Section 57 – THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957

Author’s special rights


[(1) Independently of the author’s copyright and even after the
assignment either wholly or partially of the said copyright, the author of a work shall have the right—
(a) to claim authorship of the work; and
(b) to restrain or claim damages in respect of any distortion, mutilation, modification or other act in
relation to the said work 2
[***] if such distortion, mutilation, modification or other act would be
prejudicial to his honour or reputation:
Provided that the author shall not have any right to restrain or claim damages in respect of any
adaptation of a computer programme to which clause (aa) of sub-section (1) of section 52 applies.
Explanation.— Failure to display a work or to display it to the satisfaction of the author shall not be
deemed to be an infringement of the rights conferred by this section.]
(2) The right conferred upon an author of a work by sub-section (1), 3
[***], may be exercised by the
legal representatives of the author.

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