Copyright Order, 1999 · As enacted · Chapter X · Miscellaneous and General
170. (1)
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Copyright in every Bill introduced into the Legislative
Council belongs, in accordance with the following provisions, to the
Legislative Council.
Copyright in a public Bill belongs to the Legislative
Council and subsists from the time when the text of the Bill was handed in to the Legislative Council.
Copyright in a private Bill belongs to the Legislative
Council and subsists from the time when a copy of it was first deposited in the Legislative Council.
Copyright in a personal Bill belongs to the Legislative
Council, and subsists from the time when it was given a First
Reading.
Copyright under this section ceases
when His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan has assented to the Bill;
if the Bill is not assented to, on its withdrawal or rejection or at the end of the session.
References in this Part to Legislative Council copyright, except in section 169, include copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned in this section, the provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to other Legislative
Council copyright.
No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in a Bill after copyright has once subsisted under this section; but without prejudice to the subsequent operation of this 355
Copyright in
Legislative
Council Bills.
Legislative
Council: sup-plementary provisions with respect to copyright.
Copyright vesting in certain international organisations.
section in relation to a Bill which, not having passed in one session, is re-introduced in a subsequent session.