Singapore legislation

Clause 7

New section 116A

The Copyright Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 116, the following section:“Accessories to imported articles116A.—

(1)

The copyright in —

(a)

a published edition of a work embodied in an accessory to an article; or

(b)

a sound recording or cinematograph film that is an accessory to an article,is not infringed by a person who, without the licence of the owner of the copyright, imports the article into Singapore for a purpose mentioned in section 104(a), (b) or (c) unless the article is an infringing copy.(2) The operation of this Act in relation to —

(a)

a published edition of a work embodied in an article; or

(b)

a sound recording or cinematograph film,is not affected by the operation of this section in relation to —

(i)

a published edition of a work, or other in subject-matter, embodied in an accessory to the article; or

(ii)

a sound recording or cinematograph film that is an accessory to the article.(3) If an article is imported into Singapore for a purpose mentioned in section 104(a), (b) or (c), and the importation is not, by reason of this section, an infringement of the copyright in —

(a)

a published edition of a work embodied in an accessory to the article;

(b)

a sound recording or cinematograph film that is an accessory to the article,the use of the accessory with the article for any such purpose shall not be an infringement of the copyright in the published edition of a work, or in the sound recording or cinematograph film, and section 105(1) shall not apply to the accessory.”.