Section 170
Section 170
(1)
Copyright in every Bill introduced into the Legislative Council belongs, in accordance with the following provisions, to the Legislative Council.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
Copyright in a personal Bill belongs to the Legislative Council, and subsists from the time when it was given a First Reading.
(5)
Copyright under this section ceases –
(a)
when His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan has assented to the
Bill;
(b)
if the Bill is not assented to, on its withdrawal or rejection or at the end of the session.
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(6)
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.
(7)
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 section in relation to a Bill which, not having passed in one session, is re-introduced in a subsequent.
Legislative Council: supplementary provisions with respect to copyright.