Singapore legislation
Clause 51
Clause 51
Multiple copying of insubstantial portions of works
(1)
Subject to this section, copyright in a literary or dramatic work is not infringed by the making, on the premises of an educational institution, by any person, for the purposes of a course of education provided by the institution, of a copy or copies of a page or pages of the work in an edition of the work, or of works that include the work.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to —
the making of a copy or copies of the whole of a work; or
the making of a copy or copies of more than 5 of the pages of a work in an edition of the work, or of works that include the work, unless —
one per cent of the total number of pages in the edition exceeds 5 pages; and
the total number of pages so copied does not exceed 5 per cent of the total number of pages in the edition.
(3)
Where a person has made or caused to be made on an occasion a copy of a part of a work contained on a page or pages in an edition of the work, or of works that include the work, in reliance on this section, subsection (1) shall not apply to the making, by or on behalf of that person, on a subsequent occasion less than 14 days after the day on which the previous copying took place copy of any other part of that work.