Singapore legislation

Section 2

Importation of copies

*For the purpose of the application of section 14 of the Imperial Copyright Act 1911 [U.K. 1911 c. 46] to the importation into Singapore of copies of works made out of Singapore —

(a)

the Trade Development Board shall perform the duties and may exercise the powers thereby imposed on or given to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

(b)

regulations made by the Trade Development Board under that section shall require the approval of the President;

(c)

such regulations may provide that notices given to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, if communicated by them to the Trade Development Board, shall be deemed to have been given by the owner of the copyright to the Trade Development Board;

(d)

the works prohibited to be imported by that section shall, if imported into Singapore, be forfeited, and may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the President directs, and any person who —

(i)

imports or brings or is concerned in importing or bringing into Singapore any such works whether the same are unshipped or not;

(ii)

unships or assists or is otherwise concerned in unshipping any such works;

(iii)

knowingly harbours, keeps or conceals, or knowingly permits or suffers or causes to be harboured, kept or concealed any such works; or

(iv)

knowingly acquires possession of those works,shall, for each such offence, forfeit treble the value of those works or $2,000 at the election of the Trade Development Board.