The Copyright Board, a quasi-judicial body, was constituted in September 1958. The jurisdiction of the Copyright Board extends to the whole of India. The copyright board is a body constituted by the central govt. to discharge certain judicial function under the Act.  The Board is entrusted with the task of adjudication of disputes pertaining to copyright registration, assignment of copyright, grant of Licenses in respect of works withheld from public, unpublished Indian works, production and publication of translations and works for certain specified purposes. It also hears cases in other miscellaneous matters instituted before it under the Copyright Act, 1957

It consists of a chairman and not more than fourteen other members.  The Chairman and the members shall hold their office for five years. They may be reappointed on the expiry of the tenure.  The chairman of the copyright board must be a person who is or has been judge of a High Court or is qualified for appointment as a judge of a High Court.  There is no qualification mentioned about the members of the Board.

The Registrar of Copyright also plays a very important role. The Registrar of the copyright board will perform all secretarial functions of the copyright board.  The Registrar of the Copyright is the authority under Section 9 of the Act who is the officer of the Copyright Office. The Registrar of Copyright has powers of the civil court. And every order made by the registrar of payment of money is deemed as a decree of a civil court and is executed as decree of such court.

The copyright board has been constituted to perform judicial functions.

Therefore, the copyright board has been accredited with the powers of civil court for the purpose of Sec. 345 & 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. All proceedings of the court are judicial proceedings within the meaning of Sec. 193 & 228 of Indian Penal Code, 1860. ] In exercise of the civil court power,