Singapore legislation
Section 8
Section 8
Special provisions as to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles
(1)
Subject to this section, the following shall not be deemed to constitute infringement:
the use on board a foreign vessel of the patented invention in the body of the vessel or in the machinery, tackle, apparatus or other accessories thereof, if the vessel comes into the territorial waters of Singapore temporarily or accidentally only, and the invention is used exclusively for the actual needs of the vessel; or
the use of the patented invention in the construction or working of a foreign aircraft or foreign land vehicle or of the accessories thereof if the aircraft or vehicle comes into Singapore temporarily or accidentally only.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), this section shall apply only to the vessels, aircraft and land vehicles of those foreign states with respect to which the President may by notification published in the Gazette declare them to be applicable and so long only in the case of the vessels, aircraft and land vehicles of each of such foreign states as the notification continues in force with respect to the vessels, aircraft and land vehicles of that state.
(3)
The provisions of this section shall apply to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles of the United Kingdom, and the President may by notification apply those provisions to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles of any other part of the Commonwealth in like manner as to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles of a foreign state.
(4)
For the purposes of this section —
Definition
“vessels” and “aircraft” shall be deemed to be vessels and aircraft of the country in which they are registered, and “land vehicles” shall be deemed to be vehicles of the country within which the owners are ordinarily resident;
Definition
“foreign state” shall be deemed to include any colony, protectorate, territory subject to the authority or under the suzerainty of a foreign state and any territory administered by a foreign state in accordance with a mandate from the League of Nations or under the trusteeship system of the United Nations.