Code Of Intellectual Property Act (No. 52 of 1979)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Works protected

(1) Authors of original literary, artistic and scientific works shall be entitled to protection of their works under this Part.

(2) Literary, artistic and scientific works shall include in particular-

	(a) books, pamphlets and other writings;

	(b) lectures, addresses, sermons and other works of the same nature;

	(c) dramatic and dramaticomusical works ;

	(d) musical works, whether or not they are in written form and whether or not they include accompanying words ;

	(e) choreographic works and pantomimes;

	(f) cinematographic, radiophonic and audio-visual works ;

	(g) works of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving, lithography and tapestry;

	(h) photographic works, including works expressed by processes analogous to photography;

	(i) works of applied art, whether handicraft or produced on an industrial scale;

	(j) illustrations, maps, plans, sketches and three- dimensional works relative to geography, topography, architecture or science.

(3) Works shall be protected irrespective of their quality and the purpose for which they were created.