Singapore legislation

Section 196

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 196

Copying authorial work by non‑reprographic means for course of education

(1)

If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to make a copy of an authorial work.

(2)

The conditions are —

(a)

the copy is made for the purposes of a course of education;

(b)

the copy is made by a person conducting or undergoing the course; and

(c)

the copy is not made by a reprographic process.

(3)

In this section, “reprographic process” —

(a)

means a process —

(i)

for making facsimile copies (whether of the same scale or not); or

(ii)

involving the use of an appliance for making multiple copies; and

(b)

includes, in relation to an authorial work in electronic form, any copying by electronic means, but does not include the making of a film or sound recording.