Malaysia legislation

Section 20

of COPYRIGHT ACT 1969

Section 20

The Minister shall make regulations prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Act and may make regulations extending the application of this Act in respect of any or all of the works referred to in subsection (1) of section 4 of this Act-

(a)

to individuals who are citizens of, or permanent residents in,

(b)

to bodies corporate constituted and established in or under the laws of,

(c)

to works, other than sound recordings and broadcasts, first published in,

(d)

to works of architecture erected in, and to other artistic works incorporated in a building located in,

(e)

to sound recordings made in,

(f)

to broadcasts transmitted from, a country which is a party to a treaty or a member of any convention or union to which Malaysia is also a party or a member as the case may be and which provides for protection of copyright in works which are protected under this Act.