Section 129 — Duration of copyright in repeat broadcasts

(1)This section applies to a broadcast (called in this section a repeat broadcast) that —

(a)repeats (whether for the first time or otherwise) an earlier broadcast (called in this section the original broadcast) that is made from a place in Singapore by the holder of a broadcasting licence; and

(b)is made by broadcasting visual images or sounds embodied in any article or thing.

(2)If a repeat broadcast is made within 50 years after the end of the year in which the original broadcast is made, any copyright in the repeat broadcast expires at the end of those 50 years.

(3)If a repeat broadcast is not made within 50 years after the end of the year in which the original broadcast is made, there is no copyright in the repeat broadcast.