Section 117 — Conditions for copyright to subsist in published editions of authorial works

(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright subsists in a published edition of an authorial work if —

(a)the person who first published the edition is a qualified person at the date when the edition is first published; or

(b)the edition is first published —

(i)in Singapore;

(ii)by or under the direction or control of the Government; or

(iii)by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation.

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to an edition of an authorial work that —

(a)reproduces a previous edition of the same work; or

(b)was first published before 10 April 1987.