WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  IP/N/1/SGP/C/8/Add.1 
15 July 2009 
 (09-3462) 
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 
 
Addendum  
 
 
 The present document reproduces the text1 of the Copyright (Excluded Works) Order 2008, as notified 
by Singapore on 15 April 2009 under Article 63.2  of the Agreement (see do cument 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 
 
Addendum  
 
  Le présent document contient le texte
1 de l'Ordonnance de 2008 sur le droit d'auteur (Œuvres exclues), 
notifiée par Singapour le 15 avril 2009 au titre de l'artic le 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 DE DICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL 
NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL PÁRRAFO 2 
DEL ARTÍCULO 63  DEL ACUERDO 
 
SINGAPUR 
 
Addendum  
 
 
 En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 de la Orden sobre derecho de autor (obras excluidas) 
de 2008, notificada  por Singapur el 15 de abril de 2009 de conformidad con el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del 
Acuerdo (véase el docu mento IP/N/1/SGP/4). 
                                                      
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente. IP/N/1/SGP/C/8/Add.1 
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COPYRIGHT ACT  
(CHAPTER 63) 
COPYRIGHT (EXCLUDED WORKS) ORDER 2008 
 
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 261D(2) of the Copyright Act, the Minister for Law 
hereby makes the following Order:  
 
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 1 Citation and commencement
 
2 Application  
3 Definitions  
4 Works to which section 261C(1)(a) of Act shall not apply  
 
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  S 649   
  
COPYRIGHT ACT 
 
(CHAPTER 63) 
 
COPYRIGHT (EXCLUDED WORKS) ORDER 2008 
 
 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 261D(2) of the Copyright Act, the Minister for Law hereby makes the following Order:   Citation and commencement 
1.—This Order may be cited as the Copyright (Excluded Works) Order 2008 and shall come into 
operation on 1st January 2009.   
Application 
2.—This Order shall remain in force until 31st December 2012.  
 
Definitions 
3.—(1)   In this Order, unless the context otherwi se requires, “specialised format” means a format 
that —  
 
(a)  is in Braille, audio or digital text; and   (b)  is intended solely for use by handicapped readers.  
 (2)   For the purposes of paragraph 4( a), a dongle shall be treated as obsolete if —  
 
(a)  it is no longer being manufactured;   (b)  it is no longer commercially available; or   
(c)  its repair is no longer commercially available.  
 (3)   For the purposes of paragraph 4( b), a computer program or video game shall be treated as being 
in an obsolete format if its contents can only be re ndered perceptible by means of a machine or system 
that —   
(a)  is no longer being manufactured; or  
 (b)  is no longer commercially available.  
 
Works to which section 261C(1)( a) of Act shall not apply 
4.—Section 261C(1)( a) of the Act shall not apply to the following works:  
 
(a)  any computer program to which access is controlled by means of an obsolete dongle that 
is damaged or defective;   (b)  any computer program or video game —  IP/N/1/SGP/C/8/Add.1 
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(i)  which is distributed in an obsolete format; and   (ii)  to which access may be gained onl y by means of the original medium or 
hardware in or with which it was designed to be used or operated,  
 
where circumvention of a technological access contro l measure that has been applied to it is 
for the purpose of preservation or archival reproduction of published digital works by a 
library or archive;  
 
(c)  any literary work —  
 
(i)  which is in an electronic book format; and   (ii)  in respect of which a technological acce ss control measure has been applied to all 
existing electronic book editions of the work (including any digital text edition made 
available by an institution assisting handicapped readers) so as to —  
 
(A)  prevent the operation of the read -aloud function of the electronic book; 
or   
(B)  prevent screen readers from converting the text into a specialised format;  
 
(d)  any cinematograph film which is contained in the library of —  
 
(i)  a university;  
 
(ii)  a polytechnic;   (iii)  an institute of technical education; or   (iv)  other tertiary educational institution,  
 
that conducts courses in film or media studies, where circumvention of a technological access control measure that has been applied to the cine matograph film is carried out by any film or 
media studies lecturer, or any staff or employee act ing on the instructions of such lecturer, of 
the university, polytechnic, institute of techni cal education or other tertiary educational 
institution (as the case may be) for the purpo se of making compilations of portions of 
the work for educational use in the classroom; and  
 
(e)  any sound recording or cinematograph film which is —  
 
(i)  distributed in compact disc format; and  
 
(ii)  protected by a technological access control measure that —  
 
(A)  controls access to lawfully purchased sound recordings or cinematograph films; and  
 
(B)  creates or exploits security flaws or vulnerabilities that compromise the security of personal computers,  
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  where circumvention of the technological access c ontrol measure that has been applied to the 
sound recording or cinematograph film is solely for the purpose of testing, investigating or 
correcting in good faith such security flaws or vulnerabilities.  
 
 
Made this 18th day of December 2008.   
 
 
CHAN LAI FUNG 
Permanent Secretary,  
Ministry of Law,  
Singapore . 
  [LAW 44/001/028 Vol. 1; AG/LEG/SL/63/2003/1 Vol. 3] 
 
  
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