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78 :::(C) on or after 10 April 1987 by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation; and
 * (b) otherwise, the copyright expires.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where an authorial work is published and there is no copyright in the work immediately before its first publication, copyright subsists in the work if and only if—
 * (a) the work is original; and
 * (b) one of the following applies:
 * (i) the author of the work—
 * (A) is a qualified individual when the work is first published; or
 * (B) dies before the work is first published but is a qualified individual immediately before his or her death;
 * (ii) the work is first published—
 * (A) in Singapore;
 * (B) by or under the direction or control of the Government; or
 * (C) on or after 10 April 1987 by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation.

(3) In this section, “author”, in relation to a work of joint authorship, means any of the joint authors.

Conditions for copyright to subsist in buildings

111.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright subsists in an original artistic work—
 * (a) that is a building in Singapore; or
 * (b) that is attached to, or part of, a building in Singapore.

(2) This section does not apply to or in relation to a building if the construction of the building was completed before 10 April 1987.