Photograph shall mean and include every original photograph.
Sculpture.—Every original work, either in the round, in relief, or intaglio, made in any material, and by any process.
Engraving.—Every original engraving and lithograph made upon a plate, block, or slab, of any material, by any process, whereby impressions may be taken from such plate, block, or slab, and the impressions taken from the same.
Work of Fine Art.—Every drawing, painting, photograph, work of sculpture, and engraving as herein-before interpreted.
Extending to all parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and all the colonies and possessions of the Crown which now are, or hereafter may be, created or acquired.
3. The author of every original work of fine art, if made, or first sold, after the commencement of this Act, such author being a British subject, or resident within any part of the British dominions at the time such work shall be made or first sold, and the assigns of such author, shall have the Copyright of sole and exclusive right of copying, reproducing, and multiplying such work, and the design thereof, in the British dominions, by any means, and of any size, for the term of the natural life of such author, and thirty years after his death, but subject to the following conditions and restrictions; (that is to say), &c.
9. If the author of any work of fine art in which there shall be subsisting Copyright, after having become divested of such Copyright, or if any other person, not being the proprietor for the time being of the Copyright in any work of fine art, shall by any means unlawfully repeat, copy, imitate, or otherwise multiply for sale, hire, exhibition, or distribution, or cause or procure to be repeated, copied, imitated, or otherwise multiplied for sale, hire, exhibition, or distribution, any such work, or the design thereof, or any part of such design, or, knowing that any such repetition, copy, or other imitation has been unlawfully made, shall import or export into or out of any part of the British dominions, or sell, publish, let to hire, exhibit, or distribute, or offer for sale, hire, exhibition, or distribution, or cause or procure to be so imported, or exported, or sold, published, let to hire, distributed, or offered for sale, hire, exhibition, or distribution, any unlawful repetition, copy, or imitation of any such work, or of the design thereof, such person for every such offence shall forfeit to the registered proprietor for the time being of the Copyright thereof a sum not exceeding twenty pounds, and not less than two pounds, for every first offence, and not less than five pounds, for every subsequent offence, &c.
11. All repetitions, copies, or imitations of any work of fine art, or the design thereof, wherein there shall be subsisting Copyright under this Act, and which, contrary to the provisions of this Act, shall have been made in any foreign State, are hereby absolutely prohibited to be imported into any part of the British dominions, except by or with the consent of the registered proprietor of the Copyright thereof, or his agent authorised in writing; and if the registered proprietor for the time being of any such Copyright or his agent shall declare, or if any officer of Her Majesty’s Customs shall suspect, that any goods imported are prohibited repetitions, copies, or imitations of any such work of fine art, or of the design thereof, then such goods may be detained, unpacked, and examined by the officers of Her Majesty’s Customs.
12. The Commissioners of Customs shall cause to be made, and publicly exposed at the several ports of the United Kingdom, and in Her Majesty’s possessions abroad, printed lists of all works of fine art wherein Copyright shall be subsisting, and as to which the registered proprietor for the time being of such Copyright, or his agent, shall have given notice in writing to the said Commissioners that such Copyright exists, stating in such notice when such Copyright expires, and shall have made and subscribed a declaration before the collector of the Customs, or any justice of the peace, at some port or place in the United Kingdom or in Her Majesty’s possessions abroad, that the contents of such notice are true. The provisions contained in the Acts now in force, or at any time to be in force, regarding Her Majesty’s Customs, as to the application to the courts and judges by any person aggrieved by the entry of any book in the lists of books to be made and publicly exposed by the said Commissioners under the said Acts, and the expunging any such entry, shall apply to the entry of any work of fine art in the lists thereof to be made by virtue of this Act, in the same manner as if such provisions were herein expressly enacted, with all necessary variations in relation to such last-mentioned lists, &c.
13. Every person who shall import or export, or cause to be imported or exported, into or out of any part of the British dominions, or shall exchange, publish, sell, let to hire, exhibit, or distribute, or offer, or hawk, or carry about, or keep for sale, hire, exhibition, or distribution, any unlawful copy, repetition, or imitation of any work of fine art, in which, or in the design whereof, there shall be subsisting registered Copyright, shall be bound, on demand in writing, delivered to him or left for him at his last known dwelling-house or place of business, by or on behalf of the registered proprietor for the time being of such Copyright, to give to the person requiring the same, or his attorney or agent, within forty-eight hours after such demand, full information in writing of the name and address of the person from whom, and of the times when, he shall have imported, purchased, or obtained such unlawful copy, repetition, or imitation, also the number of such copies, repetitions, or imitations which he has obtained, and also to produce to the person requiring such information all invoices, books, and other documents relating to the same; and it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace, on information on oath of such demand having been made, and of the refusal or neglect to comply therewith, to summon before him the person guilty of such refusal or neglect, and on being satisfied that such demand ought to be complied with, to order such information to be given and such production to be made within a reasonable time to be fixed by him.