140B.
—(1) A person who is the owner of the copyright in any copyright material or a licensee thereof may give the Director-General a written notice —
(a)
stating that he is —
(i)
the owner of the copyright in the copyright material; or
(ii)
a licensee thereof having the power to give such a notice;
(b)
stating that copies of the copyright material which are infringing copies are expected to be imported;
(c)
providing sufficient information —
(i)
to identify the copies of the copyright material;
(ii)
to enable the Director-General to ascertain the time when and place where the copies are expected to be imported; and
(iii)
to satisfy the Director-General that the copies are infringing copies; and
(d)
stating that he objects to such importation.
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(2) A notice given under subsection (1) shall be supported by such documents and information as may be prescribed in regulations.
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(3) Subject to subsection (4), this section shall apply to copies of copyright material made wholly or partly outside Singapore the making of which was carried out without the consent of the owner of the copyright.
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(4) This section shall not apply to copies of copyright material which are goods in transit.
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(5) Unless it is revoked under subsection (6), a notice under subsection (1) shall remain in force until —
(a)
the end of the period of 60 days commencing on the day on which the notice was given; or
(b)
the end of the period for which the copyright in the copyright material to which the notice relates is to subsist,
whichever is the earlier.
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(6) A notice under subsection (1) may be revoked by written notice given to the Director-General by the person who gave the first-mentioned notice or by a subsequent owner of the copyright in the copyright material to which the notice relates.
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(7) If —
(a)
a notice has been given under this section in respect of copyright material;
(b)
the notice has not lapsed or been revoked; and
(c)
a person imports copies of the copyright material to which this section applies for the purpose of —
(i)
selling, letting for hire, or by way of trade offering or exposing for sale or hire, the copies;
(ii)
distributing the copies for the purpose of trade;
(iii)
distributing the copies for any other purpose to an extent that will affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright in the copyright material; or
(iv)
by way of trade exhibiting the copies in public,
an authorised officer may seize the copies.
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(8) The Minister may make regulations to provide for —
(a)
the forms of notices under this section;
(b)
the times at which, and the manner in which, notices are to be given; and
(c)
the giving of information and evidence to the Director-General.
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