Copyright to pass under will with unpublished work
196. Where under a bequest (whether specific or general) a person is entitled, beneficially or otherwise, to the manuscript of a literary, dramatic or musical work, or to an artistic work, and the work was not published before the death of the testator, the bequest shall, unless a contrary intention is indicated in the testator’s will or a codicil thereto, be construed as including the copyright in the work insofar as the testator was the owner of the copyright immediately before his death.
Provisions as to Government copyright
197.—(1) In the case of every original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work made by or under the direction or control of a Government department,—
- (a) if apart from this section copyright would not subsist in the work, copyright shall subsist therein by virtue of this subsection; and
- (b) in any case, the Government shall, subject to the provisions of this Part, be entitled to the copyright in the work.
(2) The Government shall, subject to the provisions of this Part, be entitled to the copyright in every original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work first published in Singapore, or in another country to which section 27 extends, if first published by or under the direction or control of the Government.
(3) Copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work, to which the Government is entitled in accordance with subsection (1) or (2),—
- (a) where the work is unpublished, shall continue to subsist so long as the work remains unpublished; and
- (b) where the work is published, shall subsist (or, if copyright in the work subsisted immediately before its first publication, shall continue to subsist) until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published, and shall then expire.
(4) Copyright in an artistic work to which the Government is entitled in accordance with this section shall continue to subsist until
