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Copyright Regulations (Revised Edition 1996, as amended up to the Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2005), Singapore

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 Copyright Regulations (Revised Edition 1996, as amended up to the Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2005)

COPYRIGHT ACT

(CHAPTER 63, SECTION 202)

COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS

Arrangement of Provisions

[10th April 1987]

1 Citation.

2 Definitions.

3 (Deleted) 4 Institutions assisting handicapped readers.

4A Institution assisting intellectually handicapped readers.

5 Notices to be displayed.

5A Prescribed period for retention of records and copies made for simulcasting.

6 Notice of intended publication of unpublished work kept in public library.

7 Particulars of copying records.

7A Particulars of communication records.

8 Keeping of records and period for payment for making of copies.

8A Keeping of records and period for payment for communication.

9 Retention of declarations in relation to copies, copying records and communication

records. 9A Notice under section 45(9) of Act.

10 Arrangement of declarations and records.

11 Inspection of records and declarations retained by libraries, archives or institutions.

12 Circumstances in which design is to be deemed to be applied industrially.

13 Notification of use of copyright material for service of Government.

14 Notation of copies and handicapped readers’ copies.

15 Service of documents in Singapore.

16 (Deleted)

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COPYRIGHT ACT

(CHAPTER 63, SECTION 202)

COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS

REVISED EDITION 1996

(25th March 1992)

[10th April 1987]

Citation.

1.—These Regulations may be cited as the Copyright Regulations.

Definitions.

2.—In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

"address for service in Singapore" means an address at which service may be effected in

accordance with regulation 15;

"officer-in-charge" means —

(a) in relation to archives — the person holding, or performing the duties of, the

office or position in the service of the body administering the archives the duties of

which involve that person having direct responsibility for the maintenance of, and the

provision of services in relation to, the collection comprising the archives; and

(b) in relation to a library — the officer holding, or performing the duties of, the

office or position in the service of the body administering the library the duties of

which involve that person having direct responsibility for the maintenance of, and the

provision of services in relation to, the collection comprising the library.

3.Deleted by S 221/2005, wef 18/04/2005.

Institutions assisting handicapped readers.

4.—For the purposes of the definition of “institution assisting handicapped readers” in section 7 (1) of

the Act, each of the institutions specified in the Second Schedule is declared to be, for the purposes of

the Act, an institution assisting handicapped readers.

Institution assisting intellectually handicapped readers.

4A.—For the purposes of the definition of “institution assisting intellectually handicapped readers” in

section 7(1) of the Act, each of the institutions specified in the Eighth Schedule is declared to be, for

the purposes of the Act, an institution assisting intellectually handicapped readers.

Notices to be displayed.

5.—For the purposes of sections 34 (b) and 105A (b) of the Act —

(a) a notice 297 millimetres long and 210 millimetres wide shall be a notice of the prescribed

dimensions; and

(b) the prescribed form of notice shall be in the form set out in the Third Schedule.

Prescribed period for retention of records and copies made for simulcasting.

5A.—(1) Where a sound recording or cinematograph film of a literary, dramatic or musical work,

or of an adaptation of such a work, is made in accordance with section 43A (1) and (2) of the Act, the

prescribed period for the purposes of section 43A (3) of the Act shall be —

(a) subject to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), 6 months;

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (c), if the recording or film is made by a non-profit organisation,

2 years; or

(c) such longer period as may be agreed between the maker of the recording or film and the

owner of the copyright in the work,

commencing from the day on which the recording or any further record embodying the recording

referred to in section 43A(2)(b)(i) of the Act, or the film or any further copy of the film referred to in

section 43A(2)(b)(ii) of the Act, as the case may be, is first used for the purpose of simulcasting the

work or adaptation, as the case may be, in digital form.

(2) Where a copy of a sound recording or cinematograph film is made in accordance with

section 107A(1) and (2) of the Act, the prescribed period for the purposes of section 107A(3) of the

Act shall be —

(a) subject to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), 6 months;

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (c), if the copy is made by a non-profit organisation, 2 years; or

(c) such longer period as may be agreed between the maker of the copy and the owner of the

copyright in the recording or film,

commencing from the day on which that copy or any further copy referred to in section 107A(2)(b) of

the Act is first used for the purpose of simulcasting the recording or film in digital form.

Notice of intended publication of unpublished work kept in public library.

6.—For the purposes of section 49 (1) (b) and (2) (b) of the Act, the prescribed notice of the intended

publication of the new work shall be a notice given by advertisement published in the Gazette not

earlier than 3 months, and not later than two months, before the date of the publication or subsequent

publication, as the case may be, of the new work and —

(a) stating the name, and the address of the place of residence or business, of the person

intending to publish the new work and the intention of that person to publish the new work;

(b) stating the title (if any) of the old work and, if that title is not sufficient to enable that work

to be identified, containing a description of that work that is sufficient for that purpose;

(c) stating the time, or an estimate of the time, when the old work was made or the period, or

an estimate of the period, over which the making of the old work extended, as the case may

be;

(d) if the name of the author of the old work is known to the person intending to publish the

new work — stating the name of that author;

(e) stating the name and address of the library or other place in which a copy, or the

manuscript, of the old work is kept;

(f) stating the name of the person from whom the copy or manuscript of the old work was

acquired for the purposes of that library or other place or, if the person intending to publish

the new work does not know the name of the person from whom the copy or manuscript was

acquired for those purposes, stating that fact;

(g) stating that a person claiming to be the owner of the copyright in the old work may give

notice of his claim to the person intending to publish the new work; and

(h) stating, at the foot of the notice, the name of the person by whom the notice is given.

Particulars of copying records.

7.—(1) For the purposes of section 52 (6) of the Act, a record of the copying of the whole or part of

an article contained in a periodical publication by or on behalf of the body administering an

educational institution for the educational purposes of the educational institution shall set out —

(a) if the International Standard Serial Number in respect of the periodical publication is

recorded in the periodical publication — that number;

(b) if the International Standard Serial Number in respect of the publication is not so recorded

— the name of the periodical publication;

(c) the title or description of the article;

(d) the name of the author of the article (if that name is known);

(e) the volume, or volume and number, as the case requires, of the periodical publication

containing the article;

(f) the page numbers of the pages in that volume, or in that number of that volume, that have

been copied, or, in a case where a page so copied does not bear a page number, such

description of the page as will enable it to be identified;

(g) the date on which those copies have been made; and

(h) the number of copies made.

(2) For the purposes of section 52 (7) of the Act, a record of the copying of the whole or part of a

work (not being an article contained in a periodical publication) by or on behalf of the body

administering an educational institution for the educational purposes of an educational institution shall

set out —

(a) if the International Standard Book Number in respect of the work is recorded in the edition

of the work copied — that number;

(b) if the International Standard Book Number in respect of the work is not so recorded —

(i) the title or description of the work;

(ii) the name of the publisher of the edition of the work; and

(iii) the name of the author of the work (if that name is known);

(c) the page numbers of the pages in the edition of the work that have been copied, or, in a

case where a page so copied does not bear a page number, such description of the page as will

enable it to be identified;

(ca) if the work is contained in a published edition that is stored on any medium by

electronic means, the total number of bytes in the edition that have been copied;

(d) the date on which those copies have been made; and

(e) the number of copies made.

(2A) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) (h) and (2) (e), if —

(a) the copies made are in an electronic form on a network operated or controlled by an

educational institution;

(b) the copies are made to enable persons undertaking a course of education provided by that

or another educational institution to access the article or work or that part of the article or

work, as the case may be; and

(c) the number of the copies made cannot reasonably be ascertained,

the number of the copies made shall be taken to be equal to the number of students enrolled in that

course of education.

(3) For the purposes of sections 54 (7) and 54A (4) of the Act, a record of the copying of the whole or

part of an article contained in a periodical publication by or on behalf of the body administering an

institution assisting handicapped readers shall set out —

(a) if the International Standard Serial Number in respect of the periodical publication is

recorded in the periodical publication — that number;

(b) if the International Standard Serial Number in respect of the publication is not so recorded

— the name of the periodical publication;

(c) the title or description of the article;

(d) the name of the author of the article (if that name is known);

(e) the volume, or volume and number, as the case requires, of the periodical publication

containing the article;

(f) the page numbers of the pages in that volume, or in that number of that volume, that have

been copied, or, in a case where a page so copied does not bear a page number, such

description of the page as will enable it to be identified;

(g) the date on which the copy has been made; and

(h) the form in which the copy has been made.

(4) For the purposes of sections 54 (8) and 54A (5) of the Act, a record of the copying of the whole or

a part of a work (not being an article contained in a periodical publication) by or on behalf of the body

administering an institution assisting handicapped readers shall set out —

(a) if the International Standard Book Number in respect of the work is recorded in the edition

of the work copied — that number;

(b) if the International Standard Book Number in respect of the work is not so recorded —

(i) the title or description of the work;

(ii) the name of the publisher of the edition of the work; and

(iii) the name of the author of the work (if that name is known);

(c) the page numbers of the pages in the edition of the work that have been reproduced, or, in

a case where a page so reproduced does not bear a page number, such description of the page

as will enable it to be identified;

(d) the date on which the copy has been made; and

(e) the form in which the copy has been made.

Particulars of communication records.

7A.—(1) For the purposes of section 52(7C) of the Act, a record of the communication of the whole

or part of an article contained in a periodical publication by or on behalf of the body administering an

educational institution for the educational purposes of the educational institution shall set out —

(a) if the International Standard Serial Number in respect of the periodical publication is

recorded in the periodical publication — that number;

(b) if the International Standard Serial Number in respect of the publication is not so

recorded — the name of the periodical publication;

(c) the title or description of the article;

(d) the name of the author of the article (if that name is known);

(e) the volume or volume and number, as the case requires, of the periodical publication

containing the article;

(f) the page numbers of the pages in that volume, or in that number of that volume, that have

been communicated, or, in a case where a page so communicated does not bear a page

number, such description of the page as will enable it to be identified;

(g) the date on which the communication was made; and

(h) the number of persons to whom the communication was made.

(2) For the purposes of section 52(7D) of the Act, a record of the communication of the whole

or part of a work (not being an article contained in a periodical publication) by or on behalf of the

body administering an educational institution for the educational purposes of an educational

institution shall set out —

(a) if the International Standard Book Number in respect of the work is recorded in the

edition of the work copied — that number;

(b) if the International Standard Book Number in respect of the work is not so recorded —

(i) the title or description of the work;

(ii) the name of the publisher of the edition of the work; and

(iii) the name of the author of the work (if that name is known);

(c) the page numbers of the pages in the edition of the work that have been communicated,

or, in a case where a page so communicated does not bear a page number, such description

of the page as will enable it to be identified;

(d) if the work is contained in a published edition that is stored on any medium by electronic

means, the total number of bytes in the edition that have been communicated;

(e) the date on which the communication was made; and

(f) the number of persons to whom the communication was made.

(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(h) and (2)(f), if —

(a) the communication is made through a network operated or controlled by an educational

institution;

(b) the communication is made to enable persons undertaking a course of education provided

by that or another educational institution to receive the article or work or that part of the

article or work, as the case may be; and

(c) the number of persons to whom the communication was made cannot reasonably be

ascertained,

the number of persons to whom the communication was made shall be taken to be equal to the

number of students enrolled in that course of education.

Keeping of records and period for payment for making of copies.

8.—(1) For the purposes of section 52 (8) (a) , 54 (9) (a) or 54A (6) (a) of the Act, a record of the

copying of a work or part of a work may, instead of being kept in writing, be kept in any manner that

permits the information in the record to be elicited by the use of a computer.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), for the purposes of section 52 (8) (b) or , 54 (9) (b) or 54A (6) (b) of the

Act, where a record of the copying of a work or a part of a work is kept in writing, that record shall be

kept in accordance with —

(a) in the case of the copying of the whole or a part of an article contained in a periodical

publication — the form in the Fourth Schedule or the Fifth Schedule, as the case requires; or

(b) in the case of the copying of the whole or a part of a work not being an article contained in

a periodical publication — the form in the Sixth Schedule or the Seventh Schedule, as the

case requires.

(3) Strict compliance with the forms in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Schedules is not

necessary and substantial compliance is sufficient.

(4) For the purposes of sections 52 (11) , 54 (10) and 54A (7) of the Act, the prescribed period shall

be 4 years.

Keeping of records and period for payment for communication.

8A.—(1) For the purposes of section 52(7C) and (7D) of the Act, a record of the communication of a

work or a part of a work shall be kept in writing or in any manner that permits the information in the

record to be elicited by the use of a computer.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where a record of the communication of a work or a part of a work is

kept in writing, that record shall be kept in accordance with —

(a) in the case of the communication of the whole or a part of an article contained in a

periodical publication — the form in the Ninth Schedule; or

(b) in the case of the communication of the whole or a part of a work not being an article

contained in a periodical publication — the form in the Tenth Schedule.

(3) Strict compliance with the forms in the Ninth and Tenth Schedules is not necessary and

substantial compliance is sufficient.

(4) For the purposes of section 52(11C) of the Act, the prescribed period shall be 4 years.

Retention of declarations in relation to copies, copying records and communication records.

9.—(1) Where a copy of the whole, or a part of a work, or of other subject-matter, is made in reliance

on section 45, 46, 48 or 113 of the Act by an authorised officer of a library or archives, the body

administering the library or archives concerned and the officer-in-charge of the library or archives

concerned shall retain the relevant declaration in relation to the making of the copy in the records of

the library or archives until the expiration of 4 years after the date the copy was made, failing which

the body administering the library or archives concerned and, subject to paragraph (3), the officer-in-

charge of the library or archives concerned shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable

on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(2) Where —

(a) a copy of the whole or a part of the work is made in reliance on section 52 of the Act by or

on behalf of the body administering an educational institution;

(b) a handicapped reader's copy of the whole or a part of a work is made in reliance on section

54 of the Act by or on behalf of the body administering an institution assisting handicapped

readers; or

(c) an intellectually handicapped reader's copy of the whole or a part of a work is made in

reliance on section 54A of the Act by or on behalf of the body administering an institution

assisting intellectually handicapped readers,

the body administering the institution concerned and the custodian in charge of the copying records

of the institution concerned shall retain the relevant record in relation to the making of the copy in the

records of the institution until the expiration of 4 years after the date the copy was made, failing which

the body administering the institution concerned and, subject to paragraph (3), the custodian in charge

of the copying records of the institution concerned shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be

liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(3) No officer-in-charge of a library or archives and no custodian in charge of the copying records of

an educational institution, institution assisting handicapped readers or institution assisting

intellectually handicapped readers shall be guilty of an offence of failing to comply with paragraph (1)

or (2), as the case may be, if he proves that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due

diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence by himself or any person under his control or

supervision.

(4) Where the communication of the whole or a part of the work is made in reliance on section 52

of the Act by or on behalf of the body administering an educational institution, the body administering

the institution and the custodian in charge of the communication records of the institution shall retain

the relevant record in relation to the communication in the records of the institution until the

expiration of 4 years after the date of the communication.

(5) The body administering the institution and, subject to paragraph (6), the custodian in charge of

the communication records of the institution which fail to comply with paragraph (4) shall each be

guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(6) No custodian in charge of the communication records of an educational institution shall be guilty

of an offence of failing to comply with paragraph (4) if he proves that he took all reasonable

precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence by himself or

any person under his control or supervision.

Notice under section 45(9) of Act.

9A.—(1) A notice given under section 45(9) of the Act to a person to whom an electronic copy of an

article, or a part of an article, contained in a periodical publication, or of the whole or part of a

published literary, dramatic or musical work other than such an article, is communicated shall state —

(a) that the electronic copy has been made under section 45 of the Act;

(b) that the article or work might be subject to copyright protection under the Act;

(c) that the person is only entitled to use the electronic copy communicated to him for the

purposes of his own research or study; and

(d) that the person shall not use the electronic copy communicated to him in any manner

which might constitute an infringement of any copyright in the article or work.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an authorised officer of a library or archives who, before or

when communicating such an electronic copy to a person under section 45(2) and (9) of the Act, fails

to give that person the notice under paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on

conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(3) No authorised officer of a library or archives shall be guilty of an offence of failing to comply

with paragraph (2) if he proves that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence

to avoid the commission of such an offence.

(4) The notice under paragraph (1) may be given in writing or in any manner that permits the

information in the notice to be elicited by the use of a computer.

Arrangement of declarations and records.

10.—(1) The body administering the library or archives and the officer-in-charge of the library or

archives shall arrange in chronological order the declarations that relate to the making of copies of the

whole or parts of works, or of other subject-matter by an authorised officer of a library or archives in

reliance on sections 45, 46, 48 and 113 of the Act and retain the declarations in the records of

the body administering the library or archives according to the dates on which the declarations were

made.

(2) The body administering the educational institution , an institution assisting handicapped readers or

an institution assisting intellectually handicapped readers and the custodian in charge of the copying

records of the institution shall arrange the copying records of the educational institution, institution

assisting handicapped readers or institution assisting intellectually handicapped readers in such a

manner as to allow a person to inspect all of those records that relate to any works by the same author

without having to inspect any such records that relate to any works by another author.

Inspection of records and declarations retained by libraries, archives or institutions.

11.—(1) The owner of the copyright in a work, sound recording or cinematograph film or the agent of such an owner —

(a) may notify the officer-in-charge of a library or archives, in writing, that he wishes to

inspect —

(i) all the relevant declarations retained in the records of the library or archives that

relate to the making, in reliance on section 45, 46, 48 or 113 of the Act, of copies

of works or parts of works or of copies of other subject-matter;

(ii) such of those declarations as relate to the making, in reliance on section 45, 46, 48

or 113 of the Act, of copies of works or parts of works or of copies of other subject-

matter and were made during a period specified in the notice,

on a day specified in the notice, being an ordinary working day of the library, archives or

institution not less than 7 days after the date of the giving of the notice; and

(b) may, if the notice relates to the making of copies of works or parts of works or of copies

of other subject-matter in reliance on section 48 or 113 of the Act, state in the notice that he

also wishes to inspect, on the day so specified, the collection of the library or archives.

(2) The owner of the copyright in a work, or the agent of such an owner, may notify the custodian in

charge of the copying records of an educational institution , an institution assisting handicapped

readers or an institution assisting intellectually handicapped readers, in writing, that the owner or

agent, as the case may be, wishes to inspect —

(a) all the relevant records of the institution that relate to the making, in reliance on

section 52, 54 or 54A of the Act, of copies, handicapped readers' copies, or intellectually

handicapped readers' copies, of works or parts of works; or

(b) such of those records as relate to any works by a specified author,

on a day specified in the notice, being an ordinary working day of the institution not less than 7 days

after the date of the giving of the notice.

(2A) The owner of the copyright in a work, or the agent of such an owner, may notify the

custodian in charge of the communication records of an educational institution, in writing, that the

owner or agent, as the case may be, wishes to inspect —

(a) all the relevant records of the institution that relate to the communication, in reliance on

section 52 of the Act, of electronic copies of works or parts of works; or

(b) such of those records as relate to any works by a specified author,

on a day specified in the notice, being an ordinary working day of the institution not less than 7 days

after the date of the giving of the notice.

(3) Where a person gives notice under paragraph (1) to the officer-in-charge of a library or archives

that he wishes to inspect certain declarations on a particular day, that person may, during the ordinary

working hours of the library or archives on that day but not earlier than 10 a.m. or later than 3 p.m.,

inspect the declarations to which the notice relates and, where the notice relates also to the inspection

of the collection of the library or archives, may also during those hours on that day inspect

that collection and, for that purpose, may enter the premises of the library or archives.

(4) Where a person gives notice under paragraph (2) or (2A) to the custodian in charge of the copying

records or communication records, as the case may be, of an institution that he wishes to inspect

certain records on a particular day, that person may, during the ordinary working hours of the

institution on that day but not earlier than 10 a.m. or later than 3 p.m., inspect the records to which the

notice relates and, for that purpose, may enter the premises of the institution at which the copying

records or communication records, as the case may be, of the institution are kept.

(5) The body administering the library or archives and the officer-in-charge of the library or

archives, as the case may be, shall, in relation to a person who attends at the premises of a library or

archives for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred on him by paragraph (3), provide all

reasonable facilities and assistance for the effective exercise of those powers.

(6) The body administering the institution and the custodian in charge of the copying records or

communication records, as the case may be, of the institution shall, in relation to a person who attends

at the premises of an institution for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred on him by

paragraph (4), provide all reasonable facilities and assistance for the effective exercise of those

powers.

Circumstances in which design is to be deemed to be applied industrially.

12.—(1) For the purposes of section 74 of the Act, a design shall be deemed to be applied industrially

if it is applied —

(a) to more than 50 articles; or

(b) to one or more articles (other than hand-made articles) manufactured in lengths or pieces.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) (a), any two or more articles —

(a) that are of the same general character;

(b) that are intended for use together; and

(c) to which the same design, or substantially the same design, is applied,

shall be deemed to constitute a single article.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, a design shall be deemed to be applied to an article if —

(a) the design is applied to the article by a process (whether a process of printing, embossing

or otherwise); or

(b) the design is reproduced on or in the article in the course of the production of the article.

Notification of use of copyright material for service of Government.

13.—(1) For the purposes of section 198 (4) of the Act, the owner of a copyright shall be informed of

the doing of any act comprised in the copyright by means of a notice given in accordance with this

regulation.

(2) If the person giving the notice on behalf of the Government knows the name, and an address for

service in Singapore, of the owner of the copyright or, where a copyright owner has authorised an

agent to deal on behalf of that copyright owner with the copyright in the work, or other subject-matter,

that is the subject of the notice, of that owner or agent, that notice shall be given by service of the

notice on that owner, or that owner or agent, as the case requires.

(3) If the person giving the notice on behalf of the Government —

(a) knows the name of the owner of the copyright or, where a copyright owner has authorised

an agent to deal on behalf of the copyright owner with the copyright in the work, or other

subject-matter, that is the subject of the notice, of that owner or agent; and

(b) knows an address outside Singapore of a place of residence or business, but no address for

service in Singapore, of that owner, or that owner or agent, as the case requires,

the notice shall be given by service of the notice by post on that owner, or on that owner or agent, as

the case requires, at that address outside Singapore.

(4) If the person giving the notice on behalf of the Government does not know the name or address, or

knows the name, but not the address of a place of residence or business, of the owner of the copyright

or, where a copyright owner has authorised an agent to deal on behalf of the copyright owner with the

copyright in the work or other subject-matter, that is the subject of the notice, of that owner or agent,

the notice shall be given by being published in the Gazette.

(5) A notice under this regulation shall —

(a) be given in the name of the Government;

(b) state —

(i) the International Standard Book Number (if any) in respect of the work or other

subject-matter concerned where that International Standard Book Number can be

ascertained from that work or other subject-matter; and

(ii) where no such International Standard Book Number can be so ascertained, or

where that International Standard Book Number is insufficient to enable the work or

other subject-matter concerned to be identified, as the case may be — the title, if any

of that work or other subject-matter and, if that title is not sufficient to enable the

work or other subject-matter to be identified, a description of the work or other

subject-matter that is sufficient to enable it to be so identified;

(c) specify the act to which the notice relates;

(d) state whether the act has been done by Government or by a person authorised by the

Government;

(e) where the act has been done by a person authorised by the Government — state the name

of that person; and

(f) state that the purpose of the notice is to inform the owner in pursuance of section 198 (4)

of the Act of the doing of the act.

Notation of copies and handicapped readers’ copies.

14.—For the purposes of section 201 (3) of the Act, the message that shall be embodied on a record

embodying a sound recording of a work, or of a part of a work, made in reliance on section 54 of the

Act, immediately before the commencement of the recording shall be as follows:

“This record, embodying a sound recording of (name of work) was made in reliance on

section 54 (1) of the Copyright Act (Chapter 63) on (date on which record was made) by

(name of person who made the record) on behalf of (name of institution assisting

handicapped readers on behalf of which the record was made). Copyright may subsist in that

work and, if it does, the making of a record embodying this sound recording, otherwise than

with the permission of the owner of the copyright in the work or in reliance on a provision of

that Act, constitutes an infringement of copyright in the work.”.

Service of documents in Singapore.

15.—A document that is required or permitted by these Regulations to be served on a person in

Singapore may be served on the person —

(a) if the person is a corporation — by delivering the document personally to the manager or

secretary of the corporation, or, if the corporation has a registered office in Singapore, by

leaving it at that office or by sending it by post addressed to the corporation at that office or,

if the corporation does not have such a registered office, by sending it by post addressed to

the corporation at its principal place of business in Singapore; or

(b) if the person is not a corporation — by delivering the document to the person personally

or by sending it by post addressed to the person at the address of the place of residence or

business in Singapore of the person last known to the person sending the document.

16.Deleted by S 221/2005, wef 18/04/2005.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Deleted by S 221/2005, wef 18/04/2005.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Regulation 4

INSTITUTIONS ASSISTING HANDICAPPED READERS

(1) Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped

(2) Singapore School for the Visually Handicapped.

THIRD SCHEDULE

Regulation 5

FORM OF NOTICE FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 34 (B) AND

105A (B)

COPYRIGHT ACT

(CHAPTER 63)

COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS

WARNING

A copyright owner is entitled to take legal action against a person who infringes his copyright. Unless

otherwise permitted by the Copyright Act, unauthorised copying of a work in which copyright

subsists may infringe the copyright in that work.

Where making a copy of a work is a fair dealing under section 35 of the Copyright Act, making that

copy is not an infringement of the copyright in the work. Where making a copy of an audio-visual

item is a fair dealing under section 109 of the Copyright Act, making that copy is not an infringement

of the copyright in the item or in any work or other audio-visual item included in the item.

It is a fair dealing to make a copy, for the purpose of research or study, of one or more articles on the

same subject-matter in a periodical publication or, in the case of any other work, of a reasonable

portion of a work. In the case of a published work that is not less than 10 pages and is not an artistic

work, 10% of the total number of pages, or one chapter, is a reasonable portion. In the case of an

electronic version of a published work that is not divided into pages and is not an artistic work, each

of the following is a reasonable portion:

(a) 10% of the total number of bytes in that edition;

(b) 10% of the total number of words in that edition or, where it is not practicable to use the

total number of words as a measure, 10% of the contents of that edition; or

(c) one chapter of the work.

More extensive copying may also constitute a fair dealing. To determine whether it does, it is

necessary to have regard to the criteria set out in sections 35 and 109 of the Copyright Act.

FOURTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 8 (2) (a)

FORM OF RECORD FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 52 (6) AND (8) RECORD OF COPIES MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE BODY ADMINISTERING (name

of educational institution) OF THE WHOLE OR A PART OF AN ARTICLE CONTAINED IN A

PERIODICAL PUBLICATION

Item Matter Particulars

1 If the International Standard Serial Number in

respect of the periodical publication is recorded

in the periodical publication—that number.

2 If the International Standard Serial Number in

respect of the publication is not so recorded—

the name of the periodical publication.

3 The title or description of the article.

4 The name of the author of the article (if that name

is known).

5 The volume, or volume and number, as the case

requires, of the periodical publication containing

the article.

6 The page numbers of the pages in that volume, or

in that number of that volume, that have been

copied, or, in a case where a page so copied does

not bear a page number, such description of the

page as will enable it to be identified.

7 The number of copies made.

8 The date on which those copies have been made.

9 The date on which this record is made.

(Signature)

FIFTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 8 (2) (a)

FORM OF RECORD FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 54 (9) OR 54A (6) RECORD OF A COPY MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE BODY ADMINISTERING (name

of institution assisting handicapped readers or institution assisting intellectually handicapped readers)

OF THE WHOLE OR A PART OF AN ARTICLE CONTAINED IN A PERIODICAL

PUBLICATION

Item Matter Particulars

1 If the International Standard Serial Number in

respect of the periodical publication is recorded in

the periodical publication—that number.

2 If the International Standard Serial Number in

respect of the publication is not so recorded—

the name of the periodical publication.

3 The title or description of the article.

4 The name of the author of the article (if that name

is known).

5 The volume, or volume and number, as the case

requires, of the periodical publication containing

the article.

6 The page numbers of the pages in that volume, or

in that number of that volume, that have been

copied, or, in a case where a page so copied does

not bear a page number, such description of the

page as will enable it to be identified.

7 The date on which copy has been made.

8 The form in which the copy has been made.

9 The date on which this record is made.

(Signature)

SIXTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 8 (2) (b)

FORM OF RECORD FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 52 (7) AND (8) RECORD OF COPIES MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE BODY ADMINISTERING (name

of educational institution) OF THE WHOLE OR A PART OF A WORK (NOT BEING AN

ARTICLE CONTAINED IN A PERIODICAL PUBLICATION)

Item Matter Particulars

1 If the International Standard Book

Number in respect of the work is recorded

in the edition of the work copied—

that number

2 If the International Standard Book

Number in respect of the work is not so

recorded —

(a) the title or description of the work;

(b) the name of the publisher of the

edition of the work; and

(c) the name of the author of the work (if

that name is known).

3 The page numbers of the pages in the

edition of the work that have been copied,

or, in a case where a page so copied does

not bear a page number, such description

of the page as will enable it to be

identified.

4 The number of copies made.

5 The date on which those copies have

been made.

6 The date on which this record is made.

7 If the work is contained in a published

edition that is stored on any medium by

electronic means and is not divided into

pages, the total number of bytes in

the edition that have been copied.

(Signature)

SEVENTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 8 (2) (b)

FORM OF RECORD FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION SECTION 54 (9)

OR 54A (6) RECORD OF A COPY MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE BODY ADMINISTERING (name of

institution assisting handicapped readers or institution assisting intellectually handicapped readers)

OF THE WHOLE OR A PART OF A WORK (NOT BEING AN ARTICLE CONTAINED IN A

PERIODICAL PUBLICATION)

Item Matter Particulars

1 If the International Standard Book

Number in respect of the work is recorded

in the edition of the work copied—

that number.

2 If the International Standard Book

Number in respect of the work is not so

recorded —

(a) the title or description of the work;

(b) the name of the publisher of the

edition of the work; and

(c) the name of the author of the work (if

that name is known).

3 The page numbers of the pages in the

edition of the work that have been

reproduced, or, in a case where a page so

reproduced does not bear a page number,

such description of the page as will enable

it to be identified.

4 The date on which the copy has been

made.

5 The form in which the copy has been

made.

6 The date on which this record is made.

(Signature)

EIGHTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 4A

Institutions Assisting Intellectually Handicapped Readers

Name of School Address

1. AWWA Special School 9 Norris Road, Singapore 208252

2. Balestier Special School 18 McNair Road, Singapore 328523

3. Margaret Drive Special School 501 Margaret Drive, Singapore

149306

4. Spastic Children's Association School 25 Gilstead Road, Singapore 309070

5. AESN Delta Senior School 99 Arthur Road, Singapore 439807

6. Chao Yang Special School 4 Anthony Road, Singapore 229945

7. Jervois Special School 71 Jervois Road, Singapore 249049

8. Katong Special School 10 La Salle Street, Singapore 456933

9. Guillemard Gardens School 15 Guillemard Crescent, Singapore

399910

10. Jurong Gardens School Jalan Seh Chuan, Singapore 598415

11. Lee Kong Chian Gardens School 801 Margaret Drive, Singapore

149307

12. Towner Gardens School 1B Lengkong Lima, Singapore

417557

13. Yio Chu Kang Gardens School 451 Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore

805918

14. National Council of Social Service 11 Penang Lane, Singapore 238485

NINTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 8A (2) (a)

FORM OF RECORD FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 52 (7C)

RECORD OF COMMUNICATION OF THE WHOLE OR A PART OF

AN ARTICLE CONTAINED IN A PERIODICAL PUBLICATION

BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE BODY ADMINISTERING

(NAME OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION)

Item Matter Particulars

1 If the International Standard Serial Number in respect of the

periodical publication is recorded in the periodical publication —

that number.

2 If the International Standard Serial Number in respect of the

publication is not so recorded — the name of the periodical

publication.

3 The title or description of the article.

4 The name of the author of the article (if that name is known).

5 The volume, or volume and number, as the case requires, of the

periodical publication containing the article.

6 The page numbers of the pages in that volume, or in that number

of that volume, that have been communicated, or, in a case where

a page so communicated does not bear a page number,

such description of the page as will enable it to be identified.

7 The date on which the communication was made.

8 The number of persons to whom the communication was made.

9 The date on which this record is made.

(Signature)

TENTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 8A (2) (b)

FORM OF RECORD FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 52 (7D)

RECORD OF COMMUNICATION OF THE WHOLE OR A PART OF A

WORK (NOT BEING AN ARTICLE CONTAINED IN A PERIODICAL

PUBLICATION) BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE BODY

ADMINISTERING (NAME OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION)

Item Matter Particulars

1 If the International Standard Book Number in respect of the work

is recorded in the edition of the work copied — that number.

2 If the International Standard Book Number in respect of the work

is not so recorded —

(a) the title or description of the work;

(b) the name of the publisher of the edition of the work; and

(c) the name of the author of the work (if that name is known).

3 The page numbers of the pages in the edition of the work that

have been communicated, or, in a case where a page so

communicated does not bear a page number, such description of

the page as will enable it to be identified.

4 If the work is contained in a published edition that is stored on

any medium by electronic means, the total number of bytes in the

edition that have been communicated.

5 The date on which the communication was made.

6 The number of persons to whom the communication was made.

7 The date on which this record is made.

(Signature)

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