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Code Of Intellectual Property Act (No. 52 of 1979) - Sect 18

Transfer of copyright

18.
(1) The rights referred to in section 10 shall be transferable in whole or in part.
(2) Any transfer, other than by operation of law, of a right referred to in section 10 shall be in writing signed by the transferor.
(3) A transfer, in whole or in part of any right referred to in section 10, shall not include or be deemed to include the transfer of any other rights referred to therein.
(4) When a contract provides for the total transfer of one of the rights referred to in section 10, the scope of such contract shall be limited to the exercise of such rights as are provided for in the contract.
(5) The transfer of ownership of the only copy or of one or several copies of a work shall not imply or be deemed to imply the transfer of the copyright in the work.


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