Singapore legislation

Section 249

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 249

Films depicting historical events

(1)

This section applies where —

(a)

the visual images of a film consist wholly or mainly of images that, when they were first embodied in an article or a thing, were means of communicating news; and

(b)

50 years have passed since the end of the year during which the main events depicted in the film occurred.

(2)

It is a permitted use to —

(a)

cause the visual images of the film to be seen in public;

(b)

cause any sounds of the film to be heard in public; or

(c)

do both of those acts.

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