Singapore legislation
Clause 175
Clause 175
Provisions as to international organisations
(1)
Where it appears to the Minister that it is desirable that this Act should apply in relation to an organisation —
of which two or more countries, or the Governments of two or more countries, are members; or
that is constituted by persons representing two or more countries, or representing the Governments of two or more countries, the Minister may by regulations made under this Act declare that organisation to be an international organisation to which this Act applies.
(2)
An international organisation to which this Act applies that otherwise does not have, or at some material time otherwise did not have, the legal capacities of a body corporate shall have, and shall be deemed at all material times to have had, the legal capacities of a body corporate for the purpose of holding, dealing with and enforcing copyright and for the purposes of all legal proceedings relating to copyright.
(3)
Where an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is made by or under the direction or control of an organisation to which this section applies in such circumstances that —
copyright would not subsist in the work apart from this subsection; but(b)if the author of the work had been a citizen of Singapore at the time when it was made, copyright would have subsisted in the work immediately after it was made and would thereupon have vested in the organisation,copyright shall subsist in the work as if the author had been a citizen of Singapore when it was made, that copyright shall continue to subsist so long as the work remains unpublished, and the organisation shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be entitled to that copyright.
(4)
Where an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is first published by or under the direction or control of an organisation to which this section applies, in such circumstances that, apart from this subsection, copyright does not subsist in the work immediately after the first publication thereof, and either —
the work is so published in pursuance of an agreement with the author which does not reserve to the author the copyright (if any) in the work; or
the work was made in such circumstances that, if it had been first published in Singapore, the organisation would have been entitled to the copyright in the work,copyright shall subsist in the work (or, if copyright in the work subsisted immediately before its first publication, shall continue to subsist) as if it had been first published in Singapore, that copyright shall subsist until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published, and the organisation shall, subject to the provisions of Parts IX and XI, be entitled to that copyright.
(5)
Parts III and IV, other than the provisions of that Part relating to the subsistence, duration or ownership of copyright, shall apply in relation to copyright subsisting by virtue of this section in like manner as it applies in relation to copyright subsisting by virtue of that Part.