law: Copyright Act, 1957 
  20. Transmission of copyright in manuscript by
  
  testamentary disposition- 
  Where under a bequest a person is entitled to
  
  the manuscript of a literary, dramatic or musical work, or to an artistic work,
  
  and the work was not published before the death of the testator, the bequest
  
  shall, unless the contrary intention is indicated in the testator’s will or any
  
  codicil thereto, be construed as including the copyright in the work in so far
  
  as the testator was the owner of the copyright immediately before his death.
  Explanation- In this section, the
  
  expression "manuscript" means the original document embodying the
  
  work, whether written by hand or not.