Compulsory deposit and registration

Before the publication of any literary work by distribution of copies thereof, two copies of the same shall be deposited in the public library in Lisbon; the librarian shall issue the receipt of the acknowledgement, which shall the recorded in the register kept for this purpose, however without payment of any emolument for this reason. § 1 - Where the work is drama or music or deals with dramatic literature or with the musical art, the delivery of the copies and the registration shall be made before the Royal Conservatory of Lisbon, in the aforesaid manner. § 2 - Where the work is of lithography, carving or moulding, or is related to some of those arts, the delivery and the registration shall be made in the same manner in the academy of the fine arts of Lisbon. In this case, however, the author may instead of deposit of two copies, may make two of the original drawings.