The Copyright Registry shall be directed by a Copyright Registrar, who shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Copyright Registrar shall be of legal age, an attorney-at-law who has been admitted to the bar within at least seven years before his appointment and knowledgeable in the field of copyright and Puerto Rican intellectual activity. He shall have the same rank, salary, and term of office of a Superior Judge of the Court of First Instance and shall be considered a public officer pursuant to in §§ 761 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Government Employees Retirement Act”.
History —Mar. 9, 2012, No. 55, § 15.