Conditions for copyright to subsist in published editions of authorial works
117.—(1)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright subsists in a published edition of an authorial work if —
(a)the person who first published the edition is a qualified person at the date when the edition is first published; or
(b)the edition is first published —
(i)in Singapore;
(ii)by or under the direction or control of the Government; or
(iii)by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation.
(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to an edition of an authorial work that —
(a)reproduces a previous edition of the same work; or
(b)was first published before 10 April 1987.