Intellectual Property Act 2003 · As enacted · Part II
17. Rights requiring authorization of performers
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Subject to the provisions of section 21, a performer shall have exclusive right to carry out or to authorize any of the following acts :—
the broadcasting or other communication to the public of his performance or a substantial part thereof, except where the broadcasting, or the other communication—
is made from a fixation of the performance, other than a fixation made in terms of section 21 ; or
is a re-broadcasting, made or authorized by the organisation initially broadcasting the performance or substantial part thereof ;
the fixation of his unfixed performance or substantial part thereof ;
the reproduction of a fixation of his performance or substantial part thereof.
Once the performer has authorized the incorporation of his performance in a audiovisual fixation, the provisions of subsection (1) shall have no further application.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive performers of the right to enter into contracts in respect of their performances on terms and conditions more favourable to them.
The rights under this section shall be protected from the moment the performance takes place until the end of the fiftieth calendar year following the year in which the performance takes place.
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