Singapore legislation

Clause 60

of Copyright Bill

Clause 60

Specific acts that do not constitute publication

(1)

The following provisions provide that certain acts in certain circumstances are not to be treated as publication:

(a)

section 223(4) (publicising public exhibition);

(b)

section 225(3) (making public collection available on network of public collection);

(c)

section 226(3) (copying or communicating material for users of public collection);

(d)

section 227(3) (copying originals for use on premises of public collection);

(e)

section 228(3) (copying or communicating unpublished thesis in university library or archive);

(f)

section 229(3) (copying or communicating unpublished old material in public collection);

(g)

section 233(3) (copying or communicating material for administrative purposes of public collection);

(h)

section 244(4) (copying for computational data analysis);

(i)

section 278(3) (copying or communicating material in public registers);

(j)

section 281(3) (copying or communicating publicly disclosed material);

(k)

section 283(3) (data sharing within public sector);

(l)

section 287 (public act).

(2)

To avoid doubt, the provisions mentioned in subsection (1) do not limit section 53(2).