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- (a) such copies are sent to citizens of Singapore residing outside Singapore or to any association of such citizens outside Singapore; or
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and in either case, the government of the country to which the copies are exported has agreed to the receipt or distribution, or both, of the copies exported to that country.
(6) No licence shall be granted by the Copyright Tribunal under this section until the expiration of whichever the following periods is applicable:
- (a) one year from the date of first publication of the work where the application is for a licence for translation into any of the official languages of Singapore other than English;
- (b) three years from the date of first publication of the work where the application is for a licence for translation into English.
(7) No licence shall be granted by the Copyright Tribunal unless—
- (a) the Tribunal is satisfied that no translation of the work into the language in question has been published in printed or analogous forms of reproduction, by or with the authorisation of the owner of the right of translation, or that all previous editions in that language are out of print;
- (b) the applicant has proved to the satisfaction of the Tribunal that he had requested and had been denied authorisation by the owner of the copyright to produce and publish such translation, or that he was, after due diligence on his part, unable to find such owner;
- (c) where the applicant was, after due diligence on his part, unable to find the owner of the copyright, he had sent a copy of his request for such authorisation by registered air-mail post to the publisher whose name appears from the work, not less than two months before the application for the licence;
