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(a) the work is original; and

(b) one of the following applies:

(i) the author is a qualified individual when the work is made;

(ii) if the work is made over a period—the author is a qualified individual for a substantial part of that period;

(iii) the work is made—

(A) by or under the direction or control of the Government; or

(B) on or after 10 April 1987 by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation.

(2) In this section, “author”, in relation to a work of joint authorship, means any of the joint authors.

Conditions for copyright to subsist in published authorial works

110.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where an authorial work is published and copyright subsists in the work immediately before its first publication by virtue of section 109—

(a) copyright continues to subsist in the work if and only if—

(i) the author of the work—

(A) is a qualified individual when the work is first published; or

(B) dies before the work is first published but is a qualified individual immediately before his or her death; or

(ii) the work is first published—

(A) in Singapore;

(B) by or under the direction or control of the Government; or