Hong Kong Ordinances

COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE - SECT 118A

Application of sections 60 and 61 to offences under section 118(1)

For the purpose of any proceedings for an offence under section 118(1)-

   (a)  a person is a lawful user of a computer program for the purposes of
        sections 60 and 61 if he has a contractual right to use the program in
        any place in or outside Hong Kong, and section 60(2) shall have effect
        accordingly; and

   (b)  sections 60 and 61 apply in relation to a copy of a work other than a
        computer program to which section 35A(1) applies as they apply in
        relation to a copy of a computer program and, accordingly, any act
        that may under section 60 or 61 be done in relation to a copy of a
        computer program without infringing the copyright in the program may
        be done in relation to a copy of a work other than a computer program
        to which section 35A(1) applies without infringing the copyright in
        the work. (Added 27 of 2003 s. 4)