20. Rights of broadcasting organisation

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

Subject to the provisions of section 21, a broadcasting organisation shall have the exclusive right to carry out or to authorize any of followings acts :—

(a)

the re-broadcasting of its broadcast or a substantial part thereof ;

(b)

the communication to the public of its broadcast or a substantial part thereof ;

(c)

the fixation of its broadcast or a substantial part thereof ;

(d)

the reproduction of a fixation of its broadcast or a substantial part thereof.

(2)

The rights under this section shall be protected from the moment when the broadcasting takes place until the end of the fiftieth calender year following the year in which broadcast takes place.

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