n.. ,IJ [21stApri12014] Supplement to Official Gazette COPYIUGHT ACT, 45 2014 (Act 5 of2014) I assent · '·- J. A. Michel President 15thApril, 2014 to consolidate and amend the law relating to copyrights so as to give effect to the provisions of the World Trade Organisation'sAgreement on Trade-RelatedAspects of Intellectual Property Rights, 1994 and to repeal and replace the Copyright Act and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. AN ACT ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly. PART I PRELIMINARY 1. This Act may be cited as the Copyright Act, 2014 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by Notice published in the Gazette, appoint. Short title and commencement