Singapore legislation

Regulation 51

Section 230 — prescribed notice of intention to publish new work

A notice for the purposes of section 230(1)(b) —

(a)

must be advertised;

(b)

must be given no earlier than 3 months before, and no later than 2 months before, the date of the intended publication;

(c)

must state —

(i)

in relation to the person (X) intending to publish the new work —

(A)

X’s name;

(B)

X’s residential or business address in Singapore; and

(C)

X’s intention to publish the new work;

(ii)

in relation to the old work —

(A)

the title (if any) of the old work;

(B)

if the title of the old work is not sufficient to enable that work to be identified — a description that is sufficient for that purpose;

(C)

the time when, or the period during which, the old work was made (or an estimate of that time or period);

(D)

the name of the author (if the work has an identified author);

(E)

the name and address in Singapore of the public collection at which the original version or a copy of the old work is kept;

(F)

if X knows the name of the person from whom the public collection acquired the work — that person’s name; and

(G)

if X does not know the name of that person — that fact; and

(iii)

that the person claiming to be the owner of the copyright in the old work may give notice of that person’s claim to X; and

(d)

must state, at the foot of the notice, the name of the person giving the notice.