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(1) The rights referred to in sections 5 and 6 of this Act shall not vest in any person in respect of the following works,

(a) an enactment,

(b) a decision made by a court or tribunal established under any enactment for the administration of justice in the Republic,

(c) a report made by a commission of enquiry appointed by the Government or any agency of the Government and published by the Government, and

(d) except where news is disseminated by the private media, news, namely a report of fresh events or current information made by the media, whether published in written form, by broadcast, or communicated to the public by any other means.

(2) The President is the trustee for the public of the works specified in subsection (1) other than works authored by the private media under paragraph (d) of that subsection.