Singapore legislation
Section 211
Section 211
Original works in which copyright subsists
(1)
Section 27(1) shall apply to works made before 10th April 1987 as if each reference in that subsection to a qualified person included a reference to a British subject and to a person domiciled in a country to which the Copyright Act 1911 extended.
(2)
Section 27(2) shall apply to works first published before 10th April 1987 —
as if each reference in paragraph (c) of that subsection to Singapore included a reference to a country to which the Copyright Act 1911 extended; and
as if paragraphs (d) and (e) of that subsection were omitted.
(3)
Section 27(2) shall apply to works that are first published after 10th April 1987 and the author of which died before the commencement of the repealed Singapore Citizenship Ordinance 19575 (Ord. 35/57) as if the reference in paragraph (e) of that section to a qualified person included a reference to a person who would have been a citizen of Singapore if that Ordinance had been in force immediately before his death.5 The Ordinance came into operation on 1st November 1957.
(4)
Section 27(3) shall not apply to or in relation to a building that was constructed before 10th April 1987.
(5)
This section shall have effect subject to section 210.[Aust. 1968, s. 211]