Section 16Sec./Art. 16

Section 191 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC 191. Deposit and Notice of Deposit with the National Library and the Supreme Court Library. At any time during the subsistence of the copyright, the owner of the copyright or of any exclusive right in the work may, for the purpose of completing the records of the National Library and the Supreme Court Library, register and deposit with them, by personal delivery or by registered mail, two (2) complete copies or reproductions of the work in such form as the Directors of the said libraries may prescribe in accordance with regulations: Provided, That only works in the field of law shall be deposited with the Supreme Court Library. Such registration and deposit is not a condition of copyright protection."