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182 Regulations on other matters

263. The Minister may prescribe any matter for the purpose of this Division (other than matters that may be prescribed under section 262), including—
 * (a) the manner in which, and the time within which, the royalty for a record must be paid;
 * (b) requiring the royalty (or any part of the royalty) for a record is to be paid before the record is sold or supplied by the person making the record;
 * (c) providing that the royalty for a record is deemed to be paid—
 * (i) by doing a specified act that the Minister considers convenient for ensuring that the copyright owner receives the royalty; or
 * (ii) if the copyright owner cannot be found by reasonable inquiry—by doing a specified act that the Minister considers reasonable; and
 * (d) any other circumstances in which the royalty is deemed to be paid.

Modifications relating to records made before 10 April 1987

264.—(1) This section applies to a record made before 10 April 1987 of a musical work.

(2) If the record is made by (or with the consent or acquiescence of) the owner of the copyright in the work under the 1911 Act, the record is deemed, for the purposes of this Division—
 * (a) to have been made in Singapore for the purpose of retail sale; and
 * (b) to have been so made by or with the licence of the person who is entitled under this Act to authorise the making in Singapore of records of the work.

(3) The following written laws as in force immediately before 10 April 1987 continue to apply in relation to the record: