Singapore legislation

Clause 507

Related and consequential amendments, etc.

(1)

Section 89(1)(x) of the Customs Act (Cap. 70, 2004 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “section 140EB or 140LE of the Copyright Act” and substituting the words “section 353 of the Copyright Act 2021”.

(2)

Section 26 of the Electronic Transactions Act (Cap. 88, 2011 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(d)any liability of a network service provider under the Copyright Act 2021 in respect of a rights infringement as defined by section 97 of that Act.”; and

(b)

by deleting the definitions of “performance” and “protection period” in subsection (3).

(3)

Part 2 and section 37 of the Intellectual Property (Dispute Resolution) Act 2019 (Act 23 of 2019) are repealed.

(4)

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Act (Cap. 140, 2002 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Part VII of the Copyright Act (Cap. 63)” in the definition of “Copyright Tribunal” in section 2 and substituting the words “Part 10 of the Copyright Act 2021”;

(b)

by deleting the words “Copyright Act (Cap. 63)” in section 6(1)(b) and substituting the words “Copyright Act 2021”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after item 4 in the Third Schedule, the following item:“5.Part 9, Division 2 of the Copyright Act 2021.”.

(5)

Section 108(6) of the Patents Act (Cap. 221, 2005 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “Copyright Act (Cap. 63)” and substituting the words “Copyright Act 2021”.

(6)

The Registered Designs Act (Cap. 266, 2005 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “artistic work” in section 2(1) and substituting the following definition:“ “artistic work” has the meaning given by section 20(1) of the Copyright Act 2021;”;

(b)

by deleting the words “Copyright Act (Cap. 63)” in sections 22(1)(a) and 45(6) and substituting in each case the words “Copyright Act 2021”; and

(c)

by deleting subsection (3) of section 77 and substituting the following subsection:“(3) For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision of the Copyright Act 2021, the Minister may, by rules, prescribe such transitional provisions in relation to that Act as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.”.

(7)

Section 31(1)(viiia) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act (Cap. 272A, 1996 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “section 140EB or 140LE of the Copyright Act” and substituting the words “section 353 of the Copyright Act 2021”.

(8)

Section 29 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 2019 (Act 40 of 2019) is amended by deleting subsection (2).

(9)

Section 2 of the Undesirable Publications Act (Cap. 338, 1998 Ed.) is amended by deleting the definitions of “broadcast” and “broadcasting” and substituting the following definitions:“ “broadcast” has the meaning given by section 27 of the Copyright Act 2021 and “broadcasting” has a corresponding meaning;”.

(10)

(a)

by deleting the definition of “Court” in section 7(1) and substituting the following definition:“ “Court” means the General Division of the High Court;”;

(b)

by deleting the words “General Division of the High Court” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “Court”:Sections 325(1) and (2), 326(5), 327(1) and (2) and 494(1), (3)(c), (5)(a) and (b) and (6); and

(c)

by deleting the words “General Division of High Court” in the section heading of section 494 and substituting the word “Court”.