Singapore legislation

Clause 49

of Copyright (Amendment) Bill

Clause 49

Amendment of section 236

Section 236 of the Copyright Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)(b) and (c) of that section” in subsection (1), the words “in relation to a work”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) It is a breach of the duty imposed on a person by section 188 if the person does, on or after 1st January 2005, any of the acts mentioned in subsection (1)(b) and (c) of that section in relation to a recording of a performance, notwithstanding that the name concerned was inserted or affixed before that date.”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) Subject to subsection (1A), Part IX shall not apply in relation to acts done before 1st January 2005 in respect of a recording of a performance.”.