Copyright Act · 2006 Revised Edition · Part V · Remedies for Infringements of Copyright
140A. Interpretation of this Division and Division 7
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In this Division and Division 7, unless the context otherwise requires —“aircraft” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act (Cap. 272A);“authorised officer” means —
an officer of customs as defined in section 3 of the Customs Act (Cap. 70); or
any officer or class or description of officers appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on an authorised officer by this Division and Division 7;“copyright material” means —
a work;
a sound recording;
sound recording
“sound recording” means the aggregate of the sounds embodied in a record;
a cinematograph film;
cinematograph film
“cinematograph film” means the aggregate of visual images embodied in an article or thing so as to be capable by the use of that article or thing —(a)of being shown as a moving picture; or(b)of being embodied in another article or thing by the use of which it can be so shown,and includes the aggregate of the sounds embodied in a sound-track associated with such visual images;
a published edition of a work; or
a television or a sound broadcast as recorded in a cinematograph film or a sound recording;“Director-General” means the Director-General of Customs appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act;“goods in transit” means goods imported, whether or not landed or transhipped within Singapore, which are to be carried to another country either by the same or another conveyance;“master” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act (Cap. 272A);“objector”, in relation to particular seized copies, means the person who gave the notice under section 140B(1) as a result of the giving of which the copies were seized;“owner”, in relation to the copyright in copyright material, includes an exclusive licensee of the copyright in the material;“pilot of an aircraft” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act;“seized copies” means copies seized under section 140B(7);“senior authorised officer” means —
sound broadcast
“sound broadcast” means sounds broadcast otherwise than as part of a television broadcast;
a senior officer of customs as defined in section 3 of the Customs Act; and
any officer or class or description of officers appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on a senior authorised officer by Division 7;“vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act (Cap. 272A);“vessel” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act. [Aust. 1968, s. 134B]
“aircraft” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act (Cap. 272A);
“authorised officer” means —
an officer of customs as defined in section 3 of the Customs Act (Cap. 70); or
any officer or class or description of officers appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on an authorised officer by this Division and Division 7;
“copyright material” means —
a work;
a sound recording;
a cinematograph film;
a published edition of a work; or
a television or a sound broadcast as recorded in a cinematograph film or a sound recording;
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Customs appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act;
“goods in transit” means goods imported, whether or not landed or transhipped within Singapore, which are to be carried to another country either by the same or another conveyance;
conveyance
“conveyance” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act;
“master” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act (Cap. 272A);
“objector”, in relation to particular seized copies, means the person who gave the notice under section 140B(1) as a result of the giving of which the copies were seized;
“owner”, in relation to the copyright in copyright material, includes an exclusive licensee of the copyright in the material;
“pilot of an aircraft” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act;
“seized copies” means copies seized under section 140B(7);
“senior authorised officer” means —
a senior officer of customs as defined in section 3 of the Customs Act; and
any officer or class or description of officers appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on a senior authorised officer by Division 7;
“vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act (Cap. 272A);
“vessel” has the same meaning as in the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act.