WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
15 July 2009 
 (09-3444) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English/ 
 anglais/ 
 inglés 
 
 
 
MAIN DEDICATED INT ELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
SINGAPORE 
 
Revision  
 The present document reproduces the text1 of the Copyright Regulations, as notified by Singapore on 
15 April 2009 under Article 63.2 of th e Agreement (see document IP/N/1/SGP/4). 
 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  
 
 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMEN TATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA 
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NO TIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
 
SINGAPOUR 
 
Révision  
 Le présent document contient le texte1 du Règlement sur le droit d'auteur, notifié par Singapour le 
15 avril 2009 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l' Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/SGP/4). 
 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relaciona dos con el Comercio  
 
 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN  VIRTUD DEL PÁRRAFO 2 
DEL ARTÍCULO 63  DEL ACUERDO 
 
SINGAPUR 
 
Revisión  
 
 
 En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento de Derecho de Autor, notificado por 
Singapur el 15 de abril de 2009 de conformidad con el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el 
documento IP/N/1/SGP/4). 
                                                      
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente. IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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COPYRIGHT ACT 
(CHAPTER 63, SECTION 202) 
COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS 
 
[10th April 1987]   
 
  Arrangement of Provisions  [ Jump to: Front Page  / Arrangement of Provisions / Actual Provisions ]
  
 
 
1 Citation.  
2 Definitions.  
3  
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 unpu blished 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 c opies, 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 reta ined 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  
 
FIRST SCHEDULE   
 
SECOND SCHEDULE   
 
THIRD SCHEDULE   
 
FOURTH SCHEDULE   
 
FIFTH SCHEDULE    IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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SIXTH SCHEDULE   
 
SEVENTH SCHEDULE   
 
EIGHTH SCHEDULE   
 
NINTH SCHEDULE   
 
TENTH SCHEDULE  
 
 
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COPYRIGHT ACT 
(CHAPTER 63, SECTION 202) 
COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS 
[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 r esponsibility 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 r esponsibility 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 sp ecified 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 “institutio n assisting intellectually handicapped readers” in 
section 7(1) of the Act, each of the institutions speci fied in the Eighth Schedule is declared to be, for 
the purposes of the Act, an institution assis ting 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 millimetr es 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.  
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  Prescribed period for retention of reco rds 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 sec tion 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 betw een 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 firs t 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 an y further copy referred to in section 107A(2)( b) of 
the Act is first used for the purpose of simulcas ting 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 noti ce 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 inten tion 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 th at 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 maki ng of the old work extended, as the case may 
be;   
(d) if the name of the author of the old wo rk 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;  IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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(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 othe r 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 Numb er 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 r ecord of the copying of the whole or part of a 
work (not being an article contained in a peri odical publication) by or on behalf of the body 
administering an educational institution for the educa tional 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);  
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  (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 unde rtaking 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 Numb er 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 th e 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 ar ticle contained in a periodical publica tion) by or on behalf of the body 
administering an institution assisting handicapped readers shall set out —  IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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(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 publi cation 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 Numb er in respect of the periodical publication is 
recorded in the periodical publication — that number;  
 (b)  if the International Standard Serial Numb er 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 Ac t, 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 fo r 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;   IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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(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 ed ition of the work that have been communicated, 
or, in a case where a page so communicated do es 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 networ k operated or controlle d by an educational 
institution;   (b)  the communication is made to enable pe rsons undertaking a course of education provided 
by that or another educational institution to recei ve 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 fo r 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 pa rt of a work not being an article contained in 
a periodical publication — the form in the Si xth 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.   IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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(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 sha ll 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 th e Ninth and Tenth Schedules is not necessary and 
substantial compliance is sufficient.    
(4)   For the purposes of section 52(11C) of the Ac t, the prescribed period shall be 4 years.   
 
Retention of declarations in relation to co pies, copying records and communication records. 
9.—(1) Where a copy of the whole, or a part of a wo rk, 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 re lation to the making of the copy in the records of 
the library or archives until the expiration of 4 year s after the date the copy was made, failing which 
the body administering the library or archives concer ned 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 administeri ng 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 be half 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 y ears after the date the copy was made, failing which 
the body administering the institution concerned and, s ubject to paragraph (3), the custodian in charge 
of the copying records of the institution concerned sh all each be guilty of an offence and shall each be 
liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.     IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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  (3) No officer-in-charge of a library or archives a nd no custodian in charge of the copying records of 
an educational institution, in stitution 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 t ook all reasonable precautions and exercised all due 
diligence to avoid the commission of such an offen ce 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 administer ing 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 communi cation 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, subj ect to paragraph (6), the custodian in charge of 
the communication records of the institution which fa il 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 paragr aph (4) if he proves that he took all reasonable 
precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid th e 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 peri odical 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 th e 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 electr onic copy to a person under section 45(2) and (9) of the Act, fails 
to give that person the notice under paragraph (1) sha ll 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 archiv es 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 archiv es and the officer-in-charge of the library or 
archives shall arrange in chronological order the declar ations 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 IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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  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 accord ing to the dates on which the declarations were 
made.    (2) The body administering the educational instituti on , an institution assisting handicapped readers or 
an institution assisting intellectually handicapped read ers and the custodian in charge of the copying 
records of the institution shall a rrange the copying records of the educational institution, institution 
assisting handicapped readers or institution assisti ng intellectually handicapped readers in such a 
manner as to allow a person to inspect all of those r ecords 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 retaine d by libraries, archives or institutions. 
11.—(1) The owner of the copyright in a work, sound r ecording 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 ordi nary 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 c opies 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 ag ent of such an owner, may notify the custodian in 
charge of the copying records of an educati onal institution , an ins titution assisting handicapped 
readers or an institution assisting intellectually ha ndicapped 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   IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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(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 no tice 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 ente r 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 th e 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 archiv es 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 c onferred on him by paragr aph (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 ins titution 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 a nd 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 d esign 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 substa ntially 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 proc ess (whether a process of printing, embossing 
or otherwise); or  IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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(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 noti ce given in accordance with this 
regulation.    (2) If the person giving the notice on behalf of th e 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 ow ner 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 pos t 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 aut horised 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 (i f any) in respect of the work or other 
subject-matter concerned where that Inte rnational 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 identif ied, 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 identif ied, 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;   IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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(e) where the act has been done by a person aut horised by the Government — state the name 
of that person; and   (f) state that the purpose of the notice is to in form 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, th e 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 deliver ing the document personally to the manager or 
secretary of the corporation, or, if the corpor ation has a registered office in Singapore, by 
leaving it at that office or by sending it by pos t addressed to the corporation at that office or, 
if the corporation does not have such a regist ered 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 know n 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 ASSISTIN G HANDICAPPED READERS 
 
(1) Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped
(2) Singapore School for the Visually Handicapped. IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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  THIRD SCHEDULE 
 
Regulation 5 
 
FORM OF NOTICE FOR PURP OSES 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, unauthor ised 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 c opy 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 ch apter, is a reasonable portion. In the case of an 
electronic version of a published work that is not di vided 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.  
 
  IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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  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) 
 
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  FIFTH SCHEDULE 
 
Regulation 8 (2) (a) 
 
FORM OF RECORD FOR PU RPOSES 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 ins titution 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) 
 
  IP/N/1/SGP/C/5/Rev.1 
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  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) 
 
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  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 institu tion 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) 
 
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  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 Scho ol 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 Serv ice  11 Penang Lane, Singapore 238485 
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NINTH SCHEDULE 
 
Regulation 8A (2) ( a) 
 
FORM OF RECORD FOR PURPOS ES 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 TH E BODY ADMINISTERING 
(NAME OF EDUCATIO NAL 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) 
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TENTH SCHEDULE 
 
Regulation 8A (2) ( b) 
 
FORM OF RECORD FOR PURPOS ES 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 ED UCATIONAL INSTITUTION) 
 
Item Matter  Particulars  
1 If the International Standard B ook Number in respect of the work 
is recorded in the edition of th e 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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