Section 31A Copyright Act 1957 deals with COMPULSORY LICENCE for UNPUBLISHED OR ANONYMOUS WORKS. Such licence may be granted:

1. Section 31A Copyright Act 1957: 'Where, in the case of any Indian work referred to in sub-clause (iii) of clause (l) of section 2, the author is dead or unknown or cannot be traced, or the owner of the copyright in such work cannot be found, any person may apply to the Appellate Board for a licence to publish such work or a translation thereof in any language.' 2. Procedure: applicant must publish proposal in one issue of an English national daily and one daily in the language of the proposed publication, advertising minimum 6 months before application. 3. The Appellate Board (now Commercial Court) may grant licence after enquiring as to bona fides and after consultation with the relevant authority. 4. Royalty is determined by the Board and held for the eventual owner. 5. Hence option B is correct. _Source: Patents Act 1970 / Copyright Act 1957 / Trade Marks Act 1999 (Bare Acts, IPIndia portal + Copyright Office) — Copyright Act 1957, Section 31A_