Singapore legislation

Clause 235

Assignments and licences

(1)

Without prejudice to the generality of section 228(1), where —

(a)

the author of a work to which this Division applies had, before the commencement of the Copyright Act 1911, made an assignment or grant of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the proviso to section 24(1) of that Act (in this section referred to as “the proviso”); and

(b)

(2)

If, before the commencement of this Act, an event occurred or a notice was given, being an event or notice that, in accordance with paragraph (a) of the proviso, had any operation affecting the ownership of the right conferred by the Copyright Act 1911 in relation to the work or creating, transferring or terminating an interest, right or licence in respect of that right, that event or notice shall have the like operation in relation to the copyright in the work under this Act.

(3)

Any right that, at a time after the commencement of this Act, would, by virtue of paragraph (a) of the proviso, have been exercisable in relation to the work or in relation to the right conferred by the Copyright Act 1911, if this Act had not been enacted, shall be exercisable in relation to the work or in relation to the copyright subsisting in the work under this Act, as the case may be.

(4)

If, in accordance with paragraph (a) of the proviso, the right conferred by the Copyright Act 1911 would have reverted to the author or his personal representatives on the date referred to in that paragraph, and that date occurs after the commencement of this Act, then on that date —

(a)

the copyright in the work under this Act shall revert to the author or his personal representatives, as the case may be; and

(b)

any interest of any other person in that copyright that subsists on that date by virtue of any document made before the commencement of the Copyright Act 1911 shall cease.