Certain disputes to be decided by [Appellate Board] :
Section – 6. If any question arises,—
| (a) | whether a work has been published or as to the date on which a work was published for the purposes of Chapter V, or | |
| (b) | whether the term of copyright for any work is shorter in any other country than that provided in respect of that work under this Act, |
it shall be referred to the [Appellate Board] constituted under section 11 whose decision thereon shall be final:
Provided that if in the opinion of the [Appellate Board], the issue of copies or communication to the public referred to in section 3 was of an insignificant nature, it shall not be deemed to be publication for the purposes of that section.]