Conditions for making musical records
260.—(1)  Subject to subsections (3) and (4), it is a permitted use for a person (X) to make a record of a musical work (or of an adaptation of the work) if —
(a)the record is made in Singapore;
(b)other records of the work (or of a similar adaptation of the work) have previously been made in Singapore, or imported into Singapore, for retail sale or for making further records for retail sale;
(c)those other records were made or imported by or with the licence of the copyright owner;
(d)before making the record, X gives the prescribed notice to the copyright owner;
(e)X intends to —
(i)sell the record by retail;
(ii)supply the record to another person for it to be sold by retail; or
(iii)use the record to make other records to be sold by retail or supplied to other persons to be sold by retail; and
(f)in the case of paragraph (e)(i) or (ii), X pays to the copyright owner the prescribed royalty in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time.
(2)  Subsection (1)(b) and (c) is deemed to be satisfied if X, or any person that makes an agreement with X to make and supply the record —
(a)makes the prescribed inquiries; and
(b)receives no answer within the prescribed time.
(3)  Subsection (1) does not apply to making a record of an adaptation of a musical work if the adaptation debases the work.
(4)  Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to —
(a)a record of the whole of a musical work unless the previous records mentioned in subsection (1)(b) are records of the whole of the work; and
(b)a record of a part of a musical work unless the previous records mentioned in subsection (1)(b) are records of, or include, that part of the work.