# definitions

document_id: epha-1987
term: developer
source_provision: s46A
definition:
“developer” , in relation to any controlled works, means the person for whom or on whose behalf the controlled works are carried out;


document_id: epha-1987
term: environmental public health requirements
source_provision: s46A
definition:
“environmental public health requirements” means the requirements set out in regulations made under section 111 and any prescribed codes of practice relating to the prevention, reduction or control of the spread of any infectious disease in or from, or the reduction or removal of any risk of conditions injurious or dangerous to public health being created in, any completed buildings or controlled facilities;


document_id: epha-1987
term: foundation
source_provision: s46A
definition:
“foundation” means that part of a building which is below or in direct contact with the ground, and through which the weight of the building and the loads acting on the building are transmitted to the ground, and includes any footing, raft or pile of the building;


document_id: epha-1987
term: site formation works
source_provision: s46A
definition:
“site formation works” means any kind of site formation and includes earthworks for site stabilisation, the construction of foundations, basements, sub-structures, piling, underpinning, ground anchors, trenches or any other kind of ground works;


document_id: epha-1987
term: temporary compliance certificate
source_provision: s46A
definition:
“temporary compliance certificate” means a certificate issued under section 46J(1). [Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]


document_id: epha-1987
term: Employment Claims Tribunal
source_provision: s80G
definition:
“Employment Claims Tribunal” means a subordinate court called an Employment Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act 1970;


document_id: epha-1987
term: net worth
source_provision: s80G
definition:
“net worth” of a person means the amount by which the person’s assets exceeds the person’s liabilities. [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: epma-1999
term: air impurities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“air impurities” includes smoke, cinders, solid particles of any kind, gases, fumes, mists, odours and radioactive substances;


document_id: epma-1999
term: analysis
source_provision: s2
definition:
“analysis” includes the taking of a sample or any test, measurement, calculation or examination made for the purpose of determining the characteristics of any matter or substance or the effects of any discharge, emission or deposit of trade effluent, air impurity or hazardous substance;


document_id: epma-1999
term: building
source_provision: s2
definition:
“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise;


document_id: epma-1999
term: building works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“building works” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989; [Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]


document_id: epma-1999
term: chimney
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chimney” includes a structure or opening of any kind from or through which air impurities may be emitted, and any reference to a chimney of or used in connection with any premises includes a reference to a chimney which serves the whole or a part of the premises though structurally separate from the premises;


document_id: epma-1999
term: construction site
source_provision: s2
definition:
“construction site” means any premises on or in which the construction, alteration or demolition of any building or structure is carried on and includes — ( a )


document_id: epma-1999
term: dark smoke
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dark smoke” means smoke which is ascertained by any method that may be prescribed to be dark smoke;


document_id: epma-1999
term: Director-General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1);


document_id: epma-1999
term: export
source_provision: s2
definition:
“export” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to take or cause to be taken out of Singapore by land, water or air and includes the placing of any substances, plant, equipment, machinery or any products in a vessel, conveyance or aircraft for the purposes of the substances, plant, equipment, machinery or any products being taken out of Singapore by water or air; but does not include the taking out of Singapore by water or air of any substances, plant, equipment, machinery or any products on the same vessel or aircraft on which they were brought into Singapore unless, after being brought into Singapore, the substances, plant, equipment, machinery or any products have been landed or transhipped within Singapore;


document_id: epma-1999
term: fuel burning equipment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fuel burning equipment” means any furnace, boiler, fire place, oven, retort, incinerator, internal combustion engine, vessel or chimney, or any other apparatus, device, mechanism or structure used or to be used in connection with the burning of any combustible material in, or in relation to, any industrial plant;


document_id: epma-1999
term: hazardous substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hazardous substance” means any of the substances specified in the first column of Part I of the Second Schedule but does not include — ( a )


document_id: epma-1999
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by land, water or air from any place which is outside Singapore but does not include the bringing into Singapore by water or air of any substances, plant, equipment, machinery or any products which it is proved to be intended to be taken out of Singapore on the same vessel or aircraft on which they were brought into Singapore without any landing or transhipment within Singapore;


document_id: epma-1999
term: industrial or trade premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“industrial or trade premises” means premises used for any industrial or trade purposes or premises on which matter is burnt in connection with any industrial or trade process, and includes all scheduled premises and construction sites;


document_id: epma-1999
term: industrial plant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“industrial plant” means any plant or equipment used for the generation of power, or for any industrial use, or for the operation of vessels, aircraft, locomotives, cranes, internal combustion engines or other machines using any combustible material for their operation;


document_id: epma-1999
term: pollution of the environment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pollution of the environment” means pollution of the environment due to the release (into any environmental medium) from any process of substances which are capable of causing harm to human or any other living organisms supported by the environment;


document_id: epma-1999
term: practicable
source_provision: s2
definition:
“practicable” means reasonably practicable having regard, among other things, to local conditions and circumstances and to the current state of technical knowledge, and “best practicable means” includes the provision and the efficient maintenance of a plant and the proper use thereof and the supervision, by or on behalf of the occupier, of any process or operation;


document_id: epma-1999
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained under statutory authority or not;


document_id: epma-1999
term: process
source_provision: s2
definition:
“process” means any activity carried on in Singapore, whether on premises or by way of a plant which is designed to move or to be moved whether on roads or otherwise, which are capable of causing pollution to the environment;


document_id: epma-1999
term: road tanker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“road tanker” means a goods vehicle as defined in the Road Traffic Act 1961 which has a tank that is structurally attached to or is an integral part of the frame of the vehicle;


document_id: epma-1999
term: sale
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sale” includes barter, exchange, import and export and also includes offering or attempting to sell, or causing or allowing to be sold, or exposing for sale or receiving or sending or delivering for sale; and the word “sell” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: epma-1999
term: tank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tank” means a container having a total internal capacity exceeding 250 litres for liquids and 500 litres for gases;


document_id: epma-1999
term: toxic substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“toxic substance” means any trade effluent, chemical, oil or any other substance which is noxious, injurious or polluting;


document_id: epma-1999
term: trade effluent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trade effluent” means any liquid, either with or without particles of matter suspended in the liquid, which is the outflow from any trade, business or manufacture or of any works of engineering or building construction;


document_id: epma-1999
term: watercourse
source_provision: s2
definition:
“watercourse” includes a reservoir, lake, river, stream, canal, drain, spring or well or a part of the sea abutting on the foreshore and any other natural, artificial or subsurface body of water;


document_id: epma-1999
term: work place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“work place” means any premises or place used for any industrial, trade, commercial or manufacturing purposes and includes all construction sites, work sites and farms. [47/2004; 12/2011; 4/2016; 4/2021] [*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]


document_id: epma-1999
term: clearance certificate
source_provision: s33
definition:
“clearance certificate” means a certificate described in section 33B(1) and issued under section 33D(2)( a ), and includes such certificate issued under section 33D(2)( a ) as applied by section 33G;


document_id: epma-1999
term: compliance certificate
source_provision: s33
definition:
“compliance certificate” means a certificate described in section 33I(1) and issued under section 33I(3)( a );


document_id: epma-1999
term: design certificate
source_provision: s33
definition:
“design certificate” means a certificate described in section 33E(1) and issued under section 33E(3)( a );


document_id: epma-1999
term: pollution control requirements
source_provision: s33
definition:
“pollution control requirements” means the requirements set out in regulations made under section 77 and any prescribed codes of practice relating to the prevention, reduction or control of pollution of the environment from any completed buildings or industrial plants;


document_id: epma-1999
term: temporary compliance certificate
source_provision: s33
definition:
“temporary compliance certificate” means a certificate issued under section 33J(1). [Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]


document_id: epma-1999
term: GHG goods
source_provision: s40A
definition:
“GHG goods” means any device, appliance, equipment, article or thing that requires any greenhouse gas (whether or not in its gaseous state) for its use or operation, and includes 2 or more such devices, appliances, equipment, articles or things that are interconnected, and interdependent or interacting, so as to form a system carrying out one or more functions;


document_id: epma-1999
term: GHG works
source_provision: s40A
definition:
“GHG works” means any activity, or any series of activities (including ancillary activities), that involves the use or handling of any greenhouse gas;


document_id: epma-1999
term: global warming potential
source_provision: s40A
definition:
“global warming potential” , in relation to a greenhouse gas or a blend or mixture of greenhouse gases, means the climatic warming potential of the greenhouse gas or the blend or mixture (as the case may be) relative to the climatic warming potential of carbon dioxide (calculated in terms of the 100‑year warming potential of one kilogram of the greenhouse gas or the blend or mixture of greenhouse gases (as the case may be) relative to one kilogram of carbon dioxide), as published and updated from time to time on the Agency’s official website;


document_id: epma-1999
term: global warming potential limit
source_provision: s40A
definition:
“global warming potential limit” , in relation to any class, description or type of regulated goods, means the prescribed maximum allowable global warming potential of the greenhouse gas or the blend or mixture of greenhouse gases required for the use or operation of that class, description or type of regulated goods;


document_id: epma-1999
term: registered GHG entity
source_provision: s40A
definition:
“registered GHG entity” means any person that is registered as a registered GHG entity under section 40M(4)( a );


document_id: epma-1999
term: registered supplier
source_provision: s40A
definition:
“registered supplier” means any importer or manufacturer that is registered as a registered supplier under section 40E(5);


document_id: epma-1999
term: regulated GHG works
source_provision: s40A
definition:
“regulated GHG works” means any GHG works of a class, description or type prescribed as regulated GHG works under section 40K;


document_id: epma-1999
term: regulated goods
source_provision: s40A
definition:
“regulated goods” means any GHG goods of a class, description or type prescribed as regulated goods under section 40B;


document_id: esba-2018
term: accreditation mark
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accreditation mark” means an accreditation mark specified by the Board under section 6(2)( i )(iv);


document_id: esba-2018
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” means the individual appointed under section 12(1)( a ) as the Chairperson of the Board, and includes any individual appointed under section 14 to act in that capacity;


document_id: esba-2018
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Board, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: esba-2018
term: document
source_provision: s56
definition:
“document” includes a notice, a direction or an order permitted or required by this Act to be served;


document_id: esba-2018
term: function
source_provision: s2
definition:
“function” , in relation to the Board, means a function conferred on the Board by or under this Act or any other Act;


document_id: esba-2018
term: International Enterprise Singapore Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“International Enterprise Singapore Board” means the International Enterprise Singapore Board established by the International Enterprise Singapore Board Act (Cap. 143B, 2002 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act;


document_id: esba-2018
term: process
source_provision: s2
definition:
“process” means one or more related or interacting activities that use inputs to deliver an intended result, and includes any test method;


document_id: esba-2018
term: product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“product” means any output, tangible or intangible, that results from a process, and includes any goods, material, service, terminology or management system;


document_id: esba-2018
term: registering authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registering authority” means any authority competent under any written law to register a company, firm or other body of persons, or a trade mark or design;


document_id: esba-2018
term: standard
source_provision: s2
definition:
“standard” means a definition, classification, description, requirement, specification, guideline or characteristic, by reference to which a product or process is assessed to be fit for its purpose;


document_id: esba-2018
term: Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board” means the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board established by the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act (Cap. 303A, 2002 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act;


document_id: esba-2018
term: VCC
source_provision: s2
definition:
“VCC” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018. [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: esba-2018
term: asset
source_provision: s58
definition:
“asset” , in relation to a transferor, means property of any kind (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) of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date and includes, without limitation, any — ( a )


document_id: esba-2018
term: fair trading functions
source_provision: s58
definition:
“fair trading functions” means the following functions of the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board: ( a )


document_id: esba-2018
term: liability
source_provision: s58
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 and severally with any other person) of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date, whether under the laws of Singapore or any country or territory outside Singapore;


document_id: esba-2018
term: records
source_provision: s58
definition:
“records” , in relation to a transferor, means registers, papers, documents, minutes, receipts, books of account and other records, however compiled, recorded or stored, of that transferor existing on the eve of the transfer date;


document_id: esba-2018
term: right
source_provision: s58
definition:
“right” , in relation to a transferor, means any right, power, privilege or immunity of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date, whether under the laws of Singapore or any country or territory outside Singapore;


document_id: esba-2018
term: transferring employee
source_provision: s58
definition:
“transferring employee” , in relation to the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board, means every employee of that Board, except the employees in the Consumer Protection Weights & Measures Division who perform solely or mainly the fair trading functions.


document_id: esiea-2006
term: advertise
source_provision: s2
definition:
“advertise” , in relation to a scheduled species, means to describe, make reference to or allude in any way, by any means or in any form, to that scheduled species — ( a )


document_id: esiea-2006
term: CITES
source_provision: s2
definition:
“CITES” means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora signed in Washington, D. C., on 3 March 1973, and any amendment to, or substitution of, the Convention that is binding on Singapore;


document_id: esiea-2006
term: corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corporation” includes a limited liability partnership within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005; [Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]


document_id: esiea-2006
term: export
source_provision: s2
definition:
“export” means to take or cause to be taken out of Singapore by land, sea or air any scheduled species other than any scheduled species in transit in Singapore, but does not include re‑export;


document_id: esiea-2006
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by land, sea or air any scheduled species other than any scheduled species in transit in Singapore;


document_id: esiea-2006
term: information
source_provision: s2
definition:
“information” includes data, text, images, sound, codes, computer programmes, software and databases;


document_id: esiea-2006
term: introduction from the sea
source_provision: s2
definition:
“introduction from the sea” means transportation into Singapore of any scheduled species which was taken in the marine environment not under the jurisdiction of any State;


document_id: esiea-2006
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” includes any person for the time being in charge of any scheduled species and any person for the time being in occupation of any premises;


document_id: esiea-2006
term: permit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“permit” means a permit or certificate issued by the Director-General under section 7(3) or deemed (by section 30) to have been issued under this Act; [Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]


document_id: esiea-2006
term: plant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“plant” means any member of the Plant Kingdom, whether live or dead, and any readily recognisable part or derivative of a plant;


document_id: esiea-2006
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” includes any house, hut, shed, structure, platform, path, bridge, open space, building or enclosure whether roofed or not;


document_id: esiea-2006
term: recent lineage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“recent lineage” , in relation to a hybrid animal, means 4 generations in the lineage of the hybrid animal that immediately precede the hybrid animal; [Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]


document_id: esiea-2006
term: seized item
source_provision: s2
definition:
“seized item” means any scheduled species, article, conveyance, receptacle, package or other thing seized by an authorised officer under this Act. [Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]


document_id: esiea-2006
term: residential address
source_provision: s27
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]


document_id: esipa-2001
term: Government school
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Government school” means any school that is established by and under the management of the Government but excludes an independent school;


document_id: esipa-2001
term: school
source_provision: s2
definition:
“school” includes a junior college and a centralised institute but excludes any tertiary institute or training institute;


document_id: eta-2010
term: addressee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“addressee” , in relation to an electronic communication, means a party who is intended by the originator to receive the electronic communication, but does not include a party acting as an intermediary with respect to that electronic communication;


document_id: eta-2010
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , in relation to the exercise of any power or performance of any duty under this Act, means a person to whom the exercise of that power or performance of that duty has been delegated under section 27;


document_id: eta-2010
term: automated message system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“automated message system” means a computer program or an electronic or other automated means used to initiate an action or respond to data messages or performances in whole or in part, without review or intervention by a natural person each time an action is initiated or a response is generated by the program or electronic or other means;


document_id: eta-2010
term: communication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“communication” includes any statement, declaration, demand, notice, request, offer or the acceptance of an offer, that the parties are required to make or choose to make in connection with the formation or performance of a contract;


document_id: eta-2010
term: Controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Controller” means the Controller appointed under section 27(1) and includes a Deputy Controller or an Assistant Controller appointed under section 27(3);


document_id: eta-2010
term: electronic
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities;


document_id: eta-2010
term: electronic communication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic communication” means any communication that the parties make by means of electronic records;


document_id: eta-2010
term: electronic record
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“electronic record” means a record generated, communicated, received or stored by electronic means, including (where appropriate) all information logically associated with or otherwise linked together so as to become part of the record, whether generated contemporaneously or not;


document_id: eta-2010
term: electronic transferable record
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“electronic transferable record” means an electronic record that complies with all the requirements of section 16H;


document_id: eta-2010
term: information system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“information system” means a system for generating, sending, receiving, storing or otherwise processing electronic records;


document_id: eta-2010
term: originator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“originator” , in relation to an electronic communication, means a party by whom, or on whose behalf, the electronic communication has been sent or generated prior to storage (if any) but does not include a party acting as an intermediary with respect to that electronic communication;


document_id: eta-2010
term: public agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public agency” means a department or ministry of the Government, an Organ of State or a public authority established by or under a public Act;


document_id: eta-2010
term: record
source_provision: s2
definition:
“record” means information that is inscribed, stored or otherwise fixed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;


document_id: eta-2010
term: secure electronic record
source_provision: s2
definition:
“secure electronic record” means an electronic record that is treated as a secure electronic record by virtue of section 17(1) or any other provision of this Act;


document_id: eta-2010
term: secure electronic signature
source_provision: s2
definition:
“secure electronic signature” means an electronic signature that is treated as a secure electronic signature by virtue of section 18 or any other provision of this Act;


document_id: eta-2010
term: signed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“signed” or “signature” means a method (electronic or otherwise) used to identify a person and to indicate the intention of that person in respect of the information contained in a record;


document_id: eta-2010
term: specified security procedure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified security procedure” means a security procedure which is specified in the Second Schedule;


document_id: eta-2010
term: specified security procedure provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified security procedure provider” means a person involved in the provision of a specified security procedure. [5/2021]


document_id: eta-2010
term: bill of exchange
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“bill of exchange” includes a bill of exchange within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act 1949, or under any other rule of law, or the law of a country or territory outside Singapore;


document_id: eta-2010
term: bill of lading
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“bill of lading” includes a bill of lading within the meaning of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1972, the Bills of Lading Act 1992, or under any other rule of law, or the law of a country or territory outside Singapore;


document_id: eta-2010
term: electronic transferable records management system
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“electronic transferable records management system” means an information system for the issuance, transfer, control, presentation and storage of electronic transferable records;


document_id: eta-2010
term: Model Law
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“Model Law” means the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 13 July 2017;


document_id: eta-2010
term: promissory note
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“promissory note” includes a promissory note within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act 1949, or under any other rule of law, or the law of a country or territory outside Singapore;


document_id: eta-2010
term: provider
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“provider” , in relation to an electronic transferable records management system, means a person that provides to another person the use of an electronic transferable records management system;


document_id: eta-2010
term: transferable document or instrument
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“transferable document or instrument” means a document or an instrument issued on paper that entitles the holder to claim the performance of the obligation indicated in the document or instrument and to transfer the right to performance of the obligation indicated in the document or instrument through the transfer of that document or instrument, and includes — ( a )


document_id: eta-2010
term: provides access
source_provision: s26
definition:
“provides access” , in relation to third-party material, means the provision of the necessary technical means by which third‑party material may be accessed and includes the automatic and temporary storage of the third-party material for the purpose of providing access;


document_id: eta-2010
term: third-party
source_provision: s26
definition:
“third-party” , in relation to a network service provider, means a person over whom the provider has no effective control. [22/2021]


document_id: evca-2022
term: advertisement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“advertisement” means any information or material that gives publicity or any announcement or notice that is — ( a )


document_id: evca-2022
term: approved person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved person” , in relation to a homologated model, means a person given approval by the LTA under section 7(3) for that homologated model;


document_id: evca-2022
term: arrangement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“arrangement” includes a contract, an agreement, an understanding or other arrangement of any kind, whether written or unwritten;


document_id: evca-2022
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , for any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 89 as an authorised officer for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: evca-2022
term: battery
source_provision: s2
definition:
“battery” , in relation to an electric vehicle, means a rechargeable energy storage system which can be recharged with electricity externally so as to derive power to propel an electric vehicle equipped with that rechargeable energy storage system;


document_id: evca-2022
term: battery charge and swap station
source_provision: s4
definition:
“battery charge and swap station” or “BCSS” means a place in Singapore installed with a fixed EV charger that is designed or adapted to be capable of exchanging a depleted (in whole or in part) battery of an electric vehicle for a recharged battery for the propulsion of the electric vehicle;


document_id: evca-2022
term: business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“business” includes any business, whether or not carried on for profit and whether or not its primary function is connected with an EV charging service;


document_id: evca-2022
term: charge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“charge” means the transfer of electricity from a charging point or an EV charger to the battery of an electric vehicle;


document_id: evca-2022
term: electric vehicle charger
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electric vehicle charger” or “EV charger” means any device that is used to supply electricity to the battery of an electric vehicle for the purpose of charging the battery, including any wiring, fitting or apparatus (but not the isolator) connected to the device for that same purpose;


document_id: evca-2022
term: fixed EV charger
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fixed EV charger” means an EV charger that is, or is designed to be capable of being, affixed to any electrical installation, and includes the following: ( a )


document_id: evca-2022
term: general public
source_provision: s2
definition:
“general public” means the general public in Singapore and includes a section of the general public in Singapore;


document_id: evca-2022
term: homologated model
source_provision: s2
definition:
“homologated model” , for an EV charger, means a model of EV charger in respect of which the LTA grants a section 7(3) approval;


document_id: evca-2022
term: licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licence” means a licence granted under Part 6 to undertake a regulated activity specified in the licence;


document_id: evca-2022
term: outsourced enforcement officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“outsourced enforcement officer” , in relation to any provision of this Act or the Regulations, means an individual who — ( a )


document_id: evca-2022
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means a body that is established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but does not include any Town Council;


document_id: evca-2022
term: register of registered‑for‑charging EV chargers
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register of registered‑for‑charging EV chargers” is the register of that name required to be kept and maintained under section 22;


document_id: evca-2022
term: registered responsible person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered responsible person” , in relation to a registered‑for‑charging EV charger, means a person issued with the registration mark of that EV charger under section 20 or the last person to whom the registration is transferred under section 27;


document_id: evca-2022
term: section 7(3) approval
source_provision: s2
definition:
“section 7(3) approval” means an approval given under section 7(3) in respect of a model of EV charger;


document_id: evca-2022
term: specially authorised EV charger
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specially authorised EV charger” means an EV charger that is the subject of rules made under Part 4;


document_id: evca-2022
term: vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vehicle” means any vehicle designed or adapted for use on a road but excludes any of the following within the meanings given by the Active Mobility Act 2017: ( a )


document_id: evca-2022
term: providing an electric vehicle charging service
source_provision: s4
definition:
“providing an electric vehicle charging service” means providing an EV charging service in the course of business, whether or not the primary function of the business involves an EV charger.


document_id: evca-2022
term: access
source_provision: s14
definition:
“access” , in relation to any advertisement on the Internet, means to read, view, hear or otherwise experience the content of the advertisement, by means of a broadcasting service or an electronic service, and includes — ( a )


document_id: evca-2022
term: safety‑related defect
source_provision: s34
definition:
“safety‑related defect” , in relation to an EV charger, means a feature of the design or construction of the EV charger that is liable to cause serious damage to property or significant risk of personal injury or death to any person, and includes any defect relating to a component of the EV charger that is supplied with the EV charger as original equipment;


document_id: evca-2022
term: customer
source_provision: s40
definition:
“customer” means the driver of an electric vehicle to whom EV charging services are provided, and includes a prospective customer;


document_id: evca-2022
term: modification
source_provision: s40
definition:
“modification” or “modify”, in relation to the conditions of a licence, includes deleting or varying and substituting a condition, and adding a condition;


document_id: evca-2022
term: partial suspension
source_provision: s40
definition:
“partial suspension” or “partially suspend”, in relation to a licence for a regulated activity, means suspension under section 53 of the licence in respect of some but not all of the types of EV chargers authorised by the licence for use when undertaking the regulated activity;


document_id: evca-2022
term: premises
source_provision: s40
definition:
“premises” means a building or structure (whether permanent or temporary) or part of such a building or structure, and includes any immediately adjoining space or land necessary for access to, or the enjoyment of occupants of, the building or structure.


document_id: evca-2022
term: approved electrical load
source_provision: s60
definition:
“approved electrical load” , in relation to a development, means the maximum electrical load rating of the development as approved by a market support services licensee under the Electricity Act 2001;


document_id: evca-2022
term: developer
source_provision: s60
definition:
“developer” , for any building works to which this Part applies, means the person for whom or on whose behalf those building works are carried out;


document_id: evca-2022
term: development
source_provision: s60
definition:
“development” means any land or premises on which any development (within the meaning of section 3 of the Planning Act 1998) is or is to be carried out, and in respect of which — ( a )


document_id: evca-2022
term: gross floor area
source_provision: s60
definition:
“gross floor area” means the floor area that is used in the computation of the land betterment charge in relation to any development under the Land Betterment Charge Act 2021;


document_id: evca-2022
term: market support services licensee
source_provision: s60
definition:
“market support services licensee” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electricity Act 2001;


document_id: evca-2022
term: motor car
source_provision: s60
definition:
“motor car” means a motor vehicle with 4 wheels which is constructed to carry a load or passengers and the weight of which unladen — ( a )


document_id: evca-2022
term: parking lot
source_provision: s60
definition:
“parking lot” means an area within a parking place which is marked out for parking of a single motor car or motorcycle in that area;


document_id: evca-2022
term: relevant date
source_provision: s64
definition:
“relevant date” , in relation to any building works, means a date prescribed by the Minister by order in the Gazette in relation to those building works.


document_id: evca-2022
term: common property
source_provision: s65
definition:
“common property” , “limited common property”, “lot” and “subdivided building” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act 2004;


document_id: evca-2022
term: reasonable steps
source_provision: s85
definition:
“reasonable steps” , in relation to the commission of an offence, includes, but is not limited to, such action (if any) of the following kinds as is reasonable in all the circumstances: ( a )


document_id: fa-1889
term: document of title
source_provision: s1
definition:
“document of title” includes any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper’s certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented;


document_id: fa-1889
term: mercantile agent
source_provision: s1
definition:
“mercantile agent” means a mercantile agent having in the customary course of his business as such agent authority either to sell goods, or to consign goods for the purpose of sale, or to buy goods, or to raise money on the security of goods;


document_id: fa-1889
term: pledge
source_provision: s1
definition:
“pledge” includes any contract pledging, or giving a lien or security on, goods, whether in consideration of an original advance or of any further or continuing advance or of any pecuniary liability.


document_id: fa-1920
term: port
source_provision: s2
definition:
“port” means any port or place declared to be a port under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996, and includes all such navigable rivers and channels leading thereto as are declared to be part thereof;


document_id: fa-1966
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: fa-1966
term: estuarine waters
source_provision: s2
definition:
“estuarine waters” means waters extending from the mouth of a river to the uppermost point upstream penetrated by sea water at the highest tide of the year and references to estuarine fishing and estuarine fisheries shall be construed accordingly;


document_id: fa-1966
term: fish culturist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fish culturist” means any person culturing or cultivating fish for profit and includes fish pond operators and aquarists;


document_id: fa-1966
term: fish dealer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fish dealer” includes any person engaged in buying (except for personal consumption), selling, exposing for sale, consigning or exhibiting fish, whether living, fresh or processed, in any manner, or any person engaged in processing fish;


document_id: fa-1966
term: fish pond
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fish pond” means any enclosed area of water whether fresh or otherwise, which is used or intended for use in the cultivation, storage or capture of fish, and includes estuarine prawn ponds;


document_id: fa-1966
term: fishing stakes
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fishing stakes” means any device used for the capture of fish which is made up of poles or other supports permanently fixed into the ground and enclosed by ramie, rattan, wire or other screening material, so designed as to lead fish into the enclosures, or any device using a net or other screening material that is anchored permanently or impermanently;


document_id: fa-1966
term: fishing vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fishing vessel” includes any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used for fishing or the transport of fish or fishing materials;


document_id: fa-1966
term: inland waters
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inland waters” means any rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and other waters, whether private or otherwise, other than maritime and estuarine waters and references to inland fishing and inland fisheries shall be construed accordingly;


document_id: fa-1966
term: maritime waters
source_provision: s2
definition:
“maritime waters” means that part of the seas adjacent to Singapore, both within and outside territorial waters, whether or not citizens of Singapore have by international law the exclusive right of fishing therein; and where that part is defined by the terms of any convention, treaty or arrangement between Singapore and any other country includes the part so defined and references to maritime fishing and maritime fisheries shall be construed accordingly;


document_id: fa-1966
term: processed fish
source_provision: s2
definition:
“processed fish” means fish that has been cured, cooked, frozen or preserved in any manner and includes any product derived or manufactured wholly or partly from fish, and reference to “processing fish” shall be construed accordingly. [11/2019]


document_id: fa-1981
term: Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authority” means the Info‑communications Media Development Authority established by the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Act 2016;


document_id: fa-1981
term: business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“business” includes any business in Singapore, whether or not carried on for profit and whether or not its primary function is connected with films;


document_id: fa-1981
term: cinematograph film
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cinematograph film” means a slide, disc, tape or other article or thing in which visual images are embodied and from which a moving picture may be shown or produced, and includes the aggregate of sounds embodied in a soundtrack (if any) associated with the visual images forming part of the cinematograph film;


document_id: fa-1981
term: classification officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“classification officer” , in relation to any provision of this Act or its subsidiary legislation, means an officer of the Authority who is appointed as a classification officer under section 4(1)( a ) for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: fa-1981
term: classify
source_provision: s2
definition:
“classify” , in relation to a film, means assigning under section 15 a classification rating for the film;


document_id: fa-1981
term: computer generated image
source_provision: s2
definition:
“computer generated image” means an image (including an image in the form of text) produced by use of a computer on a computer monitor, television screen, mobile device or similar medium from electronically recorded data;


document_id: fa-1981
term: contentious material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contentious material” , for a film, means material comprised in the content of the film that is within the ambit of section 16;


document_id: fa-1981
term: election
source_provision: s2
definition:
“election” means an election under the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 or the Presidential Elections Act 1991;


document_id: fa-1981
term: electronic transmission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic transmission” includes electronic mail, telecommunications and other electronic communication;


document_id: fa-1981
term: enforcement officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“enforcement officer” , in relation to any provision of this Act or its subsidiary legislation, means an officer of the Authority who is appointed as an enforcement officer under section 4(1)( c ) for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: fa-1981
term: film content assessor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“film content assessor” means an individual who is registered under section 19, but does not include an individual during the period his or her registration under that section is suspended;


document_id: fa-1981
term: interactive game
source_provision: s2
definition:
“interactive game” means a game in which the way the game proceeds, and the result achieved at various stages of the game, is determined in response to decisions, inputs and the direct involvement of the player;


document_id: fa-1981
term: its subsidiary legislation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“its subsidiary legislation” , in relation to this Act, means any subsidiary legislation made under this Act;


document_id: fa-1981
term: licensing officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensing officer” , in relation to any provision of this Act or its subsidiary legislation, means an officer of the Authority who is appointed under section 4(1)( b ) for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: fa-1981
term: mobile device
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mobile device” includes a mobile telephone or other device that is designed to run a mobile operating system;


document_id: fa-1981
term: modify
source_provision: s2
definition:
“modify” , in relation to any conditions of a licence or classification certificate, includes — ( a )


document_id: fa-1981
term: obscene
source_provision: s2
definition:
“obscene” , in relation to a film, means a film the effect of which or (where the film comprises 2 or more distinct parts or items) the effect of any one of its parts or items is, if taken as a whole, such as to tend to deprave or corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to see or hear the film;


document_id: fa-1981
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to a place, means the person in occupation of the place (whether or not an owner or lodger), and includes the person otherwise having the charge, management or control of the place either on his or her own account or as agent of another person;


document_id: fa-1981
term: publicly exhibit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“publicly exhibit” , in relation to a video game, a film that is not a video game, or an advertisement for a film, means to exhibit the video game, film or advertisement (as the case may be) in a public place (such as a cinema or theatre) or so that it can be seen from a public place, and includes — ( a )


document_id: fa-1981
term: publish
source_provision: s2
definition:
“publish” , in relation to an advertisement for a film, means to publicly exhibit, display, disseminate or otherwise communicate the advertisement to the general public;


document_id: fa-1981
term: re-classify
source_provision: s2
definition:
“re-classify” , in relation to a classified film, means to review the classification for the film and — ( a )


document_id: fa-1981
term: register of film content assessors
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register of film content assessors” means the register of film content assessors required under section 20C to be kept and maintained by the Authority;


document_id: fa-1981
term: video game
source_provision: s2
definition:
“video game” means a kind of film that is a disc, tape, storage device or other article or thing embodying — ( a )


document_id: fa-1981
term: video recording
source_provision: s2
definition:
“video recording” means any disc, magnetic tape or solid state recording device containing information by the use of which one or more series of visual images may be produced electronically and shown as a moving picture;


document_id: fa-1981
term: young person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“young person” means a person who is 14 years of age or above but below 18 years of age. [25/2018; 30/2019]


document_id: fa-1981
term: advertising poster
source_provision: s31
definition:
“advertising poster” means any poster, placard, video slick, photograph or other pictorial matter that is intended for use in the advertising or exhibition of a film to the public and includes a miniature representation or enlarged representation of the whole or part of any such poster. [25/2018]


document_id: fa-1981
term: residential address
source_provision: s37
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [25/2018]


document_id: faa-2001
term: appointed representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“appointed representative” , in respect of a type of financial advisory service, has the meaning given to that expression by section 23, and “appointed representative” means an appointed representative in respect of any type of financial advisory service;


document_id: faa-2001
term: approved holding company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved holding company” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: faa-2001
term: auditor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“auditor” means a public accountant who is registered or deemed to be registered under the Accountants Act 2004;


document_id: faa-2001
term: capital markets products
source_provision: s2
definition:
“capital markets products” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: faa-2001
term: collective investment scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“collective investment scheme” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: faa-2001
term: dealing in capital markets products
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dealing in capital markets products” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: faa-2001
term: executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executive officer” , in relation to a licensed financial adviser, means any person, by whatever name called, who is — ( a )


document_id: faa-2001
term: exempt financial adviser
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exempt financial adviser” means a financial adviser who is exempt under section 20(1) from holding a financial adviser’s licence;


document_id: faa-2001
term: financial adviser
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial adviser” means a person who carries on a business of providing any financial advisory service, but does not include any person specified in the First Schedule;


document_id: faa-2001
term: financial adviser’s licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial adviser’s licence” means a licence granted under section 10 in respect of a financial adviser, and “licensed financial adviser” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: faa-2001
term: financial journalist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial journalist” means a person who contributes advice concerning specified products, or prepares analyses or reports concerning specified products, for publication in a newspaper, but does not include such person or a person belonging to such class of persons as may be prescribed;


document_id: faa-2001
term: independent sales audit unit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“independent sales audit unit” , in relation to a licensed financial adviser, means a unit of the licensed financial adviser which — ( a )


document_id: faa-2001
term: leveraged foreign exchange trading
source_provision: s2
definition:
“leveraged foreign exchange trading” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: faa-2001
term: licensed insurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed insurer” means an insurer who is for the time being licensed under section 11 of the Insurance Act 1966;


document_id: faa-2001
term: life policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“life policy” has the meaning given by the First Schedule to the Insurance Act 1966, but does not include any contract of reinsurance;


document_id: faa-2001
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” and “partner”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, have the respective meanings given by section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: faa-2001
term: principal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“principal” , in relation to a representative, means a person whom the representative is in the direct employment of, is acting for or is acting by arrangement with, and on behalf of whom the representative provides or will provide any financial advisory service;


document_id: faa-2001
term: provisional representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“provisional representative” , in respect of a type of financial advisory service, has the meaning given to that expression by section 24, and “provisional representative” means a provisional representative in respect of any type of financial advisory service;


document_id: faa-2001
term: recognised market operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“recognised market operator” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: faa-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 is carried on in Singapore, would be regulated or authorised by the Authority; [Act 12 of 2024 wef 30/08/2024]


document_id: faa-2001
term: regulatory authority
source_provision: s2
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; [Act 12 of 2024 wef 30/08/2024]


document_id: faa-2001
term: representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“representative” means a person, by whatever name called, in the direct employment of, or acting for, or by arrangement with, a financial adviser, who performs on behalf of the financial adviser any financial advisory service, whether or not the person is remunerated, and whether the person’s remuneration (if any) is by way of salary, wages, commission or otherwise, and includes any officer of the financial adviser who performs for the financial adviser any financial advisory service whether or not the officer is remunerated, and whether the officer’s remuneration (if any) is by way of salary, wages, commission or otherwise;


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


document_id: faa-2001
term: specified products
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified products” means securities, specified securities‑based derivatives contracts or units in a collective investment scheme;


document_id: faa-2001
term: specified securities-based derivatives contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified securities-based derivatives contract” and “spot foreign exchange contract” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: faa-2001
term: substantial shareholder
source_provision: s2
definition:
“substantial shareholder” has the meaning given by section 2(6) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: faa-2001
term: supervisor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“supervisor” , in relation to a financial adviser, means any person (by whatever name described) who — ( a )


document_id: faa-2001
term: unit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unit” means a group of individuals carrying out a common activity of a licensed financial adviser, each of whom is directly employed by, is acting for, or has an arrangement with the licensed financial adviser;


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


document_id: faa-2001
term: written direction
source_provision: s2
definition:
“written direction” means a written direction issued under section 67. [35/2007; 1/2009; 35/2012; 11/2013; 29/2014; 18/2015; 4/2017; 2/2019]


document_id: faa-2001
term: client
source_provision: s34
definition:
“client” , in relation to a designated investment product which is a group life policy under which any person insured is liable to pay the premium, includes every person insured under the group life policy;


document_id: faa-2001
term: designated investment product
source_provision: s34
definition:
“designated investment product” means a unit in a collective investment scheme, a life policy (including a group life policy), or such other investment product as the Authority may prescribe;


document_id: faa-2001
term: written communication
source_provision: s34
definition:
“written communication” includes a brochure, a leaflet, a circular or an advertising matter, whether in electronic, print or other form. [25


document_id: faa-2001
term: foreign regulatory authority
source_provision: s83
definition:
“foreign regulatory authority” means an authority of a country or jurisdiction other than Singapore, which exercises any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970 or any of the written laws set out in the Schedule to that Act; [Act 12 of 2024 wef 30/08/2024]


document_id: faa-2001
term: parent company
source_provision: s83
definition:
“parent company” , in relation to a specified financial adviser, means a financial institution of which the specified financial adviser is a subsidiary;


document_id: faa-2001
term: specified financial adviser
source_provision: s83
definition:
“specified financial adviser” means a licensed financial adviser or an exempt financial adviser mentioned in section 20(1)( a ), ( b ), ( c ), ( d ), ( e ), ( g ) or ( h ); [Act 12 of 2024 wef 24/01/2025]


document_id: faa-2001
term: occupier
source_provision: s99
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any premises specified in a warrant issued under subsection (1), includes any person whom the Authority or any person named in the warrant reasonably believes to be the occupier of those premises;


document_id: faa-2001
term: premises
source_provision: s99
definition:
“premises” includes any structure, building, aircraft, vehicle or vessel. [Act 12 of 2024 wef 24/01/2025]


document_id: faa-2001
term: Commercial Affairs Officer
source_provision: s103A
definition:
“Commercial Affairs Officer” means a Commercial Affairs Officer appointed under section 64 of the Police Force Act 2004;


document_id: faa-2001
term: enforcement
source_provision: s104
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 any financial advisory service in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;


document_id: faa-2001
term: investigation
source_provision: s104
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 any financial advisory service in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;


document_id: faa-2001
term: material
source_provision: s104
definition:
“material” includes any information, book, document or other record in any form whatsoever, and any container or article relating thereto;


document_id: faa-2001
term: supervision
source_provision: s104
definition:
“supervision” , in relation to a regulatory authority, means the taking of any action for or in connection with the supervision of a subject matter in the foreign country of the regulatory authority, being a subject matter relating to any financial advisory service. [77 [4/2017]


document_id: faa-2001
term: relevant person
source_provision: s125
definition:
“relevant person” means any licensed financial adviser, exempt financial adviser, representative, supervisor of a financial adviser, or officer or partner of a licensed financial adviser or an exempt financial adviser. [97 [1/2009; 18/2015]


document_id: faa-2001
term: electronic record
source_provision: s131A
definition:
“electronic record” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010. [Act 12 of 2024 wef 24/01/2025]


document_id: fca-1967
term: auditor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“auditor” means any person approved by the Authority as a finance company auditor for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: fca-1967
term: capital funds
source_provision: s2
definition:
“capital funds” , in relation to a finance company, means the paid‑up capital and published reserves of that company, deduction having been made in respect of any debit balance appearing in the profit and loss account of the company;


document_id: fca-1967
term: chief executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive” , in relation to a finance company, means any person, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: fca-1967
term: company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“company” means a company incorporated or registered under the Companies Act 1967 or pursuant to any corresponding previous written law;


document_id: fca-1967
term: deposit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“deposit” means a loan of money at interest or repayable at a premium but does not include a loan to a company or other body corporate upon terms involving the issue of debentures or other securities;


document_id: fca-1967
term: depositor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“depositor” means a person entitled, or prospectively entitled, to repayment of a deposit whether made by the person or not;


document_id: fca-1967
term: director
source_provision: s2
definition:
“director” includes any person occupying the position of director of a finance company by whatever name called and includes a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of a finance company are accustomed to act and an alternate or substitute director;


document_id: fca-1967
term: executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executive officer” , in relation to a finance company, means any person, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: fca-1967
term: finance company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“finance company” means any company licensed under this Act to carry on financing business, and all branches and offices in Singapore of such a company are deemed to be one finance company for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: fca-1967
term: published reserves
source_provision: s2
definition:
“published reserves” , in relation to a finance company, means reserves which appear in the accounts of the finance company but does not include any reserves which are represented by the writing down of the value of assets or by provision for the depreciation of fixed assets or which are maintained for any specific purposes;


document_id: fca-1967
term: share
source_provision: s2
definition:
“share” , in relation to a finance company, means a share in the share capital of the finance company and includes an interest in such a share;


document_id: fca-1967
term: Singapore Government securities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Government securities” means any debt securities issued by the Government under any written law;


document_id: fca-1967
term: sub-fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sub-fund” , in relation to an umbrella VCC, has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the VCC Act; [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: fca-1967
term: umbrella VCC
source_provision: s2
definition:
“umbrella VCC” and “VCC” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the VCC Act; [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: fca-1967
term: unit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unit” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001; [10/2013; 4/2017; 15/2021] [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: fca-1967
term: office holder
source_provision: s34A
definition:
“office holder” , in relation to a finance company, means any person acting as the liquidator, the provisional liquidator, the receiver or the receiver and manager of the finance company, or acting in an equivalent capacity in relation to the finance company;


document_id: fca-1967
term: Registrar of Companies
source_provision: s39A
definition:
“Registrar of Companies” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under the Companies Act 1967 and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies appointed under that Act;


document_id: fca-1967
term: transferee
source_provision: s39A
definition:
“transferee” means a finance company, or a company which has applied or will be applying for a licence to carry on financing business in Singapore, 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: fca-1967
term: transferor
source_provision: s39A
definition:
“transferor” means a finance 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: feda-2015
term: code of practice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“code of practice” or “standard of performance” means a code of practice or standard of performance issued or approved under section 19;


document_id: feda-2015
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories appointed under section 6(1), and includes any Deputy Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories or Assistant Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories delegated under section 6(5) to exercise the Commissioner’s powers or duties under this Act;


document_id: feda-2015
term: foreigner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreigner” means an individual who is neither a citizen of Singapore nor a permanent resident of Singapore; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/12/2024]


document_id: feda-2015
term: licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licence” means a licence granted under section 9(1)( a ) authorising a person to operate the boarding premises specified in the licence as a foreign employee dormitory;


document_id: feda-2015
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” , in relation to boarding premises or a foreign employee dormitory, means an individual who is responsible for the day‑to‑day control and supervision of the operations of the boarding premises or foreign employee dormitory;


document_id: feda-2015
term: occupancy agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupancy agreement” , in relation to boarding premises, means an agreement (written or unwritten) — ( a )


document_id: feda-2015
term: occupancy load
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupancy load” , for any premises, means the prescribed maximum number of individuals permitted by law to ordinarily occupy those premises at any one time;


document_id: feda-2015
term: operate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“operate” , in relation to any boarding premises, means managing and maintaining, in the course of a business, the boarding premises (whether self‑owned or under lease) as a foreign employee dormitory, for residents who may or may not be employees of the operator;


document_id: feda-2015
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” means a building or structure (whether permanent or temporary) or part of such a building or structure, and includes any immediately adjoining space or land necessary for access to, or the enjoyment of residents of, the building or structure;


document_id: feda-2015
term: proprietor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“proprietor” , in relation to any premises that are leased or are subject to a tenancy or licence to occupy, includes the owner of the premises who is the lessor or grantor of the licence to occupy;


document_id: feda-2015
term: Register
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Register” means the register of licensed operators of foreign employee dormitories kept under section 21;


document_id: feda-2015
term: resident
source_provision: s2
definition:
“resident” , in relation to boarding premises (whether or not a foreign employee dormitory), means any individual who occupies or enjoys a right to occupy one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in those premises as the individual’s main or only residence in Singapore, and includes any resident who is a proprietor or manager of those premises or a relative of the proprietor or manager.


document_id: feda-2015
term: last email address
source_provision: s30
definition:
“last email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person serving the document as the email address for the service of documents under this Act, or the last email address of the addressee concerned known to the person serving the document;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authority” means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 186);


document_id: fhca-2013
term: bank holiday
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bank holiday” means a day declared by the Authority to be a bank holiday under section 60(1) of the Banking Act;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: capital funds
source_provision: s2
definition:
“capital funds” means the amount determined by adding the designated financial holding company’s paid-up capital (excluding any amount represented by treasury shares) to its published reserves (excluding such reserves as the Authority may specify by notice in writing to the designated financial holding company), and then deducting therefrom any loss appearing in the accounts of the designated financial holding company;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: chief executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive” , in relation to a designated financial holding company, means any person, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: fhca-2013
term: company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“company” means any company defined in any written law for the time being in force relating to companies, any company formed in pursuance of any Royal Charter or Letters Patent, and any company incorporated or registered under any written law in force in Singapore, and includes any body corporate or unincorporate, whether incorporated, formed or established in or outside Singapore;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: co-operative society
source_provision: s2
definition:
“co-operative society” means a co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act (Cap. 62);


document_id: fhca-2013
term: designated financial holding company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated financial holding company” means a financial holding company designated under section 4;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: designation date
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designation date” , in relation to a financial holding company, means the date on which the financial holding company becomes designated under section 4;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: director
source_provision: s2
definition:
“director” includes any person occupying the position of director of a corporation by whatever name described and includes a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of a corporation are accustomed to act and an alternate or substitute director;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executive officer” , in relation to a corporation, means any person, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: fhca-2013
term: FHC group
source_provision: s2
definition:
“FHC group” , in relation to a financial holding company, means the financial holding company, its subsidiaries and any other company or entity treated as part of the financial holding company’s group of companies according to Accounting Standards;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: financial institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial institution” means any holding company or any company whose business the conduct of which is regulated or authorised, or subject to oversight, by the Authority under any written law or, if carried on in Singapore, would be regulated or authorised, or subject to oversight, by the Authority under any written law;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: holding company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“holding company” has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Companies Act except that any reference to “corporation” in that section shall be construed as if it did not exclude a co‑operative society;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: limited liability partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“limited liability partnership” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);


document_id: fhca-2013
term: partner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“partner” or “manager”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, have the respective meanings assigned to them in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: published reserve
source_provision: s2
definition:
“published reserve” , in relation to a designated financial holding company, means reserves which appear in the accounts of the designated financial holding company which are duly audited by the auditor of the designated financial holding company;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: related corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“related corporation” , in relation to a corporation, means a corporation that is deemed to be related to the first‑mentioned corporation under section 6 of the Companies Act, except that any reference to “corporation” in that section shall be construed as if it did not exclude a co‑operative society;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: share
source_provision: s2
definition:
“share” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Companies Act and includes an interest in a share;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: subsidiary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subsidiary” , in relation to a financial holding company, has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Companies Act, except that any reference to “corporation” in that section shall be construed as if it did not exclude a co-operative society;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: foreign supervisory authority
source_provision: s4
definition:
“foreign supervisory authority” means the supervisory authority which is responsible, under the laws of the country or territory where the ultimate financial holding company referred to in subsection (2) is incorporated, formed or established, for — ( a )


document_id: fhca-2013
term: intermediate financial holding company
source_provision: s4
definition:
“intermediate financial holding company” means a financial holding company that is not an ultimate holding company;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: ultimate financial holding company
source_provision: s4
definition:
“ultimate financial holding company” means a financial holding company that is an ultimate holding company;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: ultimate holding company
source_provision: s4
definition:
“ultimate holding company” has the same meaning as in section 5A of the Companies Act (Cap. 50), except that any reference to “corporation” in that section shall be construed as if it did not exclude a co‑operative society.


document_id: fhca-2013
term: 12% controller
source_provision: s11
definition:
“12% controller” means a person, not being a 20% controller, who alone or together with his associates — ( a )


document_id: fhca-2013
term: designated financial holding company with bank subsidiary
source_provision: s11
definition:
“designated financial holding company with bank subsidiary” and “financial holding company with bank subsidiary” mean a designated financial holding company and a financial holding company, respectively, each of which has a subsidiary that is a bank incorporated in Singapore;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: designated financial holding company without bank subsidiary
source_provision: s11
definition:
“designated financial holding company without bank subsidiary” and “financial holding company without bank subsidiary” mean a designated financial holding company and a financial holding company, respectively, that do not have a subsidiary that is a bank incorporated in Singapore;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s11
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 designated financial holding company — ( a )


document_id: fhca-2013
term: sub-fund
source_provision: s31
definition:
“sub-fund” , in relation to an umbrella VCC, has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: umbrella VCC
source_provision: s31
definition:
“umbrella VCC” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018. [S 26/2022 wef 30/06/2022]


document_id: fhca-2013
term: office-holder
source_provision: s45
definition:
“office-holder” , in relation to a designated financial holding company, means any person acting in relation to the designated financial holding company as its liquidator, provisional liquidator, receiver, receiver and manager or an equivalent person;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: enforcement
source_provision: s53
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 financial holding companies in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: investigation
source_provision: s53
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 financial holding companies in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: material
source_provision: s53
definition:
“material” includes any book or information in any form whatsoever, and any container or article relating thereto;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: prescribed written law
source_provision: s53
definition:
“prescribed written law” means this Act, or any of the following written laws and any subsidiary legislation made thereunder: ( a )


document_id: fhca-2013
term: regulatory authority
source_provision: s53
definition:
“regulatory authority” , in relation to a foreign country, means an authority of the foreign country exercising any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under this Act;


document_id: fhca-2013
term: supervision
source_provision: s53
definition:
“supervision” , in relation to a regulatory authority, means the taking of any action for or in connection with the supervision of a subject-matter in the foreign country of the regulatory authority similar to that to which this Act pertains.


document_id: fhca-2013
term: regulated financial institution
source_provision: s62
definition:
“regulated financial institution” means a financial institution that carries on a business the conduct of which is regulated or authorised, or subject to oversight, by the Authority or, if carried on in Singapore, would be regulated or authorised, or subject to oversight, by the Authority.


document_id: fhca-2013
term: electronic record
source_provision: s73
definition:
“electronic record” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Electronic Transactions Act (Cap. 88).


document_id: fica-2021
term: a point
source_provision: s3
definition:
“a point” includes a mobile or potentially mobile point, whether on land, underground, in the atmosphere, underwater or anywhere else;


document_id: fica-2021
term: anonymous donation
source_provision: s3
definition:
“anonymous donation” means a donation which the recipient is (whether because the donation is offered anonymously or by reason of deception or concealment) unable to ascertain the identity of the person giving the donation;


document_id: fica-2021
term: arrangement
source_provision: s3
definition:
“arrangement” includes a contract, an agreement, understanding or other arrangement of any kind, whether written or unwritten;


document_id: fica-2021
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“authorised officer” means an individual who is appointed under section 107 as an authorised officer;


document_id: fica-2021
term: competent authority
source_provision: s3
definition:
“competent authority” , in relation to any provision of this Act or the Regulations, means the competent authority appointed under section 105 to exercise powers under that provision;


document_id: fica-2021
term: constituency
source_provision: s3
definition:
“constituency” means an electoral division within the meaning given by the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954;


document_id: fica-2021
term: deception
source_provision: s3
definition:
“deception” means an intentional or a reckless deception, whether by words or other conduct, and whether as to fact or as to law, and includes — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: disposal
source_provision: s3
definition:
“disposal” , in relation to any property, means any conveyance, transfer, assignment, settlement, delivery, payment or other alienation of property, and includes — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: election agent
source_provision: s3
definition:
“election agent” , in relation to a candidate at an election, means the individual appointed or treated as appointed as his or her election agent under section 62(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 or section 43(1) of the Presidential Elections Act 1991, as the case may be; [Act 8 of 2023 wef 29/12/2023]


document_id: fica-2021
term: electronic communications activity
source_provision: s3
definition:
“electronic communications activity” and “online communications activity” have the respective meanings given by section 10;


document_id: fica-2021
term: executive committee
source_provision: s3
definition:
“executive committee” , for an unincorporated association or a group of individuals that is not a body corporate or a partnership, means a body of individuals (however described) that governs, manages or conducts the affairs of the unincorporated association or group;


document_id: fica-2021
term: for the purposes of the candidate’s election
source_provision: s3
definition:
“for the purposes of the candidate’s election” means with a view to, or otherwise in connection with, promoting or procuring the candidate’s election at a parliamentary election or presidential election (as the case may be) and includes prejudicing the electoral prospects of another candidate at that parliamentary election or presidential election;


document_id: fica-2021
term: foreign country
source_provision: s3
definition:
“foreign country” means a country or territory other than Singapore, and includes part of such a country or territory;


document_id: fica-2021
term: foreign government‑related individual
source_provision: s4
definition:
“foreign government‑related individual” means an individual who is related to a foreign principal that is a foreign government, foreign political organisation or foreign public enterprise in either or both of the following ways: ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: foreign principal
source_provision: s124
definition:
“foreign principal” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021;


document_id: fica-2021
term: foreign public enterprise
source_provision: s4
definition:
“foreign public enterprise” means an entity that is related in one or more of the following ways, to a foreign principal which is a foreign government or a foreign political organisation: ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: general election
source_provision: s3
definition:
“general election” means a general election of Members of Parliament after a dissolution of Parliament;


document_id: fica-2021
term: information or material
source_provision: s3
definition:
“information or material” means information or material in any form, such as (but not limited to) — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: interest in property
source_provision: s3
definition:
“interest in property” means any estate, interest, right or power whatever, whether at law or in equity, in, under or over property;


document_id: fica-2021
term: major political donor
source_provision: s3
definition:
“major political donor” means a person (not being a politically significant person) who is required by section 70 to make a donation report under that section;


document_id: fica-2021
term: online location
source_provision: s3
definition:
“online location” means any website, webpage, chatroom or forum, or any other thing that can be seen, heard or otherwise perceived by means of the Internet;


document_id: fica-2021
term: Part 3 direction
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Part 3 direction” means any direction mentioned in section 29, pursuant to an authorisation under section 20(1), 21(1) or 22(1)( b ) or 23(3)( b ) or ( c );


document_id: fica-2021
term: Part 4 politically significant entity
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Part 4 politically significant entity” and “Part 4 politically significant person” have the respective meanings given by section 14;


document_id: fica-2021
term: political party
source_provision: s3
definition:
“political party” means a body of persons, corporate or unincorporated, whose object, or one of whose objects, is the promotion of the election to Parliament of a candidate or candidates endorsed by it or an organisation of which it forms part;


document_id: fica-2021
term: politically significant person
source_provision: s76
definition:
“politically significant person” , in relation to a foreign affiliations report for any pre‑election period, does not include an election agent;


document_id: fica-2021
term: presidential election
source_provision: s3
definition:
“presidential election” means an election under the Presidential Elections Act 1991 for the purpose of electing the President;


document_id: fica-2021
term: prohibited donor
source_provision: s3
definition:
“prohibited donor” , in relation to a politically significant person, has the meaning given by section 67;


document_id: fica-2021
term: property
source_provision: s3
definition:
“property” includes money, and a reference to the provision of property accordingly includes the supply of goods;


document_id: fica-2021
term: proscribed online location
source_provision: s3
definition:
“proscribed online location” means an online location declared under section 24 or 25 to be a proscribed online location;


document_id: fica-2021
term: public
source_provision: s3
definition:
“public” means the general public in Singapore and includes a section of the general public in Singapore;


document_id: fica-2021
term: public authority
source_provision: s3
definition:
“public authority” means a body 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;


document_id: fica-2021
term: reportable arrangement to which a politically significant person is party
source_provision: s3
definition:
“reportable arrangement to which a politically significant person is party” has the meaning given by section 78;


document_id: fica-2021
term: reporting period
source_provision: s85
definition:
“reporting period” means the period of 12 months starting 1 January and ending 31 December in any year, and includes a special reporting period;


document_id: fica-2021
term: responsible officer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“responsible officer” , for a politically significant person who is not an individual, means — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: Singapore aircraft
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Singapore aircraft” means an aircraft that is registered in Singapore under the Air Navigation Act 1966;


document_id: fica-2021
term: Singapore vessel
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Singapore vessel” means a vessel used in navigation by water (including an air‑cushioned vehicle such as a hovercraft or a submersible craft) that is registered (provisionally or otherwise) under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and its registry is not closed or deemed to be closed or suspended under that Act;


document_id: fica-2021
term: vehicle
source_provision: s3
definition:
“vehicle” means any means of transport, whether self‑propelled or not, used on land such as a train, bicycle, motor car or personal mobility device;


document_id: fica-2021
term: writ
source_provision: s3
definition:
“writ” means a writ of election issued under section 24 of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 or, in the case of a presidential election, under section 6 of the Presidential Elections Act 1991.


document_id: fica-2021
term: app distribution service
source_provision: s13
definition:
“app distribution service” means a service that enables end‑users physically present in Singapore — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: covered information or material
source_provision: s13
definition:
“covered information or material” , in relation to a Part 3 direction, means any information or material that — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: functionality
source_provision: s13
definition:
“functionality” , in relation to a social media service or relevant electronic service or an internet access service, includes — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: identified
source_provision: s13
definition:
“identified” , for any covered information or material under a Part 3 direction, means information or material that is identified specially, or described generally as to be identifiable, in the Part 3 direction as the covered information or material;


document_id: fica-2021
term: internet access service
source_provision: s13
definition:
“internet access service” means a telecommunication service between a point in Singapore and another point in Singapore or between 2 points, one of which is in Singapore, that —


document_id: fica-2021
term: MMS
source_provision: s13
definition:
“MMS” means an electronic service that enables the transmission of multimedia messages (such as visual or voice communication) from an end‑user on a mobile telephone to another mobile telephone through a telecommunication service;


document_id: fica-2021
term: point‑to‑multipoint service
source_provision: s13
definition:
“point‑to‑multipoint service” means an electronic service which allows a person to transmit material to more than one end‑user simultaneously;


document_id: fica-2021
term: relevant activities
source_provision: s13
definition:
“relevant activities” , for a provider of a social media service, a relevant electronic service or an internet access service, has the meaning given by subsection (3);


document_id: fica-2021
term: relevant electronic service
source_provision: s13
definition:
“relevant electronic service” means any of the following electronic services that is supplied to the public: ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: SMS
source_provision: s13
definition:
“SMS” means an electronic service that enables the transmission of short text messages from an end‑user on a mobile telephone to another mobile telephone through a telecommunication service;


document_id: fica-2021
term: early initial election
source_provision: s55
definition:
“early initial election” means the first election after the date this Part comes into force where the writ for the election is issued not more than 12 months after that date;


document_id: fica-2021
term: provision of sponsorship
source_provision: s55
definition:
“provision of sponsorship” , in relation to a candidate, political party, Member of Parliament or political office holder, means the transfer of any money or other property to the candidate, political party, Member of Parliament or political office holder — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: Singapore‑controlled corporation
source_provision: s55
definition:
“Singapore‑controlled corporation” means a company incorporated in Singapore, the majority of whose directors and members are citizens of Singapore or, in the case of any member being another company, where that other company is incorporated in Singapore and the majority of whose directors and members are citizens of Singapore, and where that other company has a member who is a company which in turn has a member who is a company and so on, where each of those member companies is incorporated in Singapore and the majority of whose directors and members are citizens of Singapore;


document_id: fica-2021
term: initial pre‑election period
source_provision: s62
definition:
“initial pre‑election period” , for a candidate at the first election after the appointed day or such a candidate’s election agent, means — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: member
source_provision: s79
definition:
“member” , in relation to a foreign legislature or a foreign political organisation, includes an individual who is an honorary member but does not include any person by reason only of being — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: author
source_provision: s80
definition:
“author” , for any political matter, means an individual who authored, edited, translated, illustrated, choreographed, directed the production of, or otherwise contributed to, the contents of the political matter, but for a programme which is broadcast or a performance, does not include an individual who is solely a presenter of the content of the programme or a performer of content provided by another;


document_id: fica-2021
term: Singapore news programme
source_provision: s80
definition:
“Singapore news programme” means any programme containing any news, intelligence, report of occurrence, or any matter of public interest, about any social, economic, political, cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific or other aspect of Singapore in any language — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: newspaper
source_provision: s80
definition:
“newspaper” means a publication printed in any language and published for sale or free distribution at regular intervals or otherwise, and containing any of the following or a combination of the following: ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: political matter
source_provision: s80
definition:
“political matter” means an article or essay, a commentary, talk, performance or programme (or part of an article or essay, a commentary, talk, performance or programme) that can reasonably be regarded as intended — ( a )


document_id: fica-2021
term: document
source_provision: s121
definition:
“document” includes a notice, direction, directive or an order permitted or required by this Act to be served, but excludes any document to be served in proceedings in court;


document_id: fica-2021
term: residential address
source_provision: s121
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in or outside Singapore.


document_id: fica-2021
term: impermissible arrangement
source_provision: s124
definition:
“impermissible arrangement” , in relation to a candidate or his or her election agent, means an arrangement — ( a )


document_id: fja-2014
term: alternative dispute resolution process
source_provision: s2
definition:
“alternative dispute resolution process” means a process by which a dispute (or any issue in the dispute) is resolved other than by litigation, including by mediation, arbitration, conciliation or neutral evaluation; [Act 18 of 2023 wef 31/01/2024]


document_id: fja-2014
term: Family Justice Rules
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Family Justice Rules” means the Family Justice Rules made under this Act and any other written law by the Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1);


document_id: fja-2014
term: family support programme or activity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“family support programme or activity” means any programme or activity carried out for the purpose of addressing or resolving any relationship issue or relationship problem between spouses or former spouses, between siblings or between parent and child;


document_id: fja-2014
term: judicial officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“judicial officer” means a District Judge or Magistrate who is designated as a judge of the Family Court or a judge of the Youth Court, or a Registrar;


document_id: fja-2014
term: mediation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mediation” means a process by which one or more mediators (whether court‑appointed mediators or otherwise) assist the parties to a dispute by — ( a )


document_id: fja-2014
term: officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer” , in relation to the Family Justice Courts, means a person who is attached to the Family Justice Courts under section 17;


document_id: fja-2014
term: registered medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997 who has in force a practising certificate granted under that Act;


document_id: fja-2014
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the registrar, the deputy registrar or any assistant registrar of the Family Justice Courts;


document_id: fja-2014
term: relevant proceedings
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant proceedings” means any proceedings over which the Family Justice Courts exercise jurisdiction (except criminal jurisdiction); [Act 18 of 2023 wef 14/10/2024]


document_id: fja-2014
term: Rules of Court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Rules of Court” means the Rules of Court made under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 and any other written law by the Rules Committee constituted under section 80(3) of that Act;


document_id: fja-2014
term: Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents” means the Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents established under section 13 of the Maintenance of Parents Act 1995. [16/2016; 27/2018; 40/2019] [Act 18 of 2023 wef 31/01/2024]


document_id: fja-2014
term: maintenance enforcement proceedings
source_provision: s29C
definition:
“maintenance enforcement proceedings” means the proceedings in court arising from any application under the Women’s Charter 1961 to enforce any payment or payments required to be made under a maintenance order, including any appeal against any decision made by the court on the application;


document_id: fja-2014
term: parenting coordination programme
source_provision: s45
definition:
“parenting coordination programme” means a family support programme for the purpose of addressing or resolving any disagreement about any parenting matter between spouses or former spouses, arising from any relationship issue or relationship problem between spouses or former spouses, or between a parent and a child. [Act 18 of 2023 wef 31/01/2024]


document_id: flcmia-1959
term: Federal Lands Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Federal Lands Commissioner” means the Federal Lands Commissioner of Malaysia appointed under the relevant law for the time being in force in Malaysia;


document_id: flcmia-1959
term: property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“property” includes all estates, interests, easements and rights, whether equitable or legal, in, to or out of property, and things in action.


document_id: fnecda-1949
term: foreign national emblem
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign national emblem” means any flag, banner or other emblem being or purporting to be the flag, banner or other emblem of any state, or the flag, banner or other emblem of any political organisation claiming to be a national movement in any state or any likeness or resemblance however reproduced of any national leader or former national leader of any state or the leader or former leader of any such political organisation; [Act 29 of 2022 wef 01/08/2023]


document_id: fnecda-1949
term: school
source_provision: s2
definition:
“school” means any premises or any part of any premises where persons are habitually taught whether in one or more classes;


document_id: fnecda-1949
term: state
source_provision: s2
definition:
“state” means any state or country, other than Singapore, and includes any dependency, possession or part of any state.


document_id: fpa-1966
term: accounting officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accounting officer” includes every public officer who is charged with the duty of collecting, receiving, or accounting for, or who in fact collects, receives or accounts for, any public moneys, or who is charged with the duty of disbursing, or who does in fact disburse, any public moneys, and every public officer who is charged with the receipt, custody or disposal of, or the accounting for, public stores or who in fact receives, holds or disposes of public stores;


document_id: fpa-1966
term: public moneys
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public moneys” means all revenue, loan, trust and other moneys and all bonds, debentures, and other securities whatsoever raised or received by or on account of Singapore;


document_id: fpa-1966
term: public stores
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public stores” means chattels which are the property of or in the possession of or under the control of Singapore;


document_id: fpa-1966
term: Treasury
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Treasury” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance and includes any officer under the administrative control or direction of the Minister. [15/2021]


document_id: fpa-1966
term: capital contribution
source_provision: s7A
definition:
“capital contribution” includes money provided, or to be provided, to a statutory corporation for — ( a )


document_id: fpa-1966
term: statutory corporation
source_provision: s7A
definition:
“statutory corporation” means any body corporate established by or under written law to perform or discharge any public function.


document_id: fsa-1965
term: animal feed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“animal feed” means organic or mineral substances or mixtures of such substances used for the feeding of animals;


document_id: fsa-1965
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means any person appointed under section 3(2) by the Director‑General to be an authorised officer;


document_id: fsa-1965
term: compound feed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“compound feed” means products which, when administered in the quantities prescribed, are adequate under normal management conditions to afford to normal animals of the species and class concerned the full range of nutritional ingredients in their diet necessary for the breeding or rearing of exemplary specimens of animals;


document_id: fsa-1965
term: feed concentrate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“feed concentrate” means such feed as is designed to supplement or balance the basic ingredients of a feed ratio to afford normal animals full nourishment and includes mineral mixtures;


document_id: fsa-1965
term: simple feed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“simple feed” means a livestock feed which has been declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette , to be a simple feed within the meaning of this Act;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: alternative solution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“alternative solution” , in relation to any fire safety works, means an engineering solution for the fire safety works to satisfy any fire performance requirements in the Fire Code, being a solution that is based on — ( a )


document_id: fsa-1993
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , in relation to any power conferred or duties imposed on the Commissioner by or under this Act, means a person authorised under section 3 to exercise that power or to carry out that duty;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: class of petroleum
source_provision: s2
definition:
“class of petroleum” means any petroleum prescribed to be a class of petroleum for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: Fire Code
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Fire Code” means the Code of Practice for Fire Precautions in Buildings published by the Commissioner on the website maintained by the Force, as amended or remade from time to time, and includes any code, standard, rule, specification or provision adopted under section 106;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: fire forensic specialist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fire forensic specialist” means an individual who is appointed under section 20 as a fire forensic specialist;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: fire hazard
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fire hazard” means any matter or circumstance which materially increases the likelihood of fire or the danger to life or property that would result from the outbreak of fire and includes — ( a )


document_id: fsa-1993
term: fire hazard abatement notice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fire hazard abatement notice” means a written notice issued by the Commissioner under section 28(1);


document_id: fsa-1993
term: fire performance requirements
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fire performance requirements” means the objectives specified in the Fire Code in respect of fire safety works;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: fire protection system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fire protection system” includes any installation, equipment or works manufactured, used or designed to be used for the purposes of — ( a )


document_id: fsa-1993
term: fire safety measures
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fire safety measures” includes any installation, equipment or works manufactured, used or designed to be used for the purposes of — ( a )


document_id: fsa-1993
term: flammable material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“flammable material” means any substance prescribed to be a flammable material for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: install
source_provision: s2
definition:
“install” , in relation to a regulated fire safety product, includes the use of the regulated fire safety product in the construction of a building;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” has the meaning given by the Civil Defence Act 1986 and includes any public officer serving in the Force as engineering or technical staff;


document_id: fsa-1993
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 and, in relation to any part of any premises different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: peer reviewer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“peer reviewer” means a fire safety engineer who is appointed to review and assess whether any alternative solution in plans for any fire safety works that is prepared or proposed by another person satisfies any fire performance requirements;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: petroleum
source_provision: s2
definition:
“petroleum” includes crude petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas and other naturally occurring hydrocarbon liquid derived from crude petroleum, coal, shale, peat or other bituminous substances;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built or not, whether public or private, and whether or not maintained under statutory authority;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but does not include a Town Council;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: public building
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public building” means a building 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: fsa-1993
term: regulated fire safety product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“regulated fire safety product” means any material or product prescribed under section 113(1) to be such;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: relevant pipeline
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant pipeline” means a pipeline used, or to be used, for the conveyance of any class of petroleum or any flammable material, and includes the piperack or pipetrack (if any) for the management of the pipeline but does not include such a pipeline located in licensed premises;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: relevant pipeline works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant pipeline works” means the construction, alteration or repair of a relevant pipeline commenced or carried out on or after 1 September 2013;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: alarm monitoring service
source_provision: s47
definition:
“alarm monitoring service” means the service consisting of monitoring signals from any alarm system installed in or for a building for the purpose of fire safety and for transmission to the Force;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: communication link
source_provision: s47
definition:
“communication link” means the part of an alarm monitoring system that transmits a signal from the system to an alarm monitoring network;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: licensing officer
source_provision: s47
definition:
“licensing officer” means the Commissioner or such other public officer that the Commissioner appoints, by name or office, to assist the Commissioner in carrying out the Commissioner’s functions and duties under this Part;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: accredited certification body
source_provision: s66
definition:
“accredited certification body” means a person accredited under the Singapore Accreditation Council’s Certification Body Accreditation Scheme administered by the Enterprise Singapore Board;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: applicable standard
source_provision: s66
definition:
“applicable standard” , in relation to a regulated fire safety product, means the standard specified in the Fire Code for the regulated fire safety product;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: certificate of conformity
source_provision: s66
definition:
“certificate of conformity” , in relation to a regulated fire safety product, means a certificate issued by an accredited certification body as to the compliance of the regulated fire safety product with the applicable standard for the regulated fire safety product;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: Enterprise Singapore Board
source_provision: s66
definition:
“Enterprise Singapore Board” means the Enterprise Singapore Board established by section 3 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: non-compliant fire safety product
source_provision: s66
definition:
“non-compliant fire safety product” means any regulated fire safety product that is not a compliant fire safety product;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: offer to supply
source_provision: s66
definition:
“offer to supply” , in relation to any regulated fire safety product, includes an attempt to supply or exposure for supply;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: relevant person
source_provision: s71
definition:
“relevant person” , in relation to a building, means the owner or builder of the building. [32D [22/2019]


document_id: fsa-1993
term: dispensing
source_provision: s77
definition:
“dispensing” means transferring any class of petroleum or any flammable material from one container to any other container or containers for the purpose of distribution, through hose, pipe or by any other means (but not including a licensed pipeline) and includes discharging into a motor vehicle or from the tank of a road tanker;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: import
source_provision: s77
definition:
“import” means to take or cause to be taken into Singapore by land, sea or air from any place outside Singapore, but does not include the bringing into Singapore by sea or air of any substance or product which it is proved to be intended to be taken out of Singapore on the same vessel or aircraft on which the substance or product was brought into Singapore without any landing or transhipment within Singapore;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: licensed pipeline
source_provision: s77
definition:
“licensed pipeline” means any relevant pipeline licensed for the conveyance of any class of petroleum or any flammable material under section 82;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: licensed premises
source_provision: s77
definition:
“licensed premises” means any premises licensed for the storage or keeping of any class of petroleum or any flammable material under section 78;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: liquefied petroleum gas
source_provision: s77
definition:
“liquefied petroleum gas” means any material having a vapour pressure not exceeding that allowed for commercial propane and composed predominantly of the following hydrocarbons, either by themselves or as mixtures, that is to say, propane, propylene, butane (normal butane or iso-butane) and butylenes;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: pipeline licence
source_provision: s77
definition:
“pipeline licence” means a licence for the conveyance of any class of petroleum or any flammable material through any relevant pipeline specified in the licence;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: place
source_provision: s77
definition:
“place” includes houses, yards and open spaces appurtenant thereto, buildings and footways and any underground space;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: road tanker
source_provision: s77
definition:
“road tanker” means a goods vehicle as defined in the Road Traffic Act 1961 which has a tank that is structurally attached or is an integral part of the frame of the vehicle;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: storage licence
source_provision: s77
definition:
“storage licence” means a licence to store or keep any class of petroleum or any flammable material at any premises specified in the licence;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: transport
source_provision: s77
definition:
“transport” , in relation to any class of petroleum or any flammable material, means the carriage of such petroleum or flammable material by any vehicle on land from one place in Singapore to another place, whether within or outside Singapore, and includes — ( a )


document_id: fsa-1993
term: construction works and services
source_provision: s83
definition:
“construction works and services” has the meaning given by the Building and Construction Authority Act 1999;


document_id: fsa-1993
term: residential address
source_provision: s99
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [49 [22/2019]


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authority” means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established by the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: financial institution
source_provision: s107
definition:
“financial institution” means any person that is approved, authorised, designated, recognised, registered, licensed or otherwise regulated by the Authority under this Act or any other MAS scheduled Act;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Guidelines on Fit and Proper Criteria
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Guidelines on Fit and Proper Criteria” means the Guidelines on Fit and Proper Criteria mentioned in section 188 which are for the time being in force;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: MAS scheduled Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“MAS scheduled Act” means any Act set out in the Schedule to the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: appointee
source_provision: s6
definition:
“appointee” , in relation to a financial institution, or any other person who carries on a business or an activity, provides a relevant service or performs a relevant function — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: critical system
source_provision: s6
definition:
“critical system” , in relation to a financial institution, means a system, the failure of which will — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: critical system administration
source_provision: s6
definition:
“critical system administration” refers to the maintenance or operation of a critical system of a financial institution by persons granted access to the system;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: digital payment token instrument
source_provision: s6
definition:
“digital payment token instrument” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Payment Services Act 2019; [Act 18 of 2022 wef 30/06/2025]


document_id: fsma-2022
term: director
source_provision: s58
definition:
“director” , in relation to a specified financial institution or a significant associated entity referred to in section 130, includes — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: relevant function
source_provision: s6
definition:
“relevant function” means any one or more of the following functions in a financial institution, in relation to an activity, a business or a service, the conduct of which is regulated or authorised by the Authority: ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: risk taking
source_provision: s6
definition:
“risk taking” means the taking of actions that result in a financial institution undertaking any specified risk in the course of the business of the financial institution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: specified risk
source_provision: s6
definition:
“specified risk” means credit risk, asset risk, liquidity risk, market risk, operational risk, technology risk, market conduct risk, money laundering risk, terrorism financing risk, legal risk, reputational risk, regulatory risk, or any other risks as may be prescribed by the Authority;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: system
source_provision: s6
definition:
“system” means any hardware, software, network or other information technology component which is part of an information technology infrastructure;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: agent
source_provision: s17
definition:
“agent” means an insurance agent in respect of policies which relate to general business within the meaning of section 3(1)( b ) of the Insurance Act 1966;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: AML/CFT authority
source_provision: s17
definition:
“AML/CFT authority” or Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism authority means a public authority of a foreign country which is responsible for the supervision of foreign financial institutions in that foreign country;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: AML/CFT requirement
source_provision: s17
definition:
“AML/CFT requirement” or Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism requirement — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: applicable offence
source_provision: s17
definition:
“applicable offence” means a drug dealing offence or a serious offence as defined in the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: book
source_provision: s173A
definition:
“book” includes any record, register, document or other record of information, and any account or accounting record, however compiled, recorded or stored, whether in written or printed form or on microfilm or in any other electronic form or otherwise;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: chief executive
source_provision: s39
definition:
“chief executive” , in relation to a relevant financial institution, means any person, by whatever name called, who — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: corresponding authority
source_provision: s17
definition:
“corresponding authority” means a public authority of a foreign country which exercises a function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under any prescribed written law;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: domestic authority
source_provision: s17
definition:
“domestic authority” means a Law Officer, a ministry or department of the Government, or a statutory body (other than the Authority) established by or under a public Act for a public purpose;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: employee
source_provision: s136
definition:
“employee” , in relation to an employer, includes an individual seconded or temporarily transferred to the employer from another employer;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: enforcement action
source_provision: s17
definition:
“enforcement action” means any civil or criminal action taken by a domestic authority against a person for an applicable offence, including the restraining of dealing with, or the seizure or confiscation of, any property in connection with an applicable offence, and the offer of composition of the offence;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: executive officer
source_provision: s58
definition:
“executive officer” , in relation to a specified financial institution or a significant associated entity referred to in section 130, means any person, by whatever name called, who — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: foreign financial institution
source_provision: s17
definition:
“foreign financial institution” means an institution that is licensed, approved, registered or otherwise regulated under any law administered by a corresponding authority in a foreign country to carry on any financial activities in that country, or that is exempted from such licensing, approval, registration or regulation for the carrying on of any financial activities in that country;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: information
source_provision: s17
definition:
“information” includes any information, book, document or other record in any form whatsoever (including an electronic form), as well as any container or article containing any information or record;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: investigation
source_provision: s17
definition:
“investigation” , in relation to a domestic authority, means an investigation by that authority to determine if a person has committed or is committing an applicable offence;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Law Officer
source_provision: s17
definition:
“Law Officer” means the Attorney-General, a Deputy Attorney‑General, the Solicitor‑General, a Deputy Public Prosecutor or a legally qualified member of the Attorney‑General’s Chambers;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: office-holder
source_provision: s58
definition:
“office-holder” , in relation to a specified financial institution, means any person acting as the liquidator, the provisional liquidator, the receiver or the receiver and manager of the specified financial institution, or acting in an equivalent capacity in relation to the specified financial institution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: prescribed written law
source_provision: s173A
definition:
“prescribed written law” means this Act or any of the following Acts, and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act or those Acts: ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: protected information
source_provision: s17
definition:
“protected information” means information that is protected from unauthorised disclosure under any prescribed written law;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: public authority
source_provision: s17
definition:
“public authority” includes a financial supervisor established as an independent non‑governmental authority under a law of a foreign country;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: beneficial owner
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“beneficial owner” , in relation to a relevant party of a prescribed financial institution, means — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: cover payment chain
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“cover payment chain” means a chain of wire transfers each of which combines a payment message sent directly by the ordering institution to the beneficiary institution with the routing of the funding instruction from the ordering institution to the beneficiary institution through one or more intermediary institutions;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: excluded digital token
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“excluded digital token” means a digital token that is prescribed by the Authority as an excluded digital token;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: manager
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“manager” , in relation to a limited liability partnership, has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: prescribed financial institution
source_provision: s168
definition:
“prescribed financial institution” has the meaning given by section 28B; [Act 19 of 2023 wef 01/04/2024]


document_id: fsma-2022
term: relationship
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“relationship” , in relation to a prescribed financial institution and a person, means the relationship between the prescribed financial institution and the person in the person’s capacity as a customer of the prescribed financial institution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: risk information
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“risk information” , in relation to a relevant party of a prescribed financial institution, means any of the following information or documents: ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: serial payment chain
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“serial payment chain” means a direct sequential chain of payment where the wire transfer and accompanying payment message travel together from the ordering institution to the beneficiary institution, directly or through one or more intermediary institutions;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: STRO
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“STRO” means any Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer as defined in section 2(1) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: threshold criteria
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“threshold criteria” , in relation to a prescribed financial institution, means the criteria issued by the Authority under section 28G(1)( a ) to the prescribed financial institution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: value transfer
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“value transfer” means any transaction carried out on behalf of a value transfer originator through a financial institution by electronic means with a view to making one or more digital tokens available to a value transfer beneficiary, irrespective of whether the value transfer originator and the value transfer beneficiary are the same person;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: value transfer beneficiary
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“value transfer beneficiary” means the person who is identified by the value transfer originator as the receiver of the digital tokens to be transferred in a value transfer;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: wire transfer
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“wire transfer” means any transaction carried out on behalf of a wire transfer originator through a financial institution by electronic means with a view to making an amount of funds available to a wire transfer beneficiary, irrespective of whether the wire transfer originator and the wire transfer beneficiary are the same person;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: wire transfer beneficiary
source_provision: s28B
definition:
“wire transfer beneficiary” means the person who is identified by the wire transfer originator as the receiver of the funds to be transferred in a wire transfer;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: approved dispute resolution scheme
source_provision: s30
definition:
“approved dispute resolution scheme” means a dispute resolution scheme approved by the Authority under section 31(1);


document_id: fsma-2022
term: operator
source_provision: s30
definition:
“operator” , in relation to a dispute resolution scheme approved under section 31(1), means a person who administers a dispute resolution scheme;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: terms of reference
source_provision: s30
definition:
“terms of reference” , in relation to an approved dispute resolution scheme, means the terms which define the scope, application, operations and procedures of the approved dispute resolution scheme.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: pertinent financial institution
source_provision: s58
definition:
“pertinent financial institution” means any person who is approved, authorised, designated, recognised, registered, licensed or otherwise regulated by the Authority under this Act or any other MAS scheduled Act, and is prescribed by regulations made under section 135 as a pertinent financial institution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: significant business
source_provision: s58
definition:
“significant business” , in relation to a specified financial institution, means the usual business of a financial institution belonging to the same class of financial institutions as that specified financial institution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: transferee
source_provision: s39
definition:
“transferee” means any person (being a person who is, or who has applied or will be applying to be, approved, authorised, designated, recognised, registered, licensed or otherwise regulated by the Authority, under this Act or any other MAS scheduled Act, to carry on the significant business of the transferor) to which the whole or any part of a transferor’s business is, is to be, or is proposed to be transferred under section 46(1);


document_id: fsma-2022
term: transferor
source_provision: s74
definition:
“transferor” means a shareholder of a pertinent financial institution whose shares in the pertinent financial institution are, are to be, or are proposed to be, transferred under this Division.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: regulated financial institution
source_provision: s136
definition:
“regulated financial institution” means a person that carries on a business, the conduct of which is regulated or authorised by the Authority or, if it is carried on in Singapore, could be regulated or authorised by the Authority;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: regulatory authority
source_provision: s48
definition:
“regulatory authority” , in relation to a foreign country or territory, means an authority of the foreign country or territory exercising any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under this Act or any other MAS scheduled Act.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Type A financial institution
source_provision: s49
definition:
“Type A financial institution” means a financial institution or class of financial institutions that is prescribed by regulations made under section 192 as a Type A financial institution for the purposes of this section;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Type B financial institution
source_provision: s49
definition:
“Type B financial institution” means a financial institution or class of financial institutions that is prescribed by regulations made under section 192 as a Type B financial institution for the purposes of this section;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Type C financial institution
source_provision: s49
definition:
“Type C financial institution” means a financial institution or class of financial institutions that is prescribed by regulations made under section 192 as a Type C financial institution for the purposes of this section.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: affected person
source_provision: s58
definition:
“affected person” , in relation to a specified financial institution, means any person prescribed by regulations made under section 135 as an affected person for that specified financial institution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: co-operative society
source_provision: s58
definition:
“co-operative society” means a co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act 1979;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: excluded financial institution
source_provision: s58
definition:
“excluded financial institution” means any person who is approved, authorised, designated, recognised, registered, licensed or otherwise regulated by the Authority under this Act or any other MAS scheduled Act, and is prescribed by regulations made under section 135 as an excluded financial institution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: PPF Agency
source_provision: s58
definition:
“PPF Agency” means the company designated as the deposit insurance and policy owners’ protection fund agency under section 56 of the Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: PPF Funds
source_provision: s58
definition:
“PPF Funds” means the Policy Owners’ Protection Life Fund and the Policy Owners’ Protection General Fund established under section 34 of the Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Registrar of Co-operative Societies
source_provision: s58
definition:
“Registrar of Co-operative Societies” means the Registrar of Co‑operative Societies appointed under the Co‑operative Societies Act 1979 and includes any Assistant Registrar of Co‑operative Societies appointed under that Act;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: relevant Act
source_provision: s58
definition:
“relevant Act” , in relation to a specified financial institution, means the Act under which that specified financial institution is approved, authorised, designated, recognised, registered, licensed or otherwise regulated by the Authority;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: relevant provisions
source_provision: s58
definition:
“relevant provisions” , in relation to any specified financial institution, or any person who is carrying on or has carried on the significant business of a specified financial institution, means such provisions of this Act or any other MAS scheduled Act as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 135 as relevant provisions for that specified financial institution or person, as the case may be;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: specified financial institution
source_provision: s58
definition:
“specified financial institution” means a pertinent financial institution or an excluded financial institution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Take-over Code
source_provision: s58
definition:
“Take-over Code” means the Singapore Code on Take‑overs and Mergers which is referred to in section 139 of the Securities and Futures Act 2001 and is issued by the Authority under section 321(1) of that Act.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: certificate
source_provision: s77
definition:
“certificate” means a certificate of restructuring of share capital issued by the Minister under section 79(1);


document_id: fsma-2022
term: specified business
source_provision: s65
definition:
“specified business” means any part of the business of a transferor which is specified or identified in a certificate;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: 2nd transferee
source_provision: s69
definition:
“2nd transferee” means the person to which the whole or part of a transferor’s business that was transferred to a transferee by a certificate of transfer, is or is to be transferred from the transferee in accordance with an onward transfer certificate under section 73;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: onward transfer
source_provision: s69
definition:
“onward transfer” means the transfer by the transferee to the 2nd transferee, in accordance with an onward transfer certificate under section 73, of the whole or part of the business transferred to the transferee by a certificate of transfer;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: reverse transfer
source_provision: s69
definition:
“reverse transfer” means the transfer by the transferee to the transferor in accordance with a reverse transfer certificate under section 71, of the whole or part of the transferor’s business that was transferred to the transferee by a certificate of transfer;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: significant shareholder
source_provision: s80
definition:
“significant shareholder” , in relation to a Division 6 FI or resulting FI, means any person falling within a description of shareholders of the Division 6 FI or resulting FI prescribed by regulations made under section 135 as its significant shareholders;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: significant shareholder provisions
source_provision: s74
definition:
“significant shareholder provisions” , in relation to any pertinent financial institution, means such provisions of written law as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 135 as significant shareholder provisions for that pertinent financial institution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: subscriber
source_provision: s77
definition:
“subscriber” means any person to whom shares in a pertinent financial institution incorporated in Singapore are, are to be, or are proposed to be, issued under this Division.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: appointed date
source_provision: s80
definition:
“appointed date” , in relation to a bail‑in certificate, means the date appointed for the bail‑in certificate to take effect, as specified in the notification under section 84(2);


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Division 6 FI
source_provision: s80
definition:
“Division 6 FI” or Division 6 financial institution, means a pertinent financial institution that belongs to a class of pertinent financial institutions prescribed by regulations made under section 135 as Division 6 financial institutions;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: eligible instrument
source_provision: s80
definition:
“eligible instrument” means an instrument or a liability within a class of instruments or liabilities that are prescribed by regulations made under section 135 as eligible instruments;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: pre-resolution creditor
source_provision: s121
definition:
“pre-resolution creditor” , in relation to a Division 11 FI under resolution, means any person who was a creditor of the Division 11 FI immediately before the resolution date;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: pre-resolution shareholder
source_provision: s121
definition:
“pre-resolution shareholder” , in relation to a Division 11 FI under resolution, means any person who held shares or instruments conferring or representing a legal or beneficial ownership interest in the Division 11 FI, immediately before the resolution date;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: resulting FI
source_provision: s80
definition:
“resulting FI” or resulting financial institution, in relation to a Division 6 FI, means an entity established or incorporated to do one or both of the following: ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: significant shareholder provision
source_provision: s80
definition:
“significant shareholder provision” means a provision of any written law that is prescribed by regulations made under section 135 as a significant shareholder provision.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: approved clearing house
source_provision: s91
definition:
“approved clearing house” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: basic substantive obligation
source_provision: s91
definition:
“basic substantive obligation” , in relation to a contract, means an obligation provided by the contract for payment, delivery or the provision of collateral;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: foreign resolution
source_provision: s91
definition:
“foreign resolution” means any action by a foreign resolution authority of a foreign country or territory to do either or both of the following: ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: foreign resolution authority
source_provision: s91
definition:
“foreign resolution authority” , in relation to a foreign country or territory, means an authority of the foreign country or territory which, whether alone or together with one or more other authorities of the foreign country or territory, is responsible for a foreign resolution, or for preparing plans for a foreign resolution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: reinsurance contract
source_provision: s91
definition:
“reinsurance contract” means any contract or arrangement involving the reinsurance of liabilities under insurance policies;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: resolution measure
source_provision: s107
definition:
“resolution measure” , in relation to a resolution fund, means the resolution measure or measures for which the fund was established;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: resolution
source_provision: s95
definition:
“resolution” means any action by an authority (being an authority charged with responsibility for such action) to do either or both of the following: ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Singapore shareholder
source_provision: s102
definition:
“Singapore shareholder” , in relation to a foreign financial institution, means the holder of shares or similar instruments of a subsidiary incorporated in Singapore of the foreign financial institution.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Agency
source_provision: s107
definition:
“Agency” means the company designated by the Minister under section 56 of the Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011 as the deposit insurance and policy owners’ protection fund agency;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: DI Fund
source_provision: s107
definition:
“DI Fund” means the Deposit Insurance Fund reconstituted under section 9 of the Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: market infrastructure
source_provision: s107
definition:
“market infrastructure” means a pertinent financial institution that performs the functions of — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: payment system operator
source_provision: s107
definition:
“payment system operator” means a person who operates a payment system within the meaning of the Payment Services Act 2019;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: provisional entity
source_provision: s107
definition:
“provisional entity” , in relation to a resolution fund, means an entity established or incorporated to do one or more of the following: ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: similar financial institution
source_provision: s107
definition:
“similar financial institution” means a financial institution that is prescribed by regulations made under section 135 for the purposes of section 111(1)( b )(i), as belonging to the same category as the financial institution under resolution;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: trustee
source_provision: s107
definition:
“trustee” , in relation to a resolution fund, means the entity appointed under section 108(2) as the trustee of the resolution fund.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: deposit insurance authority
source_provision: s117
definition:
“deposit insurance authority” , in relation to a levy payer or foreign corporation, means an authority of the foreign country or territory in which the levy payer or foreign corporation is incorporated or established that, whether alone or together with one or more other authorities, is responsible for administering a deposit insurance scheme for deposits of the levy payer or foreign corporation;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: parent corporation
source_provision: s117
definition:
“parent corporation” , in relation to a levy payer, means a corporation that is able to exercise a significant influence over the direction and management of the levy payer or that has a controlling interest in the levy payer;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: parent supervisory authority
source_provision: s117
definition:
“parent supervisory authority” , in relation to a levy payer or a foreign corporation, means the supervisory authority that is responsible, under the laws of the country or territory in which the levy payer or foreign corporation is incorporated or established, for supervising the levy payer or foreign corporation, as the case may be;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: policy owners’ protection scheme authority
source_provision: s117
definition:
“policy owners’ protection scheme authority” , in relation to a levy payer or a foreign corporation, means an authority of the foreign country or territory in which the levy payer or foreign corporation is incorporated or established that, whether alone or together with one or more authorities, is responsible for administering a protection scheme for the policy owners of insurance policies of the levy payer or foreign corporation, as the case may be;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: resolution authority
source_provision: s117
definition:
“resolution authority” , in relation to a levy payer or a foreign corporation, means an authority of the foreign country or territory in which the levy payer or foreign corporation is incorporated or established that, whether alone or together with one or more other authorities, is responsible for the resolution, or for preparing plans for dealing with the resolution of, the levy payer or foreign corporation, as the case may be.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Division 11 FI
source_provision: s121
definition:
“Division 11 FI” or Division 11 financial institution means a pertinent financial institution within a class of pertinent financial institutions prescribed by regulations made under section 135 for the purposes of this Division;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Division 11 FI under resolution
source_provision: s121
definition:
“Division 11 FI under resolution” means a Division 11 FI that is the subject of a resolution action;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: significant associated entity
source_provision: s130
definition:
“significant associated entity” , in relation to a specified financial institution, means an entity incorporated, formed or established in Singapore — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: netting arrangement
source_provision: s135
definition:
“netting arrangement” means an arrangement under which 2 or more claims or obligations can be converted into a net claim or obligation, and includes a close‑out netting arrangement (under which actual or theoretical debts are calculated during the course of a contract for the purpose of enabling them to be set‑off against each other or to be converted into a net debt);


document_id: fsma-2022
term: set-off arrangement
source_provision: s135
definition:
“set-off arrangement” means an arrangement under which 2 or more debts, claims or obligations can be set‑off against each other.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: 5% controller
source_provision: s136
definition:
“5% controller” , in relation to a corporation (being a licensee), means a person that alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: 12% controller
source_provision: s136
definition:
“12% controller” , in relation to a corporation (being a licensee), means a person that alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: 20% controller
source_provision: s136
definition:
“20% controller” , in relation to a corporation (being a licensee), means a person that alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s136
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to a corporation, means a person, by whatever name called, who — ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: digital payment token service
source_provision: s136
definition:
“digital payment token service” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Payment Services Act 2019;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: digital token service
source_provision: s136
definition:
“digital token service” has the meaning given by Part 1 of the First Schedule, but excludes any service that is specified in Part 2 of that Schedule;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: financial regulatory authority
source_provision: s136
definition:
“financial regulatory authority” , in relation to a foreign country or territory, means an authority of the foreign country or territory exercising any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under this Act or any other MAS scheduled Act;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: permanent place of business
source_provision: s136
definition:
“permanent place of business” , in relation to a person, means each fixed location in Singapore used by the person, for carrying on the person’s business, regardless whether the business is carried on within a single building or at a single business address;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: place of business
source_provision: s136
definition:
“place of business” , in relation to a licensee, means any location (including a kiosk that can be moved from one location to another) in Singapore used by the licensee, for carrying on its business;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: registered office
source_provision: s136
definition:
“registered office” means a registered office maintained under section 142(1) or 370(1) of the Companies Act 1967;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: VCC
source_provision: s136
definition:
“VCC” or variable capital company has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: financial advisory service
source_provision: s137
definition:
“financial advisory service” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Financial Advisers Act 2001;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: organised market
source_provision: s137
definition:
“organised market” has the meaning given by Part 1 of the First Schedule to the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: fsma-2022
term: Singapore corporation
source_provision: s137
definition:
“Singapore corporation” means a body corporate formed or incorporated in Singapore and includes a limited liability partnership.


document_id: fsma-2022
term: irredeemable and non-cumulative preference share capital
source_provision: s158
definition:
“irredeemable and non-cumulative preference share capital” , in relation to the capital of a corporation, means share capital consisting of preference shares that satisfy all of the following requirements: ( a )


document_id: fsma-2022
term: relevant person
source_provision: s168
definition:
“relevant person” means a person mentioned in section 169(1)( a ), ( ba ), ( c ), ( e ) or ( f ). [Act 19 of 2023 wef 01/04/2024]


document_id: fssa-2025
term: advertisement
source_provision: s7
definition:
“advertisement” means any content that can reasonably be regarded as intended to promote, directly or indirectly — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: aquaculture
source_provision: s3
definition:
“aquaculture” means doing any of the following on land in, or in the sea within the territorial waters of, Singapore: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: catalogued insect‑like species
source_provision: s3
definition:
“catalogued insect‑like species” means an insect‑like species which is declared a catalogued insect‑like species under section 13(2);


document_id: fssa-2025
term: cooking
source_provision: s3
definition:
“cooking” includes air‑frying, deep‑frying, baking, roasting, grilling, saut&#233;ing, searing, stir‑frying, boiling, steaming, blanching, simmering, braising and stewing;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: corporation
source_provision: s3
definition:
“corporation” means a body corporate formed or incorporated or existing in or outside Singapore, and includes any foreign company within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: current
source_provision: s3
definition:
“current” , in relation to any FSSA authorisation, means an FSSA authorisation that is in effect and is neither suspended, revoked nor cancelled;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: disclose
source_provision: s3
definition:
“disclose” , in relation to information, includes to make available to or provide access to the information;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: dressed
source_provision: s3
definition:
“dressed” means the removal of parts of an animal after slaughter to prepare it for human consumption as food;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: drinking water producer
source_provision: s114
definition:
“drinking water producer” means a person who carries on drinking water production in the course of business;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: food additive
source_provision: s3
definition:
“food additive” means any substance not normally consumed as a food in itself and not normally used as a characteristic ingredient of food, whether or not it has nutritive value, the intentional addition of which to food for a technological purpose in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, transport or storage of such food results, or may be reasonably expected to result, in it or its by‑products becoming directly or indirectly a component of such foods;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: food inspector
source_provision: s3
definition:
“food inspector” , in relation to a provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 279(1) as a food inspector for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: food premises
source_provision: s3
definition:
“food premises” means premises in, on or from which a food business is carried on, even on an occasional basis, and includes — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: food producing animal
source_provision: s3
definition:
“food producing animal” means a species of animal that may be bred, raised or kept, or slaughtered, trapped or harvested — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: food vending machine
source_provision: s3
definition:
“food vending machine” means a machine or mechanical device that is used or capable of being used for selling or supplying any kind of food directly to a customer without the personal manipulation or attention of the seller, or the seller’s employee or agent, at the time of sale, but does not include a driverless vehicle that is capable, because of its construction, of carrying or serving ready‑to‑eat food for consumers’ immediate consumption at a place or premises where the food was prepared;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: foreign food authority
source_provision: s3
definition:
“foreign food authority” means a national food authority of a foreign country whose functions correspond to that of the Agency under this Act;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: fresh fruits and vegetables
source_provision: s3
definition:
“fresh fruits and vegetables” means unprocessed and raw fruits and vegetables that are intended for human consumption as food;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: general public
source_provision: s3
definition:
“general public” means the general public in Singapore and includes a section of the general public;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: genetically modified food
source_provision: s13
definition:
“genetically modified food” means a food coming from an organism that has been altered using any of the following techniques, such that the resulting organism contains a combination of hereditable genetic material that could not have occurred naturally or could not have been produced by traditional breeding and selection: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: insect‑like species
source_provision: s3
definition:
“insect‑like species” means a form of animal life within the biological classification Insecta, Arachnida, Myriapoda or Clitellata, and includes an insect-like species at a particular stage of its development;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: intended use
source_provision: s3
definition:
“intended use” , in relation to food, means the use of the food that is specifically stated, or could reasonably be presumed to be intended, taking into account the food’s nature, labelling, packaging and identification;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: label
source_provision: s3
definition:
“label” , in relation to any goods, includes any tag, brand, stamp, mark, stencil or written statement, any representation or design, or any descriptive matter, that — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: meat
source_provision: s3
definition:
“meat” means raw food that is the whole or any part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal (including edible offal) after it is dressed, whether fresh or after freezing or chilling, but does not include any hide, tallow, meat product, fish or fish product;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: non‑retail food business
source_provision: s3
definition:
“non‑retail food business” means a food business that is not a retail food business, and includes a food business a component of which involves a retail food business provided that the component is ancillary or incidental to the non‑retail food business;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: online location
source_provision: s3
definition:
“online location” means any internet domain, website, webpage, chatroom, channel, group, forum or any other location, that can be accessed by means of the internet;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: online material
source_provision: s3
definition:
“online material” means content (including any computer program, machine code and internet link) that can be accessed at an online location by means of the internet;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: outsourced enforcement officer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“outsourced enforcement officer” means an individual who is appointed under section 285(1) as an outsourced enforcement officer;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: owner
source_provision: s74
definition:
“owner” , in relation to a controlled item that is permitted to be treated or required to be destroyed or re‑exported, means a person having a beneficial interest in the controlled item other than a person who has such an interest only because he or she has been given a mortgage or charge, or has a lien, over the goods;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: packaged food
source_provision: s3
definition:
“packaged food” means food that is encased, covered, enclosed, wrapped, bottled, contained or packed in a closed packaging intended for retail sale;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: packaging
source_provision: s3
definition:
“packaging” , as a noun, includes any thing in or by which goods intended for supply are wholly or partly encased, covered, enclosed, wrapped, bottled, contained or packed; and if the goods are carried or supplied or intended to be carried or supplied in more than one packaging, includes each of the packaging, but does not include any of the following: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: partner
source_provision: s3
definition:
“partner” , in relation to a limited partnership, includes a limited partner in the limited partnership;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: prepacked
source_provision: s3
definition:
“prepacked” , in relation to food, means food that is sealed or packed in the package in which the food is to be supplied;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: private residence
source_provision: s3
definition:
“private residence” means any of the following that is ordinarily used as an individual’s home, regardless that it is uninhabited from time to time: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: public authority
source_provision: s3
definition:
“public authority” means any body established or constituted by or under any public Act to perform a public function, but excludes a Town Council;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: public interest of Singapore
source_provision: s3
definition:
“public interest of Singapore” includes in the interest of the security of Singapore or any part of Singapore;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: Public Utilities Board
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Public Utilities Board” means the public authority of that name continued under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act 2001;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: ready‑to‑eat
source_provision: s3
definition:
“ready‑to‑eat” , in relation to food, means food that does not necessarily require any further preparing before human consumption as food, and includes cup noodles, fruit juice cordial, squash or syrup, powdered beverages and other concentrated food which are meant to be reconstituted or diluted with fluids before consumption;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: service
source_provision: s3
definition:
“service” , as a verb and in relation to a food vending machine, means to stock or replenish that machine with food;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: slaughter
source_provision: s3
definition:
“slaughter” , for an animal, means to kill the animal for human consumption, and includes the killing of the animal in the process of capturing, taking or harvesting it for the purposes of preparing it for use as food;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: stated
source_provision: s3
definition:
“stated” , in relation to an FSSA authorisation, means specified or described in the FSSA authorisation;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: supervising
source_provision: s3
definition:
“supervising” , in relation to the engaging in any conduct or carrying out of work (including an analysis) by an individual ( A ), means — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: transport
source_provision: s3
definition:
“transport” , as a verb, means to carry on any conveyance in the course of a business, and includes any operation incidental to the whole course of carriage, such as loading, unloading and storage in transit;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: unincorporated association
source_provision: s3
definition:
“unincorporated association” means a society or body unincorporate which, under any written law, may sue or be sued, or hold property, in the name of an officer of the society or body duly appointed for that purpose;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: unmanned vessel
source_provision: s3
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: fssa-2025
term: unwholesome
source_provision: s3
definition:
“unwholesome” , in relation to non‑packaged drinking water, has the meaning given by section 115(4);


document_id: fssa-2025
term: vehicle
source_provision: s3
definition:
“vehicle” means any vehicle (whether mechanically propelled or otherwise) that runs on wheels and is designed to transport goods, people or goods and people, on land, but excludes a train or rolling stock;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: vessel
source_provision: s3
definition:
“vessel” means a boat, launch or floating craft used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved, and includes an unmanned vessel and a floating facility;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: access
source_provision: s7
definition:
“access” , in relation to any content that is online material or an online location, means to read, view, hear or otherwise experience the content, and includes — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: app
source_provision: s7
definition:
“app” means an application software package that includes content accessible by end‑users, or allows end‑users to access content on the internet through the installed application software;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: direct marketing
source_provision: s7
definition:
“direct marketing” means the sending of direct marketing material directly to an individual by direct means (such as an email, SMS or MMS) other than by an excluded electronic service;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: direct marketing material
source_provision: s7
definition:
“direct marketing material” means any content where, having regard to the nature of the content, the way in which the content is presented, and the content that can be located using the URLs, telephone numbers or contact information (if any) set out in the content, it would be concluded that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the content is to advertise or promote — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: MMS
source_provision: s7
definition:
“MMS” means a service that enables the transmission of multimedia messages (such as visual or voice communication) from an end‑user on a mobile phone to another mobile phone through a telecommunication service;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: posting
source_provision: s7
definition:
“posting” , by a person of any content as online material, means the person causing the content to be accessible to, or delivered to, one or more other persons who can access the content through the internet;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: publicly display
source_provision: s7
definition:
“publicly display” , for any content, means to display, exhibit, screen or project the content — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: public passenger transport service
source_provision: s7
definition:
“public passenger transport service” means a service involving the transport of passengers within, or partly within, Singapore for hire or reward, by — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: relevant electronic service
source_provision: s7
definition:
“relevant electronic service” means any of the following electronic services that is supplied to the general public, and is not an excluded electronic service: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: SMS
source_provision: s7
definition:
“SMS” means a service that enables the transmission of short text messages from an end‑user on a mobile phone to another mobile phone through a telecommunication service;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: approved food production substance
source_provision: s10
definition:
“approved food production substance” means a food production substance which is prescribed in any standard as approved for food generally or for a particular food;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: contaminant
source_provision: s10
definition:
“contaminant” , for any particular food, means a substance not intentionally added to the food but is present in the food as a result of — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: outdated
source_provision: s10
definition:
“outdated” , in relation to any food in or from a package, means food that is unused or not consumed — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: proscribed contaminant
source_provision: s10
definition:
“proscribed contaminant” , for any particular food, means a contaminant that is prohibited under any standard with respect to the particular food;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: restricted contaminant
source_provision: s10
definition:
“restricted contaminant” , for any particular food, means a contaminant that is allowed to be present in the particular food at no greater a level prescribed in any standard for that food;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: veterinary drug
source_provision: s10
definition:
“veterinary drug” means a substance that is represented as being suitable for, or that is manufactured, supplied or used for, administration or application to an animal by any means, or consumption by an animal, as a way of directly or indirectly — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: engineered nanomaterial
source_provision: s13
definition:
“engineered nanomaterial” means any intentionally produced material that has one or more dimensions of the order of 100 nm or less or that is composed of discrete functional parts, either internally or at the surface, many of which have one or more dimensions of the order of 100 nm or less, including structures, agglomerates or aggregates, which may have a size above the order of 100 nm but retain properties that are characteristic of the nanoscale;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: basic animal feed
source_provision: s16
definition:
“basic animal feed” means grain, seeds, hay, meat, fish or milk used as animal feed, or in the preparation of animal feed;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: pet food
source_provision: s16
definition:
“pet food” means a material or a mix of materials (whether processed, semi‑processed or raw) which is produced for consumption by pets.


document_id: fssa-2025
term: agri‑food supply chain
source_provision: s18
definition:
“agri‑food supply chain” means a supply chain for providing individuals with items of food for personal consumption (each called in this Act an ultimate consumer) where the items of food consist of or include, or have been produced using (directly or indirectly, and whether or not exclusively), the whole or part of — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: MSR activity
source_provision: s18
definition:
“MSR activity” , in relation to an MSR product, means undertaking in the course of business any activity involving the MSR product, being an activity that is prescribed by the Part 2 Rules for the purposes of this definition in relation to that MSR product;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: relevant period
source_provision: s18
definition:
“relevant period” means a period (being at least a month) that is prescribed by, or to be determined in accordance with, the Part 2 Rules;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: Singapore public sector agency
source_provision: s18
definition:
“Singapore public sector agency” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: trigger notice
source_provision: s18
definition:
“trigger notice” means a written notice given under section 23, and includes a trigger notice given by the Minister under section 226(3)( c ) on appeal against an original trigger notice given under section 23.


document_id: fssa-2025
term: agri‑food production input
source_provision: s42
definition:
“agri‑food production input” excludes the following even if essential in undertaking any primary production activity: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: application
source_provision: s189
definition:
“application” , for an animal feed production licence or an appointment as a certified pesticide operator, means an application for or to renew the animal feed production licence or appointment, as the case may be;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: consignment
source_provision: s42
definition:
“consignment” , in relation to any controlled item, means one or more controlled items of a particular kind (according to the Agency’s classification) that is — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: controlled item
source_provision: s42
definition:
“controlled item” means an import‑controlled item, an export‑controlled item or a transhipment‑controlled item;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: export
source_provision: s42
definition:
“export” , in relation to any object or thing other than an object or a thing in transit in Singapore, means to bring, or cause to be brought, out of Singapore the object or thing by any means to a place outside Singapore, and does not include doing so by reason only of being a courier of the object or thing;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: export‑controlled item
source_provision: s42
definition:
“export‑controlled item” means any transhipment‑controlled item, any rice, or any other food or agri‑food production input that the Minister declares, by order in the Gazette , to be an export‑controlled item;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: failing
source_provision: s42
definition:
“failing” , for a controlled item, means any examinable matter that, as a result of an inspection, or inspection and analysis, under any inspection scheme regulations, is found to be one of the following: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: identifying detail
source_provision: s42
definition:
“identifying detail” , in relation to any consignment comprising an import‑controlled item, export-controlled item or a transhipment‑controlled item, means any of the following: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: import
source_provision: s42
definition:
“import” , in relation to any object or thing other than an object or a thing in transit in Singapore, means to bring, or cause to be brought, into Singapore the object or thing by any means from any place outside Singapore, and does not include doing so by reason only of being a courier of the object or thing;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: licensed exporter
source_provision: s42
definition:
“licensed exporter” means a person who is the holder of a current licence under this Part to export in the course of business any export‑controlled item specified in the licence;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: licensed importer
source_provision: s42
definition:
“licensed importer” means a person who is the holder of a current licence under this Part to import in the course of business any import‑controlled item specified in the licence;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: prepacked food additive preparation
source_provision: s42
definition:
“prepacked food additive preparation” means any food additive, or any mix consisting mainly of any food additive, that — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: prohibited animal feed
source_provision: s42
definition:
“prohibited animal feed” means an animal feed, or a brand of animal feed, the import of which is prohibited by the Minister under section 69(3);


document_id: fssa-2025
term: prohibited food contact article
source_provision: s42
definition:
“prohibited food contact article” means a regulated food contact article the import of which is prohibited by the Minister under section 69(2);


document_id: fssa-2025
term: recognised foreign government certificate
source_provision: s42
definition:
“recognised foreign government certificate” means a certificate covered by a determination in force under section 75(1);


document_id: fssa-2025
term: tranship
source_provision: s42
definition:
“tranship” means bringing any goods into Singapore by land, sea or air from any place which is outside Singapore and then removing those goods from the conveyance in which they were brought into Singapore and — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: accepted
source_provision: s90
definition:
“accepted” , in relation to a farm management plan or food control plan, means such a plan which the Agency last accepts under this Part;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: farm management plan
source_provision: s90
definition:
“farm management plan” , for a licensable food business that involves undertaking primary production activity, means a plan identifying how the proprietor of the food business will undertake the primary production activity with reference to all or any of the following matters as the Agency considers relevant: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: food control plan
source_provision: s90
definition:
“food control plan” , for a licensable food business that does not involve undertaking any primary production activity, means a plan identifying how the proprietor of the food business will carry on the particular licensable food business with reference to all or any of the following matters as the Agency considers relevant: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: in bulk
source_provision: s114
definition:
“in bulk” , in relation to supply of drinking water, means to supply an amount of drinking water through the use of a vehicle, being an amount exceeding a volume prescribed by any Part 6 Regulations;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: network infrastructure
source_provision: s114
definition:
“network infrastructure” means the pipes, pumps, tanks, equipment and other elements of a reticulation system;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: reticulation system
source_provision: s114
definition:
“reticulation system” means a network for distributing drinking water, or for monitoring or controlling the distribution of drinking water, to premises for human consumption or use;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: supply
source_provision: s114
definition:
“supply” , in relation to drinking water, means to make available drinking water either by using a reticulation system or in bulk, and includes — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: biosecurity carrier
source_provision: s125
definition:
“biosecurity carrier” means any animal or plant, or part of any animal or plant, or any other thing — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: hazard
source_provision: s125
definition:
“hazard” means an adverse or injurious health effect on humans that arises or may have the potential to arise from any of the following: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: manage
source_provision: s125
definition:
“manage” , in relation to the risk to human health from a hazard or a source of contamination, includes prevent or control the transmission or spread of the hazard or contamination;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: non‑communicable disease of public health interest
source_provision: s172
definition:
“non‑communicable disease of public health interest” means a non‑communicable disease determined under section 173;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: target food
source_provision: s172
definition:
“target food” , in relation to a non‑communicable disease of public health interest, means one or more identifiable foods the consumption of which contributes, or might, based on the available scientific evidence, contribute, to the occurrence of a non‑communicable disease of public health interest.


document_id: fssa-2025
term: composition
source_provision: s177
definition:
“composition” , in relation to food, includes information about the ingredients or other constituents, or the proportion of ingredients or other constituents, of the food;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: relevant regulations
source_provision: s177
definition:
“relevant regulations” means any of the following that are not relevant advertising regulations: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: active constituent
source_provision: s189
definition:
“active constituent” , in relation to a proposed or existing plant pesticide product, means the substance that is, or one of the substances that together are, primarily responsible for the biological or other effect identifying the product as a plant pesticide;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: approved label
source_provision: s189
definition:
“approved label” , in relation to a registered plant pesticide product, means any label approved under section 205(2)( a ) for or in respect of the plant pesticide product;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: constituent
source_provision: s189
definition:
“constituent” , in relation to plant pesticide product, means any constituent of the product (whether an active constituent or not) and includes a chemical or a living thing (other than a human or part of a human);


document_id: fssa-2025
term: container
source_provision: s189
definition:
“container” includes anything by which or in which a plant pesticide or an animal feed is, or is to be, covered, enclosed, contained or packaged, but does not include a container (such as a shipping container) in which other containers of plant pesticides or animal feed are, or are to be, placed for the purpose of being transported;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: feed control plan
source_provision: s189
definition:
“feed control plan” means a plan identifying how an animal feed production licensee will carry on the production of animal feed in the course of a business with reference to all or any of the following matters as the Agency considers relevant: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: meets the labelling criteria
source_provision: s189
definition:
“meets the labelling criteria” , for a plant pesticide product, has the meaning given by section 207;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: non‑target plant
source_provision: s189
definition:
“non‑target plant” , in relation to the use of a plant pesticide product, means any plant that is not specified on the approved label for or in the application for registration of the product as being a plant in respect of which the product may be used;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: pest
source_provision: s189
definition:
“pest” , in relation to a plant, means any invertebrate, plant or other living thing (other than a human) that injuriously affects or is capable of injuriously affecting the physical condition, worth or utility of the firstmentioned plant;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: prescribed pesticide work
source_provision: s189
definition:
“prescribed pesticide work” means the carrying out of any of the following kinds of activities in such circumstances, or by such means, as may be prescribed (if any) by the pesticide control regulations: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: registered
source_provision: s189
definition:
“registered” , in relation to a plant pesticide product, means registered or deemed registered under this Part but not when the registration of the plant pesticide product is not in force;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: relevant instruction
source_provision: s189
definition:
“relevant instruction” , for a plant pesticide product, means an instruction that relates to any of the following matters: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: residue
source_provision: s189
definition:
“residue” , in relation to an active constituent for a proposed or existing plant pesticide product, or in relation to a plant pesticide product, means any remains, persisting in or on any particular premises (including a plant, crop or pasture in those premises in relation to which the product was used), of — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: withholding period
source_provision: s189
definition:
“withholding period” , in relation to the use of a plant pesticide product, means the minimum period that needs to elapse between — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: adequate
source_provision: s207
definition:
“adequate” , in relation to instructions on a label for containers of a plant pesticide product, means adequate to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that an active constituent of the plant pesticide product or the plant pesticide product meets all the following safety criteria: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: re‑entry period
source_provision: s207
definition:
“re‑entry period” , in relation to the use of a plant pesticide product in a particular premises (including a use of the product in relation to a crop or pasture in the premises), means the period after that use during which it is unsafe for an individual to enter those premises without wearing appropriate protective clothing or equipment, or both.


document_id: fssa-2025
term: enter
source_provision: s230
definition:
“enter” , in relation to premises which are a conveyance, includes boarding the conveyance so long as the conveyance remains within Singapore;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: regulated activity
source_provision: s230
definition:
“regulated activity” means any of the following, whether or not it is also a licensable activity: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: take
source_provision: s241
definition:
“take” , in relation to any relevant material or thing, includes to purchase the relevant material or thing;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: give
source_provision: s257
definition:
“give” , in relation to any information or material, includes making a statement orally, in writing or any other way;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: reasonable steps
source_provision: s271
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 as is reasonable in all the circumstances: ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: prescribed
source_provision: s291
definition:
“prescribed” , in relation to an FSSA authorisation or an application for an FSSA authorisation, means prescribed by any regulations made under Part 15 for that FSSA authorisation.


document_id: fssa-2025
term: same FSSA authorisation
source_provision: s297
definition:
“same FSSA authorisation” , in relation to an invalidated authorisation, means an FSSA authorisation that, if granted — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: confidential commercial information
source_provision: s302
definition:
“confidential commercial information” , in relation to a plant pesticide product or in relation to an active constituent for a proposed or existing plant pesticide product, means — ( a )


document_id: fssa-2025
term: protected period
source_provision: s302
definition:
“protected period” , in relation to any confidential commercial information relating to an innovative plant pesticide application received by the Director‑General, means a period of 5 years starting the date the application is or was (as the case may be) received by the Agency;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: WTO Country
source_provision: s302
definition:
“WTO Country” means a country that is a party to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation adopted at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994.


document_id: fssa-2025
term: chosen means of access
source_provision: s304
definition:
“chosen means of access” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be served a document permitted or required by this Act, means an electronic means the addressee agrees with the person giving the document as the means by which the addressee may access that document’s contents;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s304
definition:
“chosen means of notification” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be given a document permitted or required by this Act, means an electronic means that the addressee nominates to the person giving the document as the means by which the addressee may be notified that such a document has been given to the addressee;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: last email address
source_provision: s304
definition:
“last email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving the document as the email address for the service of documents under this Act;


document_id: fssa-2025
term: undertaken
source_provision: s319
definition:
“undertaken” , by the Government or any part of the Government, includes undertaken by any person under the direction and control of the Government or part of the Government.


document_id: ftza-1966
term: air cargo agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“air cargo agent” means a person who carries on a business that includes handling goods, to be passed to or received from an operator of an aircraft or its representative, for carriage in the aircraft; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: aircraft
source_provision: s2
definition:
“aircraft” means an aircraft of any description which may be used for the conveyance of persons or goods by air; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance” includes any vessel, train, vehicle or aircraft in which persons or goods can be carried; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: customs duty
source_provision: s2
definition:
“customs duty” means any customs duty or excise duty imposed under the Customs Act 1960; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: customs territory
source_provision: s2
definition:
“customs territory” means Singapore and the territorial waters of Singapore but excluding any free trade zone;


document_id: ftza-1966
term: Director-General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Customs appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act 1960;


document_id: ftza-1966
term: dutiable goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dutiable goods” means any goods subject to the payment of customs duty on entry into customs territory or manufactured in Singapore including any free trade zone and on which customs duty has not been paid and includes goods manufactured in a free trade zone from materials of a class dutiable on entry into customs territory for consumption within the customs territory;


document_id: ftza-1966
term: free trade zone operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“free trade zone operator” or “FTZ operator”, in relation to a free trade zone, means the person who administers, maintains and operates the free trade zone; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: free trade zone operator licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“free trade zone operator licence” or “FTZ operator licence” means a free trade zone operator licence granted under section 14C to administer, maintain and operate a free trade zone specified in the licence; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: licensed FTZ operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed FTZ operator” means an FTZ operator holding a valid free trade zone operator licence; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: manufacture
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manufacture” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the process of converting materials into a new product or article, whether or not by power-operated machinery, whereby a change in tariff classification has been effected; except that the Director-General may, in his discretion, determine that the result of any manufacture is not a new product or article and a change in tariff classification has not been effected;


document_id: ftza-1966
term: officer of customs
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer of customs” , “proper officer of customs” and “senior officer of customs” have the same meanings as in the Customs Act 1960; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: shipping agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“shipping agent” means a person who carries on a business that includes handling goods, to be passed to or received from an operator of a vessel or its representative, for carriage in the vessel; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: tax
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tax” means goods and services tax under section 8(4) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: taxable goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“taxable goods” means any goods (including any goods manufactured in a free trade zone) subject to the payment of tax on entry into customs territory pursuant to section 8(4) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993, and on which such tax has not been paid; [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vessel” includes any ship or boat or other description of vessel used in navigation by sea. [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: document
source_provision: s18A
definition:
“document” includes a notice, direction or order permitted or required by this Act to be served, given or submitted;


document_id: ftza-1966
term: writing
source_provision: s14Q
definition:
“writing” includes any mode of representing or reproducing words, figures, drawings or symbols in a visible form. [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: prescribed agreement
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“prescribed agreement” means an agreement between Singapore and a foreign country which is prescribed as an agreement for the purpose of subsection (2)( j );


document_id: ftza-1966
term: public agency
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“public agency” means a public officer, an Organ of State or a ministry or department of the Government, or a public authority established by or under any public Act for a public purpose or a member, an officer or an employee, or any department, of the public authority; [Act 24 of 2024 wef 14/11/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office” means the office mentioned in section 5(1) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992; [Act 24 of 2024 wef 14/11/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer
source_provision: s16A
definition:
“Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer” means a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer as defined in section 2(1) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 who is a Commercial Affairs Officer appointed under section 64 of the Police Force Act 2004. [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024] [Act 24 of 2024 wef 14/11/2024]


document_id: ftza-1966
term: residential address
source_provision: s18A
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]


document_id: ga-2001
term: connect
source_provision: s2
definition:
“connect” , in relation to any premises, means connect to a gas main of a gas transporter, whether directly or by means of a gas service pipe, and “disconnect” and “re‑connect” have corresponding meanings except that they also include discontinuing or restoring (as the case may be) the conveyance of gas to the premises;


document_id: ga-2001
term: convey
source_provision: s2
definition:
“convey” means the transmission or distribution of gas by means of gas pipes, and “conveying”, “conveyed”, and “conveyance” are to be construed accordingly;


document_id: ga-2001
term: exempt gas transporter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exempt gas transporter” means a person carrying out any activity specified in section 6(1)( a ) who is granted an exemption under section 8;


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas appliance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas appliance” means any appliance in which gas is consumed, either for domestic requirements (including for cooking, heating or cooling purposes) or for industrial or commercial requirements (including for powering a gas engine or as feedstock in a chemical process);


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas fitting
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas fitting” includes any pipe, valve, meter, regulator or other device for the control, measurement and use of gas;


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas importer’s licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas importer’s licence” means a licence granted under section 7(3)( ga ) or ( h ); [Act 27 of 2024 wef 01/09/2025]


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas importer’s licence (central import)
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas importer’s licence (central import)” means a licence granted under section 7(3)( ga ); [Act 27 of 2024 wef 01/09/2025]


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas importer’s licence (non-central import)
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas importer’s licence (non-central import)” means a licence granted under section 7(3)( h ); [Act 27 of 2024 wef 01/09/2025]


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas installation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas installation” means a discrete grouping of gas fittings linking a gas service isolation valve to a gas appliance; [Act 27 of 2024 wef 01/09/2025]


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas main
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas main” means any gas pipe used for the distribution of gas from a gas transmission pipeline to a consumer but does not include a gas service pipe or an internal pipe;


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas pipeline network
source_provision: s61A
definition:
“gas pipeline network” means any gas pipeline network which is used by the designated gas transporter for the conveyance of gas from any onshore receiving facility;


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas plant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas plant” means any valve, regulator, plant, pipe, equipment or apparatus used for, or for purposes connected with, the production, processing, conveyance, storage or shipping of gas;


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas service isolation valve
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas service isolation valve” means a valve, located at or near the boundary line of any property or the apron of any building, used by a gas transporter to isolate the supply of gas to that property or building;


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas service pipe
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas service pipe” means a pipe or any part thereof, other than a gas main, used for the purpose of conveying gas from a gas main to a gas service isolation valve; [Act 27 of 2024 wef 01/09/2025]


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas service work
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas service work” means any work carried out on any gas installation or gas appliance, in whole or in part, including any design, construction, installation, commissioning, erection, testing, repair, addition, alteration or maintenance work;


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas supply system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas supply system” means all gas pipeline networks, gas plants and other related equipment owned by, or under the management or control of, all gas transporters for the purpose of supplying gas to consumers;


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas tightness
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas tightness” means the freedom from leak when a gas pipeline network, gas installation or gas fitting is tested at the appropriate test pressure;


document_id: ga-2001
term: gas transmission pipeline
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gas transmission pipeline” means a bulk transmission pipeline or interconnected transmission pipeline, together with equipment (including pressure regulating and control valves) used for the conveyance of gas to a direct access customer or a gas mains network, and “gas transmission network” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: ga-2001
term: hotwork
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hotwork” means any work on a non-isolated gas pipeline network involving the use of a local source of ignition and includes welding, gas‑cutting, grinding, chipping, and any process capable of generating heat, sparks or both, which may be capable of igniting flammable vapour or any other combustible material;


document_id: ga-2001
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” , in relation to natural gas or LNG, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by any means, the natural gas or LNG from any place outside Singapore, other than any such natural gas or LNG in transit or to be transhipped; but does not include the actual conveyance of such natural gas in connection therewith;


document_id: ga-2001
term: internal pipe
source_provision: s2
definition:
“internal pipe” means any pipe, not being a gas pipeline, used for the purpose of conveying gas from a gas service pipe to a gas appliance, including a gas fitting inserted therein but excluding a meter;


document_id: ga-2001
term: licensed gas business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed gas business” means the business of a gas licensee in carrying on the activity in respect of which it holds a gas licence;


document_id: ga-2001
term: LNG terminal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“LNG terminal” means a facility located onshore or in Singapore waters which is used to receive, store or gasify LNG that is imported into Singapore and at which all or any of the following activities are carried out in relation to any LNG received at the facility (including after it has been gasified thereat): ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: meter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“meter” means any device for computing the volume of gas supplied or amount of energy supplied, for charging purposes, but does not include a check meter;


document_id: ga-2001
term: meter installation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“meter installation” means any meter and its associated equipment and installation, including any associated pipework, filter, valve, pressure regulating equipment, seal, housing, mounting, telemetry equipment, gas chromatograph and flow computer;


document_id: ga-2001
term: natural gas
source_provision: s2
definition:
“natural gas” means any mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons which is conveyed by gas pipes and is composed of — ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: natural gas or LNG in transit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“natural gas or LNG in transit” means any natural gas or LNG that is brought into Singapore by any means solely for the purpose of being taken out of Singapore by the same or any other means, without such natural gas or LNG being brought into an onshore receiving facility or LNG terminal, or kept at any place in Singapore, pending its being taken out of Singapore;


document_id: ga-2001
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises and includes the person having the charge, management or control of the premises either on the person’s own account or as agent for another person, but does not include a lodger;


document_id: ga-2001
term: onshore receiving facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“onshore receiving facility” means a facility located in Singapore upstream of an onshore gas transmission network owned by, or under the management or control of, a gas transporter, and at which all or any of the following activities are carried out in relation to any gas received at the facility: ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: onshore receiving facility operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“onshore receiving facility operator” means a person holding an onshore receiving facility operator’s licence;


document_id: ga-2001
term: prescribed generation entity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed generation entity” has the meaning given by section 41G of the Electricity Act 2001; [Act 27 of 2024 wef 01/09/2025]


document_id: ga-2001
term: public safety
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public safety” means the obviation of danger to the general public and to any public place or public property;


document_id: ga-2001
term: relevant gas main
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant gas main” , in relation to a gas transporter, means a gas main under the control of that gas transporter which is in the area specified in its gas transporter’s licence and is used for conveying gas to any premises;


document_id: ga-2001
term: relevant gas retailer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant gas retailer” means, in relation to a consumer other than a direct access customer, the gas retailer who supplies that consumer with gas conveyed to the premises of that consumer;


document_id: ga-2001
term: relevant gas shipper
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant gas shipper” means, in relation to a consumer who is a direct access customer, the gas shipper who makes arrangements with a gas transporter for gas to be conveyed to the premises of that consumer;


document_id: ga-2001
term: retail
source_provision: s2
definition:
“retail” means the supply of gas to a consumer other than a direct access customer, and “retailer” and “retailing” are to be construed accordingly;


document_id: ga-2001
term: shipping
source_provision: s2
definition:
“shipping” , in relation to gas, means arranging with a gas transporter for gas to be introduced into, conveyed by and taken out of a gas pipeline network owned by, or under the management or control of, the gas transporter for purposes connected with the supply of gas to any premises, and “ship” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: ga-2001
term: standard of performance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“standard of performance” means a standard of performance issued or modified by the Authority under section 62;


document_id: ga-2001
term: town gas
source_provision: s2
definition:
“town gas” means any substance in a gaseous state which is conveyed in gas pipes and is manufactured from petrochemical feedstock or natural gas, and has hydrogen as one of its main constituents;


document_id: ga-2001
term: tranship
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tranship” , in relation to natural gas or LNG, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore the natural gas or LNG by any means solely for the purpose of taking it out of Singapore by the same or any other means — ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: owner
source_provision: s38
definition:
“owner” , in relation to a relevant facility, means any person legally occupying or having control of the relevant facility;


document_id: ga-2001
term: prescribed wharf or jetty
source_provision: s38B
definition:
“prescribed wharf or jetty” means a wharf or jetty prescribed by regulations made under section 96 for the purposes of this section;


document_id: ga-2001
term: designated gas transporter
source_provision: s61A
definition:
“designated gas transporter” means a gas transporter declared by the Authority, by notification in the Gazette , to be a designated gas transporter for the purposes of this Part;


document_id: ga-2001
term: 12% controller
source_provision: s63A
definition:
“12% controller” , in relation to a designated gas licensee, designated entity or designated business trust, means a person, not being a 25% controller, who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: 25% controller
source_provision: s63A
definition:
“25% controller” , in relation to a designated gas licensee, designated entity or designated business trust, means a person, not being a 30% controller, who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: 30% controller
source_provision: s63A
definition:
“30% controller” , in relation to a designated gas licensee, designated entity or designated business trust, means a person, not being a 50% controller, who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: 50% controller
source_provision: s63A
definition:
“50% controller” , in relation to a designated gas licensee, designated entity or designated business trust, means a person, not being a 75% controller, who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: 75% controller
source_provision: s63A
definition:
“75% controller” , in relation to a designated gas licensee, designated entity or designated business trust, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s63A
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to a designated gas licensee, means any person, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: designated business trust
source_provision: s63A
definition:
“designated business trust” means a business trust that is established wholly or partly in respect of a gas pipeline network (or any part thereof) and which has been declared by the Minister to be a designated business trust for the purposes of this Part;


document_id: ga-2001
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s63A
definition:
“indirect controller” , in relation to a designated gas licensee, designated entity or designated business trust, 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 designated gas licensee, designated entity or designated business trust — ( a )


document_id: ga-2001
term: trustee-manager
source_provision: s63A
definition:
“trustee-manager” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Business Trusts Act 2004. [24/2007; 43/2018]


document_id: ga-2001
term: relevant shares or assets
source_provision: s78
definition:
“relevant shares or assets” means any shares or assets of a gas licensee held by the person that would need to be disposed of in order to cause the acquisition to cease to have the object or effect of preventing, restricting or distorting competition in the gas market in Singapore.


document_id: gca-1973
term: court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court” does not include a subordinate military court constituted under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;


document_id: gca-1973
term: protected internee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“protected internee” means a person protected by the Convention set out in the Fourth Schedule and interned in Singapore;


document_id: gca-1973
term: protected prisoner of war
source_provision: s2
definition:
“protected prisoner of war” means a person protected by the Convention set out in the Third Schedule;


document_id: gca-1973
term: Protecting Power
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Protecting Power” , in relation to a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee, means the Power or organisation which is carrying out, in the interests of the Power of which he or she is a national, or of whose forces he or she is, or was at any material time, a member, the duties assigned to Protecting Powers under the Convention set out in the Third or (as the case may be) the Fourth Schedule;


document_id: gca-1973
term: red crescent emblem
source_provision: s2
definition:
“red crescent emblem” means the emblem of a red crescent on a white ground as depicted in Part 1 of the Sixth Schedule;


document_id: gca-1973
term: red cross emblem
source_provision: s2
definition:
“red cross emblem” means the emblem of a red cross on a white ground formed by reversing the Federal Colours of Switzerland as depicted in Part 2 of the Sixth Schedule;


document_id: gca-1973
term: red crystal emblem
source_provision: s2
definition:
“red crystal emblem” means the emblem of a red crystal composed of a red frame in the shape of a square on edge on a white ground as depicted in Part 3 of the Sixth Schedule;


document_id: gca-1973
term: red lion and sun emblem
source_provision: s2
definition:
“red lion and sun emblem” means the emblem of a red lion and sun on a white ground as depicted in Part 4 of the Sixth Schedule;


document_id: gca-2022
term: approved gambling venue
source_provision: s3
definition:
“approved gambling venue” , for a licensee, means any place or premises approved under section 64 as an approved gambling venue for the licensee to use in connection with providing a gambling service authorised by the licence thereof;


document_id: gca-2022
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“authorised officer” , in relation to any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 122 to perform any function or exercise any power under that provision;


document_id: gca-2022
term: Authority
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Authority” means the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore, which is the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore continued and renamed under section 3 of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act 2022;


document_id: gca-2022
term: casino
source_provision: s3
definition:
“casino” means any premises in Singapore that is covered by a casino licence granted under section 49 of the Casino Control Act 2006;


document_id: gca-2022
term: category 1 key officer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“category 1 key officer” , in relation to an applicant or a licensee, means an individual who is within a class of key officers prescribed to be category 1 key officers of such an applicant or a licensee;


document_id: gca-2022
term: category 2 key officer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“category 2 key officer” , in relation to an applicant or a licensee, means an individual who is within a class of key officers prescribed to be category 2 key officers of such an applicant or a licensee;


document_id: gca-2022
term: chief executive
source_provision: s3
definition:
“chief executive” , in relation to a licensee, means an individual (by whatever name described) who — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: class licence
source_provision: s3
definition:
“class licence” means a class licence determined under an order made under section 60(1) and as from time to time varied under section 61;


document_id: gca-2022
term: communication device
source_provision: s3
definition:
“communication device” means a machine, device or thing designed or capable of being used for — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: compliance officer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“compliance officer” means an individual who is appointed under section 123 as a compliance officer;


document_id: gca-2022
term: convey
source_provision: s3
definition:
“convey” means carriage on any conveyance (whether or not in the course of a business), and includes any operation incidental to the whole course of carriage, such as loading, unloading and storage in transit;


document_id: gca-2022
term: conveyance
source_provision: s3
definition:
“conveyance” means any aircraft, train, vehicle, vessel or other mode of transport, whether of passengers or goods or both;


document_id: gca-2022
term: corporation
source_provision: s3
definition:
“corporation” means a 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: gca-2022
term: defined work
source_provision: s3
definition:
“defined work” , in relation to an approved gambling venue or a gaming machine room of a licensee, means — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: gambling agency agreement
source_provision: s3
definition:
“gambling agency agreement” means an agreement between a licensee or a class licensee and another person — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: gambling service
source_provision: s3
definition:
“gambling service” means any of the following services, including such a service provided through a gambling service agent: ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: gambling service agent
source_provision: s3
definition:
“gambling service agent” , in relation to a licensee or class licensee, means a person who is, under a gambling agency agreement, appointed as an agent of the licensee or class licensee in relation to any gambling service that — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: gambling venue
source_provision: s3
definition:
“gambling venue” means any place or premises in Singapore used or to be used in connection with conducting a betting operation, gaming or a lottery, but excludes the following: ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: IMDA
source_provision: s3
definition:
“IMDA” means the Info‑communications Media Development Authority established by section 3 of the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Act 2016;


document_id: gca-2022
term: internet access service
source_provision: s3
definition:
“internet access service” means a telecommunication service between a point in Singapore and another point in Singapore or between 2 points, one of which is in Singapore, that — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: IRAS
source_provision: s3
definition:
“IRAS” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established under the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act 1992;


document_id: gca-2022
term: key officer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“key officer” , in relation to an applicant for a licence to provide a gambling service or a licensee authorised under its licence to provide a gambling service, means an individual who performs (whether or not appointed under a contract of service) such duties in relation to the applicant or licensee as are prescribed with respect to that gambling service;


document_id: gca-2022
term: licensee
source_provision: s3
definition:
“licensee” means a person to whom a licence is granted under this Act but does not include a class licensee;


document_id: gca-2022
term: list of excluded persons
source_provision: s3
definition:
“list of excluded persons” means the list of excluded persons established and maintained under section 168 of the Casino Control Act 2006, as varied or updated from time to time;


document_id: gca-2022
term: MAS
source_provision: s3
definition:
“MAS” means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established under the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970;


document_id: gca-2022
term: modification
source_provision: s3
definition:
“modification” or “modify”, in relation to the conditions of a licence or gambling venue approval, includes deleting, or varying and substituting a condition, and adding a condition;


document_id: gca-2022
term: National Council on Problem Gambling
source_provision: s3
definition:
“National Council on Problem Gambling” or “NCPG” means the National Council on Problem Gambling established under section 154 of the Casino Control Act 2006;


document_id: gca-2022
term: occupier
source_provision: s3
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any place or premises, has the meaning given by subsections (3) and (4);


document_id: gca-2022
term: place‑based gambling
source_provision: s3
definition:
“place‑based gambling” means engaging in any conduct in person as follows at premises as a customer of a place‑based gambling service provided at those premises: ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: prize
source_provision: s3
definition:
“prize” , in relation to any gambling, includes any money or money equivalent or any thing else of value that may be won under the arrangements for that gambling — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: public authority
source_provision: s3
definition:
“public authority” means any body established or constituted by or under any public Act to perform a public function;


document_id: gca-2022
term: public place
source_provision: s3
definition:
“public place” means any place to which the public has access as of right or by virtue of express or implied permission, whether or not on payment of a fee and whether or not access to the place may be restricted at particular times or for a particular purpose, and includes any place in which an individual is at work unless that is the individual’s home;


document_id: gca-2022
term: regulatory action
source_provision: s3
definition:
“regulatory action” means any action that may be taken by the Authority under Part 7 against — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: remote gambling
source_provision: s11
definition:
“remote gambling” means gambling by the use of remote communication, even if the gambling is done only partly by means of remote communication;


document_id: gca-2022
term: requisite surveillance system
source_provision: s3
definition:
“requisite surveillance system” , for an approved gambling venue, means any equipment or device (including any software) or a collection of such equipment and devices (including any software) that — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: responsible executive
source_provision: s3
definition:
“responsible executive” , in relation to an applicant or a licensee or class licensee, means an officer thereof who is — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: restricted period
source_provision: s3
definition:
“restricted period” , for an approved gambling venue or a gaming machine room of a licensee, means the hours that the licensee concerned — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: security sensitive information
source_provision: s3
definition:
“security sensitive information” means information held by a law enforcement agency that relates to actual or suspected criminal activity (whether in Singapore or elsewhere) the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: send
source_provision: s3
definition:
“send” includes send by a social media service, a relevant electronic service or by remote communication;


document_id: gca-2022
term: Singapore permanent resident
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Singapore permanent resident” means a permanent resident of Singapore as defined by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 01/12/2025]


document_id: gca-2022
term: sporting event
source_provision: s3
definition:
“sporting event” means a sport or competition, or an exhibition, entertainment or activity, involving primarily the exercise of physical prowess or dexterity, physical strength, physical stamina or mental stamina and to the extent that — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: standard
source_provision: s3
definition:
“standard” means a standard issued or approved by the Authority under section 125, and includes any such standard as amended from time to time under that section;


document_id: gca-2022
term: unlawful betting operation
source_provision: s3
definition:
“unlawful betting operation” means a betting operation that is conducted in contravention of section 18(1), 19(1) or 22(1);


document_id: gca-2022
term: unlawful gambling service
source_provision: s3
definition:
“unlawful gambling service” means conducting a betting operation, or conducting gaming or a lottery in contravention of section 18(1) or 19(1);


document_id: gca-2022
term: unlawful gaming
source_provision: s3
definition:
“unlawful gaming” means conducting gaming in contravention of section 18(1), 19(1), 22(2) or 27(1) or (2);


document_id: gca-2022
term: unlawful lottery
source_provision: s3
definition:
“unlawful lottery” means a lottery that is conducted in contravention of section 18(1), 19(1) or 22(3);


document_id: gca-2022
term: unlawful participation in a lottery
source_provision: s3
definition:
“unlawful participation in a lottery” means the participation in a lottery that is not social gambling but is an offence under section 20 or 31;


document_id: gca-2022
term: betting information centre
source_provision: s6
definition:
“betting information centre” means any place kept or used for receiving or communicating any information or material relating to any race, competition, sporting event or other event or process for the purpose of betting;


document_id: gca-2022
term: bookmaker
source_provision: s6
definition:
“bookmaker” means a person who, on the person’s own account or as an employee or agent for another person, carries out bookmaking or holds out in any manner as a person who carries out bookmaking;


document_id: gca-2022
term: bookmaking
source_provision: s6
definition:
“bookmaking” means running a business or making, or endeavouring to derive, an income, totally or partly, from any of the following activities: ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: amusement machine
source_provision: s7
definition:
“amusement machine” means a mechanical, an electrical or an electronic device that is constructed or adapted — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: approved game of chance
source_provision: s7
definition:
“approved game of chance” , for a licensee, means a game of chance that the licensee is authorised under its licence to conduct gaming under this Act;


document_id: gca-2022
term: gaming machine
source_provision: s7
definition:
“gaming machine” means a device, whether wholly or partly mechanically or electronically operated, that — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: gaming machine room
source_provision: s7
definition:
“gaming machine room” means any room or similar enclosed location that is or is within an approved gambling venue and is where gaming machines are authorised by or under this Act — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: gaming token
source_provision: s7
definition:
“gaming token” includes a stored value card, a card which registers a right to money or money equivalent, and an object or a thing of a similar kind;


document_id: gca-2022
term: player
source_provision: s7
definition:
“player” , in relation to a game of chance, means any person who enters or competes in, or otherwise participates in the game of chance, and includes a person on whose behalf another person enters or competes, or otherwise participates, in a game of chance using a gaming machine in the circumstances in subsection (5);


document_id: gca-2022
term: prohibited gaming machine
source_provision: s7
definition:
“prohibited gaming machine” means a gaming machine that must not be approved under section 74, being a gaming machine that — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: engaging in general remote gambling
source_provision: s11
definition:
“engaging in general remote gambling” includes opening or re‑opening an account with a licensee to engage in general remote gambling;


document_id: gca-2022
term: gambling advertisement
source_provision: s16
definition:
“gambling advertisement” means any information or material that gives publicity to, or otherwise promotes or is intended to promote — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: inducement to gamble
source_provision: s16
definition:
“inducement to gamble” means any document or message containing information or material that — ( a )


document_id: gca-2022
term: Commissioner of Police
source_provision: s79
definition:
“Commissioner of Police” includes a public officer who holds a post in a law enforcement agency and is designated by the Minister for the purposes of this Division;


document_id: gca-2022
term: criminal activity
source_provision: s79
definition:
“criminal activity” means engaging in conduct that involves the commission of an offence under any written law, regardless of any conviction for the offence.


document_id: gca-2022
term: frisk search
source_provision: s107
definition:
“frisk search” means a search of an individual conducted by quickly running the hands over the individual’s outer clothing;


document_id: gca-2022
term: personal property
source_provision: s107
definition:
“personal property” , in relation to an individual, means things carried by the individual or things apparently in the immediate control of the individual, but does not include clothing being worn by the individual;


document_id: gca-2022
term: access blocking order
source_provision: s116
definition:
“access blocking order” means an order under section 117(1) to disable access to an online location;


document_id: gca-2022
term: payment blocking order
source_provision: s116
definition:
“payment blocking order” means an order under section 118(1)( b ) or (3) to block specified transactions;


document_id: gca-2022
term: reasonable steps
source_provision: s131
definition:
“reasonable steps” has the meaning given by section 130, except that any reference to the corporation is a reference to the unincorporated association or partnership mentioned in subsection (2); [Act 29 of 2024 wef 30/10/2024]


document_id: gda-2022
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Gambling Duties appointed under section 32, and includes any Deputy Commissioner of Gambling Duties or Assistant Commissioner of Gambling Duties;


document_id: gda-2022
term: enforcement official
source_provision: s2
definition:
“enforcement official” , in relation to any provision of this Act or the Regulations, means an individual who is appointed as an enforcement official under section 33(1) for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: gda-2022
term: game of chance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“game of chance” includes a game that is partly a game of chance and partly a game requiring the exercise of skill;


document_id: gda-2022
term: money’s worth
source_provision: s2
definition:
“money’s worth” means any thing recognised as equivalent to money, and includes virtual credits, virtual coins, virtual tokens, virtual objects or any similar thing that is purchased within, or as part of, or in relation to, a game of chance;


document_id: gda-2022
term: non‑casino premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non‑casino premises” means any premises in Singapore that is not covered by a casino licence granted under section 49 of the Casino Control Act 2006;


document_id: gda-2022
term: prize
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prize” , in relation to a lottery or game of chance, includes any money or money’s worth, articles or services or other thing of value — ( a )


document_id: gda-2022
term: relevant business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant business” means any business in Singapore, whether or not carried on for profit, but excludes any business wholly for the conduct of research or wholly not involving any gambling;


document_id: gda-2022
term: return date
source_provision: s2
definition:
“return date” , for a taxable person, means the last day by which the taxable person is required under section 22 or 23 to lodge a return with respect to a taxable gambling undertaking and the gambling duty payable in respect of the taxable gambling undertaking;


document_id: gda-2022
term: document
source_provision: s36
definition:
“document” includes a notice or an order permitted or required by this Act or the Regulations to be given;


document_id: gda-2022
term: chosen means of access
source_provision: s36
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 or the Regulations, 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: gda-2022
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s36
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 or the Regulations, 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: gda-2022
term: last email address
source_provision: s36
definition:
“last 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: gda-2022
term: Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s43
definition:
“Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore” or “GRAS” means the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore, which is the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore continued and renamed under section 3 of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act 2022;


document_id: gda-2022
term: authentication code
source_provision: s48
definition:
“authentication code” , in relation to any person, means an identification or identifying code, a password or any other authentication method or procedure which is assigned to that person for the purposes of identifying and authenticating the access to, and use of, the system provided under subsection (1) by that person, and includes one assigned for such purposes in order to file, submit or retrieve a particular document only;


document_id: gda-2022
term: relevant tax legislation
source_provision: s48
definition:
“relevant tax legislation” , for any application, return, notice or other document permitted or required by or under such legislation, means — ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , in relation to any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed as an authorised officer under section 79(1) for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to a licensee, means an individual (by whatever name described) who — ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: class licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“class licence” means a class licence determined under an order made under section 56(1), and includes a class licence as from time to time varied under section 57;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: container
source_provision: s2
definition:
“container” means any thing in or by which a gun, a major part of a gun or a gun accessory, an explosive or explosive precursor, or a weapon or noxious substance, is wholly or partly cased, covered, enclosed, contained or packed, and includes any covering or wrapping, but excludes a conveyance;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: convey
source_provision: s9
definition:
“convey” means carriage as a carrier on any conveyance (whether or not in the course of a business) for a journey wholly within Singapore and includes any operation incidental to the whole course of carriage, such as loading, unloading and storage in transit;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance” includes any aircraft, train, vehicle, vessel or other mode of transport of passengers or goods;


document_id: gewca-2021
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 (Cap. 50);


document_id: gewca-2021
term: dispose
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dispose” means destroy or handle with a view to destroying, and includes rendering harmless, but excludes discharging or firing an explosive in the course of mining, quarrying or an industrial application or as a display or provision of entertainment;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: granted
source_provision: s2
definition:
“granted” or “grant”, for a licence, includes granted or grant on renewal and required to be treated as granted under section 6(5) or 7(5) or the Third Schedule;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: Licensing Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Licensing Officer” , in relation to any provision of this Act, means an individual appointed under section 78(1) as a Licensing Officer for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: limited liability partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“limited liability partnership” has the meaning given by the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);


document_id: gewca-2021
term: MARPLEX Convention excepted use
source_provision: s2
definition:
“MARPLEX Convention excepted use” , in relation to a plastic explosive, means use of the plastic explosive exclusively for one or more of the following: ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: modification
source_provision: s2
definition:
“modification” or “modify”, in relation to the conditions of a licence, includes deleting, or varying and substituting a condition, and adding a condition;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: noxious substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“noxious substance” means any nauseating or lachrymatory substance, and includes any of the following: ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any place or premises, includes an individual present at the place or premises who is in apparent control of the place or premises;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: paintball
source_provision: s2
definition:
“paintball” means a projectile that primarily consists of a dye, paint or similar substance designed to mark an individual or an object;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: paintball range operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“paintball range operator” means a person who carries on the business of providing or arranging for the provision of grounds for the use by participants in an organised activity involving the use of paintball markers (but not involving the use of any other gun);


document_id: gewca-2021
term: provision of this Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“provision of this Act” includes a provision of any Regulations or other subsidiary legislation made under this Act;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: regulated activity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“regulated activity” means any of the following activities involving a gun, a major part of a gun or a gun accessory, an explosive or explosive precursor, or a weapon or noxious substance: ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: representative staff
source_provision: s2
definition:
“representative staff” , for a licensee, means an individual (whether or not an employee or officer of the licensee) who — ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: responsible executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“responsible executive” , in relation to an applicant or a class licensee or licensee, means an officer thereof who is — ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: shooting gallery
source_provision: s2
definition:
“shooting gallery” means an indoor or outdoor gallery at which members of the public can use an airgun that is attached to a shooting bench to shoot at stationary or moving targets;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: shooting range operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“shooting range operator” means a person who carries on the business of providing a shooting range (but not a paintball range) for use by members of the public and guns (other than paintball markers) for use by members of the public at the range;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: special worker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special worker” means an individual who is or is to be employed or required to work with or for a licensee — ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: standard
source_provision: s2
definition:
“standard” means a standard issued or approved by the Licensing Officer under section 62, and includes any such standard as amended from time to time under that section;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: store
source_provision: s2
definition:
“store” , in relation to any gun, major part of a gun, explosive or explosive precursor, means — ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“substance” means any natural or artificial substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: wrapping
source_provision: s2
definition:
“wrapping” , in relation to a plastic explosive, means a wrapper the inner surface of which is in contact with the plastic explosive.


document_id: gewca-2021
term: automatic gun
source_provision: s3
definition:
“automatic gun” means a gun that is designed to fire a round when the trigger is brought to the firing position and to continue to fire one or more rounds automatically while the trigger is held in that position;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: ballistic knife
source_provision: s3
definition:
“ballistic knife” means a device or an instrument designed to fire or discharge a knife, dagger or similar instrument by mechanical, percussive or explosive means;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: firing mechanism
source_provision: s3
definition:
“firing mechanism” , for a gun, means the mechanism of the gun that is designed for the purpose of firing the gun, and includes a trigger mechanism or firing pin;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: loading mechanism
source_provision: s3
definition:
“loading mechanism” , for a gun, means all the parts of the gun (except the barrel) that are designed to place or hold or to place and hold a round in position for firing, and includes the magazine of the gun, if any;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: prohibited gun accessory
source_provision: s3
definition:
“prohibited gun accessory” means any gun accessory that could easily convert a gun to become — ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: receiver
source_provision: s3
definition:
“receiver” , for a gun, means the body or frame of the gun that is designed to hold the firing mechanism or the loading mechanism or both in place, but does not include the stock or barrel of the gun;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: sound moderator
source_provision: s3
definition:
“sound moderator” means a device designed or adapted to be attached to, or comprising part of, a gun to muffle the report when the gun is fired, and includes baffles, tubes or other parts that when fitted together would comprise a sound moderator;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: stun gun
source_provision: s3
definition:
“stun gun” means a portable device which is powered by electricity and from which any electric current, discharge, impulse, wave or beam can be emitted and if directed at an individual or animal, can incapacitate temporarily, injure or kill the individual or animal.


document_id: gewca-2021
term: distress signal
source_provision: s4
definition:
“distress signal” means a pyrotechnic device intended for signalling or warning or similar purposes, and includes a marine flare or signal, landing flare, highway flare, highway fusee, line‑carrying rocket, cloud seeding rocket, railway fog signal or smoke generator;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: imitation explosive device
source_provision: s4
definition:
“imitation explosive device” means an object that, regardless of its colour, weight or composition or the presence or absence of any moveable part, substantially duplicates in appearance an explosive device but is not an explosive device, and includes any such object that is produced and identified as a toy or replica;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: mine
source_provision: s4
definition:
“mine” means a munition (other than a command‑detonated munition) designed, intended or altered so as — ( a )


document_id: gewca-2021
term: prohibited explosive
source_provision: s4
definition:
“prohibited explosive” means an explosive of a character that, in the opinion of the Minister, is so specially dangerous to life or property that it is expedient for the public safety to prescribe the explosive to be a prohibited explosive;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: rocket firework
source_provision: s4
definition:
“rocket firework” includes any firework which will travel over a distance when activated before it produces a practical effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effect;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: sand cracker
source_provision: s4
definition:
“sand cracker” means a pellet containing an explosive which will be activated when set on fire or rubbed on any abrasive surface or by any other means;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: carrier
source_provision: s9
definition:
“carrier” means any person who conveys objects or things, whether on the person’s own behalf or on behalf of another person, and excludes the driver of a vehicle, the master or pilot of a vessel or an aircraft or other individual operating or in control of a conveyance carrying the object or thing unless no other person is a carrier of that object or thing;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: export
source_provision: s9
definition:
“export” , in relation to any object or thing, means to take or cause to be taken out of Singapore by any means and includes to place goods in any form of conveyance for the purpose of taking the goods out of Singapore to any place outside Singapore;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: import
source_provision: s9
definition:
“import” , in relation to any object or thing, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by any means from any place outside Singapore.


document_id: gewca-2021
term: digital blueprint
source_provision: s13
definition:
“digital blueprint” means any type of digital (or electronic) reproduction of a technical drawing of the design of an object;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: entity
source_provision: s41
definition:
“entity” means any sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or other body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: relevant position
source_provision: s41
definition:
“relevant position” , in a business of an applicant or a licensee, means the position of a responsible executive and includes a position (however styled) whose holder participates in the management of the business;


document_id: gewca-2021
term: voting share
source_provision: s41
definition:
“voting share” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act but does not include a treasury share.


document_id: gia-2014
term: earlier geographical indication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“earlier geographical indication” , in relation to an application for registration of a geographical indication made under section 39 (called in this definition the application in question), means a geographical indication — ( a )


document_id: gia-2014
term: geographical indication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“geographical indication” means any indication used in trade to identify goods as originating from a place, provided that — ( a )


document_id: gia-2014
term: homonymous geographical indication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“homonymous geographical indication” means a geographical indication that, in part or in whole, has the same spelling as, or sounds the same as, a geographical indication for any goods having a different geographical origin;


document_id: gia-2014
term: interested party
source_provision: s2
definition:
“interested party” , in relation to goods identified by a geographical indication, means a producer of the goods, a trader of the goods, or an association of such producers or traders or of such producers and traders;


document_id: gia-2014
term: Office
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Office” means the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore established under the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Act 2001;


document_id: gia-2014
term: Paris Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Paris Convention” means the Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property signed at Paris on 20 March 1883, and any revision or amendment thereto which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government;


document_id: gia-2014
term: place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place” , in relation to a geographical indication, means a country or territory and includes a region or locality in a country or territory;


document_id: gia-2014
term: registered geographical indication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered geographical indication” means a geographical indication that is registered under section 48;


document_id: gia-2014
term: registrant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registrant” , in relation to a registered geographical indication, means the person in whose name the geographical indication is registered;


document_id: gia-2014
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Geographical Indications appointed under section 17 and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Geographical Indications appointed under that section;


document_id: gia-2014
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Geographical Indications Act (Cap. 117B, 1999 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act;


document_id: gia-2014
term: variant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“variant” , in relation to a geographical indication, means a variant of the indication constituting the geographical indication, and includes any translation, transliteration or other variation of the indication;


document_id: gia-2014
term: use of a registered geographical indication
source_provision: s4
definition:
“use of a registered geographical indication” includes the use of a trade mark which contains or consists of the geographical indication in question.


document_id: gia-2014
term: conveyance
source_provision: s55
definition:
“conveyance” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995;


document_id: gia-2014
term: goods in transit
source_provision: s55
definition:
“goods in transit” means goods imported, whether or not landed or transhipped within Singapore, which are to be carried to another country either by the same or another conveyance;


document_id: gia-2014
term: infringement action
source_provision: s55
definition:
“infringement action” means an action under section 4 concerning the importation or exportation of seized goods; [Act 34 of 2018 wef 21/11/2022]


document_id: gia-2014
term: suspected infringing goods
source_provision: s55
definition:
“suspected infringing goods” means goods which, or the packaging of which, bear a term identical with a registered geographical indication, but which do not originate from the place indicated by that registered geographical indication;


document_id: gpa-1956
term: civil proceedings
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civil proceedings” means proceedings of whatever kind of a civil nature before a court and includes proceedings for judicial review and recovery of fines and penalties and an application at any stage of a proceeding;


document_id: gpa-1956
term: legal officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“legal officer” includes a law officer and a legally qualified member of the Attorney‑General’s Chambers;


document_id: gpa-1956
term: officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer” , in relation to the Government, includes a person in the permanent or temporary employment of the Government and accordingly (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) includes a Minister of the Government;


document_id: gpa-1956
term: proceedings against the Government
source_provision: s2
definition:
“proceedings against the Government” includes a claim by way of set‑off or counterclaim in proceedings by the Government;


document_id: gpa-1956
term: armed forces
source_provision: s14
definition:
“armed forces” means the Singapore Armed Forces raised and maintained under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;


document_id: gpa-1956
term: police force
source_provision: s14
definition:
“police force” means the Singapore Police Force established under the Police Force Act 2004 and includes any volunteer, auxiliary or special police force attached to, or coming under the jurisdiction of, the Police Force.


document_id: gpa-1997
term: Agreement on Government Procurement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agreement on Government Procurement” means the Agreement by that name done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 and amended by the Protocol;


document_id: gpa-1997
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner appointed under section 8(2) and includes an acting Commissioner appointed under section 8(9);


document_id: gpa-1997
term: contracting authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contracting authority” means a ministry or department of the Government, an Organ of State or a statutory board declared, by order made under section 4(1), as a contracting authority for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: gpa-1997
term: procurement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“procurement” means procurement of goods or service or a combination of goods and service by any contractual means, such as purchase or lease, rental or hire‑purchase, with or without an option to buy the goods or service or combination of goods and service;


document_id: gpa-1997
term: procurement subject to the Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“procurement subject to the Act” means a procurement declared, by order made under section 4(2), to be a procurement subject to this Act;


document_id: gpa-1997
term: Protocol
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Protocol” means the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement done at Geneva on 30 March 2012;


document_id: gpa-1997
term: qualification of suppliers
source_provision: s2
definition:
“qualification of suppliers” means a process undertaken by a contracting authority to shortlist suppliers for a particular procurement, a particular type of procurement or procurement in general;


document_id: gpa-1997
term: relevant Protocol State
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant Protocol State” means a country or territory declared, by order made under section 3, as a relevant Protocol State for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: gpa-1997
term: relevant State
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant State” means a country or territory declared, by order made under section 3, as a relevant State for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: gpa-1997
term: supplier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“supplier” means a person who sought, or who seeks, or who would have wished, to be the person to whom a contract of procurement, being a procurement subject to the Act, is awarded;


document_id: gpa-1997
term: Tribunal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Tribunal” means the Government Procurement Adjudication Tribunal established under section 8. [28/2004; 2/2014]


document_id: grasa-2022
term: Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authority” means the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore, which is the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore continued and renamed under section 3;


document_id: grasa-2022
term: Casino Regulatory Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Casino Regulatory Authority” means the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore established under the Casino Control Act 2006 in force before the appointed day;


document_id: grasa-2022
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” , in relation to the Authority, means the member of the Authority who is appointed under section 12 as the Chairperson of the Authority, and includes any person appointed under section 14 to act in that capacity;


document_id: grasa-2022
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Authority appointed under section 31, and includes any person acting in that capacity;


document_id: grasa-2022
term: delegate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“delegate” means a person to whom the Authority under section 29(1) delegates the performance or exercise of any of its functions or powers;


document_id: grasa-2022
term: Deputy Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Chairperson” , in relation to the Authority, means a member of the Authority who is appointed under section 12 as a Deputy Chairperson of the Authority;


document_id: grasa-2022
term: functions
source_provision: s2
definition:
“functions” , in relation to the Authority, means functions conferred on the Authority by this Act or any other Act;


document_id: grasa-2022
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” , in relation to the Authority, means a member of the Authority appointed under section 10, and includes any person appointed under section 14 to act in that capacity;


document_id: grasa-2022
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function;


document_id: grasa-2022
term: Singapore Totalisator Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Totalisator Board” means the Singapore Totalisator Board established under section 3 of the Singapore Totalisator Board Act 1987;


document_id: grasa-2022
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 Authority’s functions or powers.


document_id: grasa-2022
term: document
source_provision: s7
definition:
“document” includes any tape, disk or other device or medium on which information is recorded or stored;


document_id: grasa-2022
term: information
source_provision: s7
definition:
“information” means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the functions of the Authority.


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: book‑entry Government securities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“book‑entry Government securities” means any Government securities issued in Singapore under Part 5 in the form of an entry on the records of the Authority; [Act 35 of 2021 wef 31/01/2022]


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: financial institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial institution” means any person licensed, approved, registered or regulated by the Authority, or exempted from such licensing, approval, registration or regulation, under any written law administered by the Authority;


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: foreign reserve asset
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign reserve asset” has the meaning given by section 23(11) of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970; [Act 5 of 2022 wef 21/02/2022]


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: Government securities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Government securities” means any stock, bond, note, certificate or similar instruments issued under this Act other than any Treasury Bill and any RMGS; [Act 35 of 2021 wef 31/01/2022] [Act 5 of 2022 wef 21/02/2022]


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: public debt securities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public debt securities” means any securities issued under the Significant Infrastructure Government Loan Act 2021;


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: regulations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“regulations” means regulations made under this Act and, in relation to any particular issue of Government securities or Treasury Bills, includes any notification in the Gazette varying such regulations in relation to that issue; [Act 35 of 2021 wef 31/01/2022]


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: repealed 1923 Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed 1923 Act” means the Local Treasury Bills Act 1923 * repealed by the Government Borrowing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2021; [Act 35 of 2021 wef 31/01/2022] [*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: RMGS
source_provision: s2
definition:
“RMGS” means an instrument called a reserves management Government security that is issued under Part 3A; [Act 5 of 2022 wef 21/02/2022]


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: Treasury Bill
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Treasury Bill” means a Treasury Bill issued in Singapore under the repealed 1923 Act or this Act, and includes a book-entry Treasury Bill, which is issued under either Act in the form of an entry on the records of the Authority; [Act 35 of 2021 wef 31/01/2022]


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: trustee stock
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trustee stock” means any of the securities mentioned in the Trustees Act 1967 in which trustees may invest. [15/2021]


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: depositary institution
source_provision: s17
definition:
“depositary institution” means a financial institution approved by the Authority which regularly — ( a )


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: depositor
source_provision: s17
definition:
“depositor” means any person in whose name an account is established and maintained on the records of the Authority;


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: pledge
source_provision: s17
definition:
“pledge” includes a pledge of, or any security interest in, book‑entry Government securities — ( a )


document_id: gsdmia-1992
term: security interest
source_provision: s17
definition:
“security interest” means an interest, not being an interest arising from a trust, in property which secures the payment of a debt or performance of an obligation.


document_id: gsfda-2024
term: unsafe
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unsafe” and “unsuitable”, in relation to food, have the meanings given respectively by sections 2C and 2D of the Sale of Food Act 1973.


document_id: gsta-1993
term: account with the electronic service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“account with the electronic service” , in relation to any person, means a computer account within the electronic service which is assigned by the Comptroller to that person for the storage and retrieval of electronic records relating to that person;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: advocate and solicitor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor within the meaning of the Legal Profession Act 1966;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: Comptroller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Comptroller” means the Comptroller of Goods and Services Tax appointed under section 4(1) and includes for all purposes of this Act, except the exercise of the powers conferred upon the Comptroller by section 5(2), a Deputy Comptroller or an Assistant Comptroller; [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: customs duty
source_provision: s2
definition:
“customs duty” means customs duty imposed on goods imported into Singapore under the Customs Act 1960;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: customs territory
source_provision: s37
definition:
“customs territory” and “proper officer of customs” have the meanings given by section 3(1) of the Customs Act 1960;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: dutiable goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dutiable goods” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Customs Act 1960; [Act 34 of 2021 wef 01/01/2022]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: electronic service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic service” means the system established under section 29 of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act 1992; [Act 33 of 2022 wef 26/04/2024]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: entry value threshold
source_provision: s2
definition:
“entry value threshold” means the entry value threshold provided under subsection (1A); [Act 34 of 2021 wef 01/01/2022]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: limited partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“limited partnership” means a limited partnership referred to in section 3 of the Limited Partnerships Act 2008;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: money
source_provision: s2
definition:
“money” and “currency” include currencies whether of Singapore or any other country but does not include a collector’s piece, investment article or item of numismatic interest;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: open market value
source_provision: s2
definition:
“open market value” , in relation to a supply of goods or services, has the meaning given by section 17(5);


document_id: gsta-1993
term: point of sale
source_provision: s2
definition:
“point of sale” , in relation to any goods, means the time at which an order confirmation for their supply is issued by the supplier of those goods; [Act 34 of 2021 wef 01/01/2022]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: postal service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“postal service” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Postal Services Act 1999; [Act 34 of 2021 wef 01/01/2022]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: prescribed accounting periods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed accounting periods” means such accounting periods as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 19;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: reverse charge supply
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reverse charge supply” means a supply of distantly taxable goods or services treated as having been made by the recipient of those distantly taxable goods or services under section 14(2); [Act 34 of 2021 wef 01/01/2022]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: Seventh Schedule supply
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Seventh Schedule supply” means any supply of goods or services of a type, and made (whether or not in Singapore) in the circumstances, described in the Seventh Schedule; [Act 34 of 2021 wef 01/01/2022]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: specially authorised customs officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specially authorised customs officer” means an officer of customs authorised under section 5(3)( b ) to exercise the powers mentioned in that provision;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: specially authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specially authorised officer” means an officer authorised under section 5(3)( a ) to exercise the powers mentioned in that provision;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: unit trust
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unit trust” means any trust established for the purpose, or having the effect, of providing facilities for the participation by persons as beneficiaries under a trust, in profits or income arising from the acquisition, holding, management or disposal of securities or any other property;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: VCC Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“VCC Act” means the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018. [37/2008; 20/2010; 3/2013; 31/2014; 9/2018; 52/2018; 28/2019; 33/2019]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: head of the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office
source_provision: s6
definition:
“head of the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office” means the Director of the Commercial Affairs Department; [Act 24 of 2024 wef 14/11/2024]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer
source_provision: s6
definition:
“Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer” means a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer as defined in section 2(1) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 who is a Commercial Affairs Officer appointed under section 64 of the Police Force Act 2004. [52/2018] [Act 24 of 2024 wef 14/11/2024]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: redeliverer
source_provision: s17
definition:
“redeliverer” and “underlying supplier” have the meanings given by paragraph 1(1) of the Seventh Schedule;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: related services
source_provision: s17
definition:
“related services” , in relation to a Seventh Schedule supply of goods or a supply of distantly taxable goods that gives rise to a reverse charge supply, means the services supplied by any person (whether or not the supplier or underlying supplier of the goods) for the purposes of — ( a )


document_id: gsta-1993
term: initial specified period
source_provision: s19
definition:
“initial specified period” means a period of 12 months after the due date for payment of the consideration or the part thereof (as the case may be) by the taxable person to the taxable person’s supplier;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: issuer
source_provision: s35A
definition:
“issuer” , in relation to a voucher, means the person who issued the voucher (whether in the person’s own capacity or through an agent);


document_id: gsta-1993
term: consolidator
source_provision: s37B
definition:
“consolidator” means a person who supplies or delivers goods to a refiner for the purpose of refining the goods;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: investment precious metal
source_provision: s37B
definition:
“investment precious metal” means any investment precious metal specified in Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: precious metal
source_provision: s37B
definition:
“precious metal” means gold, silver or platinum that does not qualify as an investment precious metal;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: refine
source_provision: s37B
definition:
“refine” , in relation to goods (including goods that are investment precious metals or precious metals) — ( a )


document_id: gsta-1993
term: relevant supply of goods or services
source_provision: s38A
definition:
“relevant supply of goods or services” means any taxable supply of goods or services that is prescribed for the purpose of this definition, but not if — ( a )


document_id: gsta-1993
term: arrangement
source_provision: s47
definition:
“arrangement” means any agreement, contract, plan, understanding, scheme, trust, grant, covenant, disposition, transaction and includes all steps by which it is carried into effect;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: specified arrangement
source_provision: s62C
definition:
“specified arrangement” means an arrangement to cause loss of public revenue (whether or not the loss was in fact caused) as described in section 20(2B) (read with section 20(2BA)). [Act 35 of 2022 wef 01/01/2023]


document_id: gsta-1993
term: chargeable value
source_provision: s92A
definition:
“chargeable value” , in relation to a supply, means the value of the services, the amount of the invoice or the value of the goods on which tax is chargeable under subsection (1)( b ), (2), (4), (6), (7), (9) or (10), as the case may be;


document_id: gsta-1993
term: new Seventh Schedule supply of services
source_provision: s92A
definition:
“new Seventh Schedule supply of services” has the meaning given by section 91(5). [Act 35 of 2022 wef 01/01/2023]


document_id: gstvfa-2012
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function.


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” , in relation to the Agency, means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 13(1)( a ) as the Chairperson of the Agency, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“committee” , in relation to the Agency, means a committee of the Agency appointed under section 36;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: delegate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“delegate” , in relation to the Agency, means a person to whom the Agency, under section 38(1), delegates any of its functions or powers;


document_id: gtaa-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 13(1)( b ) as the Deputy Chairperson of the Agency;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: function
source_provision: s2
definition:
“function” , in relation to the Agency, means a function conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: info-communications technology
source_provision: s2
definition:
“info-communications technology” means any technology employed in the collection, storage, use or transmission of information, and includes a technology that involves the use of a computer or a telecommunication system;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” , in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency appointed under section 11, and includes a temporary member appointed under section 15(2);


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: power
source_provision: s2
definition:
“power” , in relation to the Agency, means a power given to the Agency by this Act or any other Act;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means a body that is established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but does not include a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: public sector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public sector” means the Government and all public authorities, and includes any part of the public sector;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: public sector body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public sector body” means a Ministry, a Government department, a public authority or any other body of persons in the public sector;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“system” , in relation to info‑communications technology or related engineering, includes infrastructure and application;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: telecommunication system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication system” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Telecommunications Act 1999. [5/2018; S 461/2020]


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: related proposal
source_provision: s7
definition:
“related proposal” means a proposal of the Minister that relates to the Minister’s proposal to transfer a property or function of the Agency to the transferee, and includes a proposal relating to or connected with — ( a )


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: designated public entity
source_provision: s64
definition:
“designated public entity” means a public entity that is declared by the Minister under section 66(3) to be a designated public entity;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: relevant system or service
source_provision: s64
definition:
“relevant system or service” , in relation to a designated public entity, means the system or service of the designated public entity in respect of which arrangements are established under section 66;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: responsible Minister
source_provision: s64
definition:
“responsible Minister” , in relation to a public entity or designated public entity, means the Minister charged with the responsibility for — ( a )


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s74
definition:
“Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore” means the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore established by section 3 of the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 137A, 2000 Revised Edition);


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: liability
source_provision: s74
definition:
“liability” , in relation to the transferor, means any liability, debt 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: gtaa-2016
term: transferring IDA employee
source_provision: s74
definition:
“transferring IDA employee” means an employee of the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in the Government Technology Agency Designate Wing of the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore;


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: transferring IDA function
source_provision: s74
definition:
“transferring IDA function” means the functions discharged by the Government Technology Agency Designate Wing of the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore on the eve of the transfer date.


document_id: gtaa-2016
term: Former IDA
source_provision: s79
definition:
“Former IDA” means the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore established by section 3 of the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 137A, 2000 Revised Edition);


document_id: ha-1954
term: hotel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hotel” includes a boarding house, lodging house, guesthouse and any building or premises not being a public institution and containing not less than 4 rooms or cubicles in which persons are harboured or lodged for hire or reward of any kind and where any domestic service is provided by the owner, lessee, tenant, occupier or manager for the person so harboured or lodged;


document_id: ha-1954
term: hotel-keeper
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hotel-keeper” means any person to whom a licence to keep or manage a hotel has been granted under section 7.


document_id: haa-1988
term: Director‑General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director‑General” 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 or any of its regulations;


document_id: haa-1988
term: home for the aged
source_provision: s2
definition:
“home for the aged” means any establishment the object of which is, or is held out to be, the provision of residential accommodation with board and personal care for 5 or more old persons, whether able-bodied or disabled, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: haa-1988
term: licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licence” means a licence issued under section 4 in respect of a home, and “licensed” and “licensee” have corresponding meanings;


document_id: haa-1988
term: resident
source_provision: s2
definition:
“resident” , in relation to a home, means any old person, except a member of the staff, residing in the home. [30/2019]


document_id: hapaiaa-1978
term: air navigation facilities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“air navigation facilities” includes signals, data, information or systems necessary for the navigation of an aircraft; [Act 10 of 2022 wef 01/09/2022]


document_id: hapaiaa-1978
term: IAEA Statute
source_provision: s2
definition:
“IAEA Statute” means the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency, being the Statute that was ratified by Singapore on 5 January 1967, and includes any amendment to, or substitution of, the Statute that is binding on Singapore; [Act 10 of 2022 wef 01/09/2022]


document_id: hapaiaa-1978
term: precursor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“precursor” means any chemical reactant which takes part at any stage in the production by whatever method of a toxic chemical, and includes any key component of a binary or multi-component chemical system; [Act 10 of 2022 wef 01/09/2022]


document_id: hapaiaa-1978
term: special fissionable material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special fissionable material” has the meaning given by the IAEA Statute; [Act 10 of 2022 wef 01/09/2022]


document_id: hapaiaa-1978
term: toxic chemical
source_provision: s2
definition:
“toxic chemical” means any chemical which through its chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals, and includes all such chemicals, regardless of their origin or of their method of production, and regardless of whether they are produced in facilities, munitions or elsewhere; [Act 10 of 2022 wef 01/09/2022]


document_id: hapaiaa-1978
term: uranium enriched in the isotope 235 or 233
source_provision: s2
definition:
“uranium enriched in the isotope 235 or 233” means uranium containing the isotope 235 or 233 or both in an amount such that the abundance ratio of the sum of these isotopes to the isotope 238 is greater than the ratio of the isotope 235 to the isotope 238 occurring in nature. [Act 10 of 2022 wef 01/09/2022]


document_id: hapaiaa-1978
term: officer
source_provision: s9B
definition:
“officer” , in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary or any member of the committee of the unincorporated association, and includes — ( a )


document_id: hapaiaa-1978
term: criminal matter
source_provision: s12
definition:
“criminal matter” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000;


document_id: hapaiaa-1978
term: specified offence
source_provision: s12
definition:
“specified offence” , in relation to a State which is a party to the Convention, means an offence against the law of that State that consists of or includes conduct which, if the conduct occurred in Singapore — ( a )


document_id: haussa-2001
term: Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Board” means the Board of Trustees appointed under section 19 for the administration and management of the INVEST Fund;


document_id: haussa-2001
term: civil defence officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civil defence officer” means any public officer appointed to the permanent establishment in the Civil Defence Service but excludes any auxiliary member of the Civil Defence Force and any civil defence officer who is a national serviceman;


document_id: haussa-2001
term: intelligence officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“intelligence officer” means any public officer appointed to the permanent establishment in any scheme of service designated by the Minister;


document_id: haussa-2001
term: narcotics officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“narcotics officer” means any public officer appointed to the permanent establishment in the Narcotics Service;


document_id: haussa-2001
term: police officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“police officer” means any public officer appointed to the permanent establishment in the Police Service but excludes any auxiliary police officer, any member of the Special Constabulary constituted under Part 8 of the Police Force Act 2004 and any police officer who is a national serviceman;


document_id: haussa-2001
term: prison officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prison officer” means any public officer appointed to the permanent establishment in the Prisons Service;


document_id: haussa-2001
term: Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Scheme” means the Occupational Superannuation Scheme established under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1960 for the benefit of officers in the Corrupt Practices Investigation Schemes of Service;


document_id: haussa-2001
term: uniformed service officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“uniformed service officer” means any civil defence officer, intelligence officer, narcotics officer, police officer or prison officer. [35/2019]


document_id: haussa-2001
term: derivatives contract
source_provision: s15
definition:
“derivatives contract” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: adult
source_provision: s2
definition:
“adult” means a person who is 21 years of age or older or a person below 21 years of age who was or is married;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: adult who lacks mental capacity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“adult who lacks mental capacity” means an adult who lacks capacity within the meaning of section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2008;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: appropriate consent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“appropriate consent” means the consent given by a person or, where applicable, by another person on his or her behalf, in accordance with Part 3;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means any public officer or any officer of any statutory body appointed by the Director‑General under section 4(2); [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]


document_id: hbra-2015
term: biomedical research
source_provision: s2
definition:
“biomedical research” , except for the purposes of section 3, has the same meaning as “human biomedical research”;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: declaration of compliance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“declaration of compliance” means a declaration by a research institution or a tissue bank of its compliance with the requirements of this Act;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: deputy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“deputy” , in relation to an adult who lacks mental capacity, means a deputy appointed by the court under the Mental Capacity Act 2008;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: donee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“donee” , in relation to an adult who lacks mental capacity, means the donee of that adult’s lasting power of attorney;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: donor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“donor” , in relation to human tissue, means a natural person, whether living or dead, from whose body the human tissue is obtained;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: human biological material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“human biological material” or “biological material” means any biological material obtained from the human body that consists of, or includes, human cells;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: human tissue
source_provision: s2
definition:
“human tissue” or “tissue” means any human biological material but excludes human biological material specified in the First Schedule;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: incidental finding
source_provision: s2
definition:
“incidental finding” , in relation to human biomedical research, means a finding about a research subject that has potential health or reproductive importance to the research subject and is discovered in the course of conducting research but is unrelated to the purposes, objectives or variables of the study;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: individually‑identifiable
source_provision: s2
definition:
“individually‑identifiable” , in relation to human biological material or health information pertaining to an individual, means that the individual can be identified — ( a )


document_id: hbra-2015
term: institutional review board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“institutional review board” means a board or committee appointed by a research institution under section 15 or 16 to conduct an ethics review of proposed human biomedical research;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: lasting power of attorney
source_provision: s2
definition:
“lasting power of attorney” means a valid lasting power of attorney registered under the Mental Capacity Act 2008;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: minimal risk
source_provision: s2
definition:
“minimal risk” , in relation to human biomedical research or tissue banking activity, means the probability and magnitude of harm and discomfort anticipated in the research or the removal of human tissue that are not greater, in and of themselves, than those ordinarily encountered — ( a )


document_id: hbra-2015
term: prohibited human biomedical research
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prohibited human biomedical research” means any human biomedical research specified in the Third Schedule;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: research
source_provision: s2
definition:
“research” means any systematic investigation with the intention of developing or contributing to generalisable knowledge;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: research institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“research institution” means a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate or other organisation, or ministry or department of the Government who or which — ( a )


document_id: hbra-2015
term: researcher
source_provision: s2
definition:
“researcher” means any natural person who conducts human biomedical research under the supervision and control of a research institution;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: restricted human biomedical research
source_provision: s2
definition:
“restricted human biomedical research” means any human biomedical research specified in the Fourth Schedule;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: reviewing authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reviewing authority” , in relation to human biomedical research, means the institutional review board responsible for the initial or continuing review of the research;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: tissue bank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tissue bank” means an individual or a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, or other organisation, that carries on or conducts any tissue banking activity but excludes an individual, a body of persons or an organisation that conducts any tissue banking activity solely for the purpose of the person’s or organisation’s own human biomedical research approved or exempted from review by an institutional review board;


document_id: hbra-2015
term: tissue banking activity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tissue banking activity” means a structured and an organised activity involving human tissue for the purposes of facilitating current or future research or for public health or epidemiological purposes or any combination of such purposes including any of the following activities: ( a )


document_id: hcaja-1961
term: master
source_provision: s2
definition:
“master” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and accordingly includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of a ship;


document_id: hcaja-1961
term: towage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“towage” and “pilotage”, in relation to an aircraft, mean towage and pilotage while the aircraft is waterborne.


document_id: hcaja-1961
term: collision regulations
source_provision: s5
definition:
“collision regulations” means the regulations made under section 100(2)( h ) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and any regulations made under subsection (1) of section 41 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 for or in respect of any of the matters mentioned in paragraph ( d ) of that subsection;


document_id: hcaja-1961
term: inland waters of Singapore
source_provision: s5
definition:
“inland waters of Singapore” includes any part of the sea adjacent to the coast of Singapore certified by the Minister to be waters falling by international law to be within the territorial sovereignty of Singapore apart from the operation of that law in relation to territorial waters;


document_id: hcaja-1961
term: port of Singapore
source_provision: s5
definition:
“port of Singapore” means any place or places and any navigable river or channel leading into such place or places declared to be the port under section 3 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 and “the limits of the port” means the limits thereof as defined in the declaration.


document_id: hcoppa-2004
term: enforcement officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“enforcement officer” means the Director‑General and any other public officer or any officer of any statutory authority who is appointed by the Director‑General under section 4 to be an enforcement officer for the purposes of this Act; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]


document_id: hcoppa-2004
term: human embryo clone
source_provision: s2
definition:
“human embryo clone” means any human embryo that is a genetic copy of another living or dead human, but does not include a human embryo created by the fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm;


document_id: hcoppa-2004
term: valuable consideration
source_provision: s13
definition:
“valuable consideration” , in relation to the supply of any human egg, human sperm or human embryo by a person, includes any inducement, discount or priority in the provision of a service to the person, but does not include the payment of reasonable expenses incurred by the person in connection with the supply.


document_id: hda-1959
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: hda-1959
term: buildings or works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“buildings or works” includes waste materials, refuse and other matters deposited on land, and reference to the erection or construction of buildings or works is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: hda-1959
term: building operations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“building operations” includes any building or erectional operations, rebuilding operations, structural alterations of or additions to buildings and other operations normally undertaken by a person carrying on business as a builder and the making of access roads, railways, waterworks, electrical installations and any road works preliminary or incidental to the erection of buildings;


document_id: hda-1959
term: Central Provident Fund Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Central Provident Fund Board” means the Central Provident Fund Board constituted under section 3 of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;


document_id: hda-1959
term: Chief Executive Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Board, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: hda-1959
term: commercial property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commercial property” means any flat, house or building or any part thereof which is permitted to be used pursuant to the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law for the purpose of carrying on any business or which is lawfully so used;


document_id: hda-1959
term: common property
source_provision: s87
definition:
“common property” means so much of the land developed under this Part, and all parts of any building built under this Part, as are not comprised in any housing accommodation;


document_id: hda-1959
term: Housing and Urban Development Company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Housing and Urban Development Company” means the Housing and Urban Development Company (Private) Limited incorporated in Singapore under the Companies Act 1967;


document_id: hda-1959
term: Jurong Town Corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Jurong Town Corporation” means the Jurong Town Corporation established by the Jurong Town Corporation Act 1968;


document_id: hda-1959
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 also includes a purchaser under an agreement for a lease. [13/2015; 5/2018]


document_id: hda-1959
term: parking offence
source_provision: s33
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 rules made under section 31. [27B


document_id: hda-1959
term: transfer
source_provision: s54
definition:
“transfer” , with reference to a flat, means the conveyance, sale, purchase, assignment, mortgage, charge or the disposal in any manner of any estate or interest in a flat and includes a discharge of a mortgage, or a reconveyance, or the devolution of the rights of a deceased owner of a flat to another person, and “transferred” is to be construed accordingly.


document_id: hda-1959
term: facility
source_provision: s58
definition:
“facility” means an arrangement between the MAS and an approved financial institution under which the MAS provides funding to the approved financial institution, and includes a credit facility and a repurchase transaction;


document_id: hda-1959
term: MAS
source_provision: s58
definition:
“MAS” means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970;


document_id: hda-1959
term: proceeds of sale
source_provision: s58
definition:
“proceeds of sale” , in relation to any property, means the proceeds from any transaction involving the sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment, mortgage, charge or the disposal in any manner of the property or an estate or interest in the property;


document_id: hda-1959
term: protected property
source_provision: s58
definition:
“protected property” means any flat, house or other building that has been sold by the Board under the provisions of this Part;


document_id: hda-1959
term: Registrar of Deeds
source_provision: s58
definition:
“Registrar of Deeds” means the Registrar of Deeds appointed under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 and includes any Deputy Registrar of Deeds;


document_id: hda-1959
term: Registrar of Titles
source_provision: s58
definition:
“Registrar of Titles” means the Registrar of Titles appointed under the Land Titles Act 1993 and includes any Deputy Registrar of Titles and Assistant Registrar of Titles. [51 [18/2010; 11/2013; 1/2020; 35/2020]


document_id: hda-1959
term: abatement offence
source_provision: s63
definition:
“abatement offence” means an offence under section 13L(5) of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015 for contravening an abatement order issued under section 13L(1) of that Act in connection with unreasonable interference which originated from the owner’s flat, house or other living accommodation;


document_id: hda-1959
term: appointed date
source_provision: s63
definition:
“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 36 of the Community Disputes Resolution (Amendment) Act 2024;


document_id: hda-1959
term: exclusion offence
source_provision: s63
definition:
“exclusion offence” means an offence under section 10(1) of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015 for contravening an exclusion order made under section 9(2) of that Act in connection with unreasonable interference which originated from the owner’s flat, house or other living accommodation;


document_id: hda-1959
term: unreasonable interference
source_provision: s63
definition:
“unreasonable interference” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015. [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: hda-1959
term: commercial property upgrading works
source_provision: s75
definition:
“commercial property upgrading works” , in relation to a precinct, means any items of upgrading works specified by the Board to be carried out — ( a )


document_id: hda-1959
term: general upgrading works
source_provision: s75
definition:
“general upgrading works” means any upgrading works to be carried out in a precinct other than specified upgrading works, special upgrading works, commercial property upgrading works and flat upgrading works; [Act 2 of 2023 wef 28/05/2025]


document_id: hda-1959
term: improvement contribution
source_provision: s75
definition:
“improvement contribution” means the costs in respect of general upgrading works, specified upgrading works, special upgrading works, commercial property upgrading works or flat upgrading works that are recoverable by the Board from the owner of a flat or a Town Council under section 78(2) or (3), as the case may be; [Act 2 of 2023 wef 28/05/2025]


document_id: hda-1959
term: residential flat
source_provision: s75
definition:
“residential flat” means a flat which is permitted to be used pursuant to the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law wholly for the purpose of human habitation, and “non‑residential flat” means any flat other than a residential flat;


document_id: hda-1959
term: specified upgrading works
source_provision: s75
definition:
“specified upgrading works” means any items of upgrading works specified by the Board to be carried out in a building or part of a building within a precinct as a result of which the floor area of a flat in the building will be increased, but does not include any special upgrading works and flat upgrading works;


document_id: hda-1959
term: upgrading works
source_provision: s75
definition:
“upgrading works” includes any building operations, repair, demolition or installation works carried out for the purposes of improving or upgrading any flat, building or land and any addition to, or alteration in, landlord’s fixtures and fittings;


document_id: hda-1959
term: value
source_provision: s75
definition:
“value” , in relation to a prescribed owner of any flat, means the value determined in the prescribed manner for that owner in respect of the owner’s vote. [65A [29/2005; 1/2008]


document_id: hda-1959
term: develop
source_provision: s87
definition:
“develop” means to construct or cause to be constructed any housing accommodation, common property or commercial property, including any building operations in, on, over or under any land for the purpose of erecting any housing accommodation, common property or commercial property;


document_id: hda-1959
term: housing accommodation
source_provision: s87
definition:
“housing accommodation” 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 wholly constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation or residential use;


document_id: hda-1959
term: purchaser
source_provision: s87
definition:
“purchaser” , in relation to any housing accommodation built or sold under this Part, includes a person who has purchased a leasehold interest in the housing accommodation;


document_id: hda-1959
term: relevant date
source_provision: s87
definition:
“relevant date” , in relation to any housing accommodation built by an approved developer under this Part, means the date a temporary occupation permit or certificate of statutory completion is issued by the Commissioner of Building Control under the Building Control Act 1989 in respect of that housing accommodation, whichever date is the earlier. [65M [29/2005]


document_id: hda-1959
term: residential address
source_provision: s111
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [Act 2 of 2023 wef 28/05/2025]


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means a public officer or an officer of a public authority authorised by the Controller under section 3(5);


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: building project
source_provision: s9
definition:
“building project” means a housing development comprising units to be used for residential purposes or both residential and commercial purposes and includes, for the purposes of subsections (3) to (11), any phase of such housing development where such housing development has been approved by the competent authority under the Planning Act 1998 to be developed in phases;


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: certificate of statutory completion
source_provision: s2
definition:
“certificate of statutory completion” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Control Act 1989;


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“company” means any company incorporated, formed or registered under the provisions of the Companies Act 1967 or any corresponding previous written law;


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: develop
source_provision: s2
definition:
“develop” means to construct or cause to construct housing accommodation, including any building operations in, on, over or under the land for the purpose of erecting housing accommodation and the sale by a housing developer of land which would be appurtenant to the housing accommodation;


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: FATF
source_provision: s2
definition:
“FATF” means the intergovernmental body known as the Financial Action Task Force; [Act 54 of 2018 wef 28/06/2023]


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: FATF Recommendations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“FATF Recommendations” means the recommendations issued by the FATF from time to time relating to the prevention of money laundering, proliferation financing and terrorism financing; [Act 54 of 2018 wef 28/06/2023] [Act 15 of 2025 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: housing accommodation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“housing accommodation” includes a building or tenement wholly or principally constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation or for human habitation and as business premises;


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: limited liability partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“limited liability partnership” and “limited liability partnership agreement” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: money laundering, proliferation financing or terrorism financing offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“money laundering, proliferation financing or terrorism financing offence” means an offence under — ( a )


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: partner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“partner” , in relation to a limited partnership, means a general partner as defined in the Limited Partnerships Act 2008;


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: public accountant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public accountant” means any person registered or deemed to be registered under the Accountants Act 2004 as a public accountant;


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means such board, authority or agency established by or under any public Act to perform or discharge any public function as the Minister approves for the purposes of section 3;


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: show unit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“show unit” means any representation or reproduction of any house, flat or other housing accommodation, or any part thereof, that is built, or built and furnished, for viewing by prospective purchasers of, or otherwise for the purpose of promoting the sale of, the or any similar house, flat or other housing accommodation;


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: substantial shareholder
source_provision: s2
definition:
“substantial shareholder” , in relation to a company, has the meaning given by section 81 of the Companies Act 1967; [Act 54 of 2018 wef 28/06/2023] [Act 15 of 2025 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: hdcla-1965
term: unit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unit” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether such stratum is on one or more levels, and which is intended for use in accordance with the provisions of any written law as a complete and separate unit for residential or commercial purpose. [26/2001; 17/2005; 37/2008; 11/2013; 15/2013]


document_id: hhsca-1947
term: collection
source_provision: s2
definition:
“collection” means an appeal to the public or any class of the public, made by means of visits from house to house or of soliciting in streets or other public places, or by both such means, to give, whether for consideration or not, money or other property not being money or property due or about to fall due from the donors under or by virtue of any written law, contract or other legal obligation;


document_id: hhsca-1947
term: collector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“collector” , in relation to a collection, means a person who makes such an appeal by either of those means;


document_id: hhsca-1947
term: proceeds
source_provision: s2
definition:
“proceeds” , in relation to a collection, means all money and all other property given, whether for consideration or not, in response to the appeal made;


document_id: hhsca-1947
term: promoter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“promoter” , in relation to a collection, means a person who causes others to act, whether for remuneration or otherwise, as collectors for the purposes of a collection; and “promote” and “promotion” have corresponding meanings.


document_id: hota-1987
term: designated officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated officer” , in relation to a hospital, means a person appointed under section 3 to be the designated officer of the hospital;


document_id: hota-1987
term: hospital
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hospital” means a hospital which is declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette , to be a hospital for the purposes of this Act or any part of the Act;


document_id: hota-1987
term: living donor organ transplant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“living donor organ transplant” means the removal of a specified organ from the body of any living person for the purpose of its transplantation into the body of another living person;


document_id: hota-1987
term: transplant ethics committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transplant ethics committee” , in relation to a hospital, means a committee of the hospital appointed under section 16(1). [*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]


document_id: hpa-1969
term: certificate of entitlement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“certificate of entitlement” means a permit issued by the Registrar of Vehicles under section 10A of the Road Traffic Act 1961;


document_id: hpa-1969
term: conditional sale agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conditional sale agreement” means an agreement for the sale of goods under which the purchase price or part of it is payable by instalments, and the property in the goods is to remain in the owner (notwithstanding that the hirer is to be in possession of the goods) until such conditions as to the payment of instalments or otherwise as may be specified in that agreement are fulfilled;


document_id: hpa-1969
term: dealer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dealer” means a person, not being the hirer or the owner or a servant of the owner, by whom or on whose behalf negotiations leading to the making of a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement with the owner were carried out or by whom or on whose behalf the transaction leading to a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement with the owner was arranged;


document_id: hpa-1969
term: goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“goods” includes any replacement or renewal by the hirer of any part or parts of any goods and any accessory added or addition made to any goods by the hirer during the period of the hiring;


document_id: hpa-1969
term: guarantor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“guarantor” means a person who has guaranteed the performance by a hirer of all or any of his obligations under a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement but does not include the dealer or a person engaged, at the time of the giving of the guarantee, in the trade or business of selling goods of the same nature or description as the goods comprised in the agreement;


document_id: hpa-1969
term: hire-purchase agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hire-purchase agreement” means an agreement, other than a conditional sale agreement, under which — ( a )


document_id: hpa-1969
term: hirer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hirer” means the person who takes or has taken goods from an owner under a hire‑purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement and includes a person to whom the hirer’s rights or liabilities under the agreement have passed by assignment or by operation of law;


document_id: hpa-1969
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” means a person by whom goods are bailed to a hirer under a hire‑purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement and includes a person whom the owner’s rights or liabilities under the agreement have passed by assignment or by operation of law;


document_id: hpa-1969
term: purchase price
source_provision: s2
definition:
“purchase price” means the total sum payable by the hirer under a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement in order to complete the purchase of goods to which the agreement relates, exclusive of any sum payable as a penalty or as compensation or damages for a breach of the agreement;


document_id: hpa-1969
term: regulated agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“regulated agreement” means a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement which relates to the goods specified in the First Schedule, but does not include any agreement in which the hirer is engaged in the trade or business of selling goods of the same nature or description as the goods comprised in the agreement;


document_id: hpa-1969
term: third-party insurance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“third-party insurance” means any insurance in relation to liability in respect of death or bodily injury caused by or arising out of the use of a motor vehicle being insurance required by law;


document_id: hpa-1969
term: vehicle registration fees
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vehicle registration fees” means any amount to be provided under a hire‑purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement by the owner for payment by or on behalf of the hirer under the provisions of this Act in connection with the registration and use of a motor vehicle, including any amount payable for third‑party insurance and for the issue of a certificate of entitlement.


document_id: hpa-2007
term: active ingredient
source_provision: s2
definition:
“active ingredient” means any substance or compound that is usable in the manufacture of a health product as a pharmacologically active constituent;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: adverse effect
source_provision: s2
definition:
“adverse effect” , in relation to a health product, means any debilitating, harmful, toxic or detrimental effect that the health product has been found to have or to be likely to have on the body or health of humans when the health product is used by or administered to humans;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: advertisement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“advertisement” , in relation to a health product, means the publication, dissemination or conveyance of any information for the purpose of promoting, whether directly or indirectly, the sale or use of that health product by any means or in any form, including the following: ( a )


document_id: hpa-2007
term: Appeal Advisory Committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Appeal Advisory Committee” means an Appeal Advisory Committee established by the Minister under section 11;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authority” means the Health Sciences Authority established under section 3 of the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the person appointed under section 15 of the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001 to be the Chief Executive of the Authority;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: clinical trial
source_provision: s2
definition:
“clinical trial” means an investigation in respect of a health product that involves human subjects and that is intended to — ( a )


document_id: hpa-2007
term: efficacy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“efficacy” , in relation to a health product that is a device, includes the ability of the device to properly carry out its intended purpose;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: health-related purpose
source_provision: s2
definition:
“health-related purpose” means a therapeutic, preventive, palliative, diagnostic or cosmetic purpose, or any other purpose for the promotion or preservation of human health and wellbeing, and includes the following: ( a )


document_id: hpa-2007
term: importer’s licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“importer’s licence” means a licence authorising the holder of the licence to import any health product;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: intended purpose
source_provision: s2
definition:
“intended purpose” , in relation to a health product, means the use for which the health product is intended according to the specifications of its manufacturer as stated on all or any of the following: ( a )


document_id: hpa-2007
term: label
source_provision: s2
definition:
“label” , in relation to a health product or an active ingredient, means any written, printed or graphic representation that appears on or is attached to the health product or active ingredient or any part of its packaging, and includes any informational sheet or leaflet that accompanies the health product or active ingredient when it is being supplied;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: manufacture
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manufacture” , in relation to a health product, means to make, fabricate, produce or process the health product and includes — ( a )


document_id: hpa-2007
term: manufacturer’s licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manufacturer’s licence” means a licence authorising the holder of the licence to manufacture any health product;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: National Parks Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“National Parks Board” means the National Parks Board established by the repealed National Parks Act (Cap. 198A, 1991 Revised Edition) as in force before 1 July 1996 and continued by section 3 of the National Parks Board Act 1996;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: packaging
source_provision: s2
definition:
“packaging” , in relation to a health product or an active ingredient, means the container and other packaging material in which the health product or active ingredient is supplied;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: presentation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“presentation” , in relation to a health product, means the way in which the health product is presented for supply, and includes matters relating to the name of the health product, the packaging and labelling of the health product and any other informational material associated with the health product;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: prohibited substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prohibited substance” means a substance that is prescribed as a substance that is not to be contained at all in any health product or in any particular category of health products;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: recall
source_provision: s2
definition:
“recall” , in relation to a health product, means any action taken by its manufacturer, importer, supplier or registrant to remove the health product from the market or to retrieve the health product from any person to whom it has been supplied, because the health product — ( a )


document_id: hpa-2007
term: Register of Health Products
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Register of Health Products” means the Register of Health Products kept and maintained by the Authority under section 34;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: registrant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registrant” , in relation to a registered health product, means the person who applied for and obtained the registration of the health product under this Act;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: sample
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sample” , in relation to a health product or an active ingredient, includes a sample of the packaging of the health product or active ingredient;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: supply
source_provision: s2
definition:
“supply” , in relation to a health product, means to transfer possession of the health product by any means whether or not for reward, and includes the following: ( a )


document_id: hpa-2007
term: veterinarian
source_provision: s2
definition:
“veterinarian” means a person who is licensed under section 53 of the Animals and Birds Act 1965 to treat, vaccinate or inoculate any animal or bird;


document_id: hpa-2007
term: wholesaler’s licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“wholesaler’s licence” means a licence authorising the holder of the licence to supply any health product by wholesale. [10/2019]


document_id: hpba-2001
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board and includes a temporary Chairperson appointed under section 8;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: approved conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved conveyance” means any conveyance approved under section 11B to be used for the provision of a licensable healthcare service; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 26/06/2023]


document_id: hsa-2020
term: approved permanent premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved permanent premises” means any permanent premises approved under section 11B to be used for the provision of a licensable healthcare service; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 26/06/2023]


document_id: hsa-2020
term: approved specified service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved specified service” means any specified service approved under section 11D; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 26/06/2023]


document_id: hsa-2020
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , for any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 7(2) as an authorised officer for that provision;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: Clinical Governance Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Clinical Governance Officer” , for a licensee, means an individual appointed under section 24(2) for that licensee;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: code of practice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“code of practice” means a code of practice issued or approved under section 38, and includes any code of practice as amended under that section;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance” means a vehicle, an aircraft or a vessel, that is registered under any written law, or a train in Singapore, and that is used to provide a healthcare service in Singapore;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: dentist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dentist” means an individual who is registered under the Dental Registration Act (Cap. 76) as a registered dentist and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: Director-General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Health and includes any individual who is, for the time being, discharging the duties of the Director-General of Health; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]


document_id: hsa-2020
term: medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“medical practitioner” means an individual who is registered under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) as a medical practitioner and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: modification
source_provision: s2
definition:
“modification” and “modify”, in relation to the conditions of a licence, include deleting, varying and substituting a condition, and adding a condition;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: oral health therapist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“oral health therapist” means an individual who is registered under the Dental Registration Act as a registered oral health therapist and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: permanent premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“permanent premises” , in relation to an applicant for a licence to provide a licensable healthcare service or a licensee, means any premises at which the applicant or licensee (as the case may be) intends to provide the licensable healthcare service for the entire term or remainder of the term (as the case may be) of the licence; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 26/06/2023]


document_id: hsa-2020
term: Principal Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Principal Officer” , for an applicant or a licensee, means an employee or officer of the applicant or licensee who — ( a )


document_id: hsa-2020
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but not a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A);


document_id: hsa-2020
term: remote provision
source_provision: s2
definition:
“remote provision” , in relation to a licensable healthcare service, means provision of the licensable healthcare service — ( a )


document_id: hsa-2020
term: service delivery mode
source_provision: s2
definition:
“service delivery mode” , in relation to a licensable healthcare service, means any of the following modes by which the licensable healthcare service is provided: ( a )


document_id: hsa-2020
term: specified committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified committee” means a quality assurance committee, a service review committee or a clinical ethics committee, as the case may be;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: specified service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified service” , in relation to a licensable healthcare service, means a service of a medical or healthcare nature prescribed under section 9A(1) as a specified service for that licensable healthcare service; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 26/06/2023]


document_id: hsa-2020
term: step‑in operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“step‑in operator” means a person that is appointed under section 33 to take over the operations, or a part of the operations, of a licensee.


document_id: hsa-2020
term: advertisement
source_provision: s31B
definition:
“advertisement” includes any notice, circular, pamphlet, label, wrapper or other document, any announcement made orally or by any means of producing or transmitting light or sound and any other form of advertising;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: medical or dental qualification
source_provision: s31B
definition:
“medical or dental qualification” means any degree, diploma or other qualification that is recognised or approved in any jurisdiction to enable or entitle the holder of the degree, diploma or qualification to practise as a medical practitioner or dentist (as the case may be) in that jurisdiction;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: protected title
source_provision: s31B
definition:
“protected title” means the title “Doctor”, or any abbreviation or derivative of that title, in any language;


document_id: hsa-2020
term: corporation
source_provision: s45
definition:
“corporation” includes a limited liability partnership within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);


document_id: hsa-2020
term: medical information
source_provision: s51
definition:
“medical information” means information about an individual that relates to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of an ailment, a condition, disability, disease or disorder or an injury affecting any part of the human body or mind;


document_id: hsaa-2001
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority and includes a temporary Chairperson appointed under section 8;


document_id: hsaa-2001
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” means a member of the Authority and includes a temporary member appointed under section 8. [5/2018]


document_id: hsaa-2001
term: health sciences
source_provision: s11
definition:
“health sciences” includes forensic medicine, forensic science, clinical pharmacology, pharmaceutical science, radiation science, transfusion medicine and any other applied science or specialised scientific field that relates to human health;


document_id: hsaa-2001
term: tobacco product
source_provision: s11
definition:
“tobacco product” means any cigarette, cigar or any other form of tobacco which may be consumed through smoking, chewing or otherwise. [15/2007; 30/2008]


document_id: hta-2010
term: bank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bank” means a bank or merchant bank licensed under the Banking Act 1970, and includes a finance company licensed under the Finance Companies Act 1967;


document_id: hta-2010
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 17 December 1979;


document_id: hta-2010
term: relevant offence
source_provision: s13
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 hostage-taking offence.


document_id: htca-2017
term: cadet
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cadet” means an individual enrolled under section 9 in the National Police Cadet Corps or the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps;


document_id: htca-2017
term: Commissioner of Civil Defence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner of Civil Defence” includes an individual who is for the time being exercising the powers of the Commissioner of Civil Defence;


document_id: htca-2017
term: Commissioner of Police
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner of Police” includes an individual who is for the time being exercising the powers of the Commissioner of Police;


document_id: htca-2017
term: Home Team Corps
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Home Team Corps” means the National Police Cadet Corps and the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps established under section 3;


document_id: htca-2017
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” means an officer of, or a cadet enrolled in, the National Police Cadet Corps or the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (as the case may be), and includes an individual undergoing an officer cadet course;


document_id: htca-2017
term: officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer” , for the National Police Cadet Corps or the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps, means an individual appointed as an officer, an honorary officer or an honorary instructor under section 7(1), (2) or (3), respectively, of that Corps;


document_id: htca-2017
term: officer‑in‑charge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer‑in‑charge” means an officer for the time being commanding a unit of the National Police Cadet Corps or the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps, as the case may be;


document_id: htca-2017
term: Singapore Civil Defence Force
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Civil Defence Force” means the Singapore Civil Defence Force established under the Civil Defence Act 1986;


document_id: htca-2017
term: Singapore Police Force
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Police Force” means the Singapore Police Force established under the Police Force Act 2004.


document_id: htstaa-2019
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 person appointed under section 14 to act in that capacity;


document_id: htstaa-2019
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 29, and includes any person acting in that capacity;


document_id: htstaa-2019
term: Deputy Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Chairperson” , in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 12 as a Deputy Chairperson of the Agency;


document_id: htstaa-2019
term: framework contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“framework contract” means a contract between one or more procuring organisations in the Singapore public sector and one or more suppliers the purpose of which is to establish the terms governing orders for the supply of goods, works or services to be placed during a fixed period;


document_id: htstaa-2019
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” , in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency appointed under section 10, and includes any person appointed under section 14 to act in that capacity;


document_id: htstaa-2019
term: liability
source_provision: s44
definition:
“liability” , in relation to the 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: htstaa-2019
term: transferring employee
source_provision: s44
definition:
“transferring employee” means any individual who, on the eve of the transfer date, is a public officer holding a post in the Science and Technology Group of the Ministry of Home Affairs, but does not include any individual whose name is on the list of excluded individuals approved by the Minister.


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: Antarctica
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Antarctica” means the area south of 60&#186; South latitude, including all ice shelves in that area;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: Basel Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Basel Convention” means the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal and any amendment or protocol to the Convention that has come into force and has been accepted by the Government, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: Basel export permit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Basel export permit” means a permit given in accordance with the Basel Convention permitting the export of hazardous or other waste;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: Basel import permit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Basel import permit” means a permit given in accordance with the Basel Convention permitting the import of hazardous or other waste;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: Basel transit permit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Basel transit permit” means a permit given in accordance with the Basel Convention permitting the carrying out of one or more transit proposals relating to hazardous or other waste;


document_id: hwceita-1997
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: hwceita-1997
term: environmentally sound management
source_provision: s2
definition:
“environmentally sound management” , in relation to hazardous or other waste, has the meaning given by section 8;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: export proposal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“export proposal” means a proposal to export hazardous or other waste and to deal with it outside Singapore;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: holder
source_provision: s2
definition:
“holder” , in relation to a Basel permit or a special permit, means the person to whom the permit was granted;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: household waste
source_provision: s2
definition:
“household waste” means waste collected from households, but does not include such waste as may be specified in any regulations made under this Act;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: import proposal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import proposal” means a proposal to import hazardous or other waste and to deal with it in Singapore;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: platform
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform” includes any structure at sea, whether fixed or not fixed, but does not include a vessel;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: special export permit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special export permit” means a permit under a set of Article 11 regulations permitting the export of hazardous or other waste;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: special import permit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special import permit” means a permit under a set of Article 11 regulations permitting the import of hazardous or other waste;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: special permit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special permit” means a special export permit, a special import permit or a special transit permit;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: special transit permit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special transit permit” means a permit under a set of Article 11 regulations permitting the carrying out of one or more transit proposals relating to hazardous or other waste;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: through bill of lading
source_provision: s2
definition:
“through bill of lading” or “through airway bill” means a bill of lading or airway bill, as the case may be, for the consignment of goods from a place outside Singapore to a final destination outside Singapore without a consignee in Singapore;


document_id: hwceita-1997
term: vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vessel” means anything capable of carrying persons or goods through or on water, and includes an air-cushion vehicle or similar craft;


document_id: ia-1959
term: advance passenger information
source_provision: s2
definition:
“advance passenger information” means information relating to any passenger required to be furnished to the Controller prior to the arrival in Singapore of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus (as the case may be) on which the passenger will be travelling to Singapore; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/07/2025]


document_id: ia-1959
term: arrestable offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“arrestable offence” and “non‑arrestable offence” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/12/2024]


document_id: ia-1959
term: authorised airport
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised airport” , “authorised landing place”, “authorised train checkpoint”, “authorised point of entry”, “authorised departing place” and “authorised point of departure” mean, respectively, an airport, a landing place, a train checkpoint, a point of entry, a departing place or a point of departure declared as such under section 5;


document_id: ia-1959
term: authorised area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised area” means an authorised airport, authorised landing place, authorised train checkpoint, authorised point of entry, authorised place of embarkation, authorised departing place, authorised point of departure or immigration control post declared as such under section 5;


document_id: ia-1959
term: auxiliary police officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“auxiliary police officer” means a person appointed as such under Part 9 of the Police Force Act 2004; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/12/2024]


document_id: ia-1959
term: certificate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“certificate” means a certificate of status issued under the provisions of any regulations made under section 55;


document_id: ia-1959
term: Controller of Work Passes
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Controller of Work Passes” means the Controller of Work Passes appointed under section 3 of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990;


document_id: ia-1959
term: crew
source_provision: s2
definition:
“crew” includes every seaman on a vessel, and every person employed in the operation of an aircraft, a train or a bus or in any service rendered to the crew or passengers of an aircraft in flight or a train, or a bus, in motion; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/07/2025]


document_id: ia-1959
term: Director of Marine
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director of Marine” means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine appointed under that subsection and such other officers appointed under section 4(3) of that Act as the Director of Marine may authorise to carry out any of his or her duties under this Act;


document_id: ia-1959
term: employ
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employ” means to engage or use the service of any person, whether under a contract of service or otherwise, with or without remuneration;


document_id: ia-1959
term: harbour
source_provision: s2
definition:
“harbour” means to give food or shelter, and includes the act of assisting a person in any way to evade apprehension;


document_id: ia-1959
term: immigration control post
source_provision: s2
definition:
“immigration control post” means a post established as such by the Controller at a place declared to be an immigration control post under section 5;


document_id: ia-1959
term: immigration depot
source_provision: s2
definition:
“immigration depot” means any place designated by the Controller for the examination, inspection or detention of persons under this Act or any other written law; [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024]


document_id: ia-1959
term: occupier
source_provision: s57A
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to a work place, means the principal contractor who undertakes any construction works at the work place and includes such other person as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette , specify to be the occupier of the work place;


document_id: ia-1959
term: omnibus
source_provision: s2
definition:
“omnibus” means a bus which is used on a scheduled service and in which passengers are 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 (or an equivalent licence is in force in Malaysia) authorising the use of the bus as an omnibus; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/07/2025]


document_id: ia-1959
term: pass
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pass” means a pass issued under the regulations entitling the holder thereof to remain, or enter and remain, temporarily in Singapore;


document_id: ia-1959
term: passenger
source_provision: s2
definition:
“passenger” means any person carried in a vessel, an aircraft, a train or a bus, other than the members of the crew; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/07/2025]


document_id: ia-1959
term: permanent resident of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“permanent resident of Singapore” means the holder of a valid entry permit; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 01/12/2025]


document_id: ia-1959
term: personal identifier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“personal identifier” means any of the identifiers specified in the Schedule (including any in digital form);


document_id: ia-1959
term: seaman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“seaman” includes the master and any person carried in a vessel as a bona fide member of the staff employed in the operation or service of the vessel and, if the vessel has articles, entered on the articles;


document_id: ia-1959
term: stowaway
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stowaway” means a person who is secreted in a vessel, an aircraft, a train or a bus without the consent of the master or other person in charge of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus and includes such a person who is arriving in or departing from Singapore on board any vessel, aircraft, train or bus without the consent of the master or other person in charge of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/07/2025]


document_id: ia-1959
term: through passenger
source_provision: s2
definition:
“through passenger” means any passenger who arrives in Singapore by a vessel, an aircraft or a train and who is continuing his or her journey in the same vessel, aircraft or train to a place outside Singapore;


document_id: ia-1959
term: transportation company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transportation company” means any government, municipality, body corporate, or organisation, firm or person carrying or providing for the transit of passengers, whether by vessel, aircraft, train, bus or otherwise, and includes any 2 or more such transporting companies co‑operating in the business of carrying passengers; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/07/2025]


document_id: ia-1959
term: vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vessel” includes any ship or boat or other description of floating craft used in navigation, and includes any tackle, equipment, book, document, goods, cargo or things carried therein or thereon. [18/2012]


document_id: ia-1959
term: immigration clearance
source_provision: s5
definition:
“immigration clearance” , in relation to any person, includes refusing the person entry into Singapore or exit from Singapore;


document_id: ia-1959
term: separate and exclusive immigration clearance
source_provision: s5
definition:
“separate and exclusive immigration clearance” includes immigration clearance carried out only during a particular period or periods in a day for a particular person or class of persons. [18/2012]


document_id: ia-1959
term: automated clearance system
source_provision: s5A
definition:
“automated clearance system” means an automated identification processing system for the immigration clearance of persons registered in the system;


document_id: ia-1959
term: in‑bound conveyance
source_provision: s9AA
definition:
“in‑bound conveyance” means a vessel, an aircraft, a train or a bus (excluding an omnibus) that is bound for Singapore (whether or not as a final destination);


document_id: ia-1959
term: crew information
source_provision: s36A
definition:
“crew information” means the information relating to any person who is or will be on board any vessel, aircraft, train or bus as a member of its crew at the time of its arrival in or departure from Singapore, which is provided to the Controller or any immigration officer by the master, operator, owner, agent or charterer of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus (as the case may be) pursuant to any provision of this Act; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/07/2025]


document_id: ia-1959
term: disclose
source_provision: s36A
definition:
“disclose” , in relation to identifying information that is a personal identifier or in relation to passenger information, includes providing access to the identifying information or passenger information;


document_id: ia-1959
term: passenger information
source_provision: s36A
definition:
“passenger information” means the information relating to any person who is or will be on board any vessel, aircraft, train or bus as its passenger at the time of its arrival in or departure from Singapore, which is provided to the Controller or any immigration officer by the master, operator, owner, agent or charterer of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus (as the case may be) pursuant to any provision of this Act. [18/2012] [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/07/2025]


document_id: ia-1959
term: relevant offence
source_provision: s51AA
definition:
“relevant offence” means an offence under any written law (other than this Act or the regulations). [6/2018]


document_id: ia-1959
term: prescribed law enforcement agency
source_provision: s51AB
definition:
“prescribed law enforcement agency” means any authority or person, charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders under any written law (other than this Act or the regulations), prescribed for the purposes of this section and section 51AD by the Minister;


document_id: ia-1959
term: specified offence
source_provision: s51AB
definition:
“specified offence” means any offence under any written law (other than this Act or the regulations) by or under which an officer of, or a person appointed by, a prescribed law enforcement agency may arrest the person without a warrant. [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/12/2024]


document_id: ia-1959
term: principal contractor
source_provision: s57A
definition:
“principal contractor” means a person who has entered into a contract with an owner, a developer or a lessee of a property or an agent of one of those persons for the purpose of carrying out any construction works on the property;


document_id: ia-1959
term: work place
source_provision: s57A
definition:
“work place” means any place or premises where any construction works are being carried out and includes — ( a )


document_id: ia-1959
term: immigration advantage
source_provision: s57C
definition:
“immigration advantage” , in relation to a party to a marriage, means the grant or extension of the validity of any visa, pass, permit or re‑entry permit under this Act or the regulations or any order made under this Act for that party or for a child or parent of that party. [18/2012]


document_id: ia-1965
term: abet
source_provision: s2
definition:
“abet” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, has the meaning given by the Penal Code 1871;


document_id: ia-1965
term: act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“act” , in relation to an offence or civil wrong, includes a series of acts, and words which refer to acts done are to be construed as extending to illegal omissions;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Act” or “Act of Parliament” means an Act of the Parliament of Singapore and includes any Ordinance or Act of Singapore or Malaysia having the force of law in Singapore; and “Act”, when used in any subsidiary legislation, means the Act under the authority of which the subsidiary legislation was made;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Attorney‑General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Attorney‑General” means the Attorney‑General of Singapore and in relation to any function, power or duty of the Attorney‑General, includes a Deputy Attorney‑General so assigned by the Attorney‑General to perform that function, power or duty;


document_id: ia-1965
term: citizen of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“citizen of Singapore” means any person who, under the provisions of the Constitution, has the status of a citizen of Singapore;


document_id: ia-1965
term: commencement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commencement” , in relation to an Act, means the time at which the Act comes into operation in Singapore;


document_id: ia-1965
term: common law
source_provision: s2
definition:
“common law” means the common law insofar as it is in operation in Singapore and any custom or usage having the force of law in Singapore;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Commonwealth
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commonwealth” means collectively the Commonwealth countries and includes any colony, protectorate or protected state or any other territory administered by any Commonwealth country;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Commonwealth country
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commonwealth country” means any country recognised by the President to be a Commonwealth country, and “part of the Commonwealth” means any Commonwealth country, any colony, protectorate or protected state or any other territory administered by the government of any Commonwealth country;


document_id: ia-1965
term: consular officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“consular officer” means consul‑general, consul, vice‑consul, consular agent and any person for the time being authorised to discharge the duties of consul‑general, consul, vice‑consul or consular agent;


document_id: ia-1965
term: contravene
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contravene” , in relation to a provision of a written law, includes a failure to comply with a requirement or condition in that provision;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Crown Agents
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Crown Agents” means the persons for the time being acting as Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations in the United Kingdom;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Deputy Attorney-General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Attorney-General” means a Deputy Attorney‑General appointed under Article 35A of the Constitution;


document_id: ia-1965
term: District Court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“District Court” means any District Court constituted under any written law for the time being in force relating to the courts;


document_id: ia-1965
term: District Judge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“District Judge” means a District Judge appointed as such under any written law for the time being in force relating to the courts;


document_id: ia-1965
term: export
source_provision: s2
definition:
“export” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to take or cause to be taken out of Singapore by land, sea or air;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Family Justice Rules
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Family Justice Rules” means the Family Justice Rules made under the Family Justice Act 2014 and any other written law by the Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1) of that Act;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Gazette
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Gazette” or “Government Gazette ” means the Republic of Singapore Government Gazette , and includes any supplement thereto and any Gazette Extraordinary; [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025]


document_id: ia-1965
term: Government Printer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Government Printer” means any person authorised by the Government to print or otherwise publish written laws, Bills, the Gazette , documents of the Government and other official documents; [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025]


document_id: ia-1965
term: His Majesty
source_provision: s2
definition:
“His Majesty” , “Her Majesty”, “King”, “Queen” or “Sovereign”, in relation to the United Kingdom, means the Sovereign of the United Kingdom for the time being, and “His Britannic Majesty” and “Her Britannic Majesty” have corresponding meanings; [Act 32 of 2024 wef 25/11/2024]


document_id: ia-1965
term: immovable property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“immovable property” includes land, benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;


document_id: ia-1965
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by land, sea or air;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Judge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Judge” means a Supreme Court Judge, a Judicial Commissioner or a Senior Judge sitting in the General Division of the High Court or Appellate Division of the High Court, or the Court of Appeal, in accordance with the Constitution and the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969, or an International Judge sitting in the Singapore International Commercial Court, the Appellate Division of the High Court, or the Court of Appeal, in accordance with the Constitution and that Act;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Judicial Service Commission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Judicial Service Commission” means the Judicial Service Commission constituted under the provisions of the Constitution; [Act 33 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]


document_id: ia-1965
term: Judicial Service Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Judicial Service Officer” means an officer in the Singapore Judicial Service; [Act 33 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]


document_id: ia-1965
term: Legal Service Commission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Legal Service Commission” means the Legal Service Commission constituted under the provisions of the Constitution; [Act 33 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]


document_id: ia-1965
term: Legal Service Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Legal Service Officer” means an officer in the Singapore Legal Service; [Act 33 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]


document_id: ia-1965
term: legislature
source_provision: s2
definition:
“legislature” , in relation to any part of the Commonwealth, means the authority competent to make laws for that part of the Commonwealth;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Magistrate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Magistrate” means a Magistrate appointed under any written law for the time being in force relating to the courts;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Malaysian citizen
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Malaysian citizen” or “Federal citizen” means any person who is a citizen of Malaysia by virtue of the provisions of any law for the time being in force, or any instrument for the time being having the force of law, in Malaysia;


document_id: ia-1965
term: master
source_provision: s2
definition:
“master” , in relation to a ship, means any person, except a pilot or harbour master, having for the time being control or charge of the ship;


document_id: ia-1965
term: military
source_provision: s2
definition:
“military” , in relation to Singapore’s military, includes the digital and intelligence service of the Singapore Armed Forces; [Act 24 of 2022 wef 28/10/2022]


document_id: ia-1965
term: Minister
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for the department or subject to which the context refers;


document_id: ia-1965
term: monogamous marriage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“monogamous marriage” means a marriage which is recognised by the law of the place where it is contracted as a voluntary union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others during the continuance of the marriage;


document_id: ia-1965
term: oath
source_provision: s2
definition:
“oath” and “affidavit”, in the case of persons for the time being allowed by law to affirm or declare instead of swearing, include affirmation and declaration, and “swear” in the like case includes affirm and declare;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Ordinance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Ordinance” means any Ordinance of Singapore, and includes any Ordinance of the Colony of the Straits Settlements, any Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore or of the State of Singapore and any Proclamation having the force of law in Singapore; and “Ordinance” when used in any subsidiary legislation means the Ordinance under the authority of which the subsidiary legislation was made;


document_id: ia-1965
term: person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“person” and “party” include any company or association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate;


document_id: ia-1965
term: prescribed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed” means prescribed by the Act in which the word occurs or by any subsidiary legislation made thereunder and, in relation to forms, includes being set out in electronic form on an electronically accessible server (such as an internet website) that is specified in the Act or subsidiary legislation in which the word occurs;


document_id: ia-1965
term: President
source_provision: s2
definition:
“President” means the President of Singapore and includes any person for the time being performing the functions of the President under the provisions of the Constitution;


document_id: ia-1965
term: public holiday
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public holiday” means any day which is declared to be or proclaimed as a public holiday or which under any written law is to be observed as a public holiday in Singapore;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Public Service Commission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Public Service Commission” means the Public Service Commission constituted under the provisions of the Constitution;


document_id: ia-1965
term: registered
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered” , in relation to a document, means registered under the provisions of any written law for the time being applicable to the registration of such document;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Secretary to the Cabinet
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Secretary to the Cabinet” means the Secretary to the Cabinet appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution;


document_id: ia-1965
term: ship
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation not exclusively propelled by oars or paddles;


document_id: ia-1965
term: sign
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sign” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, with reference to a person who is unable to write his or her name, includes “mark” with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore” means the Republic of Singapore and is deemed to include the Island of Singapore and all islands and places which on 2 June 1959 were administered as part of Singapore and all territorial waters adjacent thereto;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Speaker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Speaker” means the Speaker of Parliament elected in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution;


document_id: ia-1965
term: subsidiary legislation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subsidiary legislation” means any order in council, proclamation, rule, regulation, order, notification, by‑law or other instrument made under any Act, Ordinance or other lawful authority and having legislative effect;


document_id: ia-1965
term: writing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“writing” and expressions referring to writing include printing, lithography, typewriting, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words or figures in visible form;


document_id: ia-1965
term: written law
source_provision: s2
definition:
“written law” means the Constitution and all previous Constitutions having application to Singapore and all Acts, Ordinances and enactments by whatever name called and subsidiary legislation made thereunder for the time being in force in Singapore;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Yang di-Pertuan Agong
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Yang di-Pertuan Agong” means the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or Supreme Head of Malaysia and includes the Deputy Supreme Head of Malaysia or a Ruler of a Malay State, whenever he is lawfully exercising the functions of the Yang di‑Pertuan Agong;


document_id: ia-1965
term: Youth Court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Youth Court” means a Youth Court constituted under section 5 of the Family Justice Act 2014. [9/2003; 42/2005; 27/2014; 41/2014; 42/2014; 19/2018; 40/2019] [Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]


document_id: ia-1966
term: accounting period
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accounting period” , in relation to any insurer, means the period beginning from the commencement of its business in Singapore or 1 January of any year (as the case may be) and ending on 31 December of that year for which accounts relating to the insurance business carried on by the insurer in Singapore are kept and for which an insurance fund has been established under this Act, unless otherwise allowed by the Authority;


document_id: ia-1966
term: captive insurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“captive insurer” means an insurer whose licence is restricted to the carrying on of insurance business which consists principally of risks of its related corporations;


document_id: ia-1966
term: direct insurance broker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“direct insurance broker” means a person who is for the time being registered under section 76 in respect of insurance policies relating to general business and long-term accident and health policies, other than insurance policies relating to reinsurance business;


document_id: ia-1966
term: direct insurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“direct insurer” means any insurer other than a reinsurer, an authorised reinsurer or a captive insurer;


document_id: ia-1966
term: executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executive officer” , in relation to a licensed insurer, means any person, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: ia-1966
term: exempt financial adviser
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exempt financial adviser” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Financial Advisers Act 2001;


document_id: ia-1966
term: general reinsurance broker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“general reinsurance broker” means a person who is for the time being registered under section 76 in respect of reinsurance of liabilities under insurance policies relating to general business;


document_id: ia-1966
term: guaranteed policy moneys
source_provision: s2
definition:
“guaranteed policy moneys” means the benefits that an insured policy owner is entitled to receive under the policy owner’s insured policy under section 54(3) or (4) (as the case may be) of the Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011;


document_id: ia-1966
term: insurance business in Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“insurance business in Singapore” means the business of assuming risk or undertaking liability in Singapore under policies, and of — ( a )


document_id: ia-1966
term: insurance intermediary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“insurance intermediary” means a person who, as an agent for one or more insurers or as an agent for insureds or intending insureds, arranges contracts of insurance in Singapore, and includes an insurance agent or an insurance broker;


document_id: ia-1966
term: licensed financial adviser
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed financial adviser” means a holder of a financial adviser’s licence under the Financial Advisers Act 2001;


document_id: ia-1966
term: life reinsurance broker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“life reinsurance broker” means a person who is for the time being registered under section 76 in respect of reinsurance of liabilities under insurance policies relating to life business;


document_id: ia-1966
term: marine mutual insurance business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“marine mutual insurance business” means the business of providing the insurance of liabilities under insurance policies on the basis of mutual insurance (within the meaning of section 85 of the Marine Insurance Act 1906) on such risk or risks as may be prescribed;


document_id: ia-1966
term: marine mutual insurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“marine mutual insurer” means an insurer that is a direct insurer licensed to carry on general business and that is permitted under the licence to carry on marine mutual insurance business only;


document_id: ia-1966
term: partner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“partner” and “manager”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, have the respective meanings given to them by section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: ia-1966
term: PPF Agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“PPF Agency” means the deposit insurance and policy owners’ protection fund agency constituted under section 56 of the Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011;


document_id: ia-1966
term: registered insurance broker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered insurance broker” means an insurance broker who is for the time being registered under section 76;


document_id: ia-1966
term: reinsurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reinsurer” means an insurer whose licence is restricted to the carrying on of reinsurance business;


document_id: ia-1966
term: representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“representative” , in relation to a licensed financial adviser or exempt financial adviser, has the meaning given by the Financial Advisers Act 2001;


document_id: ia-1966
term: statutory balance sheet
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory balance sheet” and “statutory valuation” mean respectively a balance sheet lodged with the Authority in order to comply with section 94, and a valuation of which the results are shown in a valuation balance sheet lodged with it on an actuarial investigation made in order to comply with section 95(1);


document_id: ia-1966
term: voting share
source_provision: s2
definition:
“voting share” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967. [1A [23/2003; 5/2005; 16/2011; 11/2013]


document_id: ia-1966
term: advertisement
source_provision: s8
definition:
“advertisement” means the dissemination or conveyance of information, or invitation or solicitation by any means or in any form, including by means of — ( a )


document_id: ia-1966
term: registered person
source_provision: s9
definition:
“registered person” means a person whose representative office is registered with the Authority under this section;


document_id: ia-1966
term: supervisor
source_provision: s24
definition:
“supervisor” , in relation to a financial adviser, has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Financial Advisers Act 2001. [26 [19/2015]


document_id: ia-1966
term: chairperson
source_provision: s35
definition:
“chairperson” , in relation to a licensed insurer, means the chairperson of the board of directors of the insurer;


document_id: ia-1966
term: key executive person
source_provision: s35
definition:
“key executive person” means a person holding any appointment referred to in subsection (1)( a ) to ( d ) or (3). [31 [11/2013]


document_id: ia-1966
term: regulated financial institution
source_provision: s36
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 carried on in Singapore, would be regulated or authorised by the Authority;


document_id: ia-1966
term: administrator
source_provision: s52
definition:
“administrator” means an administrator appointed by the Authority under section 54 in respect of a foreign insurer scheme;


document_id: ia-1966
term: agent
source_provision: s52
definition:
“agent” , in relation to a foreign insurer, means an agent in respect of the carrying on of insurance business in Singapore by the foreign insurer, with authority to enter into contracts of insurance on behalf of the foreign insurer;


document_id: ia-1966
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s52
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to an administrator or an agent for any foreign insurer carrying on insurance business in Singapore under a foreign insurer scheme, means any person, by whatever name described, who is employed by the administrator or the agent (as the case may be) to be principally responsible for the management and conduct of its business. [35A [11/2013]


document_id: ia-1966
term: foreign-owned
source_provision: s100
definition:
“foreign-owned” , in relation to a licensed insurer incorporated in Singapore, means a licensed insurer whose parent is incorporated, formed or established in a foreign country;


document_id: ia-1966
term: parent
source_provision: s100
definition:
“parent” , in relation to a licensed insurer, means a financial institution which is able to exercise a significant influence over the direction and management of the licensed insurer or which has a controlling interest in the licensed insurer;


document_id: ia-1966
term: office-holder
source_provision: s108
definition:
“office-holder” , in relation to a licensed insurer, means any person acting in relation to the insurer as its liquidator, provisional liquidator, receiver, receiver and manager or an equivalent person;


document_id: ia-1966
term: relevant person
source_provision: s150
definition:
“relevant person” means the personal representative of the deceased or, where there is none, any proper claimant. [3/2009]


document_id: ia-1966
term: enforcement
source_provision: s109
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 insurance industry in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;


document_id: ia-1966
term: investigation
source_provision: s109
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 insurance industry in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;


document_id: ia-1966
term: supervision
source_provision: s109
definition:
“supervision” , in relation to a regulatory authority, means the taking of any action for or in connection with the supervision of a subject matter in the foreign country of the regulatory authority similar to that to which this Act pertains. [49A [11/2013; 2/2019]


document_id: ia-1966
term: transferee
source_provision: s116
definition:
“transferee” means a licensed insurer, a company or a co‑operative society which has applied or will be applying for a licence to carry on the relevant class or classes of business, to which the whole or part of a transferor’s business is or is to be, or is proposed to be, transferred under this Division;


document_id: ia-1966
term: transferor
source_provision: s116
definition:
“transferor” means a licensed insurer, the whole or part of the business of which is or is to be, or is proposed to be, transferred under this Division. [49FA [16/2011; 11/2013]


document_id: ia-1966
term: Central Provident Fund
source_provision: s131
definition:
“Central Provident Fund” means the Central Provident Fund established under section 6 of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;


document_id: ia-1966
term: relevant policy
source_provision: s131
definition:
“relevant policy” means any life policy or accident and health policy, whether issued before, on or after 1 September 2009, which — ( a )


document_id: ia-1966
term: electronic record
source_provision: s141
definition:
“electronic record” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010. [54A [11/2013]


document_id: ia-1966
term: existing Lloyd’s policy
source_provision: s155
definition:
“existing Lloyd’s policy” means any insurance policy entered into by a Lloyd’s underwriter before 8 January 2002 and which was authorised under the repealed section 34;


document_id: ia-1970
term: inn
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inn” means any hotel, tavern, public house, restaurant or other place of refreshment, the keeper of which is now by law responsible for the goods and property of his guests;


document_id: ia-1970
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” means the agent or servant of the innkeeper for the time being in charge of the inn or any person duly appointed by the innkeeper to receive the goods of his guests for safe custody.


document_id: ia-2007
term: appointing authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“appointing authority” , in relation to a commission of inquiry, means the President and, in relation to a committee of inquiry, means the Minister who appointed the committee of inquiry under section 9 and includes his or her successor in office;


document_id: ia-2007
term: commission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commission” or “commission of inquiry” means any commission of inquiry appointed by the President under section 3, and includes the members of the commission, or a quorum of the members, or the sole member, sitting for the purposes of the inquiry;


document_id: ia-2007
term: committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“committee” or “committee of inquiry” means any committee of inquiry appointed by the Minister under section 9, and includes the members of the committee, or a quorum of the members, or the sole member, sitting for the purposes of the inquiry;


document_id: ia-2007
term: inquiry body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inquiry body” means a commission of inquiry or a committee of inquiry, and includes the members of such commission of inquiry or committee of inquiry, or a quorum of the members, or the sole member, sitting for the purposes of the inquiry;


document_id: ia-2007
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” means a member of any commission of inquiry or committee of inquiry (as the case may be) and includes the chairperson of such commission or committee;


document_id: ia-2007
term: Minister
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Minister” , in relation to a committee of inquiry, means the Minister who appointed the committee of inquiry under section 9 and includes the Minister’s successor in office;


document_id: ia-2007
term: terms of reference
source_provision: s2
definition:
“terms of reference” , in relation to an inquiry body, means the terms of reference issued to the inquiry body under section 3(2) or 9(2) (as the case may be) and includes any modification made to the terms of reference under section 3(3) or 9(3).


document_id: iaa-1994
term: arbitral tribunal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“arbitral tribunal” means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators or a permanent arbitral institution, and includes an emergency arbitrator appointed pursuant to the rules of arbitration agreed to or adopted by the parties including the rules of arbitration of an institution or organisation;


document_id: iaa-1994
term: arbitration agreement
source_provision: s27
definition:
“arbitration agreement” means an agreement in writing of the kind referred to in paragraph 1 of Article II of the Convention;


document_id: iaa-1994
term: award
source_provision: s2
definition:
“award” means a decision of the arbitral tribunal on the substance of the dispute and includes any interim, interlocutory or partial award but excludes any order or direction made under section 12;


document_id: iaa-1994
term: Model Law
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Model Law” means the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 21 June 1985, the text in English of which is set out in the First Schedule;


document_id: iaa-1994
term: party
source_provision: s2
definition:
“party” means a party to an arbitration agreement or, in any case where an arbitration does not involve all of the parties to the arbitration agreement, means a party to the arbitration. [26/2009; 12/2012]


document_id: iaa-1994
term: third-party holder of a security interest
source_provision: s26C
definition:
“third-party holder of a security interest” , in relation to an IPR in dispute in arbitral proceedings, means a person who — ( a )


document_id: iaa-1994
term: third-party licensee
source_provision: s26C
definition:
“third-party licensee” , in relation to an IPR in dispute in arbitral proceedings, means a person who — ( a )


document_id: iaa-1994
term: agreement in writing
source_provision: s27
definition:
“agreement in writing” includes an agreement contained in an exchange of letters, telegrams, telefacsimile or in a communication by teleprinter;


document_id: iaa-1994
term: arbitral award
source_provision: s27
definition:
“arbitral award” has the meaning given by the Convention, but also includes an order or a direction made or given by an arbitral tribunal in the course of an arbitration in respect of any of the matters set out in section 12(1)( c ) to ( j );


document_id: iaa-1994
term: Convention
source_provision: s27
definition:
“Convention” means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards adopted in 1958 by the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration at its twenty‑fourth meeting, the English text of which is set out in the Second Schedule;


document_id: iaa-1994
term: Convention country
source_provision: s27
definition:
“Convention country” means a country (other than Singapore) that is a Contracting State within the meaning of the Convention;


document_id: iaa-1994
term: foreign award
source_provision: s27
definition:
“foreign award” means an arbitral award made pursuant to an arbitration agreement in the territory of a Convention country other than Singapore. [12/2012; 40/2019; 32/2020]


document_id: icaa-2010
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction which was signed at The Hague on 25 October 1980;


document_id: icaa-2010
term: authorised solicitor
source_provision: s15
definition:
“authorised solicitor” means a solicitor on any panel established under section 4 of the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1995 who has been assigned by the Director to provide legal representation or legal advice to a person under this Part;


document_id: icaa-2010
term: Director
source_provision: s15
definition:
“Director” means the Director of Legal Aid appointed under section 3 of the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1995 and includes a Deputy Director and an Assistant Director of Legal Aid appointed under section 3 of that Act.


document_id: ida-1976
term: building
source_provision: s2
definition:
“building” means any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether intended for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and any wall, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge;


document_id: ida-1976
term: carrier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“carrier” , in relation to any infectious disease, means any person who is harbouring or is likely to harbour the agents of that disease; [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024]


document_id: ida-1976
term: contact
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contact” , in relation to any infectious disease, means any person who has been exposed to the risk of infection from that disease;


document_id: ida-1976
term: contact tracing measure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contact tracing measure” means any measure to facilitate the tracing of contacts or other at-risk individuals of an infectious disease; [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024]


document_id: ida-1976
term: crew
source_provision: s2
definition:
“crew” includes any person who is on board a vessel not for the sole purpose of travelling from one place to another but who is employed in the vessel’s service or in connection with its cargo;


document_id: ida-1976
term: Director‑General of Health
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director‑General of Health” means the Director‑General of Health and includes a Deputy Director‑General of Health; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]


document_id: ida-1976
term: Director‑General of Public Health
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director‑General of Public Health” means the Director‑General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]


document_id: ida-1976
term: Director-General, Food Administration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director-General, Food Administration” means the Director‑General, Food Administration appointed under section 3(1) of the Sale of Food Act 1973;


document_id: ida-1976
term: guardian
source_provision: s2
definition:
“guardian” , in relation to a minor or an individual who has any intellectual disability or otherwise lacks capacity within the meaning of section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2008, means the person responsible for the daily care of the minor or individual; [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024]


document_id: ida-1976
term: Health Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Health Officer” means a Health Officer appointed by the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration or the Director‑General of Health, under section 4; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]


document_id: ida-1976
term: individually-identifiable
source_provision: s2
definition:
“individually-identifiable” , when used to describe information or samples pertaining to a person, means that the identity of that person can be readily discovered or ascertained from that information or sample;


document_id: ida-1976
term: isolation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“isolation” , in relation to a person or group of persons, means the separation of that person or group of persons from any other persons, other than — ( a )


document_id: ida-1976
term: master
source_provision: s2
definition:
“master” , in relation to a vessel, means the person for the time being in charge or command of the vessel;


document_id: ida-1976
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any premises or vessel, means the person in occupation of the premises or vessel or having the charge or control thereof either on the person’s own account or as an agent of another person;


document_id: ida-1976
term: PHE Order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“PHE Order” means an order made under section 21E(1) declaring a public health emergency; [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024]


document_id: ida-1976
term: PHT Order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“PHT Order” means an order made under section 21C(1) declaring a public health threat; [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024]


document_id: ida-1976
term: port
source_provision: s2
definition:
“port” means any place in Singapore and any navigable river or channel leading into such place declared to be a port under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 and includes an airport;


document_id: ida-1976
term: Port Health Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Port Health Officer” means any Health Officer in charge of a port and includes his or her deputies and assistants;


document_id: ida-1976
term: pratique
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pratique” , in relation to a vessel, means the written permission granted by a Port Health Officer to the vessel to disembark and commence operation;


document_id: ida-1976
term: pre-departure test
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pre-departure test” , in relation to a person arriving in Singapore on an international voyage, means a test performed on or by the person to determine whether the person is a case or carrier of an infectious disease — ( a )


document_id: ida-1976
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure whether open or enclosed, whether public or private and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for employment or any other purpose;


document_id: ida-1976
term: public place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public place” means any place or premises to which the public or any section of the public has access, on payment or otherwise, as of right or by virtue of express or implied permission, and includes any place or premises used by the public or a section of the public for educational or recreational purposes or for assemblage;


document_id: ida-1976
term: quarantine
source_provision: s2
definition:
“quarantine” means the compulsory detention in isolation for the purpose and under the provisions of this Act of any ships, persons, goods, things, animals or plants;


document_id: ida-1976
term: quarantine anchorage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“quarantine anchorage” means any area of the port which has been appointed for the time being for the quarantine of vessels and declared to be a quarantine anchorage by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore;


document_id: ida-1976
term: surveillance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“surveillance” means subjecting a person or persons to medical examinations or observations carried out over a period of time (whether or not continuously) and includes carrying out any measures to facilitate those medical examinations or observations;


document_id: ida-1976
term: vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vessel” means any ship, boat, aircraft or a vessel of any description used in navigation by sea or air. [10/2008; 5/2019; 11/2019]


document_id: ida-1976
term: prescribed healthcare service
source_provision: s57B
definition:
“prescribed healthcare service” means any healthcare service prescribed for the purposes of this section;


document_id: ida-1976
term: specified recipient
source_provision: s57B
definition:
“specified recipient” means any person that provides a prescribed healthcare service to an affected person. [5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]


document_id: ida-1976
term: anonymised
source_provision: s59A
definition:
“anonymised” , in relation to any information or human sample, means the removal of identifying details from the information or sample so that the identity of the individual from whom the information or sample was obtained cannot be readily discovered or ascertained by the recipient of the information or sample;


document_id: ida-1976
term: national public health research
source_provision: s59A
definition:
“national public health research” means any research that the Director-General of Health decides to undertake or facilitate under subsection (1); [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]


document_id: ida-1976
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s60
definition:
“chosen means of notification” 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: ida-1976
term: officer
source_provision: s67B
definition:
“officer” , in relation to a corporation, means any director, partner, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the corporation, and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity;


document_id: idaa-2002
term: Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agreement” means the Articles of Agreement opened for signature at Washington on 24 September 1960 providing for the establishment and operation of the international body known as the International Development Association;


document_id: idaa-2002
term: membership resolution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“membership resolution” means the resolution adopted by the Board of Governors of the Association specifying the terms and conditions upon which Singapore is admitted to membership of the Association.


document_id: ifca-1968
term: Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agreement” means the Articles of Agreement opened for signature at Washington on 25 May 1955 (as may be subsequently amended) providing for the establishment and operation of the international body known as the International Finance Corporation;


document_id: ifpa-1966
term: annual income
source_provision: s2
definition:
“annual income” means, in relation to the net estate of a deceased person, the income that the net estate might be expected at the date of the order made under this Act, when realised, to yield in a year;


document_id: ifpa-1966
term: net estate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“net estate” means all the property of which a deceased person had power to dispose by his will (otherwise than by virtue of a special power of appointment) less the amount of his funeral, testamentary and administration expenses, debts and liabilities and estate duty payable out of his estate on his death;


document_id: ifpa-1966
term: son
source_provision: s2
definition:
“son” and “daughter”, respectively, include a male or female child adopted by the deceased by virtue of an order made under the provisions of any written law relating to the adoption of children for the time being in force in Singapore, Malaysia or Brunei Darussalam, and also the son or daughter of the deceased en ventre sa mere at the date of the death of the deceased;


document_id: iiaea-2009
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment signed at Cape Town on 16 November 2001, the text of which is set out in the First Schedule;


document_id: iiaea-2009
term: declaration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“declaration” means a declaration or designation made by Singapore under the Convention or Protocol;


document_id: iiaea-2009
term: Protocol
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Protocol” means the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment signed at Cape Town on 16 November 2001, the text of which is set out in the Second Schedule;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” , in relation to the Authority, means the member of the Authority who is appointed under section 13(1)( a ) as the Chairperson of the Authority, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“committee” , in relation to the Authority, means a committee of the Authority appointed under section 36;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: delegate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“delegate” , in relation to the Authority, means a person to whom the Authority, under section 38(1), delegates any of its functions or powers;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: Deputy Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Chairperson” , in relation to the Authority, means the member of the Authority who is appointed under section 13(1)( b ) as the Deputy Chairperson of the Authority;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: essential resource
source_provision: s2
definition:
“essential resource” means any apparatus, accessory, system, service, information or other resource of any kind that is — ( a )


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: function
source_provision: s2
definition:
“function” , in relation to the Authority, means a function conferred on the Authority by this Act or any other Act;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: information and communications service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“information and communications service” means any service involving the use of information and communications technology;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: information and communications system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“information and communications system” means any system used or intended to be used for information and communications technology;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: information and communications technology
source_provision: s2
definition:
“information and communications technology” means any technology employed in the collection, storage, use or transmission of information, and includes a technology that involves the use of a computer or a telecommunication system;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: information, communications and media industry
source_provision: s2
definition:
“information, communications and media industry” means an industry comprising persons who carry on any business or engage in any commercial activity in connection with one or more, or any part, or any combination, of the following: ( a )


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: inspecting officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inspecting officer” means an individual who is appointed as an inspecting officer under section 42;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” , in relation to the Authority, means a member of the Authority appointed under section 11, and includes a temporary member appointed under section 15(2);


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: newspaper company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“newspaper company” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act 1974;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: power
source_provision: s2
definition:
“power” , in relation to the Authority, means a power given to the Authority by this Act or any other Act;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: proprietor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“proprietor” , in relation to a newspaper, has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act 1974;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: telecommunications
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunications” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Telecommunications Act 1999. [5/2018]


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: related proposal
source_provision: s7
definition:
“related proposal” means a proposal of the Minister that relates to the Minister’s proposal to transfer a property or function of the Authority to the transferee, and includes a proposal relating to or connected with — ( a )


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: occupier
source_provision: s71
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any premises specified in a warrant under subsection (1), means a person whom the inspecting officer named in the warrant reasonably believes to be the occupier of those premises;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: legal counsel
source_provision: s73
definition:
“legal counsel” includes an interpreter or other person who works under the supervision of a legal counsel.


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: corporation
source_provision: s78
definition:
“corporation” includes a limited liability partnership as defined in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: asset
source_provision: s82
definition:
“asset” , in relation to a transferor, means property of any kind (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) of that transferor on the eve of the transfer date and includes, without limitation, any — ( a )


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s82
definition:
“Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore” means the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore established by section 3 of the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 137A, 2000 Revised Edition);


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: liability
source_provision: s82
definition:
“liability” , in relation to a transferor, means any liability, debt or obligation (whether actual or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether owed alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person) of that transferor on the eve of the transfer date;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: MDA employee
source_provision: s82
definition:
“MDA employee” , means an individual who, on the eve of the transfer date, is an employee of the Media Development Authority of Singapore;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: Media Development Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s82
definition:
“Media Development Authority of Singapore” means the Media Development Authority of Singapore established by section 3 of the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 172, 2003 Revised Edition);


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: Personal Data Protection Commission
source_provision: s82
definition:
“Personal Data Protection Commission” means the Personal Data Protection Commission established by section 5(1) of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 in force immediately before the transfer date;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: right
source_provision: s82
definition:
“right” , in relation to a transferor, means any right, power, privilege or immunity of that transferor on the eve of the transfer date;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: transferring IDA employee
source_provision: s82
definition:
“transferring IDA employee” means an employee of the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Designate Wing of the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore;


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: transferring IDA function
source_provision: s82
definition:
“transferring IDA function” means the functions discharged by the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Designate Wing of the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore on the eve of the transfer date.


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: Former IDA
source_provision: s87
definition:
“Former IDA” means the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore established by section 3 of the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 137A, 2000 Revised Edition);


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: Former MDA
source_provision: s87
definition:
“Former MDA” means the Media Development Authority of Singapore established by section 3 of the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 172, 2003 Revised Edition);


document_id: imdaa-2016
term: principal Act
source_provision: s87
definition:
“principal Act” means any Act under which the Former IDA or the Former MDA performed any function or exercised any power before the transfer date, excluding the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore Act and the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act;


document_id: ipa-2017
term: approved security plan
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved security plan” , for a special development or a special infrastructure, means any security plan that is approved by the Commissioner and is in force for that special development or that special infrastructure under this Act;


document_id: ipa-2017
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection appointed under section 5, and (subject to any condition or restriction imposed under that section) includes a Deputy Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection or an Assistant Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection appointed under that section;


document_id: ipa-2017
term: Commissioner of Police
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner of Police” means the Commissioner of Police appointed under section 6(1) of the Police Force Act 2004;


document_id: ipa-2017
term: critical asset
source_provision: s2
definition:
“critical asset” , for any premises, means any facility, system or equipment which, if damaged or destroyed, may have a debilitating impact on the functioning of the premises;


document_id: ipa-2017
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , for any premises, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of the premises;


document_id: ipa-2017
term: personal property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“personal property” , in relation to a person, means any thing worn or carried by the person or apparently in the immediate control of the person;


document_id: ipa-2017
term: protected area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“protected area” means any premises in Singapore declared in a protected area order to be a protected area;


document_id: ipa-2017
term: protected area order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“protected area order” means an order made under section 8 declaring any premises to be a protected area, and includes the order as amended under section 11;


