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Copyright Act 1968
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227 Infringing copies
Section 116 of this Act does not apply in relation to an article made, or imported into Australia, before the commencement of this Act, but, notwithstanding subsection 5(1) of this Act, proceedings may, subject to the Copyright Act, 1911, be brought or continued by virtue of section 7 of that Act in relation to such an article and may be so brought or continued although the proceedings relate to the conversion or detention of the article after the commencement of this Act.
228 Actions where copyright subject to exclusive licence
Division 3 of Part V does not apply in relation to a licence granted before the commencement of this Act and does not affect any proceedings under the Copyright Act, 1911, whether instituted before or after the commencement of this Act.
229 Offences and summary proceedings
For the purposes of Division 5 of Part V, the definition of infringing copy in section 10 applies as if any reference in that definition to copyright included a reference to copyright under the Copyright Act, 1911.