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- (g) the name of the author and the title of the particular edition of the work proposed to be reproduced are printed on all the copies of the reproduction;
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(6) No licence to reproduce and publish the translation of a work shall be granted under this section unless such translation has been published by the owner of the right of translation or any person authorised by him and the translation is in a language in general use in Singapore.
(7) The provisions of this section shall also apply to the reproduction and publication, or translation into a language in general use in Singapore, of any text incorporated in audio-visual fixations prepared and published solely for the purpose of systematic instructional activities.
(8) For the purposes of this section, “relevant period”, in relation to any work, means a period of—
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