{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-singapore-order-1987/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-singapore-order-1987/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/940",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright (Singapore) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-singapore-order-1987",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Copyright (Singapore) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 18th June 1987.\n(2) In this Order–\n“the Act” means the Copyright Act 1956; and\n“material time” means–\n(i) in relation to an unpublished work or subject-matter, the time at which such work or subject-matter was made or, if the making thereof extended over a period, a substantial part of that period; and\n(ii) in relation to a published work or subject-matter, the time of first publication.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/940/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:25:53.319869+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}