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(4) In this section—
- “Singapore work” means a work the author of which was, at the time when the work was made, a qualified person for the purpose of the relevant provision of this Act;
- “author”, in relation to a sound recording or a cinematograph film, means the maker of the recording or film;
- “the relevant provision of this Act” means—
- (a) in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work—section 27; and
- (b) in relation to a sound recording or a cinematograph film or a cable programme—Part IV;
- “work” means a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, a sound recording, a cinematograph film or a cable programme.
PART IX
FALSE ATTRIBUTION OF AUTHORSHIP
Interpretation
187. In this Part, “name” includes initials or a monogram.
Duty not to attribute falsely the authorship of a work
188.—(1) A person (referred to in this subsection as the offender) shall, by virtue of this section, be under a duty to the author of a work not to—
- (a) insert or affix another person’s name in or on the work, or in or on a reproduction of the work, in such a way as to imply that the other person is the author of the work;
- (b) publish, sell or let for hire, by way of trade offer or expose for sale or hire, or by way of trade exhibit in public, the work with another person’s name so inserted or affixed, if the offender knows that the other person is not the author of the work;
