Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Copyright Act, 1978 (Act No. 98 of 1978)Chapter 1 : Copyright in Original Works19B. General exceptions regarding protection of computer programs |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of section 23(2)(d), the provisions of section 12(1)(b) and (c), (2), (3), (4), (5), (12) and (13) shall mutatis mutandis apply, in so far as they can be applied, with reference to computer programs. |
| (2) | The copyright in a computer program shall not be infringed by a person who is in lawful possession of that computer program, or an authorised copy thereof, if— |
| (a) | he makes copies thereof to the extent reasonably necessary for back-up purposes; |
| (b) | a copy so made is intended exclusively for personal or private purposes; and |
| (c) | such copy is destroyed when the possession of the computer program in question, or authorised copy thereof, ceases to be lawful. |
