Clause 200

Section 26(1) shall apply to works made before the commencement of this Act as if each reference in that subsection to a qualified person included a reference to a British subject and to a person domiciled in any part of the British dominions to which the Copyright Act 1911 extended.

Section 26(2) shall apply to works first published before the commencement of this Act as if paragraphs (d) and (e) of that section were omitted.

Section 26(2) shall apply to works that are first published after the commencement of this Act and the author of which died before the commencement of the repealed Citizenship Ordinance 1957 as if the reference in paragraph (e) of that section to a qualified person included a reference to a person who would have been a citizen of Singapore if that Act had been in force immediately before his death.

Section 26(3) shall not apply to or in relation to a building that was constructed before the commencement of this Act.

This section shall have effect subject to section 199.