Copyright Act · 2006 Revised Edition · Part V · Remedies for Infringements of Copyright
140B. Restriction of importation of copies of works, etc.
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A person who is the owner of the copyright in any copyright material or a licensee thereof may give the Director-General a written notice —
owner
“owner”, in relation to the copyright in copyright material, includes an exclusive licensee of the copyright in the material;
stating that he is —
the owner of the copyright in the copyright material; or
a licensee thereof having the power to give such a notice;
stating that copies of the copyright material which are infringing copies are expected to be imported;
providing sufficient information —
to identify the copies of the copyright material;
to enable the Director-General to ascertain the time when and place where the copies are expected to be imported; and
to satisfy the Director-General that the copies are infringing copies; and
stating that he objects to such importation.
A notice given under subsection (1) shall be supported by such documents and information as may be prescribed in regulations.
Subject to subsection (4), this section shall apply 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.
copyright material
“copyright material” means —(a)a work;(b)a sound recording;(c)a cinematograph film;(d)a published edition of a work; or(e)a television or a sound broadcast as recorded in a cinematograph film or a sound recording;
This section shall not apply to copies of copyright material which are goods in transit.
goods in transit
“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;
Unless it is revoked under subsection (6), a notice under subsection (1) shall remain in force until —
the end of the period of 60 days commencing on the day on which the notice was given; or
the end of the period for which the copyright in the copyright material to which the notice relates is to subsist,whichever is the earlier.
A notice under subsection (1) may be revoked by written notice given to the Director-General by the person who gave the first-mentioned notice or by a subsequent owner of the copyright in the copyright material to which the notice relates.
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Customs appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act;
If —
a notice has been given under this section in respect of copyright material;
the notice has not lapsed or been revoked; and
a person imports copies of the copyright material to which this section applies for the purpose of —
selling, letting for hire, or by way of trade offering or exposing for sale or hire, the copies;
distributing the copies for the purpose of trade;
distributing the copies for any other purpose to an extent that will affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright in the copyright material; or
by way of trade exhibiting the copies in public,an authorised officer may seize the copies.
The Minister may make regulations to provide for —
the forms of notices under this section;
the times at which, and the manner in which, notices are to be given; and
the giving of information and evidence to the Director-General. [Aust. 1968, s. 135]