Section 4

Five printed copies of the whole of every book which is printed or published in Singapore, together with all maps, prints or other engravings belonging thereto finished and coloured in the same manner as the best copies of the same are produced, and also of any second or subsequent edition which is so produced with any additions or alterations, whether the same are in the letterpress, or in the maps, prints or other engravings belonging thereto, shall, within one calendar month after the day on which any such book is first delivered out of the press, and notwithstanding any agreement, if the book is published, between the printer and the publisher thereof, be delivered free of charge by the publisher bound, sewn or stitched together, and upon the best paper on which the same is printed, to the Director of the National Library.

The officer to whom any copies of books are delivered under this Act shall give a receipt in writing for them.