National Library Board Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Establishment, Constitution, Functionsand Powers of Board
10. Deposit of library materials
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Except as otherwise provided by regulations, the publisher of every library material (other than online material) published in Singapore must, at the publisher’s own expense —
publisher
“publisher” means any person who arranges for any library material to be published in Singapore;
subject to paragraph (b), deposit 2 copies of that library material with the Board at a place determined by the Board within 4 weeks after the date of first publication; and
where the library material is in electronic form, deposit a copy of that library material with the Board in the form and manner determined by the Board, free of any technological or other restriction on access, within 4 weeks after the date of first publication.
The Board may by regulations made under section 47 prescribe —
the library materials which are not required to be deposited with the Board; and
the quality and the format of the copies of library materials required to be deposited, and the manner in which they must be deposited.
Every publisher of any library material who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.