Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Amendment of section 140B
Section 140B of the Copyright Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the word “imported” in subsection (1)(b) and (c)(ii), the words “or exported”;
by deleting paragraph (d) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(d)requesting the Director-General to seize the copies.”;
by deleting subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) A notice under subsection (1) must be —
in the form determined by the Director-General, and supported by such documents and information as the Director-General may require; and
accompanied by the fee prescribed under section 140AB.(3) Subject to subsection (4), this section applies to copies of copyright material —
made wholly or partly outside Singapore the making of which was carried out without the consent of the owner of the copyright; or
made in Singapore the making of which constituted an infringement of copyright.”;
by deleting the words “the end of the period of 60 days commencing on” in subsection (5)(a) and substituting the words “the 59th day after”;
by inserting, immediately after the word “material” in subsection (7)(a), the words “that complies with subsection (2)”;
by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (7) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)a person imports or proposes to export copies of the copyright material to which this section applies,”;
by deleting subsection (8) and substituting the following subsection:“(8) The Minister may make regulations that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Subdivision, and in particular to provide —
for the times at which, and the manner in which, notices are to be given;
for the giving of information and evidence to the Director-General; and
that an authorised officer may refuse to seize copies of any copyright material because of non-compliance with any direction of the Director-General or any such regulation.”; and
by inserting, immediately after the word “importation” in the section heading, the words “or exportation”.