Parliament of Singapore

“ A person who claims that he requires a licence in a case to which a licence scheme does not apply (including a case where a licence scheme has not been formulated or is not in operation) and—
(a) that a licensor has refused or failed to grant the licence, or to procure the grant of the licence, and that in the circumstances it is unreasonable that the licence should not be granted; or (b) that a licensor proposes that the licence should be granted subject to the payment of charges, or to conditions, that are unreasonable, may apply to the Tribunal under this section. ”

“ A person shall, by virtue of this section, be under a duty to the author of an artistic work in which copyright subsists not to—
(a) 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, a reproduction of the work, as being a reproduction made by the author of the work; or (b) distribute reproductions of the work as being reproductions made by the author of the work, where the reproduction was, or the reproductions were, to his knowledge, not made by the author. ”

“ If, at any time after the granting of a licence to produce and publish the reproduction or translation of any work under section 145, the owner of the right of reproduction or any person authorised by him sells or distributes copies of such work or a translation thereof, as the case may be, in the same language and which is substantially the same in content at a price reasonably related to the price normally charged in Singapore for works of the same standard on the same or similar subject, the licence so granted shall subject to this section be terminated. ”

“ A person shall not—
(a) insult or disturb a member in the exercise of his powers or functions as a member; (b) interrupt the proceedings of the Tribunal; (c) use insulting language towards a member; (d) create a disturbance or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance in or near a place where the Tribunal is sitting;
(e) contravene or fail to comply with a direction of the Tribunal given under paragraph (b) of section 171 (2) ; or (f) do any other act or thing that would, if the Tribunal were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court. ”

“ Where the work is a literary, dramatic or artistic work that was made by the author in pursuance of the terms of his employment by the proprietor of a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical under a contract of service or apprenticeship and was so made for the purpose of publication in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical, the author is entitled to restrain the publication of the work otherwise than in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical. ”

“ Where an organisation (whether claiming to be representative of persons requiring licences or not) or a person (whether requiring a licence or not) applies to the Tribunal to be made a party to a reference, and the Tribunal is satisfied that the organisation or person has a substantial interest in the operation of the scheme to which the reference relates, the Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, make that organisation or person a party to the reference. ”

“ The making by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation or a person holding a licence to operate a television or broadcasting station of a copy of the sound recording solely for the purpose of broadcasting shall not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the recording. ”

“ A person shall, to appear before the Tribunal as a witness shall have the same protection, and is, in addition to the penalties provided by this Act, be subject to the same liabilities, in any civil or criminal proceedings as a witness in proceedings in the High Court. ”