Singapore legislation

Section 24

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 24

What is a film; what are the visual images, sounds and soundtrack of a film

(1)

A “film” —

(a)

is all the visual images embodied in a thing in a way that —

(i)

the images can be shown as a moving picture by using that thing; or

(ii)

that thing can be used to embody the images in another thing, and the images can be shown as a moving picture by using that other thing; and

(b)

includes all the sounds embodied in —

(i)

that thing or any part of that thing; or

(ii)

any disc, tape or other device that is made available by the maker of the film to be used together with that thing.

(2)

In relation to a film —

(a)

“visual images” is the visual images mentioned in subsection (1)(a);

(b)

“sounds” is the sounds mentioned in subsection (1)(b); and

(c)

a “soundtrack” is —

(i)

the thing or any part of the thing mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i); or

(ii)

the disc, tape or other device mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(ii).

(3)

In this section, “thing” includes an article.