Singapore legislation

Section 227

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 227

Research or study — copying originals for use on premises of public collections

(1)

If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to —

(a)

make a copy of any of the following material:

(i)

an authorial work;

(ii)

a sound recording;

(iii)

a film;

(iv)

a recording of a protected performance; or

(b)

communicate the material.

(2)

The conditions are —

(a)

a public collection has or used to have the original version or first copy (as the case may be) of the material;

(b)

the copy or communication is made by or on behalf of the custodian of the public collection;

(c)

the copy or communication is made for the purpose of carrying out research at any premises where any public collection is held;

(d)

the material (including any copies) is not supplied to any person for any other purpose;

(e)

before the copy is made, an authorised officer of the public collection —

(i)

makes a reasonable investigation; and

(ii)

declares that he or she is satisfied that a new copy of the material could not be obtained within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price; and

(f)

in the case of subsection (1)(a) — the copy is notated according to section 301.

(3)

For the purposes of this Act, the supply of copies of any material in circumstances to which this section applies —

(a)

is not to be treated as publishing the material (or any work or recording included in the material); and

(b)

must be ignored in determining the duration of any copyright in the material (or the included work).