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COPYRIGHT
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Regulations

202.—(1) The Minister may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act prescribing all matters that are required to be prescribed or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the regulations made under this Act may provide for the keeping and retention of records and declarations in relation to copies of works made by libraries, archives or institutions and the deposit of such records and declarations with persons appointed by the Minister.

Repeal of Copyright Act 1911

203. The Copyright Act 1911, the Copyright Act (Cap. 187) and the Copyright (Gramophone Records and Government Broadcasting) Act (Cap. 188) are repealed.

Consequential amendment

204. Section 38 of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Act 1979 (Act 33 of 1979) is repealed.


PART XI
TRANSITIONAL

Division 1—Preliminary

Interpretation

205.—(1) In this Part, the expression “photograph” shall, in lieu of the meaning given to that expression by section 7, have the meaning given by subsection (2).

(2) For the purposes of any provision of this Part that provides that an expression is to have the meaning given to that expression by this section or that refers to an expression as defined by this section—

“collective works” means—
(a) an encyclopaedia, dictionary, year book or similar work;