law: Copyright Act, 1957 
  10. Registrar and Deputy Registrars of
  
  Copyrights- 
  (1) The Central Government shall appoint a
  
  Registrar of Copyrights and may appoint one or more Deputy Registrars of
  
  Copyrights.
  (2) A Deputy Registrar of Copyrights shall
  
  discharge under the superintendence and direction of the Registrar of
  
  Copyrights such functions of the Registrar under this Act as the Registrar of Copyrights
  
  such functions of the Registrar under this Act as the Registrar may, from time
  
  to time, assign to him : and any reference in this Act to the Registrar of
  
  Copyrights shall include a reference to a Deputy Registrar of Copyrights when
  
  so discharging any such functions.