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work insofar as the testator owned the copyright immediately before his or her death.
(3) In this section, “manuscript”, in relation to an authorial work, means an original document (whether written by hand or not) embodying the work.
Division 9—Infringement of copyright
Subdivision (1)—What is an infringement of copyright
Infringement by doing act comprised in copyright
146.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright is infringed if—
- (a) a person does in Singapore, or authorises the doing in Singapore of, any act comprised in the copyright; and
- (b) the person neither owns the copyright nor has the licence of the copyright owner.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—
- (a) in the case of a sound recording—it does not matter whether an act is done by directly or indirectly making use of a copy of the recording; and
- (b) in the case of a broadcast or a cable programme—it does not matter whether an act is done—
- (i) by the reception of the broadcast or programme; or
- (ii) by making use of any article or thing in which the visual images and sounds comprised in the broadcast or programme are embodied.
Infringement by importation for commercial dealing, etc.
147.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright in a work is infringed if—
- (a) a person imports an article for the purpose of—
- (i) commercial dealing; or
