Singapore legislation

Section 278

Copying or communicating material in public registers

If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to —

(a)

make a copy of any of the following material:

(i)

a work;

(ii)

a recording of a protected performance; or

(b)

communicate the material to the public.

The conditions are —

(a)

the material is part of a public register;

(b)

if the register is maintained by the Government — the copy or communication is made by or with the authority of the Government;

(c)

if the register is maintained by a public body — the copy or communication is made by or with the authority of the public body; and

(d)

the copy or communication is made —

(i)

to facilitate the inspection of the register, or the provision of copies from the register, as required or permitted by law;

(ii)

to facilitate the exercise of any right that the law mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) is meant to facilitate; or

(iii)

for the purpose of maintaining the register.

Where —

(a)

an act is a permitted use of any material under this section; and

(b)

copies of the material are supplied to the public as part of, or incidentally to, that act,the supply of those copies —

(c)

is not to be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as publishing the material (or any work or recording included in the material); and

(d)

must be ignored in determining the duration of any copyright in the material (or the included work).