Question

According to __________ Act, plagiarism is a punishable offence.​​

Answer 1

• Answer:
• Plagiarism is actually considered as an unethical conduct of a person and not a crime by itself. The violation of an author's right to be credited and copyright infringement are both civil wrongs and criminal charges can also be filed against the violator.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Section 63 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 is considers infringement as the criminal offence and awards the same punishment for both i.e., the violation of section 57 and the copyright infringement.