 167
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHTS FROM THE NATIONAL LIBRARY TO THE PATENT OFFICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Transfer of Powers from National Library to Patent Office. — The powers, duties and functions vested in, or performed and exercised by, the National Library in connection with the registration of copyrights are hereby transferred to the Patent Office. cd i
All books, records and files of the National Library relating to copyrights, and such personnel of said National Library as is now discharging the functions or performing the duties of the National Library in connection with the registration of copyrights with the corresponding appropriation, are transferred to the Patent Office, and the Budget Commissioner shall make immediate provision for such transfer: Provided, however, That one of the two copies deposited in connection with every copyright registration already effected and hereinafter to be made will remain with or be sent to the National Library for its Filipiñiana collection; and that for the purposes of this provision the Copyright Office shall hereafter require the deposit of two copies in connection with the registration of any class of published works as well as of any kind of manuscripts or other unpublished works.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved: June 20, 1947
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 43, No. 7, p. 2685 in July 1947
Cite This Law
Transferring Certain Powers from the National Library to the Patent Office, Republic Act No. 167, Jun 20, 1947 (Philippines)
Transferring Certain Powers from the National Library to the Patent Office, Republic Act No. 167 (Phil. 1947)
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