Singapore legislation

Clause 148

of Copyright Bill

Clause 148

Infringement by commercial dealing, etc.

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright in a work is infringed if —

(a)

a person does any of the following acts in Singapore:

(i)

deals commercially in an article; or

(ii)

distributes an article to an extent that will prejudicially affect the copyright owner;

(b)

the act is done without the licence of the copyright owner; and

(c)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that —

(i)

if the article is made in Singapore — the making of the article infringed the copyright; and

(ii)

if the article is imported — the article was made without the consent of the copyright owner.

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1) —

(a)

it does not matter whether the article is made before, on or after the appointed day; and

(b)

an article made before the appointed day is to be treated as having been made in infringement of copyright if it was made in infringement of copyright under the 1911 Act or the 1987 Act, as the case may be.

(3)

This section does not limit section 146.