Singapore legislation

Clause 10

Amendment of sub-heading and new section 50A

The Copyright Act is amended by deleting the sub-heading “Division 6 — Copying of Works in Educational Institutions” immediately above section 51 and substituting the following sub-heading “Division 6 — Copying of Works for Educational Purposes”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following section:“Copying by non-reprographic means for purpose of a course of education50A.—

(1)

Copyright in a work is not infringed by its being copied for the purposes of a course of education, provided the copying —

(a)

is done by a person conducting or undergoing the course of education; and

(b)

is not by means of a reprographic process.(2) For the purpose of this section —“electronic” means actuated by electric, magnetic, electro-magnetic, electro-chemical or electro-mechanical energy;“facsimile copy” includes a copy that is reduced or enlarged in scale;“in electronic form” means in a form usable only by electronic means;“reprographic process” means a process —

(a)

for making facsimile copies; or

(b)

involving the use of an appliance for making multiple copies,and includes, in relation to a work held in electronic form, any copying by electronic means, but does not include the making of a cinematographic film or sound recording.”.