Singapore legislation

Clause 4

Amendment of section 25

Section 25 of the Copyright Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) Where reference is made in this Act to an imported article the making of which was carried out without the consent of the owner of the copyright, the reference to the owner of the copyright shall be read as a reference to —

(a)

the person entitled to the copyright in respect of its application to the making of an article of that description in the country where the article was made; or

(b)

if there is no person entitled to the copyright in respect of its application to the making of an article of that description in the country where the article was made, the person entitled to the copyright in respect of that application in Singapore,and the making of the article shall be deemed to have been carried out with the consent of that owner if, after disregarding all conditions as to the sale, distribution or other dealings in the article after it making, the article was made with his licence (other than a compulsory licence).”.