Under the Copyright Act, 1957 (before its 2017 amendment), the Copyright Board was deemed to be a

Under s.12(7) of the Copyright Act, 1957, the Copyright Board was deemed to be a civil court for the contempt-procedure provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (now the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS)) and had civil court powers. The Board was merged into the Intellectual Property Appellate Board by the Finance Act, 2017, and the IPAB itself was abolished by the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021, its functions passing to the High Courts/Commercial Courts.