October 30, 2026

Copyright Act 1957 – Section 38: Performer’s right

Section 38: Performer’s right

(1) Where any performer appears or engages in any performance, he shall have a special right to be known as the “performer’s right” in relation to such performance.

(2) The performer’s right shall subsist until fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the performance is made.