§ Where the property of a bankrupt comprises the copyright in any work or any interest in such copyright, and he is liable to pay to the author of the work royalties or a share of the profits in respect thereof, the trustee in the bankruptcy shall not be entitled to sell, or authorise the sale of any copies of the work, or to perform or authorise the performance of the work, except on the terms of paying to the author such sums by way of royalty or share of the profits as would have been payable by the bankrupt, nor shall he be entitled to assign the right, or transfer the interest, or to grant any interest in the right by licence, without the consent of the author or of the Court.
§ Mr. MACKINDERI beg to move, after the word "he" ["nor shall he be entitled to assign the right"], to insert the words "Without the consent of the author or of the Court." It was agreed in Committee that, if the equivalent Clause in the English Bill were amended, the Scottish Bill should be amended accordingly.
§ Further Amendment made: Leave out the words "without the consent of the author or of the Court" ["or to grant any interest in the right by licence, without the consent of the author or of the Court"], and to insert instead thereof the words "except upon terms to secure to the author payment by way of royalty a share of the profits not less than that which the bankrupt now obtains." —[Mr. Mackinder.]