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27.
—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist in an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work that is unpublished and of which the author —
(a)
was a qualified person at the time when the work was made; or
(b)
if the making of the work extended over a period — was a qualified person for a substantial part of that period.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work has been published —
(a)
copyright shall subsist in the work; or
(b)
if copyright in the work subsisted immediately before its first publication, copyright shall continue to subsist in the work,
if, but only if —
(c)
the first publication of the work took place in Singapore;
(d)
the author of the work was a qualified person at the time when the work was first published; or
(e)
the author died before that time but was a qualified person immediately before his death.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) but subject to the remaining provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist in —
(a)
an original artistic work that is a building situated in Singapore; or
(b)
an original artistic work that is attached to, or forms part of, such a building.
(4) In this section, “qualified person” means a citizen of Singapore or a person resident in Singapore.
[Aust. 1968, s. 32]