# definitions

document_id: sfa-2001
term: providing custodial services
source_provision: s101
definition:
“providing custodial services” , in relation to additional financial products, means providing or agreeing to provide a service to a person of taking possession or control of those products under an arrangement to carry out any of the following functions for the person: ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: providing information in relation to a designated benchmark
source_provision: s2
definition:
“providing information in relation to a designated benchmark” means providing any information or expression of opinion — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: providing information in relation to a financial benchmark
source_provision: s2
definition:
“providing information in relation to a financial benchmark” means providing any information or expression of opinion — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: provisional representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“provisional representative” , in respect of a type of regulated activity, has the meaning given to that expression by section 99E, and “provisional representative” means a provisional representative in respect of any type of regulated activity;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: quote
source_provision: s2
definition:
“quote” means to display or provide, on an organised market of an approved exchange or a recognised market operator, information concerning the particular prices or particular consideration at which offers or invitations to sell, purchase or exchange securities, securities‑based derivatives contracts or units in a collective investment scheme are made on that organised market, being offers or invitations that are intended or may reasonably be expected, to result, directly or indirectly, in the making or acceptance of offers to sell, purchase or exchange securities, securities‑based derivatives contracts or units in a collective investment scheme;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: real estate investment trust
source_provision: s137S
definition:
“real estate investment trust” means a collective investment scheme that is a trust, that invests primarily in real estate and real estate‑related assets specified by the Authority in the Code on Collective Investment Schemes, and any or all the units in which are listed, by way of a primary listing, for quotation on the official list of an approved exchange;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: recognised business trust
source_provision: s2
definition:
“recognised business trust” means a business trust that is recognised by the Authority under section 239D(1);


document_id: sfa-2001
term: recognised clearing house
source_provision: s2
definition:
“recognised clearing house” means a corporation that is recognised by the Authority under section 51(1)( b ) or (2) as a recognised clearing house;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: recognised market operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“recognised market operator” means a corporation that is recognised by the Authority under section 9(1)( b ) or (2) as a recognised market operator;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: regulated financial institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“regulated financial institution” means a person who carries on a business the conduct of which is regulated or authorised by the Authority or, if it were carried on in Singapore, would be regulated or authorised by the Authority; [Act 12 of 2024 wef 30/08/2024]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: securities‑based derivatives contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“securities‑based derivatives contract” means any derivatives contract of which the underlying thing or any of the underlying things is a security or a securities index, but does not include any derivatives contract that is, or that belongs to a class of derivatives contracts that is, prescribed by regulations made under section 341;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: specified securities‑based derivatives contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified securities‑based derivatives contract” means a securities‑based derivatives contract that is not a futures contract;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: spot contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“spot contract” means a contract or an arrangement for the sale or purchase of any underlying thing at the spot price, where it is intended for a party to the contract or arrangement to take delivery of the underlying thing immediately or within a period which must not be longer than the period determined by the market convention for delivery of the underlying thing;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: Take‑over Code
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Take‑over Code” means the Singapore Code on Take‑overs and Mergers referred to in section 139 which is issued by the Authority under section 321(1);


document_id: sfa-2001
term: temporary representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“temporary representative” , in respect of a type of regulated activity, has the meaning given to that expression by section 99F, and “temporary representative” means a temporary representative in respect of any type of regulated activity;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: unit
source_provision: s239
definition:
“unit” , in relation to a share or debenture, means any right or interest, whether legal or equitable, in the share or debenture, by whatever name called, and includes any option to acquire any such right or interest in the share or debenture. [2/2009; 34/2012; 4/2017]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: VCC
source_provision: s2
definition:
“VCC” means a VCC or variable capital company as defined in section 2(1) of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: Singapore corporation
source_provision: s6
definition:
“Singapore corporation” means a corporation that is formed or incorporated in Singapore; [Act 12 of 2024 wef 24/01/2025]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: Singapore recognised market operator
source_provision: s6
definition:
“Singapore recognised market operator” means a recognised market operator that is a Singapore corporation. [4/2017] [Act 12 of 2024 wef 24/01/2025]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: 12% controller
source_provision: s46U
definition:
“12% controller” , in relation to a licensed trade repository, means a person, not being a 20% controller, who alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: 20% controller
source_provision: s46U
definition:
“20% controller” , in relation to a licensed trade repository, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: office holder
source_provision: s46ZIA
definition:
“office holder” , in relation to a licensed trade repository or licensed foreign trade repository, means any person acting as the liquidator, the provisional liquidator, the receiver or the receiver and manager of the licensed trade repository or licensed foreign trade repository (as the case may be), or acting in an equivalent capacity in relation to the licensed trade repository or licensed foreign trade repository, as the case may be;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: relevant business
source_provision: s46ZIA
definition:
“relevant business” means any business of a licensed trade repository or licensed foreign trade repository — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: transferee
source_provision: s81SC
definition:
“transferee” means an approved clearing house or a recognised clearing house, or a corporation which has applied or will be applying for approval or recognition to carry on in Singapore the usual business of an approved clearing house or a recognised clearing house, to which the whole or any part of a transferor’s business is, is to be or is proposed to be transferred under this Division;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: transferor
source_provision: s46ZM
definition:
“transferor” means a licensed trade repository or licensed foreign trade repository the whole or any part of the business of which is, is to be, or is proposed to be transferred under this Division. [10/2013; 40/2019]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: foreign trade repository
source_provision: s46B
definition:
“foreign trade repository” means a trade repository which is incorporated or formed outside Singapore;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: foreign trade repository licence
source_provision: s46B
definition:
“foreign trade repository licence” means a licence that is granted by the Authority to a foreign trade repository under section 46E(2);


document_id: sfa-2001
term: trade repository
source_provision: s46B
definition:
“trade repository” means a corporation that collects and maintains information on any transactions relating to any capital markets products, or any other transactions or class of transactions that the Authority may prescribe by regulations made under section 341 for the purposes of this definition;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: trade repository licence
source_provision: s46B
definition:
“trade repository licence” means a licence that is granted by the Authority to a Singapore trade repository under section 46E(1). [34/2012; 4/2017]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: default proceedings
source_provision: s48
definition:
“default proceedings” means any proceedings or other action taken by an approved clearing house or a recognised clearing house under its default rules;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: default rules
source_provision: s48
definition:
“default rules” , in relation to an approved clearing house or a recognised clearing house, means the business rules of the approved clearing house or recognised clearing house which provide for the taking of proceedings or other action if a participant has failed, or appears to be unable or to be likely to become unable, to meet the participant’s obligations for any unsettled or open market contract to which the participant is a party;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: market charge
source_provision: s48
definition:
“market charge” means a security interest, whether fixed or floating, granted in favour of an approved clearing house, or a recognised clearing house, over market collateral;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: market collateral
source_provision: s48
definition:
“market collateral” means any property held by or deposited with an approved clearing house or a recognised clearing house, for the purpose of securing any liability arising directly in connection with the ensuring of the performance of market contracts by the approved clearing house or recognised clearing house;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: Singapore recognised clearing house
source_provision: s48
definition:
“Singapore recognised clearing house” means a recognised clearing house that is a Singapore corporation. [34/2012; 4/2017; 40/2018] [Act 12 of 2024 wef 24/01/2025]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: specified event
source_provision: s81I
definition:
“specified event” , in relation to the second participant or a person who is or was, in respect of a sale or purchase referred to in subsection (1), the principal of the second participant, means — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: specified gain
source_provision: s81I
definition:
“specified gain” , in relation to a sale or purchase referred to in subsection (1), means the difference, as at the time the sale or purchase was entered into, between — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: account holder
source_provision: s81SF
definition:
“account holder” means a person who has an account directly with the Depository and not through a depository agent;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: depositor
source_provision: s81SF
definition:
“depositor” means an account holder or a depository agent but does not include a sub‑account holder;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: Depository
source_provision: s81SF
definition:
“Depository” means The Central Depository (Pte) Limited or any other corporation approved by the Authority as a depository company or corporation for the purposes of this Act, which operates the Central Depository System for the holding and transfer of book‑entry securities;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: depository agent
source_provision: s81SF
definition:
“depository agent” means a member of the SGX‑ST, a trust company (licensed under the Trust Companies Act 2005), a bank licensed under the Banking Act 1970, any merchant bank licensed under the Banking Act 1970 or any other person or body approved by the Depository who or which — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: Depository Register
source_provision: s81SF
definition:
“Depository Register” means a register maintained by the Depository in respect of book‑entry securities;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: depository rules
source_provision: s81SF
definition:
“depository rules” means the rules made by the Depository in relation to the operation of the Central Depository System and includes the Central Depository Rules and Procedures made by the Depository pursuant to its constitution (as the same may be amended from time to time) and any rule made by the Depository with regard to payment of fees to the Depository;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: derivative instruments
source_provision: s81SF
definition:
“derivative instruments” , in relation to debentures, stocks and shares, includes warrants, transferable subscription rights, options to subscribe for stocks or shares, convertibles, depository receipts and such other instruments as the Authority may prescribe by regulations for the purposes of the definition;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: international body
source_provision: s81SF
definition:
“international body” means the Asian Development Bank, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and such other international bodies as the Authority may prescribe by regulations;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: sub‑account holder
source_provision: s81SF
definition:
“sub‑account holder” means a holder of an account maintained with a depository agent. [36/2014; 40/2019; 1/2020]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: additional business representative
source_provision: s101
definition:
“additional business representative” , in relation to a holder of a capital markets services licence — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: dealing in additional financial products
source_provision: s101
definition:
“dealing in additional financial products” means doing any of the following (whether as principal or agent): ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: specified derivatives contract
source_provision: s129B
definition:
“specified derivatives contract” means any derivatives contract that is, or that belongs to a class of derivatives contracts that is, prescribed by the Authority by regulations made under section 129G for the purposes of this definition;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: place of business
source_provision: s128
definition:
“place of business” , in relation to a party to a specified derivatives contract, means a head or main office, a branch, a representative office or any other office of the party;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: relevant reporting jurisdiction
source_provision: s128
definition:
“relevant reporting jurisdiction” means any foreign jurisdiction that is prescribed by the Authority by regulations made under section 129 for the purposes of this definition. [34/2012]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: clearing
source_provision: s129B
definition:
“clearing” means any arrangement, process, mechanism or service provided by a person in respect of transactions, by which parties to those transactions substitute, through novation or otherwise, the credit of such person for the credit of the parties;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: relevant clearing jurisdiction
source_provision: s129F
definition:
“relevant clearing jurisdiction” means a foreign jurisdiction that is prescribed by the Authority by regulations made under section 129G for the purposes of this definition. [34/2012]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: family member
source_provision: s137N
definition:
“family member” means a spouse, or a son, adopted son, stepson, daughter, adopted daughter or stepdaughter below the age of 21 years;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: securities lending arrangement
source_provision: s137ZH
definition:
“securities lending arrangement” means a written arrangement where a person (called in this Part the lender) who has an interest in specified capital markets products is to transfer title to some or all of the specified capital markets products to another person (called in this Part the borrower) for an agreed period of time, after which the borrower is to transfer title to those specified capital markets products back to the lender;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: short position
source_provision: s137ZH
definition:
“short position” means the amount by which the quantity, volume or value of any specified capital markets products in which a person has an interest is less than the quantity, volume or value of the specified capital markets products which the person is under an obligation to deliver, where the quantity, volume or value of any specified capital markets products is determined in accordance with the criteria, methods or formulae prescribed by regulations made under section 137ZM;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: short sell order
source_provision: s137ZH
definition:
“short sell order” means an order to sell any specified capital markets products where the person who makes the order does not, at the time of the order, have an interest in the specified capital markets products;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: specified capital markets products
source_provision: s137ZH
definition:
“specified capital markets products” means any capital markets products listed or to be listed on an approved exchange that is, or that belongs to a class of capital markets products that is, prescribed by regulations made under section 137ZM. [4/2017]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: enforcement
source_provision: s169
definition:
“enforcement” means the taking of any action to enforce a law or regulatory requirement against a specified person, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities and derivatives industry of, or financial benchmarks in, the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: investigation
source_provision: s169
definition:
“investigation” means an investigation to determine if a specified person has contravened or is contravening a law or regulatory requirement, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities and derivatives industry of, or financial benchmarks in, the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: administer
source_provision: s206
definition:
“administer” , in relation to a financial benchmark, means the activity of administering the financial benchmark;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: financial performance
source_provision: s214
definition:
“financial performance” , in relation to a business trust, means the performance of the business relating to the trust property of the business trust which is managed and operated by the trustee of the business trust;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: persons who commonly invest
source_provision: s214
definition:
“persons who commonly invest” , in relation to investment in any kind of securities, securities‑based derivatives contracts or CIS units, means a section of the public that is accustomed, or would be likely, to deal in securities, securities‑based derivatives contracts or CIS units, or in a class of securities, securities‑based derivatives contracts or CIS units, of that kind;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: purchase
source_provision: s214
definition:
“purchase” , in relation to securities‑based derivatives contracts or CIS units, includes a contract or arrangement under which a party acquires an option or right from another party, acquiring the option or right under the contract, or taking an assignment of the option or right, whether or not on another’s behalf;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: sell
source_provision: s214
definition:
“sell” , in relation to securities‑based derivatives contracts or CIS units, includes a contract or arrangement under which a party acquires an option or right from another party — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: trust property
source_provision: s214
definition:
“trust property” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Business Trusts Act 2004. [2/2009; 4/2017]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: defendant
source_provision: s236A
definition:
“defendant” means an individual liable to an order for a civil penalty under section 236H in respect of a contravention of any provision in this Part committed by a corporation, partnership, limited liability partnership or unincorporated association;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: partnership
source_provision: s236A
definition:
“partnership” , in Subdivision (2), means the partnership at the time of the contravention by the contravening person referred to in section 236E(1) or 236F(1), as the case may be. [2/2009]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: board of directors
source_provision: s236B
definition:
“board of directors” means the body (by whatever name called) exercising the executive authority of the corporation;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: corporate culture
source_provision: s236E
definition:
“corporate culture” means an attitude, policy, rule, course of conduct or practice existing within the partnership or limited liability partnership generally or in the part of the partnership or limited liability partnership in which the relevant activity takes place;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: high managerial agent
source_provision: s236E
definition:
“high managerial agent” means a partner, manager or employee of the partnership or limited liability partnership with duties of such responsibility that his or her conduct may fairly be assumed to represent the partnership or limited liability partnership’s policy. [2/2009]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: executive partners
source_provision: s236E
definition:
“executive partners” means the partners exercising the executive authority of the partnership or limited liability partnership;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: benefit
source_provision: s236L
definition:
“benefit” , in relation to a contravention of any provision in this Part, means a profit gained or loss avoided as a result of that contravention;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: claimant
source_provision: s236L
definition:
“claimant” , in relation to a contravention of any provision in this Part, means any person who would qualify as a claimant under section 234 in respect of that contravention. [2/2009]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: borrowing entity
source_provision: s239
definition:
“borrowing entity” means an entity that is or will be under a liability (whether or not such liability is present or future) to repay any money received by it in response to an invitation to subscribe for or purchase debentures of the entity;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: control
source_provision: s239
definition:
“control” , in relation to an entity, means the capacity of a person to determine the outcome of decisions on the financial and operating policies of the entity, having regard to — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: debenture issuance programme
source_provision: s239
definition:
“debenture issuance programme” means any scheme or arrangement by an entity for the issue of debentures or units of debentures where only part of the maximum amount or aggregate number of debentures or units of debentures under the programme is offered initially and a further tranche or tranches may be offered subsequently;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: guarantor entity
source_provision: s239
definition:
“guarantor entity” , in relation to a borrowing entity, means an entity that has guaranteed or has agreed to guarantee the repayment of any money received or to be received by the borrowing entity in response to an invitation to subscribe for or purchase debentures of the borrowing entity;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: minimum subscription
source_provision: s239
definition:
“minimum subscription” , in relation to any securities or securities‑based derivatives contracts offered for subscription, means the amount stated in the prospectus relating to the offer as the minimum amount which must be raised by the issue of the securities or securities‑based derivatives contracts so offered, failing which no securities or securities‑based derivatives contracts will be allotted or issued;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: preliminary document
source_provision: s283
definition:
“preliminary document” means a document which has been lodged with the Authority and is issued for the purpose of determining the appropriate issue or sale price of, and the number of, units in a collective investment scheme to be issued or sold and which contains the information required to be included in a prospectus as may be prescribed under section 296(1)( a )(i), except for such information as the Authority may prescribe;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: promoter
source_provision: s239
definition:
“promoter” , in relation to a prospectus issued by or in connection with an entity or a business trust, means a promoter of the entity or business trust (as the case may be) who was a party to the preparation of the prospectus or of any relevant portion thereof, but does not include any person by reason only of the person acting in a professional capacity;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: prospectus
source_provision: s239
definition:
“prospectus” means any prospectus, notice, circular, material, advertisement, publication or other document used to make an offer of securities or securities‑based derivatives contracts, and includes any document deemed to be a prospectus under section 257, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: recognised securities exchange
source_provision: s239
definition:
“recognised securities exchange” means a corporation which has been declared by the Authority, by order in the Gazette , to be a recognised securities exchange for the purposes of this Division;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: replacement document
source_provision: s239
definition:
“replacement document” means a replacement prospectus or a replacement profile statement referred to in section 241(1), as the case may be;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: supplementary document
source_provision: s239
definition:
“supplementary document” means a supplementary prospectus or a supplementary profile statement referred to in section 241(1), as the case may be;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: underlying entity
source_provision: s239
definition:
“underlying entity” , in relation to an offer of units of shares or debentures, means the entity the shares or debentures of which are the subject of the offer;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: asset‑backed securities
source_provision: s262
definition:
“asset‑backed securities” means debentures or units of debentures issued pursuant to a securitisation transaction;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: single purpose vehicle
source_provision: s240AA
definition:
“single purpose vehicle” means an entity that is established solely in order to, or a trust that is established solely in order for its trustee to, do either or both of the following: ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: synthetic securitisation transaction
source_provision: s240AA
definition:
“synthetic securitisation transaction” means an arrangement involving the use of derivatives to create or replicate exposure to assets that are not transferred to, or are not a part of an asset pool held by, a single purpose vehicle. [34/2012; 4/2017]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: assets and liabilities, profits and losses, financial position and performance
source_provision: s243
definition:
“assets and liabilities, profits and losses, financial position and performance” , in relation to a business trust, means the assets and liabilities, profits and losses, financial position and performance of that business trust derived from the accounting records and other records kept by the trustee‑manager of that business trust;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: prospects
source_provision: s243
definition:
“prospects” , in relation to a business trust, means the business and financial prospects anticipated with respect to the operations of the trustee‑manager of the business trust, in its capacity as trustee‑manager of the business trust. [4/2017]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: exempt financial adviser
source_provision: s251
definition:
“exempt financial adviser” and “financial advisory service” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Financial Advisers Act 2001;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: securitisation transaction
source_provision: s262
definition:
“securitisation transaction” means an arrangement that involves the sale, transfer or assignment of assets to a special purpose vehicle where — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: special purpose vehicle
source_provision: s262
definition:
“special purpose vehicle” means an entity that is established solely in order to, or a trust that is established solely in order for its trustee to, do either or both of the following: ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: authorised real estate investment trust
source_provision: s283
definition:
“authorised real estate investment trust” means a real estate investment trust that is a collective investment scheme authorised under section 286;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: recognised real estate investment trust
source_provision: s283
definition:
“recognised real estate investment trust” means a real estate investment trust that is a collective investment scheme recognised under section 287;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: unit trust
source_provision: s283
definition:
“unit trust” means a collective investment scheme under which the property is held on trust for the participants. [2/2009; 34/2012; 4/2017]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: dissenting participant
source_provision: s295A
definition:
“dissenting participant” includes a participant who has not assented to the arrangement or contract and any participant who has failed or refused to transfer the participant’s units to the transferee in accordance with the arrangement or contract;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: Official Receiver
source_provision: s295A
definition:
“Official Receiver” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018. [2/2009; 4/2017; 40/2018]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: approved trustee
source_provision: s295D
definition:
“approved trustee” means a trustee for collective investment schemes which are authorised under section 286 and constituted as unit trusts;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: classification
source_provision: s309B
definition:
“classification” , in relation to any capital markets products, means the classification of the capital markets products as either of the following: ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: prescribed capital markets products
source_provision: s309B
definition:
“prescribed capital markets products” means any capital markets products that belong to any class of capital markets products that is prescribed by the Authority, by regulations made under section 341, for the purposes of this definition. [34/2012]


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: accreditation, certification or inspection mark
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accreditation, certification or inspection mark” means any accreditation, certification or inspection mark of the Agency;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 31, and includes any person acting in that capacity;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: delegate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 29(1) delegates the performance or exercise of any of its functions or powers;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: subdelegate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subdelegate” means a person to whom a delegate under section 29(2) further delegates the performance or exercise of any of the Agency’s functions or powers;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: corporation
source_provision: s45
definition:
“corporation” includes a limited liability partnership within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority
source_provision: s49
definition:
“Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority” or “AVA” means the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority established by section 3 of the repealed Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority Act (Cap. 5, 2012 Revised Edition);


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: Health Sciences Authority
source_provision: s49
definition:
“Health Sciences Authority” or “HSA” means the Health Sciences Authority established by section 3 of the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: liability
source_provision: s49
definition:
“liability” , in relation to a transferor, means any liability, duty or obligation (whether actual or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether owed alone or jointly or jointly and severally with any other person) of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: National Environment Agency
source_provision: s49
definition:
“National Environment Agency” or “NEA” means the National Environment Agency established by section 3 of the National Environment Agency Act 2002;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: right
source_provision: s49
definition:
“right” , in relation to a transferor, means any right, power, privilege or immunity of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: transferring AVA employee
source_provision: s49
definition:
“transferring AVA employee” means an employee of the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in any department of the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority comprised in the transferable AVA undertaking;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: transferring HSA employee
source_provision: s49
definition:
“transferring HSA employee” means an employee of the Health Sciences Authority who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in the Food Safety Division of the Health Sciences Authority;


document_id: sfaa-2019
term: transferring NEA employee
source_provision: s49
definition:
“transferring NEA employee” means an employee of the National Environment Agency who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of the National Environment Agency.


document_id: sga-1979
term: business
source_provision: s61
definition:
“business” includes a profession and the activities of any Government department or local or public authority;


document_id: sga-1979
term: credit-broker
source_provision: s61
definition:
“credit-broker” means a person acting in the course of a business of credit brokerage carried on by him, that is a business of effecting introductions of individuals desiring to obtain credit — ( a )


document_id: sga-1979
term: delivery
source_provision: s61
definition:
“delivery” means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another except that, in relation to sections 20A and 20B, it includes such appropriation of goods to the contract as results in property in the goods being transferred to the buyer;


document_id: sga-1979
term: future goods
source_provision: s61
definition:
“future goods” means goods to be manufactured or acquired by the seller after the making of the contract of sale;


document_id: sga-1979
term: goods
source_provision: s61
definition:
“goods” includes all personal chattels other than things in action and money; and in particular “goods” includes emblements, industrial growing crops, and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale and includes an undivided share in goods;


document_id: sga-1979
term: specific goods
source_provision: s61
definition:
“specific goods” means goods identified and agreed on at the time a contract of sale is made and includes an undivided share, specified as a fraction or percentage, of goods identified and agreed on as aforesaid;


document_id: sga-1979
term: warranty
source_provision: s61
definition:
“warranty” means an agreement with reference to goods which are the subject of a contract of sale, but collateral to the main purpose of such contract, the breach of which gives rise to a claim for damages, but not to a right to reject the goods and treat the contract as repudiated.


document_id: sga-1982
term: bailee
source_provision: s18
definition:
“bailee” , in relation to a contract for the hire of goods, means (depending on the context) a person to whom the goods are bailed under the contract, or a person to whom they are to be so bailed, or a person to whom the rights under the contract of either of those persons have passed;


document_id: sga-1982
term: bailor
source_provision: s18
definition:
“bailor” , in relation to a contract for the hire of goods, means (depending on the context) a person who bails the goods under the contract, or a person who agrees to do so, or a person to whom the duties under the contract of either of those persons have passed;


document_id: sga-1982
term: credit-broker
source_provision: s18
definition:
“credit-broker” means a person acting in the course of a business of credit brokerage carried on by him;


document_id: sga-1982
term: goods
source_provision: s18
definition:
“goods” includes all personal chattels (including emblements, industrial growing crops, and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before the transfer or bailment concerned or under the contract concerned) other than things in action and money;


document_id: sga-1982
term: property
source_provision: s18
definition:
“property” , in relation to goods, means the general property in them and not merely a special property;


document_id: sga-1982
term: transferee
source_provision: s18
definition:
“transferee” , in relation to a contract for the transfer of goods, means (depending on the context) a person to whom the property in the goods is transferred under the contract, or a person to whom the property is to be so transferred, or a person to whom the rights under the contract of either of those persons have passed;


document_id: sga-1982
term: transferor
source_provision: s18
definition:
“transferor” , in relation to a contract for the transfer of goods, means (depending on the context) a person who transfers the property in the goods under the contract, or a person who agrees to do so, or a person to whom the duties under the contract of either of those persons have passed.


document_id: sgca-2002
term: bring in transit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bring in transit” means to bring goods from any country into Singapore by land, water or air, where the goods are to be taken out from Singapore on the same conveyance on which they are brought into Singapore without any landing in Singapore, but does not include the passage through Singapore in accordance with international law of a foreign conveyance carrying goods;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: development
source_provision: s2
definition:
“development” , in relation to any goods, means any stage prior to the serial production of the goods, including design, design research, design analysis, development of a design concept, assembly and testing of a prototype, pilot production, generation of design data, the process of transforming design data into a product, configuration design, integration design, and layout;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: device
source_provision: s2
definition:
“device” means any tangible medium in which information, visual images, sounds or other data is or are recorded, stored or embodied in any form so as to be capable (with or without the aid of other equipment) of being retrieved or produced therefrom;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: export
source_provision: s2
definition:
“export” means to take out from Singapore goods by land, water or air, and includes the placing of the goods in a conveyance for the purpose of taking the goods out from Singapore; but does not include the taking out from Singapore of goods that have been brought in transit or transhipped;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: production
source_provision: s2
definition:
“production” , in relation to any goods, means any stage of production of the goods, including construction, production engineering, manufacture, integration, assembly, mounting, inspection, testing, and quality assurance;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: software
source_provision: s2
definition:
“software” means a collection of one or more programs or microprograms recorded, stored or embodied in any device;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: strategic goods technology
source_provision: s2
definition:
“strategic goods technology” means any technology prescribed by the Minister as strategic goods technology under section 4A;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: technology
source_provision: s2
definition:
“technology” means information (including information comprised in such documents as specifications, blueprints, plans, manuals, models, diagrams, formulae, tables and designs) that is necessary for the development, production or use of any goods, and includes software;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: through bill of lading
source_provision: s2
definition:
“through bill of lading” , “through airway bill” and “through manifest” mean a bill of lading, airway bill and manifest (respectively) for the consignment of goods from a place outside Singapore to a destination which is also outside Singapore without a consignee in Singapore;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: tranship
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tranship” means to remove goods from the conveyance on which they were brought into Singapore and to place the goods on the same or another conveyance for the purpose of taking them out of Singapore, where these acts are carried out on a through bill of lading, through airway bill or through manifest;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: use
source_provision: s2
definition:
“use” , in relation to any goods, means the operation, installation, maintenance, inspection, repair, overhaul or refurbishing of the goods. [45/2007; 3/2013; 9/2018]


document_id: sgca-2002
term: dual‑use goods
source_provision: s4A
definition:
“dual‑use goods” means goods capable of being used for both a non-military purpose and a military purpose or relevant activity;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: dual‑use technology
source_provision: s4A
definition:
“dual‑use technology” means technology necessary for the development, production or use of any dual‑use goods;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: military goods
source_provision: s4A
definition:
“military goods” means goods solely or predominantly designed or modified for a military purpose, including any part or component thereof;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: military technology
source_provision: s4A
definition:
“military technology” means technology necessary for the development, production or use of any military goods. [45/2007]


document_id: sgca-2002
term: acquisition
source_provision: s6
definition:
“acquisition” , in relation to any goods, technology or document, means the purchase, hire or borrowing of the goods, technology or document, or the acceptance of the goods, technology or document as a gift;


document_id: sgca-2002
term: disposal
source_provision: s6
definition:
“disposal” , in relation to any goods, technology or document, means the sale, letting on hire or lending of the goods, technology or document, or the giving of the goods, technology or document as a gift.


document_id: sgda-2007
term: Licensing Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Licensing Officer” means the Licensing Officer appointed under section 3(1) and includes an Assistant Licensing Officer; [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025]


document_id: sgda-2007
term: shop
source_provision: s2
definition:
“shop” includes a stall, house, flat, place of business, place of storage of secondhand goods, an administrative office or any other premises from which the business of a secondhand goods dealer is being carried out, whether electronically or otherwise;


document_id: sgda-2007
term: stolen property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stolen property” means property, the possession of which has been transferred by theft, extortion or robbery, which has been criminally misappropriated or in respect of which criminal breach of trust or cheating has been committed, whether the transfer has been made or the misappropriation or breach of trust or cheating has been committed within or out of Singapore; but does not include such property which subsequently comes into the possession of a person legally entitled to the possession of the property.


document_id: sgqa-1970
term: granite quarry
source_provision: s2
definition:
“granite quarry” means any land from which granite blocks, gravel, stones and overburden are extracted by blasting, sorting, breaking, loading and transporting, whether the processes are executed by manual labour or mechanical means;


document_id: sgqa-1970
term: licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensee” means any person to whom a licence to use or manage any land for the purposes of a sand or granite quarry has been granted under section 5;


document_id: sgqa-1970
term: Licensing Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Licensing Officer” means the officer appointed by the Minister under section 3(1); [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025]


document_id: sgqa-1970
term: sand quarry
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sand quarry” means any land on which persons are employed in manual labour in any process for or incidental to the getting, dressing or preparation for the sale or otherwise of sand, gravel or earth.


document_id: sia-1979
term: commercial purposes
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commercial purposes” means purposes of any transactions or activities that are mentioned in section 5(3);


document_id: sigla-2021
term: book‑entry security
source_provision: s2
definition:
“book‑entry security” means any security issued under this Act in the form of an entry on the records of the MAS and which is transferable by way of book‑entry in the register maintained by the MAS, and not by way of an instrument of transfer;


document_id: sigla-2021
term: depositor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“depositor” means any person in whose name an account is established and maintained on the records of the MAS;


document_id: sigla-2021
term: face value
source_provision: s2
definition:
“face value” , for any security issued under this Act, means its face value at the time the security was issued;


document_id: sigla-2021
term: nationally significant infrastructure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“nationally significant infrastructure” means any structure or building in Singapore (whether above or below ground or water) that — ( a )


document_id: sigla-2021
term: pledge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pledge” includes a pledge of, or any interest which secures the payment of a debt or performance of an obligation (but not arising from a trust) in, any book‑entry security — ( a )


document_id: sigla-2021
term: primary dealer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“primary dealer” means a person approved under Part 7A of the Government Securities Act 1992 to be a primary dealer;


document_id: sigla-2021
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means a body or an office that is established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, and includes a Town Council;


document_id: sigla-2021
term: related facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“related facility” , for any nationally significant infrastructure, means a structure or building, fitting, fixture, plant, computer or other system adjoining to or forming part of another structure or building in Singapore, without which the other structure or building —


document_id: sigla-2021
term: useful life
source_provision: s2
definition:
“useful life” , for any thing, means the period that the thing is or is expected to be available and in a condition for use for the purpose which the thing is designed for.


document_id: sigla-2021
term: infrastructure project
source_provision: s11
definition:
“infrastructure project” includes a phase or stage of an infrastructure project only if expressly planned for at the start of the infrastructure project;


document_id: sira-2024
term: designated entity
source_provision: s3
definition:
“designated entity” means an entity that has been designated under section 17(1) as a designated entity;


document_id: sira-2024
term: entity
source_provision: s3
definition:
“entity” means any sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or other body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, and includes a trust;


document_id: sira-2024
term: Guidelines on Fit and Proper Criteria
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Guidelines on Fit and Proper Criteria” means the Guidelines on Fit and Proper Criteria mentioned in section 54;


document_id: sira-2024
term: Minister
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Minister” means the Minister charged by the Prime Minister with the responsibility for this Act under Article 30(1) of the Constitution;


document_id: sira-2024
term: control
source_provision: s13
definition:
“control” includes control as a result of, or by means of, any agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice, whether or not having legal or equitable force and whether or not based on legal or equitable rights;


document_id: sira-2024
term: designation date
source_provision: s13
definition:
“designation date” , in relation to a designated entity, means the date on which the entity is designated as a designated entity under section 17(1);


document_id: sira-2024
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s13
definition:
“indirect controller” , in relation to an entity, means any person, whether acting alone or together with any other person, and whether with or without holding equity interests or controlling the voting power in the entity — ( a )


document_id: sira-2024
term: related corporation
source_provision: s13
definition:
“related corporation” , in relation to a corporation, means another corporation that is deemed under section 15(2) to be related to that corporation;


document_id: sira-2024
term: trustee‑manager
source_provision: s13
definition:
“trustee‑manager” , in relation to a business trust, has the meaning given by section 2 of the Business Trusts Act 2004;


document_id: sira-2024
term: Level A controller
source_provision: s16
definition:
“Level A controller” , in relation to a designated entity, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: sira-2024
term: Level B controller
source_provision: s16
definition:
“Level B controller” , in relation to a designated entity, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: sira-2024
term: Level C controller
source_provision: s16
definition:
“Level C controller” , in relation to a designated entity, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: sira-2024
term: Level D controller
source_provision: s16
definition:
“Level D controller” , in relation to a designated entity, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: sira-2024
term: Level Y controller
source_provision: s16
definition:
“Level Y controller” , in relation to a designated entity, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: sira-2024
term: Level Z controller
source_provision: s16
definition:
“Level Z controller” , in relation to a designated entity, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: sira-2024
term: occupier
source_provision: s50
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any premises, means a person whom the police officer reasonably believes is the occupier of those premises.


document_id: sita-2014
term: university company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“university company” means the company limited by guarantee incorporated under the Companies Act 1967 on 15 September 2009 under the name “Singapore Institute of Technology”.


document_id: sla-1920
term: Commissioner of Lands
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner of Lands” means the individual that the Minister appoints as the Commissioner of Lands under section 6;


document_id: sla-1920
term: State title
source_provision: s2
definition:
“State title” means any grant, any grant in fee simple or estate in perpetuity, or any State lease (of whatever tenure) whenever issued or granted by or on behalf of the Crown, the State or the former East India Company;


document_id: slaa-2001
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means any board, body or authority established by or under any written law to perform or discharge any public function;


document_id: slaa-2001
term: State title
source_provision: s2
definition:
“State title” includes any grant in fee simple or estate in perpetuity, any State lease (of whatever tenure) and any temporary occupation licence. [5/2018]


document_id: slfa-1977
term: general meeting
source_provision: s2
definition:
“general meeting” means an annual general meeting or extraordinary general meeting of the Foundation;


document_id: slfa-1977
term: National Trades Union Congress
source_provision: s2
definition:
“National Trades Union Congress” means the National Trades Union Congress registered under the Trade Unions Act 1940; [Act 17 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023]


document_id: slfa-1977
term: virtual meeting technology
source_provision: s2
definition:
“virtual meeting technology” means any technology that allows a person to participate in a meeting without being physically present at the place of meeting. [Act 17 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023]


document_id: slpa-2022
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s44
definition:
“authorised officer” means any employee of the Authority, any outsourced enforcement officer and any other person appointed by the Authority under section 4 to assist in the enforcement of this section;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: Commissioner of Lands
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner of Lands” means the Commissioner of Lands appointed under section 6(1) of the State Lands Act 1920;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corporation” means any body corporate formed or incorporated or existing in or outside Singapore and includes any foreign company within the meaning of the Companies Act 1967;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: enforcement officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“enforcement officer” means an individual who is appointed under section 30 as an enforcement officer;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: erect
source_provision: s2
definition:
“erect” , in relation to a structure, includes any work carried out in constructing, installing, creating, replacing, maintaining, renewing or restoring a structure;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: forest product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“forest product” means the product of trees and other vegetation (such as timber and fruits) that are of economic value;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: holding yard
source_provision: s2
definition:
“holding yard” means a place used by or under the management or control of the Authority for the storage of removed material;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: lawful authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“lawful authority” means with the permission of the Authority, or as required or allowed by or under any written law;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: removed material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“removed material” means any of the following that is moved or removed by an authorised officer under section 13(2)( a ) or ( b ): ( a )


document_id: slpa-2022
term: substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“substance” , in relation to State land, includes earth, stone, clay, gravel, sand, shell, minerals, mineral oil, natural gas and other materials found on, in or forming part of the State land;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vehicle” means any vehicle (whether mechanically propelled or otherwise) that is designed to transport goods, people or goods and people, on land;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vessel” means a boat, launch or floating craft used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved;


document_id: slpa-2022
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s34
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to a corporation, means an individual (by whatever name described) who — ( a )


document_id: slpa-2022
term: reasonable steps
source_provision: s34
definition:
“reasonable steps” , in relation to the commission of an offence, includes, but is not limited to, any action (if any) of the following kinds that is reasonable in all the circumstances: ( a )


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: Collector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Collector” means any officer appointed by the President to be the Collector of Federal Customs Duties under section 3(1);


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: customs duty
source_provision: s2
definition:
“customs duty” means any import duty, export duty, surtax or cess imposed by or under the Customs Act 1967 (M. 235 (1980)) of Malaysia or any other written law in force in Malaysia and includes any royalty payable in lieu of an export duty under any written law or a contract, lease or agreement to which the government of Malaysia or of any State within Malaysia is a party or to which such government has consented;


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: dutiable goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dutiable goods” means all goods which are subject to the payment of customs duty on import into or export from Malaysia and on which such duty has not yet been paid;


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: export
source_provision: s2
definition:
“export” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to take or cause to be taken out of Malaysia by land or air, otherwise than by post;


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: exporter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exporter” includes any owner or other person for the time being beneficially interested in any goods at the time at which such goods enter Singapore from Malaysia by land or air;


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: Federal Superintendent of Customs and Excise
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Federal Superintendent of Customs and Excise” means any officer appointed by the President under section 3(2);


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to take or cause to be taken into Malaysia by land, air or post;


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: importer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“importer” includes any person, company, firm, society or other body of persons in Malaysia to whom, or to which, goods are consigned by land, air or post;


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: other charges
source_provision: s2
definition:
“other charges” includes warehouse rent, weighing fees, handling charges and overtime fees, and any other moneys payable under the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, except customs duty;


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: passenger
source_provision: s2
definition:
“passenger” means a person travelling by railway or aircraft from Singapore to Malaysia or vice versa;


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: prohibited goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prohibited goods” means goods the import of which into or the export of which from Malaysia is prohibited either absolutely or conditionally by any written law for the time being in force in Malaysia;


document_id: smcdca-1958
term: value
source_provision: s2
definition:
“value” , in relation to goods declared for import, means the price which an importer would give at the time of declaration for import for the goods on a purchase in the open market if the goods were delivered to him at the place of payment of customs duty and if freight, insurance, commission and all other costs, charges and expenses (except any customs duty) incidental to the purchase and delivery at such place had been paid.


document_id: smecla-2020
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , for any provision of this Act, means an officer or employee of the LTA who is appointed as an authorised officer under section 7 for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: smecla-2020
term: class licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“class licence” means a class licence determined under an order made under section 17(1) (including as varied under section 18);


document_id: smecla-2020
term: park
source_provision: s2
definition:
“park” , in respect of a vehicle, means to bring the vehicle to a stationary position and cause it to wait for any purpose;


document_id: smecla-2020
term: provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“provider” , in relation to a shared mobility service, means the person who provides the shared mobility service;


document_id: smecla-2020
term: representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“representative” , for a provider of a shared mobility service using a type of vehicle, means an individual (whether or not an employee or officer of the provider) who — ( a )


document_id: smecla-2020
term: standard of performance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“standard of performance” means a standard of performance issued or approved by the LTA under section 24, and includes any such standard of performance as amended from time to time under that section;


document_id: smecla-2020
term: vehicle location device
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vehicle location device” means a device that is capable of transmitting signals about the approximate location of a vehicle for reception by another device.


document_id: smecla-2020
term: booking
source_provision: s3
definition:
“booking” , in relation to a shared mobility service, means a booking for a vehicle used in the provision of that service to be hired for riding by an individual on wholly or partly in a public place;


document_id: smecla-2020
term: hire
source_provision: s3
definition:
“hire” , for a vehicle, does not include hiring the vehicle under a hire‑purchase agreement but includes any of the following: ( a )


document_id: smecla-2020
term: provide a shared mobility service
source_provision: s3
definition:
“provide a shared mobility service” means providing a shared mobility service in the course of business, whether or not the primary function of the business is connected to shared mobility services;


document_id: smua-2000
term: university company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“university company” means the company limited by guarantee incorporated under the Companies Act 1967 on 12 January 2000 under the name “Singapore Management University”.


document_id: smvsa-2020
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , for any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 17 as an authorised officer for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: smvsa-2020
term: customs territory
source_provision: s2
definition:
“customs territory” means any part of Singapore and her territorial waters but excludes any free trade zone;


document_id: smvsa-2020
term: free trade zone
source_provision: s2
definition:
“free trade zone” means any area in Singapore declared to be a free trade zone under the Free Trade Zones Act 1966;


document_id: smvsa-2020
term: identification card
source_provision: s2
definition:
“identification card” , in relation to an authorised officer, means an identification card issued under section 18 to the authorised officer;


document_id: smvsa-2020
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” means to bring or cause to be brought into the customs territory by land, water or air from — ( a )


document_id: smvsa-2020
term: tranship
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tranship” means to bring any goods into the customs territory solely for the purpose of taking them out of the customs territory (whether on the same conveyance on which they were brought in or on another conveyance) where the goods are landed and kept at any place in the customs territory pending their being taken out of the customs territory;


document_id: smvsa-2020
term: transit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transit” means to bring goods into the customs territory from a place outside the customs territory for the purpose of taking them out of the customs territory on the same conveyance on which they were brought into the customs territory;


document_id: smvsa-2020
term: relevant premises
source_provision: s10
definition:
“relevant premises” means any premises in Singapore that an authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds — ( a )


document_id: smvsa-2020
term: chosen means of access
source_provision: s25
definition:
“chosen means of access” , for an addressee to or on whom is or is to be given or served a document permitted or required by this Act, means an electronic means the addressee agrees with the person giving or serving the document as the means by which the addressee may access that document’s contents;


document_id: smvsa-2020
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s25
definition:
“chosen means of notification” , for an addressee to or on whom is or is to be given or served a document permitted or required by this Act, means an electronic means that the addressee nominates to the person giving or serving the document as the means by which the addressee may be notified that such a document has been given to or served on the addressee;


document_id: spa-1954
term: Principal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Principal” means the Principal of the Singapore Polytechnic, and includes any individual acting in that capacity. [5/2018]


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means any person appointed by the Director‑General of Public Health under section 3(2) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: common property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“common property” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004 and includes limited common property (within the meaning given by that Act), if any; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025]


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” , in relation to a specified place, means the occupier of the specified place, and where there is no occupier, the owner of the specified place;


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“operator” , in relation to a specified vehicle, means any owner, ticket or tour conductor, driver, ticket inspector or person who is in charge or control of the specified vehicle;


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” , in relation to any place, has the meaning given by section 2 of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place” means any premises, structure or building, or any unenclosed area (including a road, pavement, wetland and any body of water), but not a vehicle, and includes part of a place;


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: publicly accessible place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“publicly accessible place” means any place to which the public or a section of the public has access as of right, or by virtue of express or implied permission with or without payment of a fee;


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: residential premises or building
source_provision: s2
definition:
“residential premises or building” means any premises or building which is permitted to be used under the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law as a dwelling house or which is lawfully so used;


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: smoking
source_provision: s2
definition:
“smoking” means inhaling and expelling the smoke of tobacco or any other substance and includes the holding of any cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other form of tobacco product which is alight or emitting smoke;


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: smoking facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“smoking facility” means an area or a room in a specified place that is designated under section 3C(3) by the manager of the specified place or the Director‑General as an area or a room within which smoking is permitted;


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: specified place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified place” has the meaning given by section 3A(3) and includes every place prescribed as a specified place under section 3A(1);


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: specified vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified vehicle” means a public service vehicle prescribed as a specified vehicle under section 3A(4), and includes any part of a specified vehicle;


document_id: spcpa-1992
term: statutory body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory body” means a body corporate established by or under a public Act for a public purpose. [39/2018]


document_id: srcsa-1973
term: Association
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Association” means the voluntary association known, immediately before 6 April 1973, as the Singapore Red Cross Society;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: adult education
source_provision: s2
definition:
“adult education” means that part of post‑secondary education and training which is directed towards the development or upgrading of skills and knowledge in relation to work in commerce or industry;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: authorised person
source_provision: s41
definition:
“authorised person” means an authorised person appointed under section 56B(1) or section 14A(1) of the Skills Development Levy Act 1979;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” , in relation to the Agency, means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12 as the Chairperson of the Agency, and includes any individual appointed under section 14 to act in that capacity;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: delegate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 36(1) delegates the performance or exercise of any of its functions or powers;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: Deputy Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Chairperson” , in relation to the Agency, means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12 as the Deputy Chairperson of the Agency;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: document
source_provision: s2
definition:
“document” means any thing (in whatever form) in which information or material of any description is recorded or stored, and includes any tape, disk or other storage device or medium; [Act 3 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: further education
source_provision: s2
definition:
“further education” means a post‑secondary education program that leads to the development of knowledge and skills that are not specific to any particular occupation;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: inspector
source_provision: s41
definition:
“inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 56B(2), section 14A(2) of the Skills Development Levy Act 1979 or section 29(1) of the Private Education Act 2009. [Act 3 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” , in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 10, and includes any person appointed under section 14 to act in that capacity;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: reimbursement arrangement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reimbursement arrangement” means a written arrangement made in respect of any adult education or further education provided to a person eligible to financial incentives, support, grant, aid or assistance from the Agency to the effect that where — ( a )


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: Singapore Workforce Development Agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Workforce Development Agency” or “SWDA” means the Singapore Workforce Development Agency established by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency Act (Cap. 305D, 2004 Revised Edition);


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: statutory authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory authority” means a body corporate established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but excludes a Town Council constituted under the Town Councils Act 1988; [Act 3 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: subdelegate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subdelegate” means a person to whom a delegate under section 36(2) further delegates the performance or exercise of any of the Agency’s functions or powers;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: Workforce Singapore Agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Workforce Singapore Agency” means the SWDA renamed as the Workforce Singapore Agency by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2016. [20/2016; 5/2018; S 461/2020]


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: advertisement
source_provision: s57E
definition:
“advertisement” means any writing, still or moving picture, sign, symbol (whether 3-dimensional or 2-dimensional) or other visual image, or any audible message, or any combination of 2 or more of those things, that gives publicity to, or otherwise promotes or is intended to promote, a course or programme;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: appointed day
source_provision: s57G
definition:
“appointed day” means the date of commencement of section 12 of the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency (Amendment) Act 2023;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: scheduled starting day
source_provision: s57G
definition:
“scheduled starting day” , in relation to a course or programme, means the day on which the course or programme was scheduled to start. [Act 3 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: Council for Private Education
source_provision: s65
definition:
“Council for Private Education” or “CPE” means the Council for Private Education established under section 3 of the Private Education Act 2009 as in force before 4 October 2016;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: private education function
source_provision: s65
definition:
“private education function” means any function of the Council for Private Education under the Private Education Act 2009 as in force before 4 October 2016;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: records
source_provision: s65
definition:
“records” , in relation to a transferor, means registers, papers, documents, minutes, receipts, books of account and other record, however compiled, recorded or stored, of that transferor existing on the eve of the transfer date;


document_id: ssaa-2016
term: transferring SWDA employee
source_provision: s65
definition:
“transferring SWDA employee” means an employee of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in any of the following departments of that Agency: ( a )


document_id: ssca-1973
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” means a member of the Council who is appointed under section 4A(1)( a ) as the Chairperson of the Council;


document_id: ssca-1973
term: Chief Executive Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive Officer” means the chief executive of the Council, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: ssca-1973
term: Deputy Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Chairperson” means a member of the Council who is appointed under section 4A(1)( b ) as the Deputy Chairperson of the Council;


document_id: sssa-2015
term: administrator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“administrator” means the Board, or any public officer or public authority appointed under section 5(4) to assist the Board in administering the Scheme;


document_id: sssa-2015
term: Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Board” means the Central Provident Fund Board constituted under section 3 of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;


document_id: sssa-2015
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Silver Support appointed under section 4(1), and includes any Deputy Commissioner for Silver Support or Assistant Commissioner for Silver Support appointed under section 4(2);


document_id: sssa-2015
term: investigator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“investigator” means an officer or employee of the Board who is authorised under section 5(7) to conduct any investigation under this Act, and includes any person appointed under section 5(8) to assist the Board in conducting any investigation under this Act;


document_id: sssa-2015
term: means information
source_provision: s2
definition:
“means information” means any information relating to the income or assets of any individual, or of a group of individuals who comprise a household, in the possession of any Government department or public authority;


document_id: stba-1963
term: berth slot
source_provision: s2
definition:
“berth slot” means a specific time on a specific date during which a ship may be berthed at a cruise terminal; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: berthing framework
source_provision: s2
definition:
“berthing framework” means the requirements or framework established by the Controller to govern the ability of cruise terminal licensees to allocate or refuse to allocate at their respective cruise terminals any berth slot for any ship (whether or not a cruise ship) calling in Singapore, including any matter relating to — ( a )


document_id: stba-1963
term: business trust
source_provision: s2
definition:
“business trust” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Business Trusts Act 2004; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: Controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Controller” means the Controller of Cruise Administration appointed under section 29(1), and includes (except in section 29(2)) any Deputy Controller appointed under section 29(1); [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corporation” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: cruise line
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cruise line” means any entity offering the services of and operating one or more cruise ships; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: cruise port services and facilities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cruise port services and facilities” means the services and facilities provided at a cruise terminal connected with or incidental to — ( a )


document_id: stba-1963
term: cruise terminal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cruise terminal” means any site comprising terminal buildings, berths, connecting roads and pedestrian walkways, and other associated infrastructure, for use principally in connection with — ( a )


document_id: stba-1963
term: cruise terminal licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cruise terminal licence” means a licence granted under section 29B, and includes a cruise terminal licence which a person is treated as having under section 29C pursuant to an in-principle approval; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: cruise terminal licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cruise terminal licensee” , in relation to a cruise terminal, means the holder of the cruise terminal licence for that cruise terminal, or the holder of an in-principle approval treated as a cruise terminal licence under section 29C for that cruise terminal; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: limited liability partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“limited liability partnership” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: limited partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“limited partnership” means a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 2008; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore” means the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore established under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: operate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“operate” , in relation to a cruise terminal, includes managing, maintaining or otherwise exercising control over the operation of, the cruise terminal; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: ship
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ship” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: tourism-related product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tourism-related product” means any product, primarily intended for sale to visitors to Singapore, that — ( a )


document_id: stba-1963
term: trustee-manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trustee-manager” , “unit” and “unitholder” have the meanings given by section 2 of the Business Trusts Act 2004; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: unregistered company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unregistered company” has the meaning given by section 245 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018. [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: guiding services
source_provision: s20
definition:
“guiding services” , in relation to a tourist, includes providing any information, description or explanation to the tourist while accompanying the tourist in or to a place or point of interest in Singapore, but not if the information, description or explanation is a mere reference to the location of, or a location in or around, the place or point of interest; [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/01/2023]


document_id: stba-1963
term: licensee
source_provision: s20
definition:
“licensee” means a person who is granted a licence, or whose licence is renewed, under section 23(4)( a );


document_id: stba-1963
term: omnibus
source_provision: s20
definition:
“omnibus” means a bus which is on a scheduled service with passengers being charged separate and distinct fares, and in respect of which a public service vehicle licence is in force under Part 5 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 to use the bus as an omnibus;


document_id: stba-1963
term: tourist
source_provision: s20
definition:
“tourist” means an individual who visits Singapore for recreation, pleasure, business or any other purpose, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: stba-1963
term: tourist guide
source_provision: s20
definition:
“tourist guide” means an individual who personally provides any guiding services to a tourist for remuneration;


document_id: stba-1963
term: unlicensed tourist guide
source_provision: s20
definition:
“unlicensed tourist guide” means a tourist guide who does not hold a valid tourist guide licence and who is not exempt from section 21(1) by reason of section 21(2) or under section 43. [7/2014]


document_id: stba-1963
term: 5% controller
source_provision: s29W
definition:
“5% controller” , in relation to a cruise terminal licensee, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: stba-1963
term: 25% controller
source_provision: s29W
definition:
“25% controller” , in relation to a cruise terminal licensee, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: stba-1963
term: 50% controller
source_provision: s29W
definition:
“50% controller” , in relation to a cruise terminal licensee, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: stba-1963
term: control
source_provision: s29W
definition:
“control” includes control as a result of, or by means of, trust, agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice, whether or not having legal or equitable force and whether or not based on legal or equitable rights;


document_id: stba-1963
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s29W
definition:
“indirect controller” , in relation to a cruise terminal licensee, means any person, whether acting alone or together with any other person, and whether with or without holding equity interests or controlling the voting power in the licensee — ( a )


document_id: stba-1963
term: share
source_provision: s29W
definition:
“share” , in relation to a corporation, means a share in the share capital of the corporation, and includes — ( a )


document_id: stba-1963
term: tourist guides regulations
source_provision: s30
definition:
“tourist guides regulations” means any regulations made under section 45 relating to tourist guides. [7/2014]


document_id: stba-1987
term: Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore” means the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore continued and renamed as the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore under the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act 2022; [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: stba-1987
term: gaming
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gaming” means the playing of any game of chance or of mixed chance and skill for money or money’s worth;


document_id: stba-1987
term: totalisator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“totalisator” means any instrument for wagering or betting known by that name, and any other instrument, device, machine or method of a like nature and conducted on the same principles, and includes a numbers forecast totalisator paying a fixed minimum dividend;


document_id: stba-1987
term: totalisator agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“totalisator agency” means any totalisator agency under the supervision of the Board, and includes any premises in which totalisator investments may be received; [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: stba-1987
term: totalisator investment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“totalisator investment” means any money, currency note or cheque, or such other form of payment as may be approved by the Minister, received for investment on the totalisator;


document_id: stba-1987
term: turf club
source_provision: s2
definition:
“turf club” means any club, association or other body of persons (whether incorporated or unincorporated) established for the purpose of promoting, conducting and controlling the sport of horse racing. [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: stcca-1972
term: Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Board” means the Singapore Tourism Board established under section 3 of the Singapore Tourism Board Act 1963 and includes any agent duly appointed by the Board to act on its behalf;


document_id: stcca-1972
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Board and includes any acting Chief Executive of the Board;


document_id: stcca-1972
term: tourism event premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tourism event premises” means any premises used or to be used for the conduct of a tourism event by the organiser of that event;


document_id: stcca-1972
term: transaction
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transaction” means any arrangement made by a person in the course of carrying on a business in Singapore — ( a )


document_id: sussa-2017
term: university company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“university company” means the company limited by guarantee incorporated under the Companies Act 1967 on 14 April 2005 under the name “SIM University”, which is renamed “Singapore University of Social Sciences” on 17 March 2017.


document_id: sutda-2011
term: university company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“university company” means the company limited by guarantee incorporated under the Companies Act 1967 on 24 July 2009 under the name “Singapore University of Technology and Design”.


document_id: swa-1995
term: accredited checker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accredited checker” means a person who is registered as an accredited checker under section 16 of the Building Control Act 1989;


document_id: swa-1995
term: building
source_provision: s2
definition:
“building” means any permanent or temporary building and includes any structure or erection of whatever kind or nature (whether permanent or temporary) and in particular — ( a )


document_id: swa-1995
term: Commissioner of Building Control
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner of Building Control” means the Commissioner of Building Control appointed under section 3 of the Building Control Act 1989;


document_id: swa-1995
term: competent authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“competent authority” means any person who is appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act 1998 for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act;


document_id: swa-1995
term: footway
source_provision: s2
definition:
“footway” includes any footpath, verandah‑way, open or covered walkway, pedestrian mall, plaza, square, and other related structures and facilities;


document_id: swa-1995
term: holding
source_provision: s2
definition:
“holding” means any piece or parcel of land held or possessed under an instrument of title, capable of being registered under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988, or where applicable under the Land Titles Act 1993, relating exclusively thereto;


document_id: swa-1995
term: house
source_provision: s2
definition:
“house” includes any dwelling house, warehouse, office, shop, school and any other building in which persons are employed;


document_id: swa-1995
term: key structural elements
source_provision: s2
definition:
“key structural elements” means culverts, retaining walls, bridges and such other parts of a street which are essential for the stability or safety of the street;


document_id: swa-1995
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any premises, means the person in occupation of the premises or having the charge, management or control thereof either on the person’s own account or as agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;


document_id: swa-1995
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” , in relation to any premises, means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the premises whether on the person’s own account or as agent or trustee for any other person or as receiver or who would receive the rent if the premises were let to a tenant, and includes the person whose name is entered in the Valuation List prepared under section 10 of the Property Tax Act 1960;


document_id: swa-1995
term: public street
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public street” means any street over which the public has a right of way and which has become vested in the Government under this Act or the repealed Act, or in any other manner;


document_id: swa-1995
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the repealed Local Government Integration Act (Cap. 166, 1985 Revised Edition);


document_id: swa-1995
term: road related facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“road related facility” includes any traffic sign, directional sign, street name sign, traffic light, bus shelter, place for the parking of bicycles, power-assisted bicycles or personal mobility devices, railing, lighting apparatus and any optical, electronic, communication, monitoring or computerised equipment necessary for the control and management of traffic, and any other road related structure and facility maintained by the Authority;


document_id: swa-1995
term: road structure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“road structure” includes any bridge, underpass, tunnel, earth retaining wall and ancillary buildings;


document_id: swa-1995
term: street works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street works” includes works of levelling, paving, metalling, flagging, kerbing, channelling, draining, lighting, laying of cables and mains and other utility services and otherwise the making good of a street or part of the street;


document_id: swa-1995
term: utilities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“utilities” includes water pipes, gas pipes, sewer pipes, drainage facilities, electricity cables, telecommunication cables and any other pipes, cables and their related apparatuses;


document_id: swa-1995
term: engineering plan
source_provision: s8A
definition:
“engineering plan” , in relation to engineering works, includes detailed plans of the engineering works, monitoring equipment and instrumentation and other relevant information proposed for use to monitor the structural integrity of the road structure;


document_id: swa-1995
term: engineering works
source_provision: s8A
definition:
“engineering works” means any kind of construction work that is likely to affect the structural integrity of any road structure and the safety of its operations, and includes — ( a )


document_id: swa-1995
term: road structure safety zone
source_provision: s8A
definition:
“road structure safety zone” means that part of the land or area which is 20 metres from the outermost edge of any part of a road structure. [11/2003]


document_id: swa-1995
term: engage in conduct
source_provision: s33
definition:
“engage in conduct” means engage, whether directly or indirectly, in conduct either alone or together with any other person or persons. [38/2018]


document_id: swa-1995
term: chosen means of access
source_provision: s47
definition:
“chosen means of access” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be served any notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act or any regulations made under this Act, means an electronic means the addressee agrees with the person giving or serving the notice, order or document as the means by which the addressee may access the contents of that notice, order or document;


document_id: swa-1995
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s47
definition:
“chosen means of notification” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be served any notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act or any regulations made under this Act, means an electronic means that the addressee nominates to the person giving or serving the notice, order or document as the means by which the addressee may be notified that such a notice, order or document has been served on the addressee;


document_id: swa-1995
term: email address
source_provision: s47
definition:
“email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving a notice, order or document as the email address for the service of notices, orders or documents under this Act or any regulations made under this Act. [38/2018]


document_id: ta-1967
term: authorised investments
source_provision: s3
definition:
“authorised investments” means investments authorised by the instrument (if any) creating the trust for the investment of money subject to the trust, or by law;


document_id: ta-1967
term: contingent right
source_provision: s3
definition:
“contingent right” , as applied to land, includes a contingent or executory interest, a possibility coupled with an interest, whether the object of the gift or limitation of the interest or possibility is or is not ascertained, also a right of entry, whether immediate or future, and whether vested or contingent;


document_id: ta-1967
term: convey
source_provision: s3
definition:
“convey” and “conveyance”, as applied to any person, include the execution by that person of every necessary or suitable assurance (including an assent) for conveying, assigning, appointing, surrendering, or otherwise transferring or disposing of land of which the person is seised or possessed, or in which the person is entitled to a contingent right, either for the person’s whole estate or for any less estate, together with the performance of all formalities required by law for the validity of the conveyance;


document_id: ta-1967
term: court
source_provision: s3
definition:
“court” means the General Division of the High Court and includes, in any case where the trust concerned is an executorship or administratorship, a Family Court;


document_id: ta-1967
term: debentures
source_provision: s3
definition:
“debentures” includes debenture stock, loan stock, bonds, notes and any other document which creates or acknowledges a debt, whether constituting a charge on assets or not;


document_id: ta-1967
term: general power of investment
source_provision: s3
definition:
“general power of investment” , in relation to a trustee, means the general power of investment conferred on the trustee by section 4;


document_id: ta-1967
term: mortgage
source_provision: s3
definition:
“mortgage” , “mortgagee” and “mortgagor” include “charge”, “chargee” and “chargor” respectively, and further include and relate to every estate and interest regarded in equity as merely a security for money, and every person deriving title under the original mortgagee;


document_id: ta-1967
term: pay
source_provision: s3
definition:
“pay” and “payment”, as applied in relation to stocks and securities and in connection with the expression “into court”, include the deposit or transfer of the same in or into court;


document_id: ta-1967
term: personal representative
source_provision: s3
definition:
“personal representative” means the executor, original or by representation, or administrator for the time being of a deceased person;


document_id: ta-1967
term: possessed
source_provision: s3
definition:
“possessed” applies to receipt of income of and to any vested estate less than a life interest in possession or in expectancy in any land;


document_id: ta-1967
term: property
source_provision: s3
definition:
“property” includes movable and immovable property, and any estate, share and interest in any property, movable or immovable, and any debt, and any thing in action, and any other right or interest, whether in possession or not;


document_id: ta-1967
term: securities
source_provision: s3
definition:
“securities” includes debentures, stocks, funds and shares; and so far as relates to payments into court has the same meaning as in the written laws relating to funds in court;


document_id: ta-1967
term: securities payable to bearer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“securities payable to bearer” includes securities transferable by delivery or by delivery and endorsement;


document_id: ta-1967
term: shareholders equity
source_provision: s3
definition:
“shareholders equity” , in relation to a company, means the total assets of the company less the total liabilities of the company as disclosed in — ( a )


document_id: ta-1967
term: standard investment criteria
source_provision: s3
definition:
“standard investment criteria” , in relation to a trust, means the standard investment criteria set out in section 5(3);


document_id: ta-1967
term: statutory duty of care
source_provision: s3
definition:
“statutory duty of care” , in relation to a trustee, means the duty of care required to be exercised by the trustee under Part 1A;


document_id: ta-1967
term: stock
source_provision: s3
definition:
“stock” includes fully paid-up shares, and, so far as relates to vesting orders made by the court under this Act, includes any fund, annuity or security transferable in books kept by any corporation, company or society, or by instrument of transfer either alone or accompanied by other formalities or otherwise, and any share or interest therein;


document_id: ta-1967
term: transfer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“transfer” , in relation to stock or securities, includes the performance and execution of every deed, power of attorney, act, and thing on the part of the transferor to effect and complete the title in the transferee;


document_id: ta-1967
term: trust
source_provision: s3
definition:
“trust” does not include the duties incident to an estate conveyed by way of mortgage, but with this exception “trust” and “trustee” extend to implied and constructive trusts, and to cases where the trustee has a beneficial interest in the trust property, and to the duties incident to the office of a personal representative, and “trustee”, where the context admits, includes a personal representative, and “new trustee” includes an additional trustee;


document_id: ta-1967
term: trust corporation
source_provision: s3
definition:
“trust corporation” means the Public Trustee or a corporation either appointed by the court in any particular case to be a trustee, or licensed as a trust company under the Trust Companies Act 2005;


document_id: ta-1967
term: trust for sale
source_provision: s3
definition:
“trust for sale” , in relation to land, means an immediate binding trust for sale, whether or not exercisable at the request or with the consent of any person, and with or without power at discretion to postpone the sale;


document_id: ta-1967
term: trustees for sale
source_provision: s3
definition:
“trustees for sale” means the persons (including a personal representative) holding land on trust for sale. [11/2005; 21/2008; 16/2016; 40/2019]


document_id: ta-1967
term: grant
source_provision: s28
definition:
“grant” applies to a grant whether the rent is created by limitation, grant, reservation, or otherwise, and includes an agreement for a grant and any instrument giving any indemnity mentioned in subsection (1) or varying the liabilities under the grant;


document_id: ta-1967
term: lease
source_provision: s28
definition:
“lease” includes an underlease and an agreement for a lease or underlease and any instrument giving any indemnity mentioned in subsection (1) or varying the liabilities under the lease;


document_id: ta-1967
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s83
definition:
“authorised officer” means an authorised officer appointed under section 84B(1); [Act 42 of 2024 wef 20/06/2025]


document_id: ta-1967
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s83
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Trust Enforcement appointed under section 84A(1); [Act 42 of 2024 wef 20/06/2025]


document_id: ta-1967
term: FATF Recommendations
source_provision: s83
definition:
“FATF Recommendations” means the recommendations issued by the FATF from time to time relating to the prevention of money laundering, terrorism financing and financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; [Act 42 of 2024 wef 20/06/2025]


document_id: ta-1967
term: financial institution
source_provision: s83
definition:
“financial institution” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022; [Act 42 of 2024 wef 20/06/2025]


document_id: ta-1967
term: Global Forum
source_provision: s83
definition:
“Global Forum” means the international body known as the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes;


document_id: ta-1967
term: protector
source_provision: s83
definition:
“protector” , in relation to a trust, means a person who, under the instrument creating the express trust, has any control over how a trustee of the trust administers the trust;


document_id: ta-1999
term: broadcasting apparatus
source_provision: s2
definition:
“broadcasting apparatus” and “broadcasting service” have the meanings given by the Broadcasting Act 1994;


document_id: ta-1999
term: common property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“common property” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025]


document_id: ta-1999
term: equipment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“equipment” includes any appliance, apparatus or accessory used or intended to be used for telecommunications, including (to avoid doubt) any such appliance, apparatus or accessory capable of being used for the operation of any broadcasting service;


document_id: ta-1999
term: Hertzian or radio waves
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Hertzian or radio waves” means electromagnetic waves of frequencies not exceeding 1,000 terahertz propagated in space without any artificial guide;


document_id: ta-1999
term: installation or plant used for telecommunications
source_provision: s2
definition:
“installation or plant used for telecommunications” includes all buildings, lands, structures, machinery, equipment, cables, poles and lines used or intended for use in connection with telecommunications;


document_id: ta-1999
term: public telecommunication licensee’s installation or plant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public telecommunication licensee’s installation or plant” means any installation or plant used for telecommunications belonging to or used by a public telecommunication licensee;


document_id: ta-1999
term: securities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“securities” , in relation to a company (including a VCC), includes shares, debentures, bonds and other securities of the company, whether or not constituting a charge on the assets of the company; [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: ta-1999
term: street
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street” includes any way, road, lane, path, passage or open space, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of way and also the roadway and footway over any public bridge and includes any road, footway or passage, used or intended to be used as a means of access to 2 or more holdings, whether the public has a right of way thereover or not;


document_id: ta-1999
term: telecommunication cable
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication cable” means any cable of a telecommunication system belonging to or under the management or control of a telecommunication system licensee;


document_id: ta-1999
term: telecommunication cable detection work
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication cable detection work” means any work of detecting or locating any underground telecommunication cable;


document_id: ta-1999
term: telecommunication cable detection worker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication cable detection worker” means any person whose trade or occupation requires or includes the personal performance by him or her of telecommunication cable detection work;


document_id: ta-1999
term: telecommunication licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication licensee” means a person to whom a licence has been granted under section 5 or 7;


document_id: ta-1999
term: telecommunication line
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication line” means a wire or cable used for telecommunications with any casing, coating, tube or pipe enclosing the same and any appliance and apparatus connected therewith for the purpose of fixing or insulating the same;


document_id: ta-1999
term: telecommunication service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication service” means any service for telecommunications, including the leasing of a telecommunication cable, but excludes any broadcasting service;


document_id: ta-1999
term: telecommunication system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication system” means any system used or intended to be used for telecommunications, including (to avoid doubt) any such system capable of being used for the operation of any broadcasting service;


document_id: ta-1999
term: telecommunication system licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication system licensee” means a person licensed under section 5 to operate a telecommunication system;


document_id: ta-1999
term: telecommunications
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunications” means a transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems whether or not such signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence have been subjected to re‑arrangement, computation or other processes by any means in the course of their transmission, emission or reception;


document_id: ta-1999
term: vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vessel” includes any ship, boat, air‑cushioned vehicle or floating rig or platform used in any form of operations at sea or any other description of vessel. [10/2005; 19/2011; 22/2016; 30/2016; 4/2021]


document_id: ta-1999
term: network
source_provision: s14
definition:
“network” means 2 or more stations operated by a person and used or intended to be used in communication with one another;


document_id: ta-1999
term: 30% controller
source_provision: s92
definition:
“30% controller” , in relation to a telecommunication licensee, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: ta-1999
term: designated telecommunication licensee
source_provision: s37
definition:
“designated telecommunication licensee” means a telecommunication licensee that is a corporation and that — ( a )


document_id: ta-1999
term: effective control
source_provision: s92
definition:
“effective control” , in relation to a telecommunication licensee or an independent entity, means the ability to cause the telecommunication licensee or independent entity (as the case may be) to take, or to refrain from taking, a major decision regarding the management or operations of the telecommunication licensee or independent entity (as the case may be), and includes such control as may be exercised over the telecommunication licensee or independent entity (as the case may be) by a 30% controller of the telecommunication licensee or independent entity (as the case may be);


document_id: ta-1999
term: critical support infrastructure
source_provision: s44
definition:
“critical support infrastructure” means any infrastructure that belongs to, or is under the control of, a telecommunication licensee, and that satisfies all of the following criteria: ( a )


document_id: ta-1999
term: specified telecommunication licensee
source_provision: s44
definition:
“specified telecommunication licensee” means a telecommunication licensee which the Minister has declared under section 45 to be a specified telecommunication licensee for the purposes of this Part. [32G [19/2011]


document_id: ta-1999
term: dispute resolution scheme
source_provision: s50
definition:
“dispute resolution scheme” means a dispute resolution scheme established or approved by the Authority under section 51(1);


document_id: ta-1999
term: subscriber
source_provision: s50
definition:
“subscriber” means an end user that subscribes to a telecommunication service from a telecommunication licensee. [32M [30/2016]


document_id: ta-1999
term: broadcasting licensee
source_provision: s92
definition:
“broadcasting licensee” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1994, but does not include a class licensee as defined in section 2(1) of that Act;


document_id: ta-1999
term: property
source_provision: s92
definition:
“property” means assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, however acquired, and includes — ( a )


document_id: ta-1999
term: separate entity
source_provision: s92
definition:
“separate entity” , in relation to a telecommunication licensee, means an entity which is a separate legal entity from the telecommunication licensee, and includes any such entity the equity interests of which are wholly owned by the telecommunication licensee;


document_id: ta-1999
term: significant market power
source_provision: s92
definition:
“significant market power” means the ability to unilaterally restrict output, raise prices, reduce quality or otherwise act, to a significant extent, independently of competitive market forces;


document_id: taa-1975
term: Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Board” means the Singapore Tourism Board established under section 3 of the Singapore Tourism Board Act 1963;


document_id: taa-1975
term: supply
source_provision: s2
definition:
“supply” , in relation to a travel product, includes the sale, or arranging for the provision, of the travel product;


document_id: taa-1975
term: tour
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tour” means a visit to one or more places or points of interest, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, in which the participant or participants in the visit is or are, for any part of the visit, accompanied by an individual who is not a participant of the visit;


document_id: taa-1975
term: email address
source_provision: s22
definition:
“email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving the document as the email address for the service of documents under this Act or the regulations;


document_id: taa-1975
term: residential address
source_provision: s22
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [47/2017]


document_id: tca-1971
term: commander
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commander” , in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the crew designated as commander of that aircraft by the operator thereof, or, failing such a person the person who is for the time being the pilot in command of the aircraft;


document_id: tca-1971
term: consular officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“consular officer” means a consular officer of Singapore and includes a consul‑general, consul, pro‑consul and consular agent of Singapore;


document_id: tca-1971
term: Convention country
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention country” means a country which has been declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette , to have ratified or acceded to the Tokyo Convention, and has not been so declared to have denounced the Tokyo Convention;


document_id: tca-1971
term: Montreal Protocol
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Montreal Protocol” means the Protocol to Amend the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, signed at Montreal on 4 April 2014;


document_id: tca-1971
term: operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“operator” , in relation to any aircraft at any time, means the person who at that time has the management of that aircraft;


document_id: tca-1971
term: Protocol country
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Protocol country” means a country which has been declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette , to have ratified or acceded to the Montreal Protocol, and has not been so declared to have denounced the Montreal Protocol;


document_id: tca-1971
term: Tokyo Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Tokyo Convention” means the Convention on Offences and certain other Acts Committed on board Aircraft, signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963. [32/2018]


document_id: tca-1971
term: oath
source_provision: s6
definition:
“oath” includes an affirmation or declaration in the case of persons allowed by law to affirm or declare instead of swearing,


document_id: tca-1988
term: appointed member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“appointed member” , in relation to a Town Council, means a person who has been appointed to be a member of the Town Council under section 8 or 9(8);


document_id: tca-1988
term: Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Board” means the Housing and Development Board established under the Housing and Development Act 1959;


document_id: tca-1988
term: chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chairperson” , in relation to a Town Council, means the chairperson of the Town Council and includes an acting chairperson of the Town Council;


document_id: tca-1988
term: commercial property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commercial property” means any building or premises vested in or belonging to the Board (or part of such building or premises) which is permitted under the Planning Act 1998 to be used wholly or partly as — ( a )


document_id: tca-1988
term: common property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“common property” , in relation to any residential or commercial property in a housing estate of the Board, means so much of the land and all parts of any building of the Board as are not comprised in the flats in the building and, for any housing estate mentioned in section 77(4), in respect of which a handover notice issued under section 77 is in effect, and includes — ( a )


document_id: tca-1988
term: constituency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“constituency” means an electoral division under the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 and includes a group representation constituency;


document_id: tca-1988
term: elected member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“elected member” , in relation to a Town Council, means a Member of Parliament for any constituency comprised within the Town for which the Town Council is established;


document_id: tca-1988
term: finance manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“finance manager” , for a Town Council, means an individual (other than a member) who occupies a position in the Town Council and is primarily responsible to the Town Council for — ( a )


document_id: tca-1988
term: flat
source_provision: s2
definition:
“flat” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether the stratum is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground, which is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of human habitation or business;


document_id: tca-1988
term: general manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“general manager” , for a Town Council, means an individual (other than a member) who occupies a position in the Town Council having the general control and management of the administration of the Town Council, and includes any individual, by whatever name called, who exercises such general control and management;


document_id: tca-1988
term: group representation constituency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“group representation constituency” means any electoral division declared to be a group representation constituency under the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954;


document_id: tca-1988
term: housing estate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“housing estate” means any housing estate built on any land vested in or held in trust for the Board;


document_id: tca-1988
term: key officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“key officer” , for a Town Council, means any of the following individuals, whether or not an employee of the Town Council: ( a )


document_id: tca-1988
term: managing agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“managing agent” , for a Town Council, means a person (whether or not the person carries on any other business) who is engaged or appointed, for monetary or other reward, to exercise any power or perform any function or duty of the Town Council under this Act, such as (but not limited to) all of the following: ( a )


document_id: tca-1988
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” , in relation to any property sold by the Board, includes a person who has purchased a leasehold interest in the property and a purchaser under an agreement for a lease;


document_id: tca-1988
term: residential property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“residential property” means any building or other premises vested in or belonging to the Board or any part of the building or premises which is permitted to be used pursuant to the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law wholly for the purpose of human habitation;


document_id: tca-1988
term: secretary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“secretary” means any individual appointed by a Town Council under section 22 to be the secretary to the Town Council;


document_id: tca-1988
term: statutory authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory authority” means a body or an office that is established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but does not include the Board or any Town Council;


document_id: tca-1988
term: surplus
source_provision: s2
definition:
“surplus” , for any fund established under section 47, means an excess of the assets over liabilities of the fund at the end of a financial year;


document_id: tca-1988
term: Town Council
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Town Council” , in relation to a Town, means the Town Council established under section 4 for that Town;


document_id: tca-1988
term: vice-chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vice-chairperson” , in relation to a Town Council, means a vice‑chairperson of the Town Council. [47/2004; 17/2017; 34/2017]


document_id: tca-1988
term: improvement contribution
source_provision: s29
definition:
“improvement contribution” means the costs in respect of lift upgrading works recoverable by a Town Council from the owner of a flat or a Town Council under section 32;


document_id: tca-1988
term: lift upgrading works
source_provision: s29
definition:
“lift upgrading works” means any building operations, demolition or installation works necessary or ancillary to installing any lift or additional lift in a building or part thereof;


document_id: tca-1988
term: precinct
source_provision: s29
definition:
“precinct” means any housing estate of the Board or any part thereof within a Town that the Minister declares under section 30 to be a precinct for the purposes of this Part;


document_id: tca-1988
term: transfer
source_provision: s29
definition:
“transfer” means a conveyance, sale, purchase, assignment, legal or equitable mortgage, charge, surrender or disposal in any manner of any estate or interest in a flat and includes a discharge of a mortgage, a reconveyance or the devolution of the rights of a deceased owner of a flat to another person;


document_id: tca-1988
term: voting value
source_provision: s29
definition:
“voting value” means the prescribed value of the vote of an owner of a flat at any poll under this Part. [24A [23/2005]


document_id: tca-1988
term: operating fund
source_provision: s47
definition:
“operating fund” , for a Town Council, means a fund that is established as part of the Town Council Fund of the Town Council but is not a sinking fund established by the Town Council under subsection (4) or (5). [33 [17/2017; 4/2021]


document_id: tca-1988
term: independent candidate
source_provision: s48
definition:
“independent candidate” means a person who does not stand in an election for any political party, whether individually or in a group;


document_id: tca-1988
term: previous Member
source_provision: s48
definition:
“previous Member” , in relation to a constituency where an election is held, means the Member elected at an election immediately preceding the firstmentioned election for — ( a )


document_id: tca-1988
term: sinking fund
source_provision: s48
definition:
“sinking fund” means a sinking fund established under section 47(4) or a lift replacement fund established under section 47(5);


document_id: tca-1988
term: writ of election
source_provision: s48
definition:
“writ of election” means a writ of election issued under section 24 of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954. [34 [17/2017]


document_id: tca-1988
term: parking offence
source_provision: s70
definition:
“parking offence” means an offence of parking a vehicle or of causing or permitting a vehicle to stand, wait or be parked in contravention of any by-law made by a Town Council. [48


document_id: tca-1988
term: residential address
source_provision: s81
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [56B [17/2017]


document_id: tca-2005
term: book
source_provision: s2
definition:
“book” includes any record, register, account, deed, writing and information, however compiled, recorded or stored, whether in written or printed form or on microfilm or in any other electronic form or otherwise;


document_id: tca-2005
term: chief executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive” , in relation to a licensed trust company, means any person, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: tca-2005
term: controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“controller” , in relation to a licensed trust company, means a 20% controller, a 50% controller or an indirect controller as defined in section 16(3);


document_id: tca-2005
term: executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executive officer” , in relation to a licensed trust company, means any person, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: tca-2005
term: exempt person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exempt person” means a person who is exempt under section 15 from holding a licence for the carrying on of any trust business;


document_id: tca-2005
term: parent supervisory authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“parent supervisory authority” , in relation to a licensed trust company incorporated outside Singapore, means the supervisory authority which is responsible, under the laws of the country or territory where the licensed trust company is incorporated, formed or established, for supervising the licensed trust company;


document_id: tca-2005
term: protected party
source_provision: s2
definition:
“protected party” , in relation to a trust company, means a trust for which the trust company provides trust business services and includes the settlor and beneficiary under the trust;


document_id: tca-2005
term: resident manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“resident manager” means an individual resident in Singapore who, under the immediate authority of the directors of a licensed trust company, is responsible for the conduct of the trust business of the licensed trust company;


document_id: tca-2005
term: specified securities-based derivatives contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified securities-based derivatives contract” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: tca-2005
term: trust business licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trust business licence” means a licence granted by the Authority under section 5 that authorises the holder of the licence to carry on trust business;


document_id: tca-2005
term: trust business service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trust business service” means any service in respect of any business specified in the First Schedule;


document_id: tca-2005
term: written directions
source_provision: s2
definition:
“written directions” means written directions issued by the Authority under section 76. [2/2007; 10/2013; 4/2017]


document_id: tca-2005
term: FSMA prohibition order
source_provision: s14
definition:
“FSMA prohibition order” means a prohibition order made under section 7(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022;


document_id: tca-2005
term: regulated financial institution
source_provision: s14
definition:
“regulated financial institution” means a person who carries on a business the conduct of which is regulated or authorised by the Authority or, if it is carried on in Singapore, would be regulated or authorised by the Authority;


document_id: tca-2005
term: regulatory authority
source_provision: s14
definition:
“regulatory authority” , in relation to a foreign country or jurisdiction, means an authority of the foreign country or jurisdiction exercising any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under this Act, the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970 or any of the written laws set out in the Schedule to that Act;


document_id: tca-2005
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s16
definition:
“indirect controller” means any person, whether acting alone or together with any other person and whether with or without holding shares or controlling voting power in a licensed trust company — ( a )


document_id: tca-2005
term: office holder
source_provision: s21A
definition:
“office holder” , in relation to a licensed trust company, means any person acting as the liquidator, the provisional liquidator, the receiver or the receiver and manager of the licensed trust company, or acting in an equivalent capacity in relation to the licensed trust company;


document_id: tca-2005
term: transferee
source_provision: s21H
definition:
“transferee” means a licensed trust company, or a corporation which has applied or will be applying for a trust business licence, to which the whole or any part of a transferor’s business is, is to be or is proposed to be transferred under this Part;


document_id: tca-2005
term: transferor
source_provision: s21H
definition:
“transferor” means a licensed trust company the whole or any part of the business of which is, is to be, or is proposed to be transferred under this Part. [10/2013; 40/2019]


document_id: tca-2005
term: relevant person
source_provision: s72
definition:
“relevant person” means any licensed trust company or exempt person, or any employee, officer or partner of the licensed trust company or exempt person.


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: advertisement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“advertisement” includes any notice, circular, pamphlet, brochure, programme, price list, label, wrapper or other document and any announcement, notification or intimation to the public or any section of the public or to any person or persons made — ( a )


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: chewing tobacco
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chewing tobacco” means loose‑leaf tobacco, plug tobacco, twist tobacco or tobacco bits intended for chewing;


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: cigarette
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cigarette” means any product which consists in whole or in part of cut, shredded or manufactured tobacco, or any tobacco derivative or tobacco substitute, rolled up in paper, tobacco leaf or other material and which is in any form that is capable of immediate use;


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licence” means an import and wholesale licence mentioned in section 18(1) or (2), or a retail licence mentioned in section 18(3);


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: newspaper
source_provision: s2
definition:
“newspaper” includes any magazine, journal, periodical or any other publication containing news, intelligence, information or reports of occurrences, or any remarks, observations or comments in relation either to such news, intelligence, information or occurrences or to any other matter of interest to the public or any section of the public, issued in any language at regular or irregular intervals;


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: packaging
source_provision: s2
definition:
“packaging” , in relation to any product or article, means any container and any other packaging material in which or with which the product or article is supplied, and includes — ( a )


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: point of sale
source_provision: s2
definition:
“point of sale” means an immobile cash register or counter at which a sale by retail may be made, and does not include a conveyance or vending machine;


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: publish
source_provision: s2
definition:
“publish” , in relation to an advertisement, includes to distribute, show, exhibit, display or broadcast by any form of communication or in any manner;


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: retail outlet
source_provision: s2
definition:
“retail outlet” means any shop, kiosk or stall in Singapore at which goods are sold or exposed for sale by retail;


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: smoking
source_provision: s2
definition:
“smoking” means inhaling and expelling the smoke of any tobacco product and includes the holding of any tobacco product which is alight or emitting smoke;


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: tobacco substitute
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tobacco substitute” means any article, object or thing that contains nicotine, but does not include any of the following: ( a )


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: unauthorised advertisement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unauthorised advertisement” means any advertisement described in section 3(1)( a ), ( b ), ( c ) or ( d ), but not — ( a )


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: use
source_provision: s2
definition:
“use” , in relation to any tobacco product, means smoking, chewing, inhaling, ingesting or otherwise introducing the tobacco product or any of its constituents or emissions into the human body (whether by oral means or otherwise);


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: writing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“writing” includes painting, inscription, printing, lithography, typewriting, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words or figures in visible form. [9/2016; 46/2017; 9/2019]


document_id: tcasa-1993
term: public place
source_provision: s11
definition:
“public place” means the premises of a school within the meaning given by the Education Act 1957 or any premises to which members of the public or a section of the public have or ordinarily would have access whether on payment of a fee or otherwise;


document_id: tcmpa-2000
term: acupuncture
source_provision: s2
definition:
“acupuncture” means the stimulation of a certain point or points on or near the surface of the human body through any technique of point stimulation (with or without the insertion of needles), including through the use of electrical, magnetic, light and sound energy, cupping and moxibustion, to normalise physiological functions or to treat ailments or conditions of the human body;


document_id: tcmpa-2000
term: certificate of registration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration issued by the Board under section 16;


document_id: tcmpa-2000
term: herbal medicine
source_provision: s2
definition:
“herbal medicine” means any material or product known or claimed to have therapeutic or other health benefits which contains either raw or processed ingredients of plant, inorganic or animal origin;


document_id: tcmpa-2000
term: prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine” means any type of practice of traditional Chinese medicine that has been declared by the Minister by order made under section 14(1) as a prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine;


document_id: tcmpa-2000
term: processing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“processing” means any type of treatment or preparation applied to a herbal medicine or mixture of herbal medicines based on traditional Chinese medicine before it is being — ( a )


document_id: tcmpa-2000
term: registered person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered person” means a person who is registered under section 14 for the carrying out of any prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine;


document_id: tcmpa-2000
term: registration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registration” means registration under section 14 for the carrying out of any prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine;


document_id: tcmpa-2000
term: retailing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“retailing” means the selling of any herbal medicine to a person who obtains the herbal medicine other than for the purpose of wholesale. [5/2018; 8/2019]


document_id: tda-1941
term: award
source_provision: s2
definition:
“award” means an award made by an Industrial Arbitration Court and includes a collective agreement a memorandum of the terms of which has been certified by the president of the Industrial Arbitration Court in accordance with the provisions of the Industrial Relations Act 1960;


document_id: tda-1941
term: injury
source_provision: s2
definition:
“injury” means injury to a person in respect of his business, occupation, employment, provision of any platform service or other source of income and includes any actionable wrong; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: tda-1941
term: intimidate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“intimidate” means to cause in the mind of a person a reasonable apprehension of injury to him or to any member of his family or to any of his dependants or of violence or damage to any person or property;


document_id: tda-1941
term: platform work association
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform work association” and “registered platform work association” have the meanings given by section 19 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: tda-1941
term: trade dispute
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trade dispute” means any dispute between employers and employees or between employees and employees, or between employers and employers which is connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of employment or the conditions of labour, of any person; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: thpa-2014
term: Agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under section 3 of the National Environment Agency Act 2002;


document_id: thpa-2014
term: air quality index
source_provision: s2
definition:
“air quality index” , for any area, means a number that describes, through such periodic recording and methodology as the Agency approves, the presence and movement of pollutants and particles in the air environment outdoors in that area relative to the health, wellbeing, needs and purposes of human beings;


document_id: thpa-2014
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999;


document_id: thpa-2014
term: conduct which causes or contributes to any haze pollution in Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conduct which causes or contributes to any haze pollution in Singapore” includes lighting fires outdoors for or in connection with any farming operation or forestry operation and leaving unattended such fires;


document_id: thpa-2014
term: Director-General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999;


document_id: thpa-2014
term: engage in conduct
source_provision: s2
definition:
“engage in conduct” means engage, whether directly or indirectly, in conduct either alone or together with any other person or persons;


document_id: thpa-2014
term: grave natural disaster or phenomenon
source_provision: s2
definition:
“grave natural disaster or phenomenon” means a natural disaster or other natural phenomenon of an exceptional, inevitable and irresistible character, the effects of which could not have been prevented by human action or avoided by the exercise of due care or foresight;


document_id: thpa-2014
term: haze pollution in Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“haze pollution in Singapore” means pollution of the environment in Singapore comprising any poor air quality episode involving smoke from any land or forest fire wholly outside Singapore;


document_id: thpa-2014
term: logging operations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“logging operations” means the cutting and removal of timber from land for the purpose of timber production;


document_id: thpa-2014
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any land situated in a foreign State or territory outside Singapore, includes, if there is no person in actual occupation of the land, the person charged by the owner of the land, or by the law of the foreign State or territory, with the management of that land;


document_id: thpa-2014
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” , in relation to any land situated in a foreign State or territory outside Singapore, includes any person — ( a )


document_id: tkwsfhtuda-2017
term: asset
source_provision: s2
definition:
“asset” , in relation to the transferor, means property of any kind of the transferor in Singapore on the eve of the transfer date (whether tangible or intangible, whether arising from, accruing under, created or evidenced by or the subject of, an instrument or otherwise, and whether actual or contingent) and includes, without limitation, any — ( a )


document_id: tkwsfhtuda-2017
term: committee member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“committee member” means a member of the committee mentioned in section 5 of the Kwong‑Wai‑Shiu Hospital Ordinance (Cap. 366);


document_id: tkwsfhtuda-2017
term: liability
source_provision: s2
definition:
“liability” , in relation to the transferor, means any liability, duty or obligation of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date (whether actual or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether owed alone or jointly or jointly and severally with any other person);


document_id: tkwsfhtuda-2017
term: right
source_provision: s2
definition:
“right” , in relation to the transferor, means any right, power, privilege or immunity of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date and, to avoid doubt, includes (without limitation) any licence, certificate or permit under any written law, and other like privilege to carry out an activity regulated by written law;


document_id: tkwsfhtuda-2017
term: successor company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“successor company” means the company limited by guarantee incorporated on 7 June 2016 under the Companies Act (Cap. 50) by the name “Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital”;


document_id: tkwsfhtuda-2017
term: transfer date
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transfer date” means the date the Minister appoints, by notification in the Gazette , to be the date on which the undertaking of the transferor is transferred to the successor company under this Act;


document_id: tkwsfhtuda-2017
term: transferor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transferor” means The Kwong‑Wai‑Shiu Free Hospital incorporated by the Kwong‑Wai‑Shiu Hospital Ordinance;


document_id: tma-1998
term: business identifier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“business identifier” means any sign capable of being represented graphically which is used to identify any business;


document_id: tma-1998
term: dilution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dilution” , in relation to a trade mark, means the lessening of the capacity of the trade mark to identify and distinguish goods or services, regardless of whether there is — ( a )


document_id: tma-1998
term: geographical indication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“geographical indication” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Geographical Indications Act 2014;


document_id: tma-1998
term: international trade mark (Singapore)
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international trade mark (Singapore)” means a trade mark which is entitled to protection in Singapore under the Madrid Protocol, or a trade mark prescribed by the Minister (by rules made under section 54) as an international trade mark (Singapore);


document_id: tma-1998
term: Madrid Protocol
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Madrid Protocol” means the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks, adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989, as revised or amended from time to time;


document_id: tma-1998
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Trade Marks mentioned in section 62 and includes any Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks mentioned in that section;


document_id: tma-1998
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Trade Marks Act (Cap. 332, 1992 Revised Edition) repealed by the Trade Marks Act 1998 (Act 46 of 1998, revised as Cap. 332, 1999 Revised Edition);


document_id: tma-1998
term: sign
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sign” includes any letter, word, name, signature, numeral, device, brand, heading, label, ticket, shape, colour, aspect of packaging or any combination thereof;


document_id: tma-1998
term: trade mark
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trade mark” means any sign capable of being represented graphically and which is capable of distinguishing goods or services dealt with or provided in the course of trade by a person from goods or services so dealt with or provided by any other person;


document_id: tma-1998
term: TRIPS Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“TRIPS Agreement” means the Agreement on Trade‑Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, set out in Annex 1C to the WTO Agreement, as revised or amended from time to time;


document_id: tma-1998
term: WTO Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“WTO Agreement” means the World Trade Organisation Agreement signed in Marrakesh in 1994 as revised or amended from time to time. [42/2005; 16/2012; 19/2014; 40/2019]


document_id: tma-1998
term: conveyance
source_provision: s53A
definition:
“conveyance” includes any vehicle, vessel, train or aircraft in which persons or goods can be carried;


document_id: tma-1998
term: infringement action
source_provision: s81
definition:
“infringement action” means an action for an infringement of the relevant registered trade mark constituted by any use of a sign (within the meaning of section 27(4)) in relation to the seized goods;


document_id: tma-1998
term: pilot of an aircraft
source_provision: s81
definition:
“pilot of an aircraft” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995;


document_id: tma-1998
term: requestor
source_provision: s81
definition:
“requestor” , in relation to particular seized goods, means the person who gave the written notice under section 82(1) as a result of the giving of which the goods were seized;


document_id: tma-1998
term: vessel
source_provision: s81
definition:
“vessel” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995. [34/2018]


document_id: tpa-1974
term: approved institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved institution” means any approved permanent premises within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020 — ( a )


document_id: tpa-1974
term: authorised medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised medical practitioner” means any medical practitioner who is authorised under any regulations made under this Act to carry out treatment to terminate pregnancy;


document_id: tpa-1974
term: medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“medical practitioner” means any person registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997. [26/2001]


document_id: tpa-1990
term: registered student
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered student” means a student registered for a course or subject in the Polytechnic leading to the award of a diploma or certificate of the Polytechnic;


document_id: tsba-2007
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 15 December 1997;


document_id: tsba-2007
term: infrastructure facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“infrastructure facility” means any facility (whether publicly or privately owned) providing or distributing services for the benefit of the public, such as water, sewage disposal, energy, fuel or communications;


document_id: tsba-2007
term: public transportation system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public transportation system” means all conveyances, facilities, buildings and objects (whether publicly or privately owned) used in or for services that are available to the public for the transportation of persons or cargo;


document_id: tsba-2007
term: State or government facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“State or government facility” means any conveyance or facility (whether permanent or temporary) used or occupied by any of the following persons in connection with their official duties: ( a )


document_id: tsba-2007
term: relevant offence
source_provision: s5
definition:
“relevant offence” , in relation to a foreign country, means an offence against the law of that country that consists of or includes conduct which, if it had occurred in Singapore, would have constituted a terrorist bombing offence.


document_id: tsfa-2002
term: entity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“entity” means a person, group, trust, partnership or fund or an unincorporated association or organisation;


document_id: tsfa-2002
term: police officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“police officer” includes a Commercial Affairs Officer mentioned in section 64 of the Police Force Act 2004;


document_id: tsfa-2002
term: terrorist entity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“terrorist entity” means any entity owned or controlled by any terrorist or group of terrorists and includes an association of such entities, and any entity set out in the First Schedule. [17/2013; 4/2014]


document_id: tsfa-2002
term: Convention
source_provision: s31
definition:
“Convention” means the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1999;


document_id: tsfa-2002
term: relevant offence
source_provision: s33
definition:
“relevant offence” , in relation to a Convention country, means an offence against the law of, or of part of, that country where the act or omission constituting the offence or the equivalent act or omission would, if it took place in or within the jurisdiction of Singapore — ( a )


document_id: tsia-2018
term: accident
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accident” means an accident associated with the operation of a transport vehicle involving circumstances prescribed;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: accident site
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accident site” means any premises associated with an occurrence involving a transport vehicle, and includes — ( a )


document_id: tsia-2018
term: aircraft
source_provision: s2
definition:
“aircraft” means any machine that can derive support from the atmosphere from the reactions of the air otherwise than by the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth, and includes an unmanned aircraft;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: appropriate foreign authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“appropriate foreign authority” means an authority of a foreign country responsible for transport safety investigations and functions corresponding to investigations that must be carried out by the TSIB, and the functions of the TSIB, under this Act;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore” or “CAAS” means the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore reconstituted by section 4 of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 41);


document_id: tsia-2018
term: civil proceedings
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civil proceedings” means any proceedings before a Singapore court other than criminal proceedings, and includes a coroner’s inquiry;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: Commissioner of Police
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner of Police” means a public officer who is appointed under section 6(1) of the Police Force Act (Cap. 235) as the Commissioner of Police, and includes a police officer who is for the time being appointed under that section to execute the duties of that office;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: control area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“control area” means an area in a transport vehicle from which essential operational duties or functions in connection with the operation or safety of the transport vehicle are directed or controlled;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: Director
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director” , in relation to any provision of this Act or the regulations, means the Director of the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore appointed under section 11(1), and includes — ( a )


document_id: tsia-2018
term: draft report
source_provision: s2
definition:
“draft report” includes a draft report from an appropriate foreign authority about a transport occurrence;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: immediately reportable matter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“immediately reportable matter” means a transport occurrence that is prescribed to be an immediately reportable matter;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: international agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international agreement” means a treaty or other agreement whose parties are Singapore and a foreign country, or Singapore and 2 or more foreign countries;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: investigator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“investigator” , for an investigation, means an individual appointed under section 23 in relation to that investigation;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: investigator‑in‑charge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“investigator‑in‑charge” , for an investigation, means an investigator who is designated under section 23 as the investigator‑in‑charge in relation to that investigation;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: Land Transport Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Land Transport Authority of Singapore” or “LTA” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 158A);


document_id: tsia-2018
term: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore” or “MPA” means the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore established under section 4 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 170A);


document_id: tsia-2018
term: nominated official
source_provision: s2
definition:
“nominated official” , in relation to a reportable matter, means a TSIB staff member nominated (by name or office) by the Director in relation to that reportable matter;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , for any premises, includes a person present at the premises who apparently represents the occupier;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: public passenger service motor vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public passenger service motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle when used to provide regular route services under a public bus services contract entered into with the LTA; and “regular route service” and “public bus services contract” have the respective meanings given by the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 (Act 30 of 2015);


document_id: tsia-2018
term: rail vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“rail vehicle” means a vehicle that operates on a railway (including a vehicle that does not have wheels) and used or capable of being used — ( a )


document_id: tsia-2018
term: responsible person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“responsible person” , in relation to a transport occurrence which is a reportable matter, means — ( a )


document_id: tsia-2018
term: ship
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ship” means any vessel which is used or capable of being used in navigation by water without regard to method or lack of propulsion, and includes — ( a )


document_id: tsia-2018
term: Singapore aircraft
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore aircraft” means an aircraft registered in Singapore under the Air Navigation Act (Cap. 6), or an aircraft owned by the Government;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: Singapore military aircraft
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore military aircraft” means an aircraft used by the Singapore Armed Forces but does not include an aircraft that is registered under written law or in a foreign country;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: Singapore military vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore military vessel” means a ship owned by the Government and used by the Singapore Armed Forces;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore” or “TSIB” means the Government department of that name established by section 8(1);


document_id: tsia-2018
term: unmanned vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unmanned vessel” means a vessel equipped wholly or substantially with an autonomous system (such as an unmanned surface vehicle and a saildrone) and includes a barge drawn by an unmanned vessel.


document_id: tsia-2018
term: civil transport facility
source_provision: s16
definition:
“civil transport facility” means any premises that is designed or used, wholly or mainly, to facilitate the operation or maintenance of a transport vehicle that is not an exempt transport vehicle;


document_id: tsia-2018
term: flying display
source_provision: s16
definition:
“flying display” means a civilian organised event (including any rehearsal for such event) which — ( a )


document_id: tsmrma-2017
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism done in New York on 13 April 2005;


document_id: tsmrma-2017
term: government
source_provision: s2
definition:
“government” means the government of a country, and includes the legislature and judiciary of the country;


document_id: tsmrma-2017
term: ionising radiation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ionising radiation” means any electromagnetic radiation or corpuscular radiation that gives rise to the formation of ion pairs on interaction with matter;


document_id: tsmrma-2017
term: relevant offence
source_provision: s13
definition:
“relevant offence” , in relation to a Convention country, means an offence against the law of that country where the act or omission constituting the offence or the equivalent act or omission would, if it took place in Singapore — ( a )


document_id: tsmrma-2017
term: declared Commonwealth territory
source_provision: s13
definition:
“declared Commonwealth territory” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Extradition Act 1968; [Act 17 of 2022 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: tua-1940
term: combined federation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“combined federation” means a federation comprising 2 or more trade unions and one or more platform work associations; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: tua-1940
term: employer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employer” includes the Government in respect of such employees or of such categories, classes or descriptions of such employees as from time to time are declared by the President by notification in the Gazette to be deemed to be workmen for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: tua-1940
term: executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executive” means the body, by whatever name called, to which the management of the affairs of a trade union or of any branch thereof is entrusted;


document_id: tua-1940
term: federation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“federation” means a federation of 2 or more trade unions, and includes a combined federation; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: tua-1940
term: lockout
source_provision: s2
definition:
“lockout” means the closing of a place of employment or the suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him in consequence of a dispute, done with a view to compelling those persons, or to aid another employer in compelling persons employed by him, to accept terms or conditions of or affecting employment;


document_id: tua-1940
term: officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer” , in relation to a trade union, includes any member of the executive thereof and any member of any committee, provision for which is made in the rules of the trade union, but does not include an auditor;


document_id: tua-1940
term: platform work association
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform work association” has the meaning given by section 19 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: tua-1940
term: registered office
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered office” means the office of a trade union which is registered under this Act as the head office of the trade union;


document_id: tua-1940
term: registered platform work association
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered platform work association” means a platform work association registered under the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: tua-1940
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the person for the time being appointed by the Minister under section 3 by name or by office to be or to act as Registrar of Trade Unions, and includes any person appointed by the Minister under section 4 to be or to act as an Assistant Registrar of Trade Unions;


document_id: tua-1940
term: strike
source_provision: s2
definition:
“strike” means the cessation of work by a body of workmen employed in any trade, industry or calling acting in combination, or a concerted refusal, or a refusal under a common understanding of any number of workmen who are or have been so employed to continue to work or to accept employment;


document_id: tua-1940
term: trade dispute
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trade dispute” means any dispute between employers and workmen or between workmen and workmen, or between employers and employers which is connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of employment or the conditions of work, of any person;


document_id: tua-1940
term: trade union
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trade union” means any association or combination of workmen or employers, whether temporary or permanent, whose principal object is to regulate relations between workmen and employers for all or any of the following purposes: ( a )


document_id: tua-1940
term: workman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“workman” means any person who has entered into or works under a contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer, whether the contract is for manual labour, clerical work or otherwise, is express or implied, oral or in writing. [1/2015]


document_id: tua-1940
term: financial institution
source_provision: s16
definition:
“financial institution” means a bank, a finance company, or any co‑operative society carrying on the business of managing and investing funds;


document_id: tua-1940
term: public authority
source_provision: s16
definition:
“public authority” means the Registrar, the Commissioner of Police, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue and the Director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.


document_id: ucta-1977
term: notice
source_provision: s14
definition:
“notice” includes an announcement, whether or not in writing, and any other communication or pretended communication;


document_id: ucta-1977
term: competent authority
source_provision: s29
definition:
“competent authority” means any court, arbitrator or arbiter, Government department or public authority;


document_id: ucta-1977
term: enactment
source_provision: s29
definition:
“enactment” means any legislation (including subsidiary legislation) of Singapore and any instrument having effect by virtue of such legislation;


document_id: unpa-2011
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1994;


document_id: unpa-2011
term: Protocol
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Protocol” means the Optional Protocol to the Convention adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 2005;


document_id: unpa-2011
term: relevant premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant premises” means premises at which a UN worker resides or is staying or which the UN worker uses for the purpose of carrying out his or her functions as such person;


document_id: unpa-2011
term: relevant offence
source_provision: s11
definition:
“relevant offence” , in relation to a Convention country, means an offence against the law of that country where the act or omission constituting the offence, or the equivalent act or omission — ( a )


document_id: upa-1967
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means a person appointed under section 18(3) by the Minister to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: upa-1967
term: broadcast
source_provision: s2
definition:
“broadcast” has the meaning given by section 27 of the Copyright Act 2021 and “broadcasting” has a corresponding meaning;


document_id: upa-1967
term: electronic transmission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic transmission” includes facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other similar means of communication but excludes broadcasting;


document_id: upa-1967
term: exhibit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exhibit” , in relation to a sound recording, means to play that sound recording but does not include the broadcasting of the sound recording;


document_id: upa-1967
term: importer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“importer” , in relation to any article, includes any person who, whether as owner, consignee, agent or broker, is in possession of, or is in any way entitled to the custody or control of, the article;


document_id: upa-1967
term: periodical publication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“periodical publication” includes every publication issued periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals whether regular or irregular;


document_id: upa-1967
term: prohibited publication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prohibited publication” means any publication the importation, sale or circulation of which has been prohibited under section 5;


document_id: upa-1967
term: sound recording
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sound recording” means any tape, disc or other recording of sounds from which the sounds may be reproduced but does not include any soundtrack of a film;


document_id: uraa-1989
term: building
source_provision: s2
definition:
“building” includes any house, flat, hut, shed, roofed enclosure or other accommodation, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform, staging gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing stage or bridge, or any structure or foundation connected to the foregoing;


document_id: uraa-1989
term: chief executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive” means the chief executive of the Authority, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: uraa-1989
term: flat
source_provision: s2
definition:
“flat” means a horizontal stratum of a building or part thereof, whether such stratum or part is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground;


document_id: uraa-1989
term: Jurong Town Corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Jurong Town Corporation” means the Jurong Town Corporation established under the Jurong Town Corporation Act 1968;


document_id: uraa-1989
term: land
source_provision: s2
definition:
“land” includes benefits to rise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;


document_id: uraa-1989
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Urban Redevelopment Authority Act (Cap. 340, 1985 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act;


document_id: uraa-1989
term: Research and Statistics Unit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Research and Statistics Unit” means the Research and Statistics Unit of the Ministry of National Development;


document_id: uraa-1989
term: urban redevelopment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“urban redevelopment” includes the construction, reconstruction, extension, repair, alteration, change of use, aggregation and subdivision of a building and change of use, aggregation and subdivision of land;


document_id: uraa-1989
term: urban redevelopment area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“urban redevelopment area” means an area, with or without any building therein, declared by notification in the Gazette under section 8(1) to be an urban redevelopment area for the purposes of this Act. [11/2003; 16/2009; 20/2013; 5/2018]


document_id: va-1966
term: public property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public property” means movable or immovable property belonging to the Government or to the government of any Commonwealth or foreign country or to any statutory body or authority or to any armed force lawfully present in Singapore.


document_id: vaa-2018
term: allied health professional
source_provision: s2
definition:
“allied health professional” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Allied Health Professions Act 2011;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: assessment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“assessment” means an interview and examination which includes the taking of X‑rays and an individual’s blood and other body samples for testing and analysis, but does not include the administering of medical or dental treatment;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court” means the Family Court, except in sections 9(4)( a ), 22(4), (5) and (7), 23(2)( a ) and (3), 33 and 35(7) where “court” means a court of competent jurisdiction;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: enforcement officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“enforcement officer” means a public officer who is appointed under section 3(5) to be an enforcement officer for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: fit person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fit person” means an individual whom or organisation which the court or the Director‑General thinks is competent to provide care and protection to a vulnerable adult;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” , in relation to a place of temporary care and protection or a place of safety, includes a director, manager or superintendent of that place, or any other individual having the management or control of that place;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: mental capacity assessor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mental capacity assessor” means a person appointed by the Director‑General under section 3(4) to assess the mental capacity of an individual under or for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: neglect
source_provision: s2
definition:
“neglect” , in relation to an individual, means the lack of provision to the individual of essential care (such as but not limited to food, clothing, medical aid, lodging and other necessities of life), to the extent of causing or being reasonably likely to cause personal injury or physical pain to, or injury to the mental or physical health of, the individual;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: place of temporary care and protection
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place of temporary care and protection” means any premises designated under section 19 to be a place of temporary care and protection;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: psychiatrist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“psychiatrist” means a medical practitioner who is registered as a psychiatrist in the Register of Specialists under the Medical Registration Act 1997;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: qualified assessor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“qualified assessor” means a person whom the Director‑General or a protector reasonably considers qualified to conduct an assessment, and includes a mental capacity assessor;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: registered dentist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered dentist” means a person registered as a fully registered dentist under section 14(1) or (2) of the Dental Registration Act 1999;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: registered medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997;


document_id: vaa-2018
term: self‑neglect
source_provision: s2
definition:
“self‑neglect” , in relation to an individual, means the failure of the individual to perform essential tasks of daily living (such as but not limited to eating, dressing and seeking medical aid) to care for himself or herself, resulting in the individual — ( a )


document_id: vaa-2018
term: wellbeing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“wellbeing” , in relation to an individual, means the individual’s wellbeing so far as relating to any of the following: ( a )


document_id: vca-1967
term: commanding officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commanding officer” means the Deputy Commissioner of Police, the Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police and an Assistant Commissioner of Police, the Director of the Police Academy and any police officer lawfully acting in any of these appointments;


document_id: vca-1967
term: detention barracks
source_provision: s2
definition:
“detention barracks” means any building or part of a building set apart by the Commissioner for the purposes of persons serving sentences of detention;


document_id: vca-1967
term: disciplinary officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“disciplinary officer” means any officer or any police officer of or above the rank of Inspector in the Police Force who is appointed by the Commandant to conduct disciplinary proceedings;


document_id: vca-1967
term: national serviceman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“national serviceman” means a person who has been directed to present himself for enlistment in the Corps under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force relating to national service or enlistment;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: ACRA
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ACRA” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established under section 3 of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: book-entry securities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“book-entry securities” has the meaning given by section 81SF of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: borrowing VCC
source_provision: s2
definition:
“borrowing VCC” means a VCC that is or will be under a liability (whether or not such liability is present or future) to repay any money received or to be received by it in response to an invitation to the public to subscribe for or purchase debentures of the VCC;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: constitution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“constitution” , in relation to a VCC, means the constitution of the VCC that is registered with the Registrar under section 16(4), as may be amended from time to time;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corporation” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967 and (to avoid doubt) includes a VCC;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: creditors’ voluntary winding up
source_provision: s2
definition:
“creditors’ voluntary winding up” means a winding up under Division 3 of Part 10 of the Companies Act 1967 as applied by section 130, but not a members’ voluntary winding up;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: debenture
source_provision: s2
definition:
“debenture” includes debenture stock, bonds, notes and any other securities of a VCC whether constituting a charge on the assets of the VCC or not, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: vcca-2018
term: document
source_provision: s10
definition:
“document” includes any application, form, report, certification, notice, confirmation, declaration, return or other document (whether in electronic form or otherwise) filed or lodged with, or submitted to the Registrar;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: emoluments
source_provision: s2
definition:
“emoluments” , in relation to any director or auditor of a VCC, includes any fees, percentages and other payments made (including the money value of any allowances or perquisites) or consideration given, directly or indirectly, to the director or auditor by that VCC or by a holding company or a subsidiary of that VCC, whether made or given to him or her in his or her capacity as a director or an auditor or otherwise in connection with the affairs of that VCC or of the holding company or the subsidiary;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: financial statements
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial statements” , in relation to a VCC, means the financial statements of the VCC required to be prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: fund administration service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fund administration service” includes valuation, accounting, settlement of expenses and acting as a transfer agent;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” , in relation to a VCC, means the manager appointed by the VCC to manage its property or to operate the collective investment scheme or schemes that comprise the VCC;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: members’ voluntary winding up
source_provision: s2
definition:
“members’ voluntary winding up” means a winding up under Division 3 of Part 10 of the Companies Act 1967 as applied by section 130, where a declaration has been made and lodged pursuant to section 293 of that Act as applied by section 130;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: net asset value
source_provision: s2
definition:
“net asset value” , in relation to a VCC, means the total assets less the total liabilities of the VCC, as determined in accordance with the Accounting Standards;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: Official Receiver
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Official Receiver” means the Official Assignee appointed under the Bankruptcy Act (Cap. 20, 2009 Revised Edition), and includes the deputy of any such Official Assignee and any person appointed as Assistant Official Assignee;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: prospectus
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prospectus” means any prospectus, notice, circular, material, advertisement, publication or other document used to make an offer of shares in a VCC or proposed VCC, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: vcca-2018
term: public accountant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public accountant” means a person who is registered or treated as registered under the Accountants Act 2004 as a public accountant;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: qualified representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“qualified representative” , in relation to the manager of a VCC, means a representative (within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001) of the manager who is — ( a )


document_id: vcca-2018
term: register of auditors
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register of auditors” means a register of auditors kept by the Registrar under section 173 of the Companies Act 1967 as applied by section 71(1);


document_id: vcca-2018
term: register of directors
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register of directors” means a register of directors kept by the Registrar under section 173 of the Companies Act 1967 as applied by section 71(1);


document_id: vcca-2018
term: register of secretaries
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register of secretaries” means a register of secretaries kept by the Registrar under section 173 of the Companies Act 1967 as applied by section 71(1);


document_id: vcca-2018
term: registered qualified individual
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered qualified individual” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024; [Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025]


document_id: vcca-2018
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of VCCs appointed under this Act, and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of VCCs;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: registration number
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registration number” , in relation to a sub-fund, means the registration number given by the Registrar to the sub‑fund upon its registration under section 27;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: related corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“related corporation” , in relation to a corporation, means a corporation that is treated as related to the firstmentioned corporation under section 4;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: share
source_provision: s2
definition:
“share” , in relation to a VCC, means a unit in a collective investment scheme that is part of the VCC, and includes a share taken by a subscriber to the constitution of a VCC, whether or not it is such unit;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: umbrella VCC
source_provision: s2
definition:
“umbrella VCC” means a VCC the constitution of which provides that it consists of, or is to consist of, 2 or more collective investment schemes, or words to that effect;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: unit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unit” , in relation to a collective investment scheme, has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: wholly owned subsidiary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“wholly owned subsidiary” has the meaning given by section 5B of the Companies Act 1967. [28/2019; 40/2019]


document_id: vcca-2018
term: capital markets services licence
source_provision: s44
definition:
“capital markets services licence” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: Registered Fund Management Company
source_provision: s44
definition:
“Registered Fund Management Company” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Securities and Futures (Licensing and Conduct of Business) Regulations;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: AML/CFT authority
source_provision: s86
definition:
“AML/CFT authority” , “supervision” and “supervisory action” have the meanings given by section 17 of the FSMA 2022, except that a reference to a foreign financial institution in the definitions of those terms in that section is to a foreign financial institution as defined in this subsection; [Act 18 of 2022 wef 28/04/2023]


document_id: vcca-2018
term: AML/CFT requirement
source_provision: s86
definition:
“AML/CFT requirement” , “applicable offence”, “domestic authority”, “employee”, “enforcement action”, “foreign country”, “information”, “investigation” and “public authority”, have the meanings given by section 17 of the FSMA 2022; [Act 18 of 2022 wef 28/04/2023]


document_id: vcca-2018
term: corresponding authority
source_provision: s86
definition:
“corresponding authority” means a public authority of a foreign country that exercises a function that corresponds to a regulatory function of — ( a )


document_id: vcca-2018
term: executive officer
source_provision: s86
definition:
“executive officer” , in relation to a VCC, means any person, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: vcca-2018
term: foreign financial institution
source_provision: s86
definition:
“foreign financial institution” has the meaning given by section 17 of the FSMA 2022, except that the reference in the definition of that term in that section to a corresponding authority is to a corresponding authority as defined in this subsection; [Act 18 of 2022 wef 28/04/2023]


document_id: vcca-2018
term: office holder
source_provision: s86
definition:
“office holder” , in relation to a VCC, means any person acting as the liquidator or provisional liquidator of the VCC or any of its sub‑funds (if applicable), the receiver or the receiver and manager of the property of the VCC or any of its sub‑funds (if applicable), or acting in an equivalent capacity in relation to the VCC or any of its sub-funds (if applicable).


document_id: vcca-2018
term: accounting records
source_provision: s96
definition:
“accounting records” , in relation to a VCC or its sub‑fund, includes such working papers and other documents as are necessary to explain the methods and calculations by which the accounts of the VCC or sub‑fund (as the case may be) are made up;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: balance sheet
source_provision: s96
definition:
“balance sheet” , in relation to a VCC, means the balance sheet (by whatever name called) of the VCC prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: directors’ statement
source_provision: s96
definition:
“directors’ statement” means the statement of the directors mentioned in section 201(16) of the Companies Act 1967 as applied by section 100(6);


document_id: vcca-2018
term: parent company
source_provision: s96
definition:
“parent company” means a company or VCC that is required under the Accounting Standards to prepare financial statements in relation to a group;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: subsidiary company
source_provision: s96
definition:
“subsidiary company” means a company or VCC that is a subsidiary as defined in the Accounting Standards;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: ultimate parent corporation
source_provision: s96
definition:
“ultimate parent corporation” means a corporation that is a parent but not a subsidiary, within the meaning of the Accounting Standards.


document_id: vcca-2018
term: date of registration
source_provision: s132
definition:
“date of registration” , in relation to a foreign corporate entity that has applied to be registered as a VCC, means the date of registration of the foreign corporate entity specified in the notice of transfer of registration;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: foreign corporate entity
source_provision: s132
definition:
“foreign corporate entity” means a body corporate that is incorporated outside Singapore, and that comprises one or more collective investment schemes;


document_id: vcca-2018
term: notice of transfer of registration
source_provision: s132
definition:
“notice of transfer of registration” means the notice of transfer of registration issued under section 135(3);


document_id: vcca-2018
term: registration
source_provision: s132
definition:
“registration” , in relation to a foreign corporate entity that has applied to be registered as a VCC under this Part, means registration by the Registrar under section 135(1), and “register” and “registered” are to be construed accordingly.


document_id: vfa-1960
term: authorised service organisation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised service organisation” means a body organised for the benefit of or to serve the welfare of a force or civilian component or dependant;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: civilian component
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civilian component” means the civilian personnel accompanying a force, who are employed in the service of a force or by an authorised service organisation accompanying a force, and who are not stateless persons nor citizens of, nor ordinarily resident in Singapore;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: dependant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dependant” , in relation to a member of a force or civilian component, means a person who is not ordinarily resident in Singapore and who is — ( a )


document_id: vfa-1960
term: forces
source_provision: s2
definition:
“forces” , in relation to a country, means any of the naval, military or air forces of that country;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: law of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“law of Singapore” means any written law for the time being in force in Singapore or any part thereof, and includes the Constitution;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” , in relation to a visiting force, means a member of the force of a sending country, being one of the members of the force for the time being appointed to serve with that visiting force, and includes any person in Singapore for the time being voluntarily enlisted in that force;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: sending country
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sending country” , in relation to a visiting force, means the country of whose forces the visiting force forms part;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: service authorities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“service authorities” means the authorities of a force who are empowered by the law of the country of whose forces the visiting force forms part to exercise command or jurisdiction over members of a force;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: service court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“service court” means a court established under service law and includes any authority of a country who under the law of that country is empowered to review the proceedings of such a court or to try or investigate charges brought against persons subject to the service law of that country; and references to trial by, or to sentences passed by, service courts of a country shall be construed respectively as including references to trial by, and to punishment imposed by, such an authority in the exercise of such power;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: service law
source_provision: s2
definition:
“service law” , in relation to a country, means the law governing all or any of the forces of that country;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: Singapore authorities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore authorities” means the authority or authorities from time to time authorised or designated by the Government for the purpose of exercising the powers in relation to which the expression is used;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: Singapore forces
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore forces” means any of the Singapore Armed Forces for the time being serving in Singapore, and includes any police force, and other body which by virtue of any law of Singapore is or is deemed to form part of the Singapore Armed Forces;


document_id: vfa-1960
term: visiting force
source_provision: s2
definition:
“visiting force” , for the purposes of any provision of this Act, means any body, contingent or detachment of the forces of a country to which that provision applies, being a body, contingent or detachment for the time being lawfully present in Singapore pursuant to any treaty, agreement or arrangement to which the Government is a party.


document_id: vsa-1974
term: treatment for sexual sterilisation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“treatment for sexual sterilisation” means the surgical sterilisation of a male or female that does not involve removal of the reproduction glands or organs unless the removal is necessary for medical or therapeutic reasons. [27/2014; 40/2019] [*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]


document_id: wa-1838
term: internal law
source_provision: s2
definition:
“internal law” , in relation to any territory or state, means the law which would apply in a case where no question of the law in force in any other territory or state arose;


document_id: wa-1838
term: personal estate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“personal estate” shall extend to leasehold estates and other chattels real, and also to moneys, shares of Government and other funds, securities for money, not being real estates, debts, choses in action, rights, credits, goods and all other property whatsoever which by law devolves upon the executor or administrator, and to any share or interest therein;


document_id: wa-1838
term: real estate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“real estate” shall extend to messuages, lands, rents and hereditaments, whether corporeal, incorporeal or personal, and to any undivided share thereof and to any estate, right or interest, other than a chattel interest, therein;


document_id: wa-1838
term: will
source_provision: s2
definition:
“will” includes a testament and an appointment by will or by writing in the nature of a will in exercise of a power and also a disposition by will and testament and any other testamentary disposition. [7/97]


document_id: wa-1838
term: letters of administration with the will annexed
source_provision: s28
definition:
“letters of administration with the will annexed” and “probate” have the same meanings as in section 2 of the Probate and Administration Act 1934. [16/2016; 40/2019]


document_id: wa-1965
term: animal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“animal” includes any mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate, whether of a wild nature or otherwise;


document_id: wa-1965
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means any person appointed under section 4(2) by the Director‑General to be an authorised officer;


document_id: wa-1965
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” includes any person for the time being in charge of any wildlife (whether alive or dead), part of a wildlife, article, conveyance or other thing, and any person for the time being in occupation of any building;


document_id: wa-1965
term: police officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“police officer” means a member of the Police Force or a special police officer, as defined in the Police Force Act 2004;


document_id: wa-1965
term: protected wildlife species
source_provision: s2
definition:
“protected wildlife species” means a wildlife species prescribed as a protected wildlife species for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: wa-1965
term: seized item
source_provision: s2
definition:
“seized item” means any wildlife (whether dead or alive), part of a wildlife, article, conveyance or other thing seized by an enforcement officer under this Act;


document_id: wa-1965
term: wildlife
source_provision: s2
definition:
“wildlife” means an animal that belongs to a wildlife species, and includes the young or egg of the animal;


document_id: wa-1965
term: wildlife species
source_provision: s2
definition:
“wildlife species” means any species of animals of a wild nature, but excludes domestic dogs and cats, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, domestic pigs and poultry. [10/2019; 18/2020]


document_id: wa-1965
term: residential address
source_provision: s19
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [18/2020]


document_id: wc-1961
term: club
source_provision: s2
definition:
“club” means any place which is used by an association of 2 or more persons for any purpose or object;


document_id: wc-1961
term: conciliation officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conciliation officer” means a conciliation officer appointed under section 139C(1); [Act 3 of 2022 wef 30/12/2022]


document_id: wc-1961
term: Director‑General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director‑General” , except in Part 7, means the Director‑General of Social Welfare and includes any person who is authorised by the Director‑General to perform any of the duties or exercise any of the powers of the Director‑General under this Act; [Act 21 of 2023 wef 02/01/2025]


document_id: wc-1961
term: fit individual
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fit individual” means an individual whom the Director‑General, having regard to the character of the individual, thinks competent to provide care and protection to another individual;


document_id: wc-1961
term: incapacitated former husband
source_provision: s2
definition:
“incapacitated former husband” , in relation to a dissolved or an annulled marriage, means a former husband to the marriage who — ( a )


document_id: wc-1961
term: licensed solemniser
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed solemniser” means a person licensed under section 22(2) to solemnise marriages; [Act 3 of 2022 wef 25/09/2023]


document_id: wc-1961
term: marriage licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“marriage licence” means a marriage licence issued by the Registrar under section 17; [Act 3 of 2022 wef 25/09/2023]


document_id: wc-1961
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” of a place means the tenant, subtenant or lessee thereof or any other person in charge of the place, whether or not in actual occupation and whether or not having powers to let or sublet;


document_id: wc-1961
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” of a place means a person who, for the time being, has power or authority to let, hire, sell or convey the place to another person, or who receives the rent of the place whether on the person’s own account or as an agent or a trustee for any other person;


document_id: wc-1961
term: place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place” means any building, house, office, flat, room or cubicle or any part thereof, and any open or enclosed space and includes a ship, boat or any vessel, whether afloat or not, and any vehicle;


document_id: wc-1961
term: place of assignation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place of assignation” means any place where communication is established with any woman or girl, either directly or through an intermediary, for any immoral purpose;


document_id: wc-1961
term: prostitution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prostitution” means the act of a female offering her body for sexual penetration for hire, whether in money or in kind;


document_id: wc-1961
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Marriages appointed under section 26 and includes an Assistant Registrar of Marriages;


document_id: wc-1961
term: sexual penetration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sexual penetration” means the penetration of the vagina, anus or mouth of a woman or girl by a man’s penis, or the sexual penetration of the vagina or anus of a woman or girl by a part of another person’s body (other than the penis) or by anything else;


document_id: wc-1961
term: solemnisation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“solemnisation” includes the contracting of a marriage or effecting a marriage in accordance with the law, religion, custom or usage of the parties or any of the parties thereto;


document_id: wc-1961
term: special marriage licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special marriage licence” means a special marriage licence granted by the Minister under section 21; [Act 3 of 2022 wef 25/09/2023]


document_id: wc-1961
term: State Marriage Register
source_provision: s2
definition:
“State Marriage Register” means the State Marriage Register maintained under section 27. [27/2014; 7/2016; 30/2019; 36/2019; 40/2019] [Act 18 of 2023 wef 16/01/2025]


document_id: wc-1961
term: maintenance order
source_provision: s139N
definition:
“maintenance order” means any order for the maintenance of a child, made under section 69(2) or 70(1), whether before, on or after the appointed day. [Act 18 of 2023 wef 16/01/2025]


document_id: wc-1961
term: marriage preparation programme
source_provision: s8
definition:
“marriage preparation programme” means a marriage preparation programme prescribed under section 21B( b ). [Act 3 of 2022 wef 25/09/2023]


document_id: wc-1961
term: home
source_provision: s58
definition:
“home” , in relation to a person, means the place or premises at which the person ordinarily resides;


document_id: wc-1961
term: qualified assessor
source_provision: s58
definition:
“qualified assessor” means a person whom the Director‑General reasonably considers to be qualified to conduct an assessment under section 59;


document_id: wc-1961
term: registered medical practitioner
source_provision: s58
definition:
“registered medical practitioner” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Medical Registration Act 1997;


document_id: wc-1961
term: support person
source_provision: s58
definition:
“support person” means a person prescribed or appointed as a support person under section 65(7) or (8), respectively;


document_id: wc-1961
term: appointed psychiatrist
source_provision: s60F
definition:
“appointed psychiatrist” means a psychiatrist appointed by the Director‑General of Health for the purposes of this section;


document_id: wc-1961
term: specified psychiatrist
source_provision: s60F
definition:
“specified psychiatrist” means a psychiatrist, or a registered medical practitioner in post‑graduate psychiatry training, specified by the court calling for a preliminary assessment report under subsection (6)( a ).


document_id: wc-1961
term: appointed date
source_provision: s66
definition:
“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 2 of the Women’s Charter (Family Violence and Other Matters) (Amendment) Act 2023;


document_id: wc-1961
term: existing order
source_provision: s66
definition:
“existing order” means an order under the former Part 7 that is in effect immediately before the appointed date;


document_id: wc-1961
term: pending application
source_provision: s66
definition:
“pending application” means an application under the former Part 7 that is pending immediately before the appointed date. [Act 21 of 2023 wef 02/01/2025]


document_id: wc-1961
term: attachment of earnings order
source_provision: s76
definition:
“attachment of earnings order” means an order by a court requiring the person to whom the order in question is directed (being a person appearing to the court to be a respondent’s employer) to make payments in satisfaction of the order out of the earnings falling to be paid to the respondent;


document_id: wc-1961
term: employer
source_provision: s76
definition:
“employer” means a person by whom, as a principal and not as an employee or agent, earnings fall to be paid to a respondent, and references to payment of earnings are to be construed accordingly;


document_id: wc-1961
term: maintenance arrears
source_provision: s76
definition:
“maintenance arrears” means payments due and payable under a maintenance order, whether secured or unsecured;


document_id: wc-1961
term: maintenance enforcement officer
source_provision: s76
definition:
“maintenance enforcement officer” or “MEO” means an individual appointed under section 77(1), and includes the chief maintenance enforcement officer or “Chief MEO”;


document_id: wc-1961
term: maintenance enforcement proceedings
source_provision: s76
definition:
“maintenance enforcement proceedings” means the proceedings in court arising from any application under this Part, including any appeal against any decision made by the court on the application;


document_id: wc-1961
term: payable maintenance
source_provision: s76
definition:
“payable maintenance” means any amount that has not fallen due but will become due and payable by a respondent, under a maintenance order, by such date or dates as the court may specify in a show‑payment order;


document_id: wc-1961
term: referred application
source_provision: s76
definition:
“referred application” means a maintenance enforcement application referred by the court to an MEO under section 84(1);


document_id: wc-1961
term: related attachment of earnings order
source_provision: s76
definition:
“related attachment of earnings order” , in relation to a maintenance order, means an attachment of earnings order made for the purpose of securing payment of any part of the maintenance payable under the maintenance order, and a “related maintenance order” in relation to an attachment of earnings order is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: wc-1961
term: respondent
source_provision: s76
definition:
“respondent” , in relation to a maintenance order or a maintenance enforcement application in respect of a maintenance order, means the person liable to make payments under the maintenance order;


document_id: wc-1961
term: prescribed data‑sharing platform
source_provision: s86
definition:
“prescribed data‑sharing platform” means any information system, on which information is made available by one or more prescribed third parties, that may be prescribed by the regulations;


document_id: wc-1961
term: third party
source_provision: s86
definition:
“third party” , in relation to a referred application, means a person other than the applicant and respondent, but excludes a bank. [Act 18 of 2023 wef 16/01/2025]


document_id: wc-1961
term: child of the marriage
source_provision: s92
definition:
“child of the marriage” means any child of the husband and wife, and includes any adopted child and any other child (whether or not a child of the husband or of the wife) who was a member of the family of the husband and wife at the time when they ceased to live together or at the time immediately preceding the institution of the proceedings, whichever first occurred; and for the purposes of this definition, the parties to a purported marriage that is void are deemed to be husband and wife;


document_id: wc-1961
term: judgment of judicial separation
source_provision: s92
definition:
“judgment of judicial separation” includes a decree of judicial separation granted in proceedings for judicial separation commenced before 1 April 2006;


document_id: wc-1961
term: originating application
source_provision: s92
definition:
“originating application” means an originating application for divorce, presumption of death and divorce, judicial separation, nullity of marriage or rescission of a judgment of judicial separation, as the case may be. [Act 18 of 2023 wef 15/10/2024] [27/2014]


document_id: wc-1961
term: excluded party
source_provision: s94A
definition:
“excluded party” means a prescribed party who is exempted, by rules made under section 180, from subsection (1);


document_id: wc-1961
term: prescribed party
source_provision: s94A
definition:
“prescribed party” means a party to a marriage who is prescribed, by rules made under section 180, for the purposes of this section. [7/2016]


document_id: wc-1961
term: judicial or other proceedings
source_provision: s121A
definition:
“judicial or other proceedings” includes acts which constitute the means by which a divorce, an annulment of marriage or a legal separation may be obtained in a country and which are done in compliance with the law of that country;


document_id: wc-1961
term: order for financial relief
source_provision: s121A
definition:
“order for financial relief” means an order made under section 121G of a description mentioned in that section. [2/2011]


document_id: wc-1961
term: counselling
source_provision: s139A
definition:
“counselling” does not include any counselling that is part of a programme for children as defined in section 132A;


document_id: wc-1961
term: family support programme
source_provision: s139A
definition:
“family support programme” means any programme or activity that seeks to address or resolve any relationship issue or relationship problem — ( a )


document_id: wc-1961
term: disposition
source_provision: s139M
definition:
“disposition” includes a sale, gift, lease, mortgage or any other transaction whereby ownership or possession of the property is transferred or encumbered;


document_id: wc-1961
term: legal guardian
source_provision: s145
definition:
“legal guardian” , in relation to any girl, means any person who is for the time being her guardian, having been appointed according to law by deed or will or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;


document_id: wc-1961
term: parent
source_provision: s145
definition:
“parent” , in relation to any girl, does not include a person deprived of the custody of her by order of a court of competent jurisdiction but (subject to that), in the case of a girl who has been adopted under the Adoption of Children Act 2022 or any corresponding previous written law, means her adopters and, in the case of a girl who is illegitimate (and has not been so adopted), means her mother and any person who has been adjudged to be her putative father. [Act 20 of 2022 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wc-1961
term: treatment
source_provision: s160A
definition:
“treatment” means any medical, psychological or dental treatment, and includes any assessment for the purposes of deciding whether treatment is needed; and “treat” has a corresponding meaning. [Act 21 of 2023 wef 02/01/2025]


document_id: wc-1961
term: resident
source_provision: s177A
definition:
“resident” , in relation to a place of safety, includes a woman or girl detained or received into a place of safety under the provisions of this Part. [Act 21 of 2023 wef 02/01/2025]


document_id: wica-2019
term: accepted medical report
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accepted medical report” means a medical report made by a health professional in the form and manner specified by the Commissioner — ( a )


document_id: wica-2019
term: approved employee insurance policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved employee insurance policy” means a policy of insurance in respect of all liabilities that an employer may incur under this Act in respect of the employees of the employer, issued or renewed on or after 1 September 2020, that complies with section 26(1); [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: approved medical institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved medical institution” means a hospital, clinic, healthcare establishment or other medical institution that is prescribed as an approved medical institution;


document_id: wica-2019
term: approved platform worker insurance policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved platform worker insurance policy” means a policy of insurance in respect of all liabilities that a platform operator may incur under this Act in respect of the platform workers of the platform operator, issued or renewed on or after the date of commencement of paragraph 15 of the Ninth Schedule to the Platform Workers Act 2024, that complies with section 26(1); [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: approved policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved policy” means an approved employee insurance policy or approved platform worker insurance policy; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: Assistant Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Assistant Commissioner” means any public officer appointed as an Assistant Commissioner (Work Injury Compensation) under section 6(1)( a );


document_id: wica-2019
term: average daily earnings
source_provision: s2
definition:
“average daily earnings” or “ADE”, in relation to a platform worker, means an amount computed in accordance with paragraph 6(1)( b ) of Part 3 of the Fifth Schedule; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: wica-2019
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Labour appointed under section 3 of the Employment Act 1968;


document_id: wica-2019
term: designated employer’s insurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated employer’s insurer” means a licensed insurer, within the meaning of the Insurance Act 1966, that is designated by the Commissioner under section 31(1)( a ) to provide insurance in respect of the liability of any employer to pay compensation under this Act; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: designated insurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated insurer” means a designated employer’s insurer or designated PO’s insurer; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: designated PO’s insurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated PO’s insurer” means a licensed insurer, within the meaning of the Insurance Act 1966, that is designated by the Commissioner under section 31(1)( b ) to provide insurance in respect of the liability of any platform operator to pay compensation under this Act; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: employer’s insurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employer’s insurer” means a designated employer’s insurer with whom an employer has an approved employee insurance policy; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: injury
source_provision: s2
definition:
“injury” or “personal injury” includes an occupational disease or a disease mentioned in section 10(1)( c ) or 34G(1)( c ); [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: wica-2019
term: investigation officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“investigation officer” means any public officer appointed as an investigation officer under section 6(1)( a );


document_id: wica-2019
term: lookback period
source_provision: s2
definition:
“lookback period” means the period determined in accordance with paragraph 6(2) of Part 3 of the Fifth Schedule; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: wica-2019
term: platform operator’s insurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform operator’s insurer” means a designated PO’s insurer with whom a platform operator has an approved platform worker insurance policy; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: platform service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform service” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: platform work agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform work agreement” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: platform worker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform worker” has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Work Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354, 2009 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act;


document_id: wica-2019
term: sub-fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sub-fund” and “VCC” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the VCC Act; [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: wica-2019
term: work
source_provision: s2
definition:
“work” , in relation to an individual, means the individual’s employment as an employee or the individual’s provision of a platform service as a platform worker, as the case may be; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: work injury
source_provision: s2
definition:
“work injury” , in relation to an individual, means personal injury that is caused to the individual by an accident arising out of and in the course of the individual’s work; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: wica-2019
term: Workers’ Fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Workers’ Fund” means the Workers’ Fund established, maintained and applied in accordance with regulations made under the repealed Act, and continued by this Act;


document_id: wica-2019
term: workplace
source_provision: s2
definition:
“workplace” means any premises where a person is at work, is to work, for the time being works, or customarily works.


document_id: wica-2019
term: employee
source_provision: s3
definition:
“employee” means an individual who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer and — ( a )


document_id: wica-2019
term: employer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“employer” means any person ( A ) who employs an individual ( B ) under a contract of service and includes — ( a )


document_id: wica-2019
term: applicable employer
source_provision: s35A
definition:
“applicable employer” , in relation to an individual, means any employer of the individual at the time of the accident mentioned in subsection (1)( a );


document_id: wica-2019
term: applicable platform operator
source_provision: s35A
definition:
“applicable platform operator” , in relation to an individual, means any platform operator for whom the individual was providing a platform service at the time of the accident mentioned in subsection (1)( a ). [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: wma-1975
term: Accuracy Label
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Accuracy Label” means a mark referred to in section 7(2)( d )(ii) for use as evidence of the passing of any weighing or measuring instrument as fit for use for trade;


document_id: wma-1975
term: Authorised Verifier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authorised Verifier” means any person appointed by the Commission under section 29A; [Act 13 of 2025 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: wma-1975
term: check-weighed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“check-weighed” , in relation to any vehicle, means weighed with its load by means of the nearest suitable and available weighing instrument, and weighed again after it has been unloaded by means of the same or other suitable weighing instrument;


document_id: wma-1975
term: Commission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commission” means the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore established by section 3 of the Competition Act 2004; [Act 13 of 2025 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: wma-1975
term: constructional use
source_provision: s2
definition:
“constructional use” , in relation to any goods, means the use of those goods in constructional work in the course of the carrying on of a business;


document_id: wma-1975
term: container
source_provision: s2
definition:
“container” includes any form of packaging of goods for sale as a single item, whether by way of wholly or partly enclosing the goods or by way of attaching the goods to, or winding the goods round, some other article, and in particular includes a wrapper or confining band;


document_id: wma-1975
term: contravention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contravention” , in relation to any requirement, includes a failure to comply with that requirement, and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;


document_id: wma-1975
term: Controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Controller” means the Controller of Weights and Measures appointed under section 29 and includes any officer duly authorised by the Controller to act on his or her behalf;


document_id: wma-1975
term: desiccating goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“desiccating goods” means any goods made up in a package that lose weight or volume solely through evaporation when the package is made up;


document_id: wma-1975
term: gross weight
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gross weight” , in relation to any goods, means the aggregate weight of the goods and any container in or on which they are made up;


document_id: wma-1975
term: inadequate package
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inadequate package” means a package enclosing goods that contain less than the quantity stated on the package or a label attached to the package, where the deficiency is more than twice the amount of error prescribed for the purpose of this definition;


document_id: wma-1975
term: indication of quantity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“indication of quantity” , in relation to any container in or on which goods are made up, means a written statement to the effect that those goods are of, or of not less than, a specified quantity by net weight, gross weight or other measurement or by number, as the case may require;


document_id: wma-1975
term: industrial use
source_provision: s2
definition:
“industrial use” , in relation to any goods, means the use of those goods in the manufacture of, or for incorporation in, goods of a different description in the course of the carrying on of a business;


document_id: wma-1975
term: international definition
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international definition” , in relation to any unit of measurement, means the definition of that unit recognised by the General Conferences of Weights and Measures from time to time convened by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures;


document_id: wma-1975
term: non-standard package
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-standard package” means a package enclosing goods that contains less than the quantity stated on the package or a label attached to it, where the deficiency is more than the amount of error prescribed for the purpose of this definition but not more than twice that prescribed amount of error;


document_id: wma-1975
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any stall, vehicle, ship or aircraft or in relation to the use of any place for any purpose, means the person for the time being in charge of the stall, vehicle, ship or aircraft or (as the case may be) the person for the time being using that place for that purpose;


document_id: wma-1975
term: prepacked
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prepacked” means made up in advance ready for retail sale in or on a container; and on any premises where articles of any description are so made up, or are kept or stored for sale after being so made up, any article of that description found made up in or on a container is deemed to be prepacked unless the contrary is proved; and it is not sufficient proof of the contrary to show that the container has not been marked in accordance with the requirements of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act with respect to the prepacking of such articles;


document_id: wma-1975
term: stamp
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stamp” means a mark referred to in section 7(2)( d )(i) for use as evidence of the passing of any weighing or measuring instrument as fit for use for trade;


document_id: wma-1975
term: weighing or measuring instrument
source_provision: s2
definition:
“weighing or measuring instrument” means an instrument for measuring in terms of length, area, volume, capacity, weight or number, whether or not the instrument is constructed to give an indication of the measurement made or other information determined by reference to that measurement, and includes any article used as a weighing or measuring instrument. [30/2005; 10/2018]


document_id: wma-1975
term: appointed date
source_provision: s40
definition:
“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 11 of the Competition (Amendment) Act 2025;


document_id: wma-1975
term: Board
source_provision: s40
definition:
“Board” means the Enterprise Singapore Board established by section 3 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018. [Act 13 of 2025 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: authorised examiner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised examiner” means any person or body of persons designated by the Director-General under section 3(5) to carry out any inspection, examination and certification of any meat product or fish product under this Act and includes any authorised officer;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: cold store
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cold store” means any chiller, freezer, cold room or other refrigerated facility used for the storage of meat products or fish products and includes any refrigerated conveyance used for transportation of meat products or fish products in the course of any trade or business;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance” includes any aircraft, vessel, train, vehicle or any other artificial contrivance, whether mechanically propelled or otherwise, used or capable of being used as a means of transport on land, water or air;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: Director‑General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director‑General” means the Director‑General, Food Administration appointed under section 3(1) of the Sale of Food Act 1973;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: Director‑General of Customs
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director‑General of Customs” means the Director-General of Customs appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act 1960;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: export
source_provision: s2
definition:
“export” does not include the taking out of Singapore of any goods in transit or any goods which are being transhipped;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: fish
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fish” means any species of fish and includes crustacea, shellfish, echinoderm, mollusc, and the young and eggs thereof;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: goods in transit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“goods in transit” means goods that are brought into Singapore solely for the purpose of taking them out of Singapore and that which remain at all times on the conveyance that brought them into Singapore;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” does not include the bringing into Singapore of any goods in transit or any goods which are being transhipped;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: label
source_provision: s2
definition:
“label” means any written, printed, pictorial or other descriptive matter that is to be applied or attached to or included in, or that accompanies or is to accompany, any meat product or fish product or the package or receptacle thereof, and “labelled” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: process
source_provision: s2
definition:
“process” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes cutting and the use of any method of manufacture, preservation or preparation;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: processing establishment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“processing establishment” means any factory, plant or other premises where meat products or fish products (as the case may be) are processed for distribution to wholesalers or retailers or for export;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: receptacle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“receptacle” , in relation to any meat product or fish product, means any basket, carton, bag, box, packet or article which contains the meat product or fish product and where any such receptacle is contained in another such receptacle includes the latter receptacle;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: sell
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sell” means to sell by way of retail or wholesale dealing and includes barter, and also includes offering or attempting to sell, or receiving for sale, or exposing for sale, or sending or delivering for sale, or causing or allowing to be sold, offered or exposed for sale;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: slaughter‑house
source_provision: s2
definition:
“slaughter‑house” means any premises where animals are slaughtered for the production of meat products;


document_id: wmfa-1999
term: tranship
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tranship” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to bring any goods into Singapore by land, sea or air from any place which is outside Singapore and then to remove those goods from the conveyance in which they were brought into Singapore and — ( a )


document_id: wopa-1904
term: contributor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contributor” means and includes every person from whose salary or pension deductions are made in accordance with this Act;


document_id: wopa-1904
term: the Directors
source_provision: s2
definition:
“the Directors” means such persons not less than 3 in number as are appointed by the Minister to carry out the provisions of this Act subject to the control of, and to rules for their guidance made by, the President;


document_id: wopa-1904
term: entitled officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“entitled officer” means an entitled officer, as defined in any of the written laws specified in the first column of the Second Schedule, who retires under the provisions of such written law specified in the second column of that Schedule;


document_id: wopa-1904
term: of a pensionable age
source_provision: s2
definition:
“of a pensionable age” , as applied to children, means, in the case of a male, that he is under the age of 21 years, and, in the case of a female, that she is under the age of 21 years and has not been married;


document_id: wopa-1904
term: officer on the Malayan Establishment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer on the Malayan Establishment” means an officer whom the President has by notification in the Gazette declared to be on the Malayan Establishment;


document_id: wopa-1904
term: public servant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public servant” means an officer holding a pensionable office or an officer serving on probation or on agreement in a pensionable office, in the service of the Government, but does not include an officer — ( a )


document_id: wsaa-2003
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 7A as the Chairperson of the Agency and includes any temporary Chairperson of the Agency;


document_id: wsaa-2003
term: Deputy Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Chairperson” means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 7A as the Deputy Chairperson of the Agency and includes any temporary Deputy Chairperson of the Agency;


document_id: wsaa-2003
term: transferring body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transferring body” means any transferring body specified in the first column of the Schedule. [20/2016; 5/2018]


document_id: wsha-2006
term: accredited training provider
source_provision: s4
definition:
“accredited training provider” means a training provider accredited by the Commissioner to provide safety and health training courses for the purposes of section 31;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: approved code of practice
source_provision: s4
definition:
“approved code of practice” means any code of practice issued or approved under section 40B, and includes any such code of practice as amended from time to time under that section;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: authorised examiner
source_provision: s4
definition:
“authorised examiner” means any person approved by the Commissioner under section 33 for the purpose of carrying out any prescribed examination or test of any — ( a )


document_id: wsha-2006
term: bodily injury
source_provision: s4
definition:
“bodily injury” includes injury to health, the contraction of a disease, and the aggravation, acceleration or recurrence of any bodily injury or disease;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: class or description
source_provision: s4
definition:
“class or description” , in relation to workplaces, includes a group of workplaces described by reference to locality;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: contract of service
source_provision: s4
definition:
“contract of service” means any agreement, whether oral or in writing, express or implied, whereby any person agrees to employ any other person as an employee and that other person agrees to serve as the person’s employee, and includes a contract of apprenticeship;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: Deputy Commissioner
source_provision: s4
definition:
“Deputy Commissioner” means a Deputy Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health appointed under section 7;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: electrical installation
source_provision: s4
definition:
“electrical installation” means any cable, wire, fitting, accessory, apparatus or other device used for or for purposes incidental to the conveyance, control or use of electricity;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: employ
source_provision: s4
definition:
“employ” means to employ the service of any person to do any work under a contract of service, with or without remuneration;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: inspector
source_provision: s4
definition:
“inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 7(3) and includes the Commissioner and any Deputy Commissioner;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: lift
source_provision: s4
definition:
“lift” includes any lifting appliance or lifting machine used for carrying persons, whether together with goods or otherwise;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: mechanical power
source_provision: s4
definition:
“mechanical power” means any energy derived from steam, water, wind, electricity, compressed air or gas, or the combustion of fuel or explosive, which is used to drive or work any machinery;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: occupational disease
source_provision: s4
definition:
“occupational disease” means any disease specified in the Second Schedule and any other disease that is directly attributable to any exposure to any chemical or biological agent arising out of and in the course of any employment or the provision of any platform service, as the case may be; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: wsha-2006
term: occupier
source_provision: s19
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to a common area, includes the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation (as the case may be) having control of that common area.


document_id: wsha-2006
term: platform work agreement
source_provision: s4
definition:
“platform work agreement” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: wsha-2006
term: premises
source_provision: s4
definition:
“premises” includes any place whether enclosed or built on or not, whether situated underground or underwater and, in particular, includes — ( a )


document_id: wsha-2006
term: prime mover
source_provision: s4
definition:
“prime mover” means every engine, motor or other appliance which provides mechanical energy derived from steam, water, wind, electricity, the combustion of fuel or other source of energy;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: principal
source_provision: s4
definition:
“principal” means a person who, in connection with any trade, business, profession or undertaking carried on by the person, engages any other person otherwise than under a contract of service — ( a )


document_id: wsha-2006
term: registered medical practitioner
source_provision: s4
definition:
“registered medical practitioner” means a person registered or deemed to be registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: ship
source_provision: s4
definition:
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation, a floating rig, a barge or any platform used in any form of operations at sea;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: steam receiver
source_provision: s4
definition:
“steam receiver” means any vessel or apparatus (other than a steam boiler, steam container, steam pipe or coil or a part of a prime mover) used for containing steam under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: workplace safety and health auditor
source_provision: s4
definition:
“workplace safety and health auditor” means a workplace safety and health auditor appointed under section 30;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: workplace safety and health committee
source_provision: s4
definition:
“workplace safety and health committee” means a workplace safety and health committee appointed under section 29;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: workplace safety and health coordinator
source_provision: s4
definition:
“workplace safety and health coordinator” means a workplace safety and health coordinator appointed under section 28;


document_id: wsha-2006
term: workplace safety and health officer
source_provision: s4
definition:
“workplace safety and health officer” means a workplace safety and health officer appointed under section 28. [18/2011; 44/2017]


document_id: wsha-2006
term: employer
source_provision: s6
definition:
“employer” means a person who, in the course of the person’s trade, business, profession or undertaking, employs any person to do any work under a contract of service.


document_id: wsha-2006
term: common property
source_provision: s19
definition:
“common property” and “limited common property” have the meanings given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025]


