(1)

Independently of the author's copyright and even after the assignment either wholly or partially of the said copyright, the author of a work shall have the right

(a) to claim authorship of the work; and

(b) to restrain or claim damages in respect of any distortion, mutilation, modification or other act in relation to the said work if such distortion, mutilation, modification or other act would be prejudicial to his honour or reputation:

(2)

The right conferred upon an author of a work by sub-section (1), may be exercised by the legal representatives of the author.