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English: The Constitution of India (44th Amendment) Act 1978
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Source http://lawmin.nic.in/legislative/textofcentralacts/1979.pdf
Author Parliament of India

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This work of the Government of India falls under Section 52(1)(q) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, which allows for the reproduction or publication of...

  • any matter which has been published in any Official Gazette except an Act of a Legislature;
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The decision of the Supreme Court of India in "Eastern Book Company & Ors vs D.B. Modak & Anr" on 12 December, 2007 interpreted this section of the Act as making the material public domain.

This work is also in the public domain in the U.S.A. because it is an edict of a government, local or foreign. See § 206.01 of the Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices. Such documents include "judicial opinions, administrative rulings, legislative enactments, public ordinances, and similar official legal documents."

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