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141. An action shall not be brought for an infringement of copyright, after the expiration of 6 years from the time when the infringement took place.
142.
—(1) The owner of the copyright in a published literary, dramatic or musical work, cinematograph film or sound recording may give notice in writing to the Trade Development Board (referred to in this section as the Board) stating —
(a)
that he is the owner of the copyright in the work, cinematograph film or sound recording; and
(b)
that he objects to the importation into Singapore, during a period specified in the notice, of copies of the work, cinematograph film or sound recording to which this section applies.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be of no effect unless the period specified in the notice does not exceed 5 years and does not extend beyond the end of the period for which the copyright in the work, cinematograph film or sound recording to which the notice relates is to subsist.
(3) This section shall apply, in relation to a work, cinematograph film or sound recording, to any copy of the work, cinematograph film or sound recording made outside Singapore the making of which was carried out without the consent of the owner of the copyright in the work, cinematograph film or sound recording.
(4) Where a notice has been given under this section in respect of a work, cinematograph film or sound recording and has not been withdrawn, the importation of copies of the work, cinematograph film or sound recording to which this section applies into Singapore for the purpose of —
(a)
selling, letting for hire, or by way of trade offering or exposing for sale or hire, the copies;
(b)
distributing the copies —
(i)
for the purpose of trade; or
(ii)
for any other purpose to an extent that will affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright in the work, cinematograph film or sound recording; or
(c)
by way of trade exhibiting the copies in public,
is prohibited and any such copies, if imported into Singapore for any such purpose, may be seized and forfeited to the Government.
(5) Subject to the regulations made under this Act, the Board may permit copies of a work, a cinematograph film or a sound recording that are liable to be seized and forfeited under this section to be delivered to the importer upon security being given to the satisfaction of the Board that the copies will be forthwith exported from Singapore.
(6) The Control of Imports and Exports Act shall apply to the seizure and forfeiture under this section of copies of a work, cinematograph film or sound recording to which this section applies as if the copies were prohibited imports for the purposes of that Act (Cap. 240).
(7) Regulations made under this Act may make provision for or in relation to —
(a)
the forms of notices under this section;
(b)
the times at which, and the manner in which, notices are to be given;
(c)
the giving of information and evidence to the Board;
(d)
the payment of fees and the giving of security to the Board and its agents in respect of any liability or expense that may be incurred by the Board and its agents as a result of the seizure of any copy of a work, cinematograph film or sound recording to which a notice under this section relates; and
(e)
indemnifying the Board and its agents against any such liability or expense.
(8) For the purposes of subsection (7), the public officers who are authorised under the Control of Imports and Exports Act (Cap. 240) to search for, seize and detain prohibited imports shall be deemed to be agents of the Board.