# definitions

document_id: oca-2015
term: CDSA
source_provision: s46
definition:
“CDSA” means the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992;


document_id: oca-2015
term: statutory period
source_provision: s46
definition:
“statutory period” , in relation to an application for a restraint order or charging order, means the period of 7 years before the date of application for the order or, if one or more such orders concerning the same subject and organised crime activity were made previously, the earlier or earliest application for either of those orders;


document_id: oca-2015
term: body corporate
source_provision: s76
definition:
“body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: access
source_provision: s2
definition:
“access” , in relation to any online activity, online material, online location or online service, includes — ( a )


document_id: ocha-2023
term: app distribution service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“app distribution service” means an online service that enables the distribution or download of an app;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: chosen means of identification
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chosen means of identification” , in relation to the recipient of an access blocking direction or access blocking order, means any electronic means nominated by the recipient as the means by which any relevant material or relevant location, access to which is to be disabled in compliance with that direction or order, may, from time to time, be identified, and the identity thereof transmitted to the recipient, after that direction or order has been served on the recipient;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: code of practice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“code of practice” or “code” means a code of practice issued under section 21(1), and includes a code of practice varied under section 21(2) or 26(7);


document_id: ocha-2023
term: designated online service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated online service” means an online service designated to be a designated online service under section 20(1);


document_id: ocha-2023
term: functionality
source_provision: s2
definition:
“functionality” , in relation to an online service, includes any features of the online service prescribed by regulations;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: implementation directive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“implementation directive” or “directive” means a directive to implement any system, process or measure made under section 24;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: internet access service
source_provision: s2
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 enables access to online activity by means of the internet, but excludes any telecommunication service excluded by regulations;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: non-compliant online service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-compliant online service” means an online service of an online service provider who did not comply with a Part 2 direction, a rectification notice, an implementation directive or a Part 6 order, in relation to that online service or any online activity, online material, online account, app, online service or online location that can be accessed on or through that online service;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: online activity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“online activity” means any activity conducted by means of the internet, and regulations may clarify the types of activities that are online activities;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: online material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“online material” means material (including any computer program, machine code and internet link) that can be accessed at an online location by means of the internet;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: online service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“online service” means the whole or any part of any service on or through which online activity can be conducted and which can be accessed by means of the internet, and regulations may clarify the types of services that are online services;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: originator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“originator” , in relation to relevant material, means the person who posted the relevant material, and excludes any other person who reposts identical copies of the relevant material so posted;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” , for an app that is distributed or available for download by means of an app distribution service, means a person that caused the app to be distributed or available for download by means of the app distribution service;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: recipient
source_provision: s2
definition:
“recipient” , in relation to a Part 2 direction, means a person who is given the Part 2 direction in accordance with section 7;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: rectification notice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“rectification notice” means a notice to rectify any non‑compliance with a code of practice made under section 23;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: related offence group
source_provision: s2
definition:
“related offence group” , in relation to a designated online service designated as such in relation to an offence group, means that offence group;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: relevant account
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant account” , in relation to a notice, direction or order under this Act, means an online account identified in the notice, direction or order;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: relevant app
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant app” , in relation to a notice, direction or order under this Act, means an app identified in the notice, direction or order;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: relevant location
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant location” , in relation to a notice, direction or order under this Act, means an online location identified — ( a )


document_id: ocha-2023
term: relevant material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant material” , in relation to a notice, direction or order under this Act, means online material identified — ( a )


document_id: ocha-2023
term: relevant service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant service” , in relation to a notice, direction or order under this Act, means an online service identified in the notice, direction or order;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: scam or malicious cyber activity offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“scam or malicious cyber activity offence” means an offence specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: Singapore end-user
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore end-user” , in relation to a designated online service, means a Singapore person who, whether or not in the course of business — ( a )


document_id: ocha-2023
term: chosen means of access
source_provision: s45
definition:
“chosen means of access” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be served a document, means an electronic means the addressee agrees with the person serving the document as the means by which the addressee may access that document’s contents;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s45
definition:
“chosen means of notification” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be served a document, 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 served on the addressee;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: official website
source_provision: s45
definition:
“official website” means a website of a Ministry or department of the Government or a public authority prescribed by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette , for the purposes of this section;


document_id: ocha-2023
term: residential address
source_provision: s45
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore or outside Singapore.


document_id: ocha-2023
term: prescribed law enforcement agency
source_provision: s48
definition:
“prescribed law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency prescribed, by order in the Gazette , by the Minister.


document_id: oda-2000
term: oath
source_provision: s2
definition:
“oath” means an oath administered or taken for any purpose, whether in judicial proceedings or otherwise;


document_id: oda-2000
term: person acting judicially
source_provision: s2
definition:
“person acting judicially” means a person, tribunal, commission, committee or other body having by law or consent of the parties power to receive evidence. [43/2007]


document_id: ooa-2007
term: certificate of registration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration issued by the Board under section 17;


document_id: ooa-2007
term: eye care
source_provision: s2
definition:
“eye care” means any form of healthcare that is related to the diagnosis and treatment of eye or vision‑related conditions;


document_id: ooa-2007
term: ophthalmologist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ophthalmologist” means a person who is, by virtue of registration in the Register of Specialists under the Medical Registration Act 1997, entitled to practise as a specialist in ophthalmology;


document_id: ooa-2007
term: optical appliances
source_provision: s2
definition:
“optical appliances” means lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, artificial eyes, contact lenses or appurtenances thereto for the aid or correction of visual or ocular anomalies of the eyes;


document_id: ooa-2007
term: opticianry
source_provision: s2
definition:
“opticianry” or “the practice of opticianry” means any of the acts or activities specified in Part 1 of the Schedule;


document_id: ooa-2007
term: optometry
source_provision: s2
definition:
“optometry” or “the practice of optometry” means any of the acts or activities specified in Part 2 of the Schedule;


document_id: ooa-2007
term: Register of Opticians
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Register of Opticians” means the Register of Opticians kept and maintained under section 13(1)( b );


document_id: ooa-2007
term: Register of Optometrists
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Register of Optometrists” means the Register of Optometrists kept and maintained under section 13(1)( a );


document_id: ooa-2007
term: registered person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered person” means a person who is registered under section 15 for the carrying out of any practice of optometry or opticianry;


document_id: ooa-2007
term: licence
source_provision: s38
definition:
“licence” , in relation to a licensed contact lens practitioner, means the licence granted to the licensed contact lens practitioner under the repealed Act;


document_id: ooa-2007
term: licensed contact lens practitioner
source_provision: s38
definition:
“licensed contact lens practitioner” means a person who, immediately before 22 February 2008, was holding a valid licence granted to the person under the repealed Act (whether provisionally or otherwise) authorising the person to practise as a contact lens practitioner under the provisions of that Act;


document_id: ooa-2007
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s38
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Contact Lens Practitioners Act (Cap. 53A, 2002 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act.


document_id: osa-1935
term: armed forces
source_provision: s2
definition:
“armed forces” shall be deemed to include all regular and volunteer forces of Singapore or of Malaysia or any visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore;


document_id: osa-1935
term: munitions of war
source_provision: s2
definition:
“munitions of war” includes the whole or any part of any ship, submarine, aircraft, tank or similar engine, arms and ammunition, bomb, torpedo or mine, intended or adapted for use in war, and any other article, material or device, whether actual or proposed, intended for such use;


document_id: osa-1935
term: office under the Government
source_provision: s2
definition:
“office under the Government” includes any office or employment in or under any department of the Government or any specified organisation and, in the event of war, of the government of any ally of Singapore;


document_id: osa-1935
term: officer of police
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer of police” includes any person upon whom the powers of a police officer not below the rank of sergeant are conferred by the Minister under section 18;


document_id: osa-1935
term: photograph
source_provision: s2
definition:
“photograph” includes a photographic or process negative and any printed or other pictorial representation or drawing produced in whole or in part by photographic means;


document_id: pa-1933
term: basic condition
source_provision: s2
definition:
“basic condition” , in relation to a remission order, means the basic condition specified in section 50S;


document_id: pa-1933
term: controlled drug
source_provision: s2
definition:
“controlled drug” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: Corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Corporation” means the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises established under the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises Act 1975;


document_id: pa-1933
term: default sentence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“default sentence” means a sentence of a term of imprisonment imposed on a person in default of the person paying a fine ordered to be paid by a court;


document_id: pa-1933
term: Deputy Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Commissioner” means a Deputy Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: employment preparation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employment preparation” , in relation to a prisoner, means the serving by the prisoner of the prisoner’s sentence of imprisonment in the place or places, outside the limits of any prison, specified in the employment preparation order for the purposes of enhancing a prisoner’s employability and facilitating the prisoner’s reintegration into society; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: employment preparation order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employment preparation order” means an order of the Commissioner under section 59K; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: external placement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“external placement” , in relation to a prisoner, means the serving by the prisoner of the prisoner’s sentence of imprisonment in the place or places, outside the limits of any prison, specified in the external placement order; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: external placement order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“external placement order” means an order of the Commissioner under section 59B; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: home detention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“home detention” , in relation to a prisoner, means the serving by the prisoner of the prisoner’s sentence of imprisonment in the place or places, outside the limits of any prison, specified in the home detention order for the purpose of facilitating a prisoner’s rehabilitation and reintegration into society; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: home detention order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“home detention order” means an order of the Commissioner under section 52; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: infectious disease
source_provision: s2
definition:
“infectious disease” means any of the diseases specified in the First Schedule to the Infectious Diseases Act 1976 and includes any other disease — ( a )


document_id: pa-1933
term: intoxicating substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“intoxicating substance” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Intoxicating Substances Act 1987; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: juvenile
source_provision: s2
definition:
“juvenile” means any person under the age of 18 years, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 30/12/2025]


document_id: pa-1933
term: lock-up prisoner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“lock-up prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, who is confined in a lock‑up, or who is transported to, or from, a lock‑up;


document_id: pa-1933
term: prison
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison or reformative training centre under section 3, and includes the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or other grounds or buildings belonging or attached thereto and used by prisoners;


document_id: pa-1933
term: prison officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prison officer” means any prison officer appointed under section 20 and includes the Commissioner, any Deputy Commissioner and any Superintendent; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: prisoner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order, an employment preparation order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a remission order; [Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022]


document_id: pa-1933
term: registered medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered medical practitioner” means a person registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997;


document_id: pa-1933
term: Superintendent
source_provision: s51
definition:
“Superintendent” , in relation to a prisoner, means the Superintendent of the prison from which the prisoner had been released for home detention. [1/2014]


document_id: pa-1933
term: unlawfully at large
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unlawfully at large” , in relation to a person released under a remission order, means a person who fails to submit himself or herself to custody or detention after being required to do so under any written law, or who escapes from such custody or detention;


document_id: pa-1933
term: Visiting Justice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Visiting Justice” means a member of the Board of Visiting Justices appointed under section 79. [33/2004; 15/2010; 1/2014]


document_id: pa-1938
term: licensing officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensing officer” means a person empowered by section 4 to issue licences for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: pa-1938
term: medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered under any written law for the time being in force relating to the registration of medical practitioners and includes a medical officer exempted by that written law from registration thereunder;


document_id: pa-1938
term: sale by way of wholesale dealing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sale by way of wholesale dealing” means sale to a person who buys for the purpose of selling again;


document_id: pa-1938
term: veterinary surgeon
source_provision: s2
definition:
“veterinary surgeon” means a person who holds the diploma of membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons of England, or the diploma of a British or foreign veterinary institution or examining body approved by the Minister. [4/2001; 22/2007; 48/2007]


document_id: pa-1956
term: officer on the pensionable establishment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer on the pensionable establishment” means an officer who has been confirmed in his or her appointment as the holder of a pensionable office;


document_id: pa-1956
term: Pension Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Pension Authority” , in relation to any officer or retired officer, means a Pension Authority appointed under section 4 for that officer or the class to which that officer belongs;


document_id: pa-1956
term: pensionable emoluments
source_provision: s20
definition:
“pensionable emoluments” , in relation to an officer who had exercised an option mentioned in section 6(3), means the officer’s pensionable emoluments at the date immediately prior to his or her option taking effect;


document_id: pa-1956
term: public service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public service” means service in a civil capacity under the Government of Singapore or in such other service as the President may determine to be public service for the purpose of any provision of this Act;


document_id: pa-1956
term: commutation factor
source_provision: s20
definition:
“commutation factor” means 175.14 or such other factor as the President, by order in the Gazette , prescribes in variation thereof;


document_id: pa-1956
term: commuted annual allowance gratuity
source_provision: s20
definition:
“commuted annual allowance gratuity” means the gratuity which might have been granted to the officer under any regulation providing for the grant of a reduced annual allowance and a gratuity, if the officer’s public service had been wholly in Singapore and if he or she had retired at the date of his or her death in the circumstances described in section 11(2)( c ); and for the purpose of calculating the same the officer is deemed to have elected to be paid an annual allowance at the rate of three‑fourths of the annual allowance granted to the officer;


document_id: pa-1956
term: discount rate
source_provision: s20
definition:
“discount rate” means 5% or such other rate as the President, by order in the Gazette , prescribes in variation thereof;


document_id: pa-1956
term: one year’s salary
source_provision: s20
definition:
“one year’s salary” means the emoluments which would be taken for the purpose of computing any allowance or gratuity, or in the case of an officer holding a pensionable office who has exercised an option mentioned in section 6(3) any pension, which may be granted to the officer if he or she had retired at the date of his or her death in the circumstances described in section 11(2)( c );


document_id: pa-1956
term: relevant commutation factor
source_provision: s20
definition:
“relevant commutation factor” and “relevant discount rate”, in relation to an officer or a retired officer, mean the commutation factor and discount rate, respectively, in force on either the date of the officer’s death or his or her appointment to the public service in Singapore, whichever is the more favourable; and for this purpose, all officers appointed to the public service in Singapore before 1 January 1995 shall be deemed to be appointed to the public service in Singapore on that date.


document_id: pa-1994
term: Convention on International Exhibitions
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention on International Exhibitions” means the Convention relating to International Exhibitions signed in Paris on 22 November 1928, as amended or supplemented by any protocol to that convention which is for the time being in force;


document_id: pa-1994
term: corresponding application
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corresponding application” , in relation to an application for a patent (called in this definition the application in suit), means an application for protection filed, or treated as filed, with any prescribed patent office that — ( a )


document_id: pa-1994
term: corresponding international application
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corresponding international application” , in relation to an application for a patent (called in this definition the application in suit), means an application for protection filed under the Patent Co-operation Treaty that — ( a )


document_id: pa-1994
term: corresponding patent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corresponding patent” , in relation to a corresponding application, means a patent granted in respect of the corresponding application by the prescribed patent office in which the corresponding application was filed or treated as filed;


document_id: pa-1994
term: Council for TRIPS
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Council for TRIPS” means the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights established under the TRIPS Agreement;


document_id: pa-1994
term: designate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designate” , in relation to an application or a patent, means designate the country or countries (pursuant to the Patent Co‑operation Treaty) in which protection is sought for the invention which is the subject of the application or patent;


document_id: pa-1994
term: Doha Declaration Implementation Decision
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Doha Declaration Implementation Decision” means the Decision adopted by the General Council of the World Trade Organisation on 30 August 2003 on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health adopted in Doha on 14 November 2001;


document_id: pa-1994
term: employee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employee” means a person who works or (where the employment has ceased) worked under a contract of employment or in employment under or for the purposes of a Government department;


document_id: pa-1994
term: European Patent Office
source_provision: s2
definition:
“European Patent Office” means the office of that name established by the European Patent Convention;


document_id: pa-1994
term: examination
source_provision: s2
definition:
“examination” means an examination conducted by an Examiner in relation to an application for a patent to determine such matters as may be prescribed;


document_id: pa-1994
term: Examiner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Examiner” means any person, organisation, entity or foreign or international patent office or organisation appointed by the Registrar for the purpose of referring any question or matter relating to patents (including the conduct of any search, examination or search and examination, in relation to an application for a patent, whether before or after the patent is granted), and includes any Deputy Registrar of Patents, and any Assistant Registrar of Patents or public officer to whom the Registrar has delegated, under section 5(1), any of the Registrar’s powers or functions under this Act;


document_id: pa-1994
term: exclusive licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exclusive licence” means a licence from the proprietor of or applicant for a patent conferring on the licensee, or on the licensee and persons authorised by the licensee, to the exclusion of all other persons (including the proprietor or applicant), any right in respect of the invention to which the patent or application relates, and “exclusive licensee” and “non-exclusive licence” are to be construed accordingly;


document_id: pa-1994
term: formal requirements
source_provision: s2
definition:
“formal requirements” means those requirements of this Act and the rules which are designated by the rules as formal requirements for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: pa-1994
term: international application for a patent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international application for a patent” means an application made under the Patent Co-operation Treaty;


document_id: pa-1994
term: international application for a patent (Singapore)
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international application for a patent (Singapore)” means an application of that description which, on its date of filing, designates Singapore;


document_id: pa-1994
term: International Bureau
source_provision: s2
definition:
“International Bureau” means the secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organisation established by a convention signed at Stockholm on 14 July 1967;


document_id: pa-1994
term: international exhibition
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international exhibition” means an official or officially recognised international exhibition falling within the terms of the Convention on International Exhibitions or falling within the terms of any subsequent treaty or convention replacing that convention;


document_id: pa-1994
term: inventor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inventor” , in relation to an invention, means the actual deviser of the invention and “joint inventor” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: pa-1994
term: medicinal health product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“medicinal health product” means any health product within the meaning of the Health Products Act 2007 that is prescribed as a medicinal health product;


document_id: pa-1994
term: mortgage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mortgage” , when used as a noun, includes a charge for securing money or money’s worth and, when used as a verb, is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: pa-1994
term: Office
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Office” means the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore incorporated under the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Act 2001;


document_id: pa-1994
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;


document_id: pa-1994
term: patent
source_provision: s95
definition:
“patent” includes any patent or other protection for an invention granted in any country or jurisdiction other than Singapore. [15/2012]


document_id: pa-1994
term: patented invention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“patented invention” means an invention for which a patent is granted and “patented process” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: pa-1994
term: patented product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“patented product” means a product which is a patented invention or, in relation to a patented process, a product obtained directly by means of the process or to which the process has been applied;


document_id: pa-1994
term: pharmaceutical product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pharmaceutical product” means a medicinal product which is a substance used wholly or mainly by being administered to a human being for the purpose of treating or preventing disease, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: pa-1994
term: published
source_provision: s2
definition:
“published” means made available to the public (whether in Singapore or elsewhere) and a document is taken to be published under any provision of this Act if it can be inspected as of right at any place in Singapore by members of the public, whether on payment of a fee or not, and “republished” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: pa-1994
term: register
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register” , when used as a noun, means the register of patents maintained under section 42 and, when used as a verb, means, in relation to any thing, to register or register particulars, or enter notice, of that thing in the register and, when used in relation to a person, means to enter the person’s name in the register;


document_id: pa-1994
term: registered foreign patent agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered foreign patent agent” means a person whose name is entered in the register of foreign patent agents kept in accordance with the rules made under section 104;


document_id: pa-1994
term: registered patent agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered patent agent” means a person whose name is entered in the register of patent agents kept in accordance with the rules made under section 104;


document_id: pa-1994
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Patents and includes any Deputy Registrar of Patents holding office under this Act;


document_id: pa-1994
term: related national phase application
source_provision: s2
definition:
“related national phase application” , in relation to an application for a patent (being an international application for a patent (Singapore) that has entered the national phase in Singapore under section 86(3)), or a new application filed in accordance with section 26(11) which derived its filing date from an international application for a patent (Singapore) (called in this definition the application in suit), means an application for protection treated as filed with any prescribed patent office (being an international application for a patent (Singapore) that has entered the national or regional phase in the country or jurisdiction the patent office of which is that prescribed patent office) which is derived from the same international application for a patent (Singapore) (being an international application for a patent (Singapore) that is not subject to any priority claim) as the application in suit;


document_id: pa-1994
term: related national phase patent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“related national phase patent” , in relation to a related national phase application, means a patent granted in respect of the related national phase application by the prescribed patent office in which the related national phase application was treated as filed;


document_id: pa-1994
term: relevant authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant authority” , in relation to a pharmaceutical product, means the Health Sciences Authority established under the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001;


document_id: pa-1994
term: right
source_provision: s2
definition:
“right” , in relation to any patent or application, includes an interest in the patent or application and, without prejudice to the foregoing, any reference to a right in a patent includes a reference to a share in the patent;


document_id: pa-1994
term: scientific adviser
source_provision: s2
definition:
“scientific adviser” means any person with any scientific qualification, any medical practitioner, engineer, architect, surveyor, accountant, actuary and any other specially skilled person;


document_id: pa-1994
term: search
source_provision: s2
definition:
“search” means a search conducted by an Examiner in relation to an application for a patent to discover such matters as may be prescribed;


document_id: pa-1994
term: supplementary examination
source_provision: s2
definition:
“supplementary examination” means a supplementary examination conducted by an Examiner in relation to an application for a patent to determine such matters as may be prescribed;


document_id: pa-1994
term: TRIPS Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“TRIPS Agreement” means the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, set out in Annex 1C to the WTO Agreement, as revised or amended from time to time;


document_id: pa-1994
term: WTO Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“WTO Agreement” means the World Trade Organisation Agreement signed in Marrakesh in 1994 as revised or amended from time to time. [2/2007; 18/2008; 20/2009; 15/2012; 4/2014; 40/2019]


document_id: pa-1994
term: Registrar of Designs
source_provision: s14
definition:
“Registrar of Designs” means the Registrar of Designs appointed under section 49 of the Registered Designs Act 2000, and includes a Deputy Registrar of Designs and an Assistant Registrar of Designs appointed under that section;


document_id: pa-1994
term: Registrar of Plant Varieties
source_provision: s14
definition:
“Registrar of Plant Varieties” means the Registrar of Plant Varieties appointed under section 5 of the Plant Varieties Protection Act 2004, and includes a Deputy Registrar of Plant Varieties and an Assistant Registrar of Plant Varieties appointed under that section;


document_id: pa-1994
term: Registrar of Trade Marks
source_provision: s14
definition:
“Registrar of Trade Marks” means the Registrar of Trade Marks appointed under section 62 of the Trade Marks Act 1998, and includes a Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks and an Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks appointed under that section. [18/2017]


document_id: pa-1994
term: integrated circuit
source_provision: s56
definition:
“integrated circuit” means a product, in its final or an intermediate form, in which the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the interconnections are integrally formed in and on, or in or on, a piece of material and which is intended to perform an electronic function;


document_id: pa-1994
term: eligible importing member
source_provision: s66
definition:
“eligible importing member” , in relation to the World Trade Organisation, means a member of the World Trade Organisation which — ( a )


document_id: pa-1994
term: relevant ship
source_provision: s66
definition:
“relevant ship” and “relevant aircraft, hovercraft or vehicle” mean, respectively, a ship and an aircraft, a hovercraft or a vehicle registered in, or belonging to, any country, other than Singapore, which is — ( a )


document_id: pa-1994
term: director
source_provision: s105
definition:
“director” , in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means any member of the body corporate;


document_id: pa-1994
term: related company group
source_provision: s105
definition:
“related company group” means a group of 2 or more corporations within the meaning of the Companies Act 1967 which are related to each other in accordance with section 6 of that Act. [15/2012]


document_id: pa-1998
term: amendment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“amendment” , in relation to the Master Plan, includes any alteration or addition to or any repeal or replacement of the Master Plan in whole or in part;


document_id: pa-1998
term: architect
source_provision: s2
definition:
“architect” means a person who is registered as an architect under the Architects Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;


document_id: pa-1998
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) 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: pa-1998
term: Certified Interpretation Plan
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Certified Interpretation Plan” means a Certified Interpretation Plan prepared and certified by the competent authority under section 7;


document_id: pa-1998
term: competent authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“competent authority” , in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act, means any competent authority appointed under section 5 to be responsible for the operation of this Act or that Part or provision, as the case may be;


document_id: pa-1998
term: conservation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conservation” means the preservation, enhancement or restoration of the character or appearance of, and the interior and exterior of any building in, a conservation area;


document_id: pa-1998
term: developer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“developer” means the person for whom or on whose behalf development of land or works within a conservation area are carried out;


document_id: pa-1998
term: dormitory accommodation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dormitory accommodation” includes accommodation occupied, or available for occupation, by 7 (or such other number as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette , prescribe in substitution) or more individuals, where rent or other form of consideration is paid or given for the accommodation, whether by an occupant or another person, and whether or not the relationship of landlord and tenant is thereby created, except where the occupants consist only of the following: ( a )


document_id: pa-1998
term: engineer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“engineer” means a person who is registered as a professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;


document_id: pa-1998
term: holding
source_provision: s2
definition:
“holding” means any piece or parcel of land held or possessed under an instrument of title, capable of being registered under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 or, where applicable, under the Land Titles Act 1993, relating exclusively thereto;


document_id: pa-1998
term: land surveyor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“land surveyor” means a person who is a registered surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act; [Act 25 of 2024 wef 01/10/2025]


document_id: pa-1998
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” includes any person in actual occupation of land or premises or any person having the charge, management or control of the land or premises either on the person’s own account or as an agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;


document_id: pa-1998
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” , in relation to land or premises, means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the land or premises whether on the person’s own account or as trustee for any other person or as receiver (not being appointed by or on behalf of a mortgagee) or the person who would receive the rent if the land or premises were let to a tenant and includes — ( a )


document_id: pa-1998
term: provisional permission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“provisional permission” means provisional permission granted under section 17(1) or 17A(2); [Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]


document_id: pa-1998
term: street
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street” includes any road, square, footway or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public has a right of way, and also the way over any public bridge, and includes also any road, footway or passage, open court or open alley, used or intended to be used as a means of access to 2 or more holdings, whether the public has a right of way thereover or not; and all channels, drains and ditches at the side of any street are deemed to be part of that street;


document_id: pa-1998
term: use
source_provision: s2
definition:
“use” , in relation to land, does not include the use of land by the carrying out of any building or other operations on the land;


document_id: pa-1998
term: written permission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“written permission” means a planning permission, conservation permission or subdivision permission (as the case may be) granted by a competent authority and includes any such permission granted or issued by electronic transmission or in a medium other than paper and authenticated in such manner as the competent authority may determine;


document_id: pa-1998
term: written statement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“written statement” , in relation to the Master Plan, means that part of the Master Plan which includes a summary of the main proposals of the Master Plan with such descriptive matter as the competent authority considers necessary to illustrate the proposals of the Master Plan or as the Minister may, from time to time, direct for that purpose. [17/2001; 30/2003; 7/2017]


document_id: pa-1998
term: contractor
source_provision: s12A
definition:
“contractor” , in relation to an owner of any land, means any person whom the owner employs, engages or hires directly to carry out any type of building works on the land;


document_id: pa-1998
term: tenancy agreement
source_provision: s12A
definition:
“tenancy agreement” means an agreement, whether or not in writing and whether express or implied, under which a person lets, or licences for occupation, any land or building as a residence or place of business;


document_id: pa-1998
term: tenant
source_provision: s12A
definition:
“tenant” , in relation to an owner of any land, means a person to whom the land is let, or licensed for occupation, by the owner of the land, under a tenancy agreement between the owner and that person. [7/2017]


document_id: pa-1998
term: connecting structure
source_provision: s15
definition:
“connecting structure” means any underpass, subway, bridge or other structure, whether under or above ground or at grade and whether for pedestrians or vehicles, linking or connecting — ( a )


document_id: pa-1998
term: repeat offender
source_provision: s15
definition:
“repeat offender” means a person who is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence (other than a continuing offence) under subsection (5) and has (whether before, on or after 15 May 2017) been convicted or found guilty on at least one other earlier occasion of — ( a )


document_id: pa-2007
term: applicant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“applicant” , in relation to an application for a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document, means the person who will be the holder of the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document if the application is granted;


document_id: pa-2007
term: approved form
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved form” means any form approved by the Controller for the purposes of any of the provisions of this Act;


document_id: pa-2007
term: Controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Controller” means the Controller of Immigration appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1959;


document_id: pa-2007
term: fingerprint
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fingerprint” , in relation to an individual, means a record (in any form and produced by any method) of the skin pattern and other physical characteristics or features of any of the individual’s thumbs or fingers;


document_id: pa-2007
term: holder
source_provision: s2
definition:
“holder” , in relation to a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document, means the person in whose name the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document has been issued;


document_id: pa-2007
term: Singapore document of identity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore document of identity” means a document issued under section 16 to any person who is a citizen of Singapore for the purposes of urgently facilitating the person’s entry into or exit from any country, and purporting to establish the identity and nationality of that person;


document_id: pa-2007
term: Singapore temporary travel document
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore temporary travel document” means a Singapore temporary travel document issued under section 13 to any person who is a citizen of Singapore for the purposes of facilitating the person’s entry into or exit from any country, and purporting to establish the identity and nationality of that person;


document_id: pa-2007
term: container
source_provision: s31
definition:
“container” includes baggage, a mail receptacle, and any other thing that could be used for the carriage of goods (whether or not designed for that purpose);


document_id: pa-2007
term: vehicle
source_provision: s31
definition:
“vehicle” means a conveyance that is designed to be propelled or drawn by any means (whether or not capable of being so propelled or drawn), and includes any trailer, bicycle or other pedal‑powered vehicle, but does not include any train;


document_id: pa-2007
term: disclose
source_provision: s53
definition:
“disclose” , in relation to identifying information that is a personal identifier, includes providing access to the identifying information;


document_id: pa-2015
term: licensed place of business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed place of business” means a place specified in a licence as a place at which a licensee can carry on the business of pawnbroking;


document_id: pa-2015
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” , in relation to a pawnbroker, means a person (including a director of the pawnbroker) responsible for managing the whole or any part of the pawnbroker’s business of pawnbroking;


document_id: pa-2015
term: redemption period
source_provision: s2
definition:
“redemption period” , in relation to a pledge, is to be reckoned in accordance with section 54(2) and (3);


document_id: pa-2015
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Pawnbrokers appointed under section 5, and includes any Deputy Registrar of Pawnbrokers or Assistant Registrar of Pawnbrokers exercising the functions of the Registrar;


document_id: pa-2015
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the repealed Pawnbrokers Act (Cap. 222, 1994 Revised Edition) in force immediately before 1 April 2015;


document_id: pa-2015
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.


document_id: pa-2015
term: pawn
source_provision: s3
definition:
“pawn” means to give possession of goods to a lender of money as security for the repayment of a loan;


document_id: pa-2015
term: pawner
source_provision: s3
definition:
“pawner” means a person who pawns goods to a pawnbroker, whether or not the person has any title to, or is authorised to deal in, those goods;


document_id: pa-2015
term: pledge
source_provision: s3
definition:
“pledge” means goods that are taken into possession by a lender of money as security for the repayment of a loan.


document_id: paa-1934
term: letters of administration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“letters of administration” means a grant under the seal of the court issuing the same, authorising the person or persons therein named to administer an intestate’s estate in accordance with law;


document_id: paa-1934
term: letters of administration with the will annexed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“letters of administration with the will annexed” means a grant under the seal of the court issuing the same, authorising the person or persons therein named to administer a testator’s estate in compliance with the directions contained in his will, and in accordance with law;


document_id: paa-1934
term: prescribed form
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed form” means the form prescribed by rules made under any law for the time being in force relating to the courts;


document_id: paa-1934
term: probate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“probate” means a grant under the seal of the court issuing the same, authorising the executor or executors expressly or impliedly appointed by a testator’s will, or one or more of them, to administer the testator’s estate in compliance with the directions contained in his will, and in accordance with law;


document_id: paa-1934
term: probate action
source_provision: s2
definition:
“probate action” means a cause or matter in which a probate application is contested by any person, and includes any application to alter or revoke the grant of any probate or letters of administration;


document_id: paa-1934
term: probate application
source_provision: s2
definition:
“probate application” means an application for a grant of probate or letters of administration, and “probate applicant” shall be construed accordingly;


document_id: paa-1934
term: Public Trustee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Public Trustee” means the Public Trustee appointed under the Public Trustee Act 1915 and includes a Deputy Public Trustee and an Assistant Public Trustee appointed under that Act;


document_id: paa-1934
term: will
source_provision: s2
definition:
“will” includes any codicil or other testamentary document. [6/2004; 42/2005; 27/2014; 44/2014; 40/2019]


document_id: paa-1934
term: Commonwealth
source_provision: s46
definition:
“Commonwealth” shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to include any country in the Commonwealth which the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette , specify to be a country to which this Part applies;


document_id: paa-1934
term: court of probate
source_provision: s46
definition:
“court of probate” means any court or authority by whatever name designated, having jurisdiction in matters of probate;


document_id: pc-1871
term: relevant act
source_provision: s4B
definition:
“relevant act” , in relation to a specified offence, means an act or omission (whether occurring wholly or partly in or outside Singapore) which is a physical element of the specified offence;


document_id: pc-1871
term: specified offence
source_provision: s4B
definition:
“specified offence” means an offence specified in the Schedule and includes an attempt to commit the offence, an abetment of the offence and a criminal conspiracy to commit the offence. [15/2019]


document_id: pc-1871
term: immovable property
source_provision: s22
definition:
“immovable property” means land, benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;


document_id: pc-1871
term: property
source_provision: s22
definition:
“property” means money and all other property, movable or immovable, including things in action, other intangible or incorporeal property and virtual currency;


document_id: pc-1871
term: virtual currency
source_provision: s22
definition:
“virtual currency” means a digital representation of value in money or money’s worth that can be digitally traded and functions as a medium of exchange, a unit of account or store of value, regardless of whether it is legal tender in any country or territory including Singapore. Illustration


document_id: pc-1871
term: die
source_provision: s31A
definition:
“die” includes any plate, type, tool, chop or implement and also any part of any die, plate, type, tool, chop or implement, and any stamp or impression thereof or any part of such stamp or impression;


document_id: pc-1871
term: instrument
source_provision: s31A
definition:
“instrument” includes any document whether of a formal or an informal nature, any postage stamp or revenue stamp, any seal or die, and any disc, card, tape, microchip, soundtrack or other device on or in which information is recorded or stored by mechanical, electronic, optical or other means.


document_id: pc-1871
term: domestic worker
source_provision: s73
definition:
“domestic worker” means any female house servant employed in, or in connection with, the domestic services of her employer’s private dwelling house and who is required to reside in her employer’s private dwelling house;


document_id: pc-1871
term: dwelling house
source_provision: s73
definition:
“dwelling house” means a place of residence and includes a building or tenement wholly or principally used, constructed or adapted for use for human habitation;


document_id: pc-1871
term: employer
source_provision: s73
definition:
“employer” , in relation to a domestic worker, includes a person who has the same fundamental qualities as an employer of the domestic worker and whose orders the domestic worker has reasonable grounds for believing she is expected to obey;


document_id: pc-1871
term: employment agency personnel
source_provision: s73
definition:
“employment agency personnel” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Employment Agencies Act 1958;


document_id: pc-1871
term: employment agent
source_provision: s73
definition:
“employment agent” , in relation to a domestic worker, means an employment agency personnel or a person who performs work similar to an employment agency personnel, and whose orders the domestic worker has reasonable grounds for believing she is expected to obey;


document_id: pc-1871
term: member of the employer’s household
source_provision: s73
definition:
“member of the employer’s household” , in relation to a domestic worker, means a person residing in the private dwelling house of the domestic worker’s employer at the time the offence was committed, and whose orders the domestic worker has reasonable grounds for believing she is expected to obey. [15/2019]


document_id: pc-1871
term: membership
source_provision: s74
definition:
“membership” , in relation to a racial or religious group, includes association with members of that group;


document_id: pc-1871
term: vulnerable person
source_provision: s74A
definition:
“vulnerable person” means an individual who is, by reason of mental or physical infirmity, disability or incapacity, substantially unable to protect himself from abuse, neglect or self-neglect. [15/2019]


document_id: pc-1871
term: neglect
source_provision: s304B
definition:
“neglect” means the failure by a relevant person to provide any or adequate essential care (such as but not limited to food, clothing, medical aid, lodging and other necessities of life) to the extent of causing personal injury or physical pain to, or injury to the physical health of any child, domestic worker or vulnerable person;


document_id: pc-1871
term: sustained abuse
source_provision: s304B
definition:
“sustained abuse” means a course of conduct which consists of voluntarily causing hurt or knowingly causing neglect, or both, of a child, domestic worker or vulnerable person on — ( a )


document_id: pc-1871
term: person who lacks capacity
source_provision: s305
definition:
“person who lacks capacity” means a person who lacks capacity to understand the consequences of attempting or committing suicide, as the case may be, from unsoundness of mind, mental incapacity, intoxication, or the influence of any drug or other substance. [15/2019]


document_id: pc-1871
term: sexual abuse
source_provision: s335A
definition:
“sexual abuse” means abuse caused to a victim by the commission of a sexual offence within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010;


document_id: pc-1871
term: buttocks
source_provision: s377C
definition:
“buttocks” , in relation to a person, includes the anal region of the person; [Act 23 of 2021 wef 01/03/2022]


document_id: pc-1871
term: distribute
source_provision: s377C
definition:
“distribute” includes any of the following conduct, whether done in person, electronically, digitally or in any other way: ( a )


document_id: pc-1871
term: image
source_provision: s377C
definition:
“image” , in relation to a person, means an image of a human being that is not fictional or imaginary but includes an image that so closely resembles that of a human being as to make it difficult for an ordinary person to distinguish it from an image of a human being that is not fictional or imaginary;


document_id: pc-1871
term: sexual offence
source_provision: s377CB
definition:
“sexual offence” means any offence where the physical element of the offence under this Code or any other written law involves an act of a sexual nature and includes but is not limited to any offence under sections 375 to 377BN. Illustrations


document_id: pc-1871
term: component part
source_provision: s379A
definition:
“component part” , in relation to a motor vehicle, means any component part attached to the motor vehicle, and includes any tyre, accessory or equipment attached to the motor vehicle;


document_id: pc-1871
term: motor vehicle
source_provision: s379A
definition:
“motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads, and includes a trailer drawn by a motor vehicle.


document_id: pc-1871
term: fiduciary
source_provision: s409
definition:
“fiduciary” means a person who has undertaken to act for or on behalf of another person in a matter in circumstances which give rise to a relationship of trust, confidence and loyalty, and includes but is not limited to an executor, an administrator, a liquidator, a receiver and a trustee (other than the trustee of an implied, a constructive or a resulting trust);


document_id: pc-1871
term: key executive
source_provision: s409
definition:
“key executive” means a person who, whether or not an employee of the corporation, unincorporated association or partnership, and whether acting alone or together with any other person, has general control and management of the administration of that corporation, unincorporated association or partnership;


document_id: pc-1871
term: partnership
source_provision: s409
definition:
“partnership” includes a limited partnership and a limited liability partnership within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005. [15/2019]


document_id: pc-1871
term: bank note
source_provision: s489A
definition:
“bank note” means a promissory note or engagement for the payment of money to bearer on demand issued by any person carrying on the business of banking in any part of the world, or issued by or under the authority of the government of any country or territory and intended to be used as equivalent to, or as a substitute for, money;


document_id: pc-1871
term: coin
source_provision: s489A
definition:
“coin” is metal used as money stamped and issued by or under the authority of the government of any country or territory in order to be so used;


document_id: pc-1871
term: currency
source_provision: s489A
definition:
“currency” includes any currency note or coin (by whatever name called) which is legal tender in the country or territory in which it is issued. [15/2019]


document_id: pca-1950
term: commission agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commission agent” means a person who acts as agent for another in relation to the purchase or sale of goods and is remunerated or to be remunerated by way of commission on the price, and includes an agent remunerated or to be remunerated partly by commission and partly in some other manner;


document_id: pca-1950
term: controlled article
source_provision: s2
definition:
“controlled article” means any goods or classes of goods declared to be controlled articles under section 5( a );


document_id: pca-1950
term: maximum price
source_provision: s2
definition:
“maximum price” means the maximum price at which, under the provisions of this Act, goods may be sold;


document_id: pca-1950
term: offence under this Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“offence under this Act” includes any act or omission declared to be an offence under this Act by any order or rule made under sections 5 and 18;


document_id: pca-1950
term: Price Controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Price Controller” means an officer appointed Price Controller under section 3 and includes any person appointed by the Minister to act in the place of the Price Controller during the Price Controller’s absence from Singapore or his inability from illness or other causes to perform the duties of his office;


document_id: pca-1950
term: Price Inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Price Inspector” means any person appointed under section 3(2) and includes a Chief Price Inspector and an Assistant Price Inspector;


document_id: pca-1950
term: price-regulated goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“price-regulated goods” means goods in respect of which maximum prices have been fixed under section 4 and includes services for which a maximum has been fixed under that section;


document_id: pca-1950
term: sell
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sell” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes an agreement to sell and an offer to sell, and an offer to sell shall be deemed to include the exposing of goods for sale, the publication of a price list, the furnishing of a quotation, or any other act or notification whatsoever by which willingness to enter into any transaction of sale is expressed;


document_id: pca-1950
term: selling price
source_provision: s2
definition:
“selling price” means the actual net price charged to the purchaser of the goods concerned, less all discounts or other allowances;


document_id: pca-1950
term: trader
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trader” includes any person who carries on the business of selling goods and any person carrying on business in the course of which he supplies goods for the purpose of, or in pursuance of a contract made by him for work, labour and materials.


document_id: pca-1960
term: agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“agent” means any person employed by or acting for another, and includes a trustee, administrator and executor, and a person serving the Government or under any corporation or public body, and for the purposes of section 8 includes a subcontractor and any person employed by or acting for such subcontractor;


document_id: pca-1960
term: CPIB officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“CPIB officer” means a public officer in the Corrupt Practices Investigation Service (Junior) Scheme of Service or in the Corrupt Practices Investigation Service (Senior) Scheme of Service;


document_id: pca-1960
term: Director
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director” means the Director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau appointed under section 3;


document_id: pca-1960
term: INVEST Fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“INVEST Fund” means the INVEST Fund established under Part 3 of the Home Affairs Uniformed Services Superannuation Act 2001;


document_id: pca-1960
term: principal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“principal” includes an employer, a beneficiary under a trust, and a trust estate as though it were a person and any person beneficially interested in the estate of a deceased person and the estate of a deceased person as though the estate were a person, and in the case of a person serving the Government or a public body includes the Government or the public body, as the case may be;


document_id: pca-1960
term: public body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public body” means any corporation, board, council, commissioners or other body which has power to act under and for the purposes of any written law relating to public health or to undertakings or public utility or otherwise to administer money levied or raised by rates or charges in pursuance of any written law;


document_id: pca-1960
term: Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Scheme” means the Occupational Superannuation Scheme established by regulations made under section 4A;


document_id: pca-1960
term: special investigator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special investigator” means a special investigator of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. [29/2002]


document_id: pca-1960
term: bank
source_provision: s20
definition:
“bank” means any company carrying on the business of bankers in Singapore incorporated or licensed under any written law;


document_id: pca-1960
term: banker’s book
source_provision: s20
definition:
“banker’s book” includes any ledger, day book, cash book, account book or other book or document used in the ordinary course of the business of a bank. [37/98]


document_id: pda-2022
term: assigned solicitor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“assigned solicitor” means a solicitor from an appropriate panel of solicitors established under section 4 who is assigned any matter mentioned in section 4(1)( a ) or ( b ) by the Chief Public Defender;


document_id: pda-2022
term: court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court” means any court of competent jurisdiction in Singapore before which any proceedings are heard;


document_id: pda-2022
term: Grant of Aid
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Grant of Aid” means a document issued under section 12 or 20 stating that criminal defence aid is granted to an individual (whether on a provisional basis or otherwise);


document_id: pda-2022
term: proceedings
source_provision: s2
definition:
“proceedings” means any proceedings mentioned in section 8(1) or 12(8) in respect of which a Grant of Aid may be or is issued;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: Appeal Committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Appeal Committee” means a Data Protection Appeal Committee constituted under section 48P(4), read with the Seventh Schedule;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , in relation to the exercise of any power or performance of any function or duty under any provision of this Act, means a person to whom the exercise of that power or performance of that function or duty under that provision has been delegated under section 38 of the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Act 2016;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authority” means the Info‑communications Media Development Authority established by section 3 of the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Act 2016;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: benefit plan
source_provision: s2
definition:
“benefit plan” means an insurance policy, a pension plan, an annuity, a provident fund plan or other similar plan;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“business” includes the activity of any organisation, whether or not carried on for purposes of gain, or conducted on a regular, repetitive or continuous basis, but does not include an individual acting in his or her personal or domestic capacity;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: business contact information
source_provision: s2
definition:
“business contact information” means an individual’s name, position name or title, business telephone number, business address, business electronic mail address or business fax number and any other similar information about the individual, not provided by the individual solely for his or her personal purposes;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” , in relation to the Authority, means the Chief Executive of the Authority appointed under section 40(2) of the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Act 2016, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: Commission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commission” means the person designated as the Personal Data Protection Commission under section 5 to be responsible for the administration of this Act;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection appointed under section 8(1)( a ), and includes any Deputy Commissioner for Personal Data Protection or Assistant Commissioner for Personal Data Protection appointed under section 8(1)( b );


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: credit report
source_provision: s2
definition:
“credit report” means a communication, whether in written, oral or other form, provided to an organisation to assess the creditworthiness of an individual in relation to a transaction between the organisation and the individual;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: data intermediary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“data intermediary” means an organisation which processes personal data on behalf of another organisation but does not include an employee of that other organisation;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: education institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“education institution” means an organisation that provides education, including instruction, training or teaching, whether by itself or in association or collaboration with, or by affiliation with, any other person;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: national interest
source_provision: s2
definition:
“national interest” includes national defence, national security, public security, the maintenance of essential services and the conduct of international affairs;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: organisation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“organisation” includes any individual, company, association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporated, whether or not — ( a )


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: prescribed healthcare body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed healthcare body” means a healthcare body prescribed for the purposes of the Second Schedule by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: prescribed law enforcement agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed law enforcement agency” means an authority charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders under written law, prescribed for the purposes of sections 21(4) and 26D(6) and the Second Schedule by the Minister charged with the responsibility for that authority;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: private trust
source_provision: s2
definition:
“private trust” means a trust for the benefit of one or more designated individuals who are the settlor’s friends or family members;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: proceedings
source_provision: s2
definition:
“proceedings” means any civil, criminal or administrative proceedings by or before a court, tribunal or regulatory authority that is related to the allegation of — ( a )


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: processing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“processing” , in relation to personal data, means the carrying out of any operation or set of operations in relation to the personal data, and includes any of the following: ( a )


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: publicly available
source_provision: s2
definition:
“publicly available” , in relation to personal data about an individual, means personal data that is generally available to the public, and includes personal data which can be observed by reasonably expected means at a location or an event — ( a )


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: tribunal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tribunal” includes a judicial or quasi‑judicial body or a disciplinary, an arbitral or a mediatory body;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: user activity data
source_provision: s2
definition:
“user activity data” , in relation to an organisation, means personal data about an individual that is created in the course or as a result of the individual’s use of any product or service provided by the organisation;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: user‑provided data
source_provision: s2
definition:
“user‑provided data” , in relation to an organisation, means personal data provided by an individual to the organisation. [22/2016; 40/2020]


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: foreign data protection body
source_provision: s10
definition:
“foreign data protection body” means a body in whom there are vested functions under the law of another country or territory with respect to the enforcement or the administration of provisions of law of that country or territory concerning data protection;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: affected individual
source_provision: s26A
definition:
“affected individual” means any individual to whom any personal data affected by a data breach relates;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: financial services
source_provision: s36
definition:
“financial services” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: goods
source_provision: s36
definition:
“goods” means any personal property, whether tangible or intangible, and is deemed to include — ( a )


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: message
source_provision: s48A
definition:
“message” , “send”, “sender” and “Singapore telephone number” have the meanings given by section 36(1). [40/2020]


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: subscriber
source_provision: s36
definition:
“subscriber” , in relation to a Singapore telephone number, means the subscriber of the telecommunications service to which the Singapore telephone number is allocated;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: address‑harvesting software
source_provision: s48A
definition:
“address‑harvesting software” means software that is specifically designed or marketed for use for — ( a )


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: applicable message
source_provision: s48A
definition:
“applicable message” means a message with a Singapore link that is sent to any applicable telephone number;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: applicable telephone number
source_provision: s48A
definition:
“applicable telephone number” means a telephone number that is generated or obtained through the use of — ( a )


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: dictionary attack
source_provision: s48A
definition:
“dictionary attack” means the method by which the telephone number of a recipient is obtained using an automated means that generates possible telephone numbers by combining numbers into numerous permutations;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: Monetary Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s48C
definition:
“Monetary Authority of Singapore” means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established by section 3 of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: relevant public official
source_provision: s48C
definition:
“relevant public official” has the meaning given by section 7(7) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018;


document_id: pdpa-2012
term: Singapore public sector agency
source_provision: s48C
definition:
“Singapore public sector agency” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018. [40/2020]


document_id: pea-1954
term: access
source_provision: s2
definition:
“access” , in relation to content, means to encounter, read, view, hear or otherwise experience the content, and includes — ( a )


document_id: pea-1954
term: ballot display
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ballot display” means an electronic video display, image or representation of a ballot paper on a screen;


document_id: pea-1954
term: banner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“banner” means any continuous piece of fabric or other flexible material, or one or more pieces of fabric or other flexible material joined into a continuous piece — ( a )


document_id: pea-1954
term: Commissioner of National Registration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner of National Registration” means the Commissioner of National Registration appointed under the National Registration Act 1965;


document_id: pea-1954
term: contact address
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contact address” , in relation to any person, means the person’s contact address under section 10(2) of the National Registration Act 1965;


document_id: pea-1954
term: conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance” means any aircraft, train, vehicle, vessel or other mode of transport, whether of passengers or goods or both; [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: direct recording electronic voting machine
source_provision: s2
definition:
“direct recording electronic voting machine” or “DRE voting machine” means any mechanical, electronic or electro‑optical machine that can — ( a )


document_id: pea-1954
term: direct recording electronic voting system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“direct recording electronic voting system” or “DRE voting system” means any voting system using DRE voting machines;


document_id: pea-1954
term: election advertising
source_provision: s2
definition:
“election advertising” means any information or material that can reasonably be regarded as intended — ( a )


document_id: pea-1954
term: election advertising regulations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“election advertising regulations” means regulations made under section 61R; [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: electoral division
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electoral division” means an electoral division specified in the notification for the time being in force under section 8;


document_id: pea-1954
term: end‑user
source_provision: s2
definition:
“end‑user” , in relation to an electronic service, means a person that, and whether or not in the course of business — ( a )


document_id: pea-1954
term: flag
source_provision: s2
definition:
“flag” means a continuous piece of fabric or other flexible material, or one or more pieces of fabric or other flexible material joined into a continuous piece — ( a )


document_id: pea-1954
term: grounds
source_provision: s2
definition:
“grounds” means land in Singapore that has a boundary fence or another structure or feature to mark the boundary of the land; [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: group
source_provision: s2
definition:
“group” means a group of not less than 3 but not more than 6 candidates nominated for any election in any group representation constituency in accordance with section 27B;


document_id: pea-1954
term: group representation constituency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“group representation constituency” means any electoral division declared to be a group representation constituency under section 8A(1)( a );


document_id: pea-1954
term: non-online election advertising
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-online election advertising” means election advertising that is not online election advertising; [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: official sign
source_provision: s2
definition:
“official sign” means a poster, banner or other notice for an election prepared by, or with the authority of, the Returning Officer as required by or for the purposes of this Act; [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: online election advertising
source_provision: s2
definition:
“online election advertising” means election advertising that is published in any way that renders the election advertising accessible from the Internet; [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: online location
source_provision: s2
definition:
“online location” means any website, webpage, chatroom or forum, or any other similar thing in electronic or digital form that is accessible from the Internet; [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: ordinary polling station
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ordinary polling station” means a polling station established in Singapore under section 36A(1); [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: overseas polling station
source_provision: s2
definition:
“overseas polling station” means such of the following premises situated outside Singapore as the Returning Officer may approve under section 36A(2) to be an overseas polling station: ( a )


document_id: pea-1954
term: overseas registration centre
source_provision: s2
definition:
“overseas registration centre” means an overseas registration centre established under section 10(4);


document_id: pea-1954
term: political donation certificate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“political donation certificate” means a political donation certificate issued under section 63(3) of the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 in respect of an election; [Act 28 of 2021 wef 29/12/2023]


document_id: pea-1954
term: principal election agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“principal election agent” means an election agent of a candidate in a group who has been appointed under section 62(5) as the principal election agent for that group;


document_id: pea-1954
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means any body corporate, board or authority established by or under any written law for the performance of any public function, but excludes any Town Council constituted under the Town Councils Act 1988;


document_id: pea-1954
term: publish
source_provision: s2
definition:
“publish” means make available to the general public, or any section thereof, in whatever form and by whatever means, including broadcasting (by wireless telegraphy or otherwise) and transmitting on what is commonly known as the Internet;


document_id: pea-1954
term: register
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register” or “register of electors” means the register of electors for any particular electoral division comprising sections, each of which shall relate to a polling district of that electoral division;


document_id: pea-1954
term: Registration Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registration Officer” and “Assistant Registration Officer” mean respectively the Registration Officer and an Assistant Registration Officer appointed under section 3;


document_id: pea-1954
term: special polling station
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special polling station” means a polling station established in Singapore under section 47A(1); [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: telecommunication service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication service” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Telecommunications Act 1999; [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: third party
source_provision: s2
definition:
“third party” , in relation to an election in an electoral division, means a person who is none of the following: ( a )


document_id: pea-1954
term: traditional election advertising
source_provision: s2
definition:
“traditional election advertising” means non-online election advertising in the form of a banner, flag or poster; [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1954
term: voter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“voter” means a person who, whether his or her name does or does not appear in a register of electors, applies to vote or votes at an election. [6/2017]


document_id: pea-1954
term: Committee
source_provision: s27A
definition:
“Committee” means the Malay Community Committee or Indian and Other Minority Communities Committee established under section 27C;


document_id: pea-1954
term: person belonging to the Malay community
source_provision: s27A
definition:
“person belonging to the Malay community” means any person, whether of the Malay race or otherwise, who considers himself or herself to be a member of the Malay community and who is generally accepted as a member of the Malay community by that community;


document_id: pea-1954
term: functionality
source_provision: s61S
definition:
“functionality” , in relation to an electronic service or an internet access service, includes — ( a )


document_id: pea-1954
term: money’s worth
source_provision: s61S
definition:
“money’s worth” means any service, any office or employment, or any goods or property (whether movable or immovable and whether tangible or intangible) and includes any of the following: ( a )


document_id: pea-1954
term: counting
source_provision: s102A
definition:
“counting” , of votes cast at an election, includes recounting and adding votes cast at the election;


document_id: pea-1954
term: residential address
source_provision: s110
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]


document_id: pea-1958
term: approved place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved place” means a building, tent, street or place, or any part of that, whether open or enclosed, which is approved by the appropriate Licensing Officer for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: pea-1958
term: Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer” means the Licensing Officer appointed under section 3 by the Minister charged with the responsibility for the licensing of arts entertainments, and includes an Assistant Licensing Officer appointed by that Minister under that section;


document_id: pea-1958
term: Public Entertainment Appeal Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Public Entertainment Appeal Board” means the Public Entertainment Appeal Board established by section 20;


document_id: pea-1958
term: Public Entertainment Licensing Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Public Entertainment Licensing Officer” means the Licensing Officer appointed under section 3 by the Minister charged with the responsibility for public entertainments, and includes an Assistant Licensing Officer appointed by that Minister under that section;


document_id: pea-1958
term: appealable decision
source_provision: s19
definition:
“appealable decision” , in relation to the appropriate Licensing Officer, means any of the following decisions or directions: ( a )


document_id: pea-1958
term: residential address
source_provision: s30
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [20 [32/2014]


document_id: pea-1991
term: foreign engineer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign engineer” means any person who is authorised to carry out professional engineering work in a country or territory outside Singapore under the law of that country or territory;


document_id: pea-1991
term: nominee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“nominee” , in relation to any person, means a person who is accustomed or under an obligation (whether formal or informal) to act in accordance with directions, instructions or wishes of the firstmentioned person, except that a person is not to be regarded as a nominee of another person by reason only that the person acts on the advice given by that other person in a professional capacity;


document_id: pea-1991
term: prescribed branch of professional engineering work
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed branch of professional engineering work” means professional engineering work in any of the following branches of engineering: ( a )


document_id: pea-1991
term: professional engineering services
source_provision: s2
definition:
“professional engineering services” means consultancy or advisory services that require a person to engage in professional engineering work;


document_id: pea-1991
term: professional engineering work
source_provision: s2
definition:
“professional engineering work” includes any professional service, consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, or responsible supervision of construction or operation in connection with any public or privately owned public utilities, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, works or projects where the public interest and welfare, or the safeguarding of life, public health or property is concerned or involved, and that requires the application of engineering principles and data;


document_id: pea-1991
term: register of licensees
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register of licensees” means the register of licensed corporations, partnerships and limited liability partnerships kept by the Board under section 13(1)( d );


document_id: pea-1991
term: register of practitioners
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register of practitioners” means the annual register of practitioners kept by the Board under section 13(1)( c );


document_id: pea-1991
term: register of professional engineers
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register of professional engineers” means the register of professional engineers kept by the Board under section 13(1)( a );


document_id: pea-1991
term: specialist professional engineer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specialist professional engineer” means a person registered under section 22 as a specialist professional engineer;


document_id: pea-1991
term: unlimited corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unlimited corporation” means a corporation formed on the principle of having no limit placed on the liability of its members. [18/2003; 27/2005; 36/2017; 5/2018]


document_id: pea-2009
term: advertisement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“advertisement” includes any notice, circular, pamphlet, brochure, prospectus, programme or other document, and any announcement, notification or intimation, to the public or any section thereof or to any person or persons, made — ( a )


document_id: pea-2009
term: Agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agency” means the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency established by section 3 of the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016;


document_id: pea-2009
term: award
source_provision: s2
definition:
“award” , in relation to a private education institution, includes the conferment of any degree, diploma or certificate by the private education institution, whether on its own behalf or otherwise;


document_id: pea-2009
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 38 of the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016 and includes any person acting in that capacity;


document_id: pea-2009
term: course
source_provision: s2
definition:
“course” , in relation to a private education institution, means a course of study or training programme offered or provided by the private education institution;


document_id: pea-2009
term: course money
source_provision: s2
definition:
“course money” means money that a private education institution receives, directly or indirectly, from — ( a )


document_id: pea-2009
term: education institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“education institution” means any person that offers to provide, or provides, education, whether by itself or in association or collaboration with or by affiliation with any other person;


document_id: pea-2009
term: examination service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“examination service” , in relation to any private education institution, means any test, examination or other method of assessing the level of proficiency, aptitude, skill, knowledge or understanding of a person attending or enrolled in any course provided by the private education institution;


document_id: pea-2009
term: partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“partnership” includes a limited partnership within the meaning of the Limited Partnerships Act 2008;


document_id: pea-2009
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” , in relation to a private education institution (whether registered or unregistered) or a proposed private education institution, means any building, enclosure, ground, open‑air space or other place used or to be used by the private education institution or proposed private education institution in connection with the provision of private education;


document_id: pea-2009
term: prescribed dispute resolution scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed dispute resolution scheme” means a dispute resolution scheme that is prescribed under section 37;


document_id: pea-2009
term: registered private education institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered private education institution” means any private education institution that is registered under Part 3;


document_id: pea-2009
term: registered society
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered society” means a society registered or deemed to be registered under the Societies Act 1966;


document_id: pea-2009
term: renovation works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“renovation works” means any structural or non-structural additions and alterations carried out to any premises, but does not include repairs and maintenance works;


document_id: pea-2009
term: Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Scheme” means a voluntary accreditation or certification scheme established or maintained under section 22(1);


document_id: pea-2009
term: student
source_provision: s2
definition:
“student” , in relation to an education institution, means a person who receives, or is enrolled in the education institution to receive, education offered or provided by the education institution;


document_id: pea-2009
term: teacher
source_provision: s2
definition:
“teacher” means a person who teaches students of an education institution, or who prepares or issues lessons or corrects written answers;


document_id: pea-2009
term: unregistered private education institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unregistered private education institution” means any private education institution that is not, or that ceases to be, a registered private education institution, but does not include an education institution which is exempted under section 41 from registration under Part 3. [24/2016]


document_id: pea-2009
term: agreed starting day
source_provision: s33
definition:
“agreed starting day” , in relation to a course offered or provided by a private education institution, means the day on which the course was scheduled to start;


document_id: peoa-1976
term: Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agreement” means the Public Officers’ Pension (Singapore) Agreement 1976 between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed at Singapore on 26th March 1976;


document_id: peoa-1976
term: officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer” means an officer to whom the Public Officers Agreement between Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of Malaysia in respect of Singapore signed at Kuala Lumpur on 9th July 1964 applies or applied and who was not a citizen of Singapore on 1st April 1971 or who, having retired from the public service or having died in public service after that date, is not or was not a citizen of Singapore at the time of his retirement or death, as the case may be.


document_id: pfa-1995
term: public service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public service” means service, whether in a civil or military capacity, under the Government of Singapore and includes — ( a )


document_id: pfa-1995
term: superannuation scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“superannuation scheme” means a scheme providing for the payment of any pension, gratuity, allowance or other benefit on death, superannuation, resignation, retirement or discharge to persons who have been in the public service in Singapore or to the legal personal representatives or dependants of those persons.


document_id: pfa-2004
term: accoutrement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accoutrement” includes surveillance equipment capable of being worn on the body for the purpose of recording a view of, or recording a conversation between, the wearer and another individual;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: commanding officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commanding officer” means any police officer not below the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police, the Commander, Training Command or any police officer lawfully acting in any of these appointments;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: Deputy Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Commissioner” , in relation to any provision in this Act or its subsidiary legislation, or in the Police General Orders, Force Orders or Standing Orders, means the Deputy Commissioner of Police designated by the Commissioner for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: detention barrack
source_provision: s2
definition:
“detention barrack” means any building or part thereof set aside by the Commissioner for the purpose of persons serving any sentence of detention under this Act;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: emoluments
source_provision: s2
definition:
“emoluments” includes gross salary, the annual variable component, allowances (whether monthly, annual or otherwise), bonuses and other benefits but not performance bonuses;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: forensic specialist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“forensic specialist” means an individual who is appointed under section 65A as a forensic specialist;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inspector” means an inspector of police of whatever grade from and including a chief inspector down to and including a probationary inspector;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: lost property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“lost property” means any movable property or cash that has been lost and whose owner is unknown at the time at which it is found;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: national serviceman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“national serviceman” means a person who has been directed to present himself for enlistment in the Police Force under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force relating to national service or enlistment;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: non-police personnel performing duties in the Police Force
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-police personnel performing duties in the Police Force” means a public officer or any other individual, either of whom is not a police officer but is performing duties in the Police Force under — ( a )


document_id: pfa-2004
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” , in relation to property or cash, means the person who is entitled to possession of the property or cash;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: Police Force
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Police Force” means the Singapore Police Force established under the repealed Act and continued by this Act;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: senior police officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“senior police officer” means a police officer of all ranks from and including the Commissioner down to and including an inspector;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: unclaimed property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unclaimed property” means any lost property that has been in the custody of the Police Force for the period specified in section 108(2) and in relation to which — ( a )


document_id: pfa-2004
term: volunteer ex‑NSman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“volunteer ex‑NSman” means a special police officer enrolled under section 68 as a volunteer ex‑NSman;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: voting share
source_provision: s85A
definition:
“voting share” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967 * but does not include a treasury share. [*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]


document_id: pfa-2004
term: air marshal
source_provision: s60
definition:
“air marshal” means any police officer who is appointed by the Commissioner under section 61(1) to serve as an air marshal;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: commander
source_provision: s60
definition:
“commander” , in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the crew designated as commander of that aircraft by the operator thereof, or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being the pilot in command of that aircraft;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: operator
source_provision: s60
definition:
“operator” , in relation to any aircraft at any time, means the person who at that time has the management of the aircraft;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: passenger flight
source_provision: s60
definition:
“passenger flight” means any flight performed by an aircraft for the international carriage of persons for reward;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: pilot in command
source_provision: s60
definition:
“pilot in command” , in relation to an aircraft, means a person who for the time being is in charge of the piloting of the aircraft without being under the direction of any other pilot in the aircraft;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: forensic procedure
source_provision: s65B
definition:
“forensic procedure” , in relation to an individual, includes doing all or any of the following in relation to the individual: ( a )


document_id: pfa-2004
term: seize and detain
source_provision: s65B
definition:
“seize and detain” , in relation to any thing at a crime scene, includes a power to remove the thing from the crime scene when it is found and a power to guard the thing in or on the crime scene;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: 5% controller
source_provision: s85A
definition:
“5% controller” , in relation to an employer of an Auxiliary Police Force, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: pfa-2004
term: 25% controller
source_provision: s85A
definition:
“25% controller” , in relation to an employer of an Auxiliary Police Force, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: pfa-2004
term: 50% controller
source_provision: s85A
definition:
“50% controller” , in relation to an employer of an Auxiliary Police Force, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: pfa-2004
term: 75% controller
source_provision: s85A
definition:
“75% controller” , in relation to an employer of an Auxiliary Police Force, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: pfa-2004
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s85A
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to a company or an organisation that is the employer of an Auxiliary Police Force, means the person principally responsible for the management and conduct of any type of business of the company or organisation in Singapore, and includes any person for the time being performing all or any of the functions or duties of a chief executive officer;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: employer
source_provision: s85A
definition:
“employer” , in sections 88, 88A, 88B and 88C and Division 1C, does not include the Government or a statutory body which creates an Auxiliary Police Force;


document_id: pfa-2004
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s85A
definition:
“indirect controller” , in relation to an employer of an Auxiliary Police Force, means any person, whether acting alone or together with any other person, and with or without holding any equity interests or controlling the voting power in the employer — ( a )


document_id: pfa-2004
term: limited liability partnership
source_provision: s85A
definition:
“limited liability partnership” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 * ;


document_id: pgmgfa-2014
term: healthcare provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“healthcare provider” means any organisation providing one or more health services in the course of business;


document_id: pgmgfa-2014
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” , in relation to the Appeals Panel, includes the chairperson and deputy chairperson of that Panel;


document_id: pgmgfa-2014
term: Merdeka Generation Senior
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Merdeka Generation Senior” includes an individual who is determined under section 13 to be a Merdeka Generation Senior;


document_id: pgmgfa-2014
term: organisation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“organisation” includes any individual, company, association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate — ( a )


document_id: pgmgfa-2014
term: reimbursement arrangement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reimbursement arrangement” means an agreement in writing or a scheme, approved by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health, to the effect that the Government is liable (directly or indirectly) to pay a grant to a prescribed healthcare provider to reimburse the prescribed healthcare provider for the whole or part of the cost and expenses incurred by the prescribed healthcare provider for any relevant health service rendered or provided to a Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior;


document_id: pgmgfa-2014
term: relevant health service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant health service” means a health service determined by a prescribed healthcare provider, with the approval of the Minister charged with the responsibility for health, to be a relevant health service for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: pgmgfa-2014
term: verification application
source_provision: s2
definition:
“verification application” means an application made under section 13(2) in relation to an individual seeking a determination from the Appeals Panel that the individual is a Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior for the purposes of this Act. [16/2019]


document_id: pgmgfa-2014
term: last email address
source_provision: s26
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 last email address of the addressee concerned known to the person giving or serving the document;


document_id: pha-2014
term: communication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“communication” means any words, image (moving or otherwise), message, expression, symbol or other representation that can be seen, heard or otherwise perceived by any person, or any combination of these;


document_id: pha-2014
term: computing resource service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“computing resource service” means a service that provides processing capability or storage capacity through the use of any computer hardware or software;


document_id: pha-2014
term: entity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“entity” means any company or association or body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate), but excludes any public agency;


document_id: pha-2014
term: identity information
source_provision: s2
definition:
“identity information” means any information that, whether on its own or with other information, identifies or purports to identify an individual, including (but not limited to) any of the following: ( a )


document_id: pha-2014
term: offending communication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“offending communication” , in relation to any contravention of a provision under this Act, means any communication or statement made in contravention of that provision;


document_id: pha-2014
term: online location
source_provision: s2
definition:
“online location” means any internet website, webpage, chatroom or forum, or any other thing that is hosted on a computer (within the meaning of the Computer Misuse Act 1993) and can be seen, heard or otherwise perceived by means of the internet;


document_id: pha-2014
term: Protection from Harassment Court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Protection from Harassment Court” means a District Court designated under section 16E(1)( a ) as a Protection from Harassment Court;


document_id: pha-2014
term: Protection from Harassment Court Judge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Protection from Harassment Court Judge” means a District Judge designated under section 16E(1)( b ) as a Protection from Harassment Court Judge;


document_id: pha-2014
term: publish
source_provision: s2
definition:
“publish” , in relation to a communication or statement, means to make the communication or statement available in any form such that the communication or statement is or can be heard, seen or otherwise perceived by the public in Singapore or a member of the public in Singapore, and includes cause to be published;


document_id: pha-2014
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the registrar of the State Courts, and includes a deputy registrar of the State Courts;


document_id: pha-2014
term: related person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“related person” , in relation to a person, means another person about whose safety or wellbeing the firstmentioned person would reasonably be expected to be seriously concerned;


document_id: pha-2014
term: relevant party
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant party” , in relation to an order, means an individual or entity against which the order is made;


document_id: pha-2014
term: shared residence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“shared residence” , in relation to the victim and the respondent who are the subjects of a protection order, means the premises at which the victim and the respondent are, or have been, living together as members of the same household;


document_id: pha-2014
term: statement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statement” means any words (including abbreviations and initials), numbers, image (moving or otherwise), sounds, symbols or other representation, or a combination of any of these;


document_id: pha-2014
term: stop publishing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stop publishing” , in relation to a communication, means taking the reasonable steps to ensure that the communication is not made available in any form such that the communication is or can be seen, heard or otherwise perceived by the public in Singapore or any member of the public in Singapore;


document_id: pha-2014
term: public servant
source_provision: s6
definition:
“public servant” has the meaning given by the Penal Code 1871, and includes any person who, by virtue of any other written law, is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871;


document_id: pha-2014
term: public service worker
source_provision: s6
definition:
“public service worker” means an individual who belongs to a prescribed class of employees or workers that provides any service which is essential to the wellbeing of the public or the proper functioning of Singapore, as prescribed under subsection (6).


document_id: pha-2014
term: vulnerable person
source_provision: s8A
definition:
“vulnerable person” means an individual who is, by reason of mental or physical infirmity, disability or incapacity, substantially unable to protect himself or herself from abuse, neglect or self‑neglect. [17/2019]


document_id: pha-2014
term: appointed psychiatrist
source_provision: s13B
definition:
“appointed psychiatrist” means a psychiatrist appointed by the Director‑General of Health for the purposes of this section; [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]


document_id: pha-2014
term: specified psychiatrist
source_provision: s13B
definition:
“specified psychiatrist” means a psychiatrist specified by the court calling for a preliminary assessment report under subsection (4)( a ). [17/2019]


document_id: phta-2014
term: abduct
source_provision: s2
definition:
“abduct” , in relation to an individual, means to compel by force, or induce by any deceitful means, the individual to go from any place;


document_id: phta-2014
term: abuse of the position of vulnerability
source_provision: s2
definition:
“abuse of the position of vulnerability” , in relation to an individual, means taking advantage of the vulnerable position the individual is placed in as a result of — ( a )


document_id: phta-2014
term: coercion
source_provision: s2
definition:
“coercion” , in relation to an individual, means the use of force or threat, whether violent or otherwise, against the individual or another individual, including — ( a )


document_id: phta-2014
term: conjugal partner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conjugal partner” , in relation to a trafficked victim at a given point in time, means the individual with whom the trafficked victim was in a relationship as if the individual were the trafficked victim’s spouse at that point in time;


document_id: phta-2014
term: exploitation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exploitation” means sexual exploitation, forced labour, slavery or any practice similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of an organ;


document_id: phta-2014
term: prostitution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prostitution” means the offering of an individual’s body for hire, whether for money or in kind, for the purpose of sexual penetration;


document_id: phta-2014
term: public servant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public servant” has the meaning given by section 21 of the Penal Code 1871, and includes any person who is deemed under this Act or any other written law to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871;


document_id: phta-2014
term: serfdom
source_provision: s2
definition:
“serfdom” means the condition or status of a tenant who is, by law, custom or agreement, bound to live and labour on land belonging to another person and to render any determinate service to that other person, whether for reward or not, and who is not free to change that condition or status;


document_id: phta-2014
term: servitude
source_provision: s2
definition:
“servitude” , in relation to an individual, means any condition or obligation, not authorised by any written law, to work or render services from which the individual cannot escape or which the individual is not free to change;


document_id: phta-2014
term: sexual exploitation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sexual exploitation” , in relation to an individual, means the involving of the individual in prostitution, sexual servitude or the provision of any other form of sexual service, including the commission of any obscene or indecent act by the individual or the use of the individual in any audio or visual recording or representation of such act;


document_id: phta-2014
term: trafficked victim
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trafficked victim” means an individual against whom an offence under section 3 is committed, and includes an alleged victim of the offence.


document_id: pma-2009
term: information notice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“information notice” means a notice served by the Director or a Monument Inspector under section 16;


document_id: pma-2009
term: inland waters
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inland waters” means any river, stream, reservoir, lake or pond (whether natural or artificial) within the limits of the territorial waters of Singapore;


document_id: pma-2009
term: Monument Inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Monument Inspector” means any person appointed under section 9 to be a Monument Inspector for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: pma-2009
term: national monument
source_provision: s2
definition:
“national monument” means any monument that is subject to a preservation order and includes any land containing or adjacent to such monument that is specified in the preservation order under section 11(3);


document_id: pma-2009
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any monument or land, means the person in occupation of, or having the charge, management or control of, the monument or land, whether on the person’s own account or as an agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;


document_id: pma-2009
term: preservation order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“preservation order” means an order made by the Minister under section 11 placing a monument under the protection of the Board;


document_id: pma-2009
term: proposed national monument
source_provision: s2
definition:
“proposed national monument” means a monument covered by a notice under section 11(7)( a ) of the Minister’s intention to make a preservation order protecting the monument;


document_id: pma-2009
term: statutory authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, and includes a Town Council. [36/2021]


document_id: pma-2009
term: National Heritage Board
source_provision: s23
definition:
“National Heritage Board” means the National Heritage Board established under the National Heritage Board Act 1993;


document_id: pma-2009
term: Preservation of Monuments Board
source_provision: s23
definition:
“Preservation of Monuments Board” means the Preservation of Monuments Board established under the repealed Preservation of Monuments Act (Cap. 239, 1985 Revised Edition) in force immediately before 1 July 2009.


document_id: pma-2009
term: body corporate
source_provision: s29
definition:
“body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: poa-1951
term: Chief Probation Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Probation Officer” means the person appointed to be the Chief Probation Officer under section 3;


document_id: poa-1951
term: community service officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“community service officer” means any officer appointed as a community service officer under section 346(9)( a ) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010;


document_id: poa-1951
term: prison officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prison officer” has the same meaning as in the Prisons Act 1933 and includes the Commissioner of Prisons and a Superintendent of Prisons appointed under that Act;


document_id: poa-1951
term: probation period
source_provision: s2
definition:
“probation period” means the period for which a probationer is placed under supervision by a probation order;


document_id: poa-1951
term: volunteer probation officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“volunteer probation officer” means a person appointed to be a volunteer probation officer under section 3(2); and


document_id: poa-2009
term: assembly
source_provision: s2
definition:
“assembly” means a gathering or meeting (whether or not comprising any lecture, talk, address, debate or discussion) of persons the purpose (or one of the purposes) of which is — ( a )


document_id: poa-2009
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , in relation to any provision in this Act or the regulations, means any police officer authorised in that behalf by the Commissioner for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: poa-2009
term: copy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“copy” , in relation to a film, means any article or thing in which the visual images or sounds comprising the film are embodied;


document_id: poa-2009
term: enhanced security special event
source_provision: s2
definition:
“enhanced security special event” means a special event that is the subject of a declaration made by the Minister;


document_id: poa-2009
term: event
source_provision: s2
definition:
“event” includes any rehearsal, sound and light testing and other ancillary activities necessary and incidental to an event;


document_id: poa-2009
term: event organiser
source_provision: s2
definition:
“event organiser” , for an event, means a person who is responsible (whether fully or substantially) for the organisation and holding of the event and the receipt of revenue from the event, if any;


document_id: poa-2009
term: permit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“permit” means a permit granted under section 7 in respect of a public assembly or public procession;


document_id: poa-2009
term: procession
source_provision: s2
definition:
“procession” means a march, parade or other procession, whether or not involving the use of vehicles or other conveyances — ( a )


document_id: poa-2009
term: public assembly
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public assembly” means an assembly held or to be held in a public place or to which members of the public in general are invited, induced or permitted to attend;


document_id: poa-2009
term: security officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“security officer” means an individual who is a licensed security officer within the meaning of the Private Security Industry Act 2007;


document_id: poa-2009
term: special event
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special event” means an event declared by the Commissioner or the Minister (as the case may be) to be a special event;


document_id: poa-2009
term: special event area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special event area” , in relation to a special event, means, for the period the declaration by the Commissioner or the Minister (as the case may be) for the event is in force — ( a )


document_id: poa-2009
term: unrestricted area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unrestricted area” means a public place specified in an order made under section 14. [23/2017; 28/2017]


document_id: poa-2009
term: Singapore entity
source_provision: s7
definition:
“Singapore entity” means a Singapore‑controlled corporation, a Singapore‑controlled partnership or a Singapore‑controlled unincorporated association;


document_id: poa-2009
term: senior police officer
source_provision: s8
definition:
“senior police officer” means the most senior in rank of the police officers present at the scene of the assembly or procession, or any one of them if there are more than one of the same rank.


document_id: poa-2009
term: approved person
source_provision: s20
definition:
“approved person” , in relation to any power under section 22, 24, 27, 28 or 29, means any of the following persons approved by the Commissioner in writing to exercise the power under that provision at or in relation to a special event area specified in that approval: ( a )


document_id: poa-2009
term: entrant
source_provision: s20
definition:
“entrant” , in relation to a special event area, means a person who is about to enter or is in the area;


document_id: poa-2009
term: hand-held scanner
source_provision: s20
definition:
“hand-held scanner” means a device that may be passed over or around a person or a person’s personal property to detect metal, objects or other substances;


document_id: poa-2009
term: occupier
source_provision: s20
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to a special event area, includes the event organiser of the special event at that special event area;


document_id: poa-2009
term: personal property
source_provision: s20
definition:
“personal property” , in relation to a person, means things carried by the person or things apparently in the immediate control of the person, but does not include clothing being worn by the person;


document_id: poa-2009
term: prohibited item
source_provision: s20
definition:
“prohibited item” , in relation to a special event, means any thing or animal that is stated to be a prohibited item in the notification in respect of the event under section 22;


document_id: poa-2009
term: prohibited item permit
source_provision: s20
definition:
“prohibited item permit” means a permit of that name granted under section 26(4) for a specific prohibited item or a class of prohibited items;


document_id: poa-2009
term: remotely piloted aircraft
source_provision: s20
definition:
“remotely piloted aircraft” and “remotely piloted aircraft system” have the same respective meanings as assigned in the Air Navigation Act 1966;


document_id: poa-2009
term: statutory condition of entry
source_provision: s20
definition:
“statutory condition of entry” , in relation to a special event, means a condition that is stated in the notification concerning the event under section 22 to be a statutory condition of entry to the special event area;


document_id: poa-2009
term: unmanned aircraft
source_provision: s20
definition:
“unmanned aircraft” means an aircraft that may be flown or used without any individual on board the aircraft to operate it, and excludes a balloon or kite;


document_id: poa-2009
term: X-ray machine
source_provision: s20
definition:
“X-ray machine” means a device through which a person’s belongings are passed and X-rayed. [16/2015; 23/2017]


document_id: poa-2009
term: cinematograph film
source_provision: s38
definition:
“cinematograph film” means the aggregate of visual images embodied in an article or a thing so as to be capable by the use of that article or thing — ( a )


document_id: poa-2009
term: communicate
source_provision: s38
definition:
“communicate” means to transmit by electronic means (whether over a path, or a combination of paths, provided by a material substance or by wireless means or otherwise) a film or picture, whether or not it is sent in response to a request, and includes — ( a )


document_id: poa-2009
term: intelligence officer
source_provision: s38
definition:
“intelligence officer” means a public officer appointed to such Scheme of Service as the Minister designates;


document_id: poa-2009
term: photograph
source_provision: s38
definition:
“photograph” means a product of photography or of a process similar to photography, other than an article or a thing in which visual images forming part of a cinematograph film have been embodied, and includes a product of xerography, photocopy, and record of an image, whether digitally or in another way;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: appellate court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“appellate court” , in relation to an appeal from a decision of the General Division of the High Court under this Act, means the court to which the appeal is to be made under section 29C of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means a police officer, a public officer or an employee of a statutory board authorised under section 55;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: computing resource service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“computing resource service” means a service that provides the use of any computer hardware or software to enhance the processing capability or storage capacity of a computer; Examples


document_id: pofma-2019
term: coordinated inauthentic behaviour
source_provision: s2
definition:
“coordinated inauthentic behaviour” means any coordinated activity carried out using 2 or more online accounts, in order to mislead end‑users in Singapore of any internet intermediary service as to any matter, but excludes any activity carried out using online accounts — ( a )


document_id: pofma-2019
term: declared online location
source_provision: s2
definition:
“declared online location” means an online location that is the subject of a Declaration that is in effect;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: digital advertising intermediary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“digital advertising intermediary” means any person who, in the ordinary course of business, facilitates the communication of paid content in any place by acting as the link or part of the link between — ( a )


document_id: pofma-2019
term: inauthentic online account
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inauthentic online account” means an online account that is controlled by a person other than the person represented (whether by its user profile, unique identifier or other information) as its holder, and the representation is made for the purpose of misleading end‑users in Singapore of any internet intermediary service as to the holder’s identity;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: internet access service provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“internet access service provider” means an internet access service provider licensed under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act 1999;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: MMS
source_provision: s2
definition:
“MMS” means a system that enables the transmission, through a mobile network, of multimedia messages;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: online account
source_provision: s2
definition:
“online account” means an account created with an internet intermediary for the use of an internet intermediary service;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: online location
source_provision: s2
definition:
“online location” means any website, webpage, chatroom or forum, or any other thing that is hosted on a computer (as defined in the Computer Misuse Act 1993) and can be seen, heard or otherwise perceived by means of the internet;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: Part 4 Direction
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Part 4 Direction” means a Targeted Correction Direction, a Disabling Direction or a General Correction Direction;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: prescribed digital advertising intermediary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed digital advertising intermediary” means a digital advertising intermediary, or a class of digital advertising intermediaries, prescribed by regulations made under section 62;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: prescribed internet intermediary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed internet intermediary” means an internet intermediary, or a class of internet intermediaries, prescribed by regulations made under section 62;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: service provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“service provider” means any person (other than a digital advertising intermediary) who, in the ordinary course of business, provides advisory or other services relating to the communication of paid content in any place;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: statement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statement” means any word (including abbreviation and initial), number, image (moving or otherwise), sound, symbol or other representation, or a combination of any of these;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: statutory board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory board” means a body corporate or unincorporate established by or under any public Act to perform or discharge a public function;


document_id: pofma-2019
term: telecommunication service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication service” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Telecommunications Act 1999. [40/2019]


document_id: posspa-2018
term: autonomous system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“autonomous system” , for a motor vehicle or vessel, means a system that enables the operation of the motor vehicle or vessel without the active physical control of, or monitoring by, a human operator;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: civilian assistant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civilian assistant” means an individual who is not a serviceman, law enforcement officer or police officer, and who acts on the direction and in aid of a police officer granted a special authorisation;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means a public officer who is appointed under section 6(1) of the Police Force Act 2004 as the Commissioner of Police, and includes a police officer who is for the time being appointed under that provision to execute the duties of that office;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: communicate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“communicate” , for a film, text message, sound recording or picture, means to transmit by any means (whether over a path provided by a material substance or by wireless means or otherwise) the film, text message, sound recording or picture, whether or not it is sent in response to a request, and includes re‑communicate;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: communications stop order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“communications stop order” means an order made under section 30(1) because of a special authorisation;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: information
source_provision: s2
definition:
“information” includes data, text, maps, images, sound, codes, computer programs, software and databases;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: personal property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“personal property” , in relation to an individual, means things carried by the individual or things apparently in the immediate possession or control of the individual, but does not include clothing being worn by the individual;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: photograph
source_provision: s2
definition:
“photograph” means a product of photography or of a process similar to photography, other than an article or thing in which visual images forming part of a cinematograph film have been embodied, and includes a product of xerography, photocopy, and record of an image, whether digitally or in another way;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” includes a building or structure or place, whether built on or not and whether situated underground or underwater, and includes, in particular, any vehicle, vessel or aircraft;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: public road
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public road” means a road within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, and includes any path over which a member of the public has a right of way;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: relevant film or picture
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant film or picture” , in relation to a communications stop order made because of a special authorisation, means a film or picture which — ( a )


document_id: posspa-2018
term: relevant text or audio message
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant text or audio message” , in relation to a communications stop order made because of a special authorisation, means a text or audio message which — ( a )


document_id: posspa-2018
term: serviceman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“serviceman” means a serviceman within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972, who is authorised under section 201E of that Act to exercise powers under section 201C(9) of that Act in connection with an activation order;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: temporary restraining order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“temporary restraining order” means a temporary restraining order made under section 29, and includes any such order as varied and modified from time to time under sections 29 and 49, respectively;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: unmanned aircraft
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unmanned aircraft” and “unmanned aircraft system” have the respective meanings given by section 2(1) of the Air Navigation Act 1966;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vehicle” means any means of transport used on land, whether self‑propelled or not, such as a train, motor car, bicycle or personal mobility device;


document_id: posspa-2018
term: operator
source_provision: s43
definition:
“operator” , for an unmanned aircraft, autonomous vehicle or unmanned vessel, means a person who is engaged in the operation of the unmanned aircraft, autonomous vehicle or unmanned vessel, and where the unmanned aircraft is a remotely piloted aircraft, includes — ( a )


document_id: ppa-1974
term: Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authority” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: bicycle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bicycle” , “power-assisted bicycle” and “personal mobility device” have the meanings given by the Active Mobility Act 2017;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: design of parking facilities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“design of parking facilities” , for any parking place, means the design of the physical features, plant or like equipment necessary for the parking or manoeuvring of vehicles in the parking place or both, and includes circulation aisles and access ramps;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: driver
source_provision: s2
definition:
“driver” includes the person for the time being in charge or in control of a vehicle, and “drive” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: enforcement officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“enforcement officer” , in relation to any provision in this Act, means an officer or employee of the Authority who is appointed under section 3(4) as an enforcement officer for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licence” means a licence to maintain or operate any private parking place for the parking or housing of one or more heavy vehicles granted under this Act;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: outsourced enforcement officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“outsourced enforcement officer” , in relation to any provision of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means an individual who — ( a )


document_id: ppa-1974
term: park
source_provision: s2
definition:
“park” , with its grammatical variations, means, in respect of a vehicle, to bring the vehicle to a stationary position and cause it to wait for any purpose;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: parking lot
source_provision: s2
definition:
“parking lot” means an area within a parking place which is marked out for parking of a single vehicle in that area;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: parking place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“parking place” means any part of a road or any other place on or in which the parking of vehicles is authorised under section 4;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: private parking place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“private parking place” means any land or premises or part thereof owned or occupied by any person other than the Government and used for the parking or housing of — ( a )


document_id: ppa-1974
term: statutory body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory body” means a body corporate established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: Superintendent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Car Parks or a Deputy or an Assistant Superintendent of Car Parks appointed under section 3;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise, and includes a bicycle, a power-assisted bicycle or a personal mobility device. [3/2017; 24/2018; 38/2018; 8/2020]


document_id: ppa-1974
term: owner
source_provision: s15
definition:
“owner” , in relation to a vehicle, has the meaning given by section 14, and “owned” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: parking offence
source_provision: s14
definition:
“parking offence” means an offence of parking a vehicle or causing or permitting a vehicle to stand, wait or be parked in contravention of any rules made under this Act. [24/2018]


document_id: ppa-1974
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s15
definition:
“authorised officer” means an officer of a statutory body authorised by the Superintendent for the purpose of this section;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: immobilisation device
source_provision: s15
definition:
“immobilisation device” means any device or appliance designed or adapted to be fixed to any part of a vehicle for the purpose of preventing the vehicle from being driven or otherwise put in motion, being a device or an appliance of a type approved by the Superintendent for use for that purpose in accordance with this section;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: warrant of arrest
source_provision: s15
definition:
“warrant of arrest” means a warrant of arrest issued by a court against a person in connection with any offence committed by the person under — ( a )


document_id: ppa-1974
term: chosen means of access
source_provision: s18
definition:
“chosen means of access” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be served any notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act or rules made under section 22, means an electronic means the addressee agrees with the person giving or serving the notice, order or document as the means by which the addressee may access the contents of that notice, order or document;


document_id: ppa-1974
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s18
definition:
“chosen means of notification” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be served any notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act or rules made under section 22, 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: ppa-1974
term: email address
source_provision: s18
definition:
“email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving a notice, order or document as the email address for the service of notices, orders or documents under this Act or rules made under section 22. [38/2018]


document_id: ppa-1978
term: elected Member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“elected Member” , “non-constituency Member” and “nominated Member” have the meanings given by Article 39(1)( a ), ( b ) and ( c ) of the Constitution, respectively;


document_id: ppa-1978
term: office
source_provision: s2
definition:
“office” means the office of Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Speaker, Senior Minister, Minister, Senior Minister of State, Minister of State, Mayor, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Parliamentary Secretary or Political Secretary;


document_id: ppa-1978
term: office‑holding Member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“office‑holding Member” means a Member who holds or has held any office and includes a Speaker who is not an elected Member of Parliament;


document_id: ppa-1978
term: prescribed commutation factor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed commutation factor” and “prescribed discount rate” mean, respectively, such factor and rate as the President prescribes for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: ppipa-1962
term: Clerk
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Clerk” means the Clerk of Parliament or other person for the time being lawfully performing the functions of that office;


document_id: ppipa-1962
term: committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“committee” means a committee of the whole Parliament, or any sessional, select, or other committee of Parliament;


document_id: ppipa-1962
term: contempt
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contempt” includes any breach of privilege of Parliament and the commission of any offence mentioned in Part 5;


document_id: ppipa-1962
term: court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court” includes an Industrial Arbitration Court established, and any board of inquiry appointed, under the Industrial Relations Act 1960;


document_id: ppipa-1962
term: journals
source_provision: s2
definition:
“journals” means the votes and proceedings of Parliament, the official reports or records of the proceedings thereof, and the minutes or records of the proceedings of any committee;


document_id: ppipa-1962
term: officer of Parliament
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer of Parliament” means the Clerk or any Assistant Clerk of Parliament, the Serjeant‑at‑Arms and such other officers or persons as may be appointed to the staff of Parliament, and includes any person employed temporarily in Parliament and any police officer acting under the orders of the Speaker, the Clerk or the Serjeant‑at‑Arms;


document_id: ppipa-1962
term: Parliament
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Parliament” includes a committee and, where the context so admits, the place or places appointed under Article 64(2) of the Constitution for holding sessions of Parliament;


document_id: ppipa-1962
term: Speaker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Speaker” means the Speaker and, in his absence, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and includes any other Member when such other Member is presiding at a sitting of Parliament or a committee of the whole Parliament;


document_id: ppipa-1962
term: Member’s commuted sum
source_provision: s11A
definition:
“Member’s commuted sum” , in relation to a Member, means a capital sum ascertained by multiplying the commutation factor of 175.14 by the lower of the following amounts: ( a )


document_id: ppipa-1962
term: office-holder’s commuted sum
source_provision: s11A
definition:
“office-holder’s commuted sum” , in relation to a Member, means a capital sum ascertained by multiplying the commutation factor of 175.14 by the lower of the following amounts: ( a )


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , for any provision of this Act, means an officer or employee of the LTA who is appointed as an authorised officer under section 8 for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: ppptia-2019
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 point‑to‑point passenger transport services;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: code of practice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“code of practice” means a code of practice issued or approved by the LTA under section 30, and includes any such code of practice as amended from time to time under that section;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corporation” means any body corporate formed or incorporated or existing in Singapore or outside Singapore and includes any foreign company within the meaning given by the Companies Act 1967;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: exempt ride-hail operator order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exempt ride-hail operator order” means an order made under section 24, and as varied under section 26;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: exempt ride‑hail service operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exempt ride‑hail service operator” means a person to which an exempt ride‑hail operator order applies;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: fare
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fare” means the consideration paid or given for the use of a passenger transport service, whether or not it is paid or given to the provider of a ride‑hail service or street‑hail service, a driver or any other person; Examples


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: individual with disability
source_provision: s2
definition:
“individual with disability” means an individual who has a mental disability, an impairment of hearing or sight, or an impairment which limits his or her ability to walk or restricts him or her to using a wheelchair;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: motor vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“motor vehicle” means a vehicle that is built to be propelled on a road wholly or in part by a motor that forms part of the vehicle, but does not include a mobility scooter, motorised wheelchair, power‑assisted bicycle or personal mobility device within the respective meanings given by the Active Mobility Act 2017;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: passenger transport service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“passenger transport service” means a service involving the transport by a motor vehicle of passengers within, or partly within, Singapore for hire or reward, but does not include a service that provides transport by a motor vehicle that is generally conducted on land that is not a road;


document_id: ppptia-2019
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 occupants of, the building or structure;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: provide a point‑to‑point passenger transport service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“provide a point‑to‑point passenger transport service” means providing in the course of business a point‑to‑point passenger transport service;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“provider” , in relation to a point‑to‑point passenger transport service, means the person who provides the service;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: regulatory action
source_provision: s2
definition:
“regulatory action” , for a licensee, means any action in section 35(1) or (2) that may be taken by the LTA against a licensee;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: relevant vocational driving authorisation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant vocational driving authorisation” means a vocational licence granted under section 110 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 authorising the holder to drive one or more of the following classes of public service motor vehicles for the purpose of transporting passengers for hire or reward: ( a )


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“representative” , for an exempt ride‑hail service operator or a licensee who is a provider of a ride‑hail service or street‑hail service, means an individual (whether or not an employee or officer of the operator or licensee) who — ( a )


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: taxi
source_provision: s2
definition:
“taxi” means a public service vehicle which is classified as a taxi under the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic Act 1961;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: unincorporated association
source_provision: s2
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: ppptia-2019
term: related driver
source_provision: s3
definition:
“related driver” , in relation to a licensee of a street‑hail service licence, means an authorised driver with whom the licensee has a related driver agreement;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: related driver agreement
source_provision: s3
definition:
“related driver agreement” , in relation to a licensee of a street‑hail service licence, means an agreement or arrangement between the licensee and an authorised driver of a motor vehicle under which the driver is entitled to drive the motor vehicle to transport passengers for hire or reward as part of the street‑hail service authorised by the licence, and it does not matter — ( a )


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: booking
source_provision: s4
definition:
“booking” , in relation to a ride‑hail service, means a booking for a motor vehicle to be used in providing an on‑demand passenger transport service taken or facilitated by the provider of the ride‑hail service;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: participating bookable driver
source_provision: s4
definition:
“participating bookable driver” , in relation to a provider of a ride‑hail service, means an authorised driver who has a participating driver agreement with the provider;


document_id: ppptia-2019
term: participating driver agreement
source_provision: s4
definition:
“participating driver agreement” , in relation to a provider of a ride-hail service, means an agreement or arrangement between the provider of a ride‑hail service and a driver of a bookable vehicle under which — ( a )


document_id: ppsa-1975
term: designated area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated area” means any area or place which the Minister may, by order in the Gazette , specify as being a designated area for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: ppsa-1975
term: parking place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“parking place” means any land or premises, or any part of the land or premises, owned by any person, statutory board or institution and used for the parking of 5 or more motor vehicles;


document_id: ppsa-1975
term: Superintendent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Car Parks or a Deputy or an Assistant Superintendent of Car Parks appointed under the Parking Places Act 1974;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: appointed authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“appointed authority” means the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore established under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 and any person appointed by the Minister for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made under this Act;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: ballast water
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ballast water” means water with its suspended matter taken on board a ship to control trim, list, draught, stability or stresses of the ship;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: ballast water management
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ballast water management” means mechanical, physical, chemical, and biological processes, either singularly or in combination, to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens within ballast water and sediments;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: Ballast Water Management Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Ballast Water Management Convention” means the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: Convention of 1973
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention of 1973” means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (including its protocols, annexes and appendices) which constitutes attachment 1 to the final act of the International Conference on Marine Pollution signed in London on 2 November 1973;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: discharge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“discharge” , in relation to harmful substances or effluents containing such substances, means any release howsoever caused from a ship, place or thing and includes any escape, disposal, spilling, leaking, pumping, emitting or emptying but does not include — ( a )


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: garbage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“garbage” means all kinds of victual, domestic and operational waste excluding fresh fish and parts thereof, generated during the normal operation of the ship and liable to be disposed of continuously or periodically except sewage originating from ships;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens
source_provision: s2
definition:
“harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens” means aquatic organisms or pathogens which, if introduced into the sea including estuaries, or into fresh water courses, may create hazards to the environment, human health, property or resources, impair biological diversity or interfere with other legitimate uses of such areas;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: harmful substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“harmful substance” means any substance which, if introduced into the sea, is liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea, and includes any substance subject to control under this Act;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: in packaged form
source_provision: s2
definition:
“in packaged form” means in an individual package or receptacle including a freight container or a portable tank or tank container or tank vehicle or shipborne barge or other cargo unit containing harmful substances for shipment;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: marine pollutant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“marine pollutant” means a substance which is identified as a marine pollutant in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code published by the International Maritime Organisation, as amended from time to time;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: MARPOL surveyor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“MARPOL surveyor” means a surveyor appointed or registered by the Director or by or on behalf of the government of a state party to the Convention;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: noxious liquid substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“noxious liquid substance” means any substance which is prescribed by regulations as being a noxious liquid substance and which is subject to the provisions of Annex II of the Convention;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any place on land if it has no actual occupier, means the owner thereof and, in relation to a railway wagon or road vehicle, means the person in charge of the wagon or vehicle and not the occupier of the land on which the wagon or vehicle stands;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: oil
source_provision: s2
definition:
“oil” means petroleum in any form including crude oil, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse and refined products (other than petrochemicals which are prescribed by regulations as being subject to the provisions of Annex II of the Convention) and, without limiting the foregoing, includes the substances prescribed by regulations as being listed in Appendix I of Annex I of the Convention;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: oily mixture
source_provision: s2
definition:
“oily mixture” means a mixture with an oil content of 15 parts or more in 1 million parts of the mixture;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: oil terminal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“oil terminal” means any place having permanent means of loading or discharging oil, whether in bulk or package, into or from any ship;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: owner
source_provision: s10A
definition:
“owner” , in relation to a ship, includes any organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the owner of the ship and who on assuming such responsibility has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Safety Management Code;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: place on land
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place on land” includes anything resting on the bed or shore of the sea, or of Singapore waters, and also includes anything afloat (other than a ship) if it is anchored or attached to the bed or shore of the sea or of Singapore waters;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: plastics
source_provision: s2
definition:
“plastics” includes, but is not limited to, synthetic ropes, synthetic fishing nets and plastic garbage bags;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: Protocol of 1978
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Protocol of 1978” means the Protocol relating to the Convention of 1973 which constitutes attachment 2 to the final act of the International Conference on Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention signed in London on 17 February 1978;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: ship
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ship” means a vessel of any type operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, air‑cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft and fixed or floating platforms;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: surveyor of ships
source_provision: s2
definition:
“surveyor of ships” means a surveyor of ships appointed under section 5 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: tank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tank” means an enclosed space which is formed by the permanent structure of a ship and which is designed for the carriage of liquid in bulk;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: terminal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“terminal” means any terminal (including an oil terminal), jetty, pier or monobuoy and a yard or dry dock (including the precincts of the terminal) in which — ( a )


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: terminal operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“terminal operator” means a person or body of persons having the management of a terminal in Singapore;


document_id: ppsa-1990
term: International Safety Management Code
source_provision: s10A
definition:
“International Safety Management Code” means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, 2002 adopted by the International Maritime Organization and any amendment to the Code which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government. [26/2017]


document_id: pra-2007
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s75
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Pharmacists Registration Act (Cap. 230, 1985 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act.


document_id: prea-1991
term: access
source_provision: s2
definition:
“access” , in relation to any content, means to encounter, read, view, hear or otherwise experience the content, and includes — ( a )


document_id: prea-1991
term: community certificate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“community certificate” means a community certificate issued by the Community Committee under Division 3 of Part 2;


document_id: prea-1991
term: conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance” means any aircraft, train, vehicle, vessel or other mode of transport, whether of passengers or goods or both; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: election advertising regulations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“election advertising regulations” means regulations made under section 42Q; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: election agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“election agent” means a person named under section 43 by or on behalf of a candidate as his or her agent for an election and includes any candidate acting in his or her capacity of election agent;


document_id: prea-1991
term: electoral division
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electoral division” means an electoral division specified in a notification for the time being in force under section 8 of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954;


document_id: prea-1991
term: end-user
source_provision: s2
definition:
“end-user” , in relation to an electronic service, means a person that, and whether or not in the course of business — ( a )


document_id: prea-1991
term: grounds
source_provision: s2
definition:
“grounds” means land in Singapore that has a boundary fence or another structure or feature to mark the boundary of the land; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: non-online election advertising
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-online election advertising” means election advertising that is not online election advertising; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: official sign
source_provision: s2
definition:
“official sign” means a poster, banner or other notice for an election prepared by, or with the authority of, the Returning Officer as required by or for the purposes of this Act; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: online election advertising
source_provision: s2
definition:
“online election advertising” means election advertising that is published in any way that renders the election advertising accessible from the Internet; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: online location
source_provision: s2
definition:
“online location” means any website, webpage, chatroom or forum, or any other similar thing in electronic or digital form that is accessible from the Internet; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: ordinary polling station
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ordinary polling station” means a polling station established in Singapore under section 18(1); [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: overseas elector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“overseas elector” means an elector who is registered under the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 in any register of electors as an overseas elector;


document_id: prea-1991
term: polling district
source_provision: s2
definition:
“polling district” means a part of an electoral division subdivided under section 9 of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954;


document_id: prea-1991
term: Presidential Elections Committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Presidential Elections Committee” means the Presidential Elections Committee established under Article 18 of the Constitution;


document_id: prea-1991
term: principal election agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“principal election agent” means an election agent of a candidate who has been appointed under section 43(2A) or treated to have been appointed under section 43(2B) or (2C) as the principal election agent; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: publish
source_provision: s2
definition:
“publish” means making available to the general public, or any section of the public, in whatever form and by whatever means, including broadcasting (by wireless telegraphy or otherwise) and transmitting on the Internet; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: register
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register” or “register of electors” means the register of electors for any particular electoral division maintained under the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954;


document_id: prea-1991
term: Registration Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registration Officer” means the Registration Officer appointed under section 3 of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 and includes any Assistant Registration Officer so appointed;


document_id: prea-1991
term: reserved election
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reserved election” means an election reserved under Article 19B(1) of the Constitution read with section 5A, but excludes an election which is an open election under section 5B;


document_id: prea-1991
term: special polling station
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special polling station” means a polling station established in Singapore under section 30A(1); [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: telecommunication service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication service” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Telecommunications Act 1999; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: third party
source_provision: s2
definition:
“third party” , in relation to an election, means a person who is neither a candidate at the election nor an election agent of a candidate at the election; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: traditional election advertising
source_provision: s2
definition:
“traditional election advertising” means non-online election advertising in the form of a banner, flag or poster; [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: prea-1991
term: residential address
source_provision: s85
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023]


document_id: psa-1999
term: addressee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“addressee” , in relation to a postal article, means the person to whom the communication is addressed;


document_id: psa-1999
term: common property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“common property” and “limited common property” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act 2004;


document_id: psa-1999
term: correspondent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“correspondent” , in relation to a postal article, means the sender or person to whom it is addressed;


document_id: psa-1999
term: delivery service provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“delivery service provider” , in relation to an article or a thing mentioned in paragraph ( a ) of the definition of “parcel”, means a person that — ( a )


document_id: psa-1999
term: direct mail
source_provision: s2
definition:
“direct mail” means a letter consisting solely of advertising, marketing or publicity material and comprising an identical message (except for the addressee’s name, address and identifying number and other modifications which do not alter the nature of the message) which is sent to more than one addressee, to be conveyed and delivered at the address indicated by the sender on the letter itself or on its wrapping;


document_id: psa-1999
term: Housing and Development Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Housing and Development Board” means the Housing and Development Board established by section 3 of the Housing and Development Act 1959;


document_id: psa-1999
term: installation or plant used for posts
source_provision: s2
definition:
“installation or plant used for posts” includes all buildings, lands, structures, machinery, equipment, boxes and receptacles used or intended for use in connection with the transmission of postal articles by post;


document_id: psa-1999
term: letter box
source_provision: s2
definition:
“letter box” means any box or receptacle which the owner or occupier of any premises has provided or agreed to be used for the receipt of postal articles addressed to those premises;


document_id: psa-1999
term: mail bag
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mail bag” means any form of container or covering in which postal articles in the course of transmission by post are enclosed by a postal licensee in Singapore or a foreign postal administration for the purpose of conveyance by post, whether or not it contains any such articles;


document_id: psa-1999
term: parcel locker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“parcel locker” means a box or receptacle that is provided or used for the receipt of parcels addressed to any person, but does not include a letter box or a posting box;


document_id: psa-1999
term: post
source_provision: s2
definition:
“post” means any system for the collection, despatch, conveyance, sorting, handling and delivery of postal articles by or through a postal licensee;


document_id: psa-1999
term: post office
source_provision: s2
definition:
“post office” includes any building, house, room, vehicle or place used for the provision of any postal services;


document_id: psa-1999
term: postage stamp
source_provision: s2
definition:
“postage stamp” means any label or stamp for denoting any postage or other sum payable in respect of a postal article, and includes any adhesive postage stamp or stamp printed, impressed or otherwise indicated on a postal article, whether the postage stamp is issued under this Act or by the government of any other country;


document_id: psa-1999
term: postal article
source_provision: s2
definition:
“postal article” means any article or thing transmissible by post but does not include any article or thing that the Postal Authority may prescribe to be not transmissible by post;


document_id: psa-1999
term: Postal Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Postal Authority” means the person appointed under section 3 to be responsible for the administration of this Act;


document_id: psa-1999
term: postal service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“postal service” means any service for the conveyance of postal articles from one place to another by post, and includes the incidental services of receiving, collecting, sorting, sending, despatching and delivering any postal articles and any other services which relates to any of those services and is provided in conjunction with any of them;


document_id: psa-1999
term: posting box
source_provision: s2
definition:
“posting box” includes any pillar box, wall box or other box or receptacle provided by or under the authority of a postal licensee for the purpose of receiving postal articles for transmission by post;


document_id: psa-1999
term: public parcel locker network operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public parcel locker network operator” means a person appointed by the Postal Authority under section 23C(1);


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


document_id: psa-1999
term: related installation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“related installation” , in relation to a public parcel locker, includes any structure, equipment or cable used or intended for use with the public parcel locker;


document_id: psa-1999
term: related software
source_provision: s2
definition:
“related software” , in relation to a public parcel locker or a public parcel locker network, means any software used or intended to be used to operate the public parcel locker or public parcel locker network;


document_id: psa-1999
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 323, 1993 Revised Edition) repealed by the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 137A, 2000 Revised Edition);


document_id: psa-1999
term: vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vessel” includes any ship, boat, air-cushioned vehicle or floating rig or platform used in any form of operations at sea or any other description of vessel. [34/2007; 10/2021]


document_id: psa-1999
term: applicable person
source_provision: s16
definition:
“applicable person” , for a residential building, or a commercial or industrial building, means — ( a )


document_id: psa-1999
term: applicable postal article
source_provision: s7A
definition:
“applicable postal article” means a postal article (other than a letter) that is sent and despatched by an applicable person to a public postal licensee for delivery to a letter box. [10/2021]


document_id: psa-1999
term: owner
source_provision: s16
definition:
“owner” and “stratum” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act 2004;


document_id: psa-1999
term: subdivided building
source_provision: s16
definition:
“subdivided building” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967. [34/2007; 10/2021]


document_id: psa-1999
term: authorised person
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“authorised person” , for any provision of this Part, means a person authorised by the public parcel locker network operator for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: psa-1999
term: relevant land
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“relevant land” means any land adjoining any specified premises, that is owned or occupied by — ( a )


document_id: psa-1999
term: Singapore Land Authority
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“Singapore Land Authority” means the Singapore Land Authority established by section 3 of the Singapore Land Authority Act 2001;


document_id: psa-1999
term: 12% controller
source_provision: s26A
definition:
“12% controller” , in relation to a designated postal licensee, means a person, not being a 30% controller, who alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: psa-1999
term: 30% controller
source_provision: s26A
definition:
“30% controller” , in relation to a designated postal licensee, means a person who alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: psa-1999
term: voting share
source_provision: s26A
definition:
“voting share” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967, but does not include a treasury share. [34/2007]


document_id: psa-1999
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s26F
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to a designated postal licensee, means any person, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: psa-1999
term: identifying mark
source_provision: s39H
definition:
“identifying mark” , in relation to a parcel, means any mark on the parcel identifying the intended recipient of the parcel;


document_id: psa-2019
term: 5% controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“5% controller” , in relation to a corporation (being a licensee or an operator of a designated payment system), means a person that alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: 12% controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“12% controller” , in relation to a corporation (being a licensee or an operator of a designated payment system), means a person that alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: 20% controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“20% controller” , in relation to a corporation (being a licensee or an operator of a designated payment system), means a person that alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: access
source_provision: s2
definition:
“access” , in relation to a payment system, means an entitlement or eligibility to be a participant in the payment system;


document_id: psa-2019
term: access regime
source_provision: s2
definition:
“access regime” , in relation to a payment system, means an access regime imposed by the Authority under section 51 and that is in force;


document_id: psa-2019
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to a corporation, means a person (however designated) who — ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: consolidated financial statements
source_provision: s2
definition:
“consolidated financial statements” has the meaning given by section 209A of the Companies Act 1967;


document_id: psa-2019
term: currency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“currency” means currency notes and coins that are legal tender in Singapore or a country or territory other than Singapore;


document_id: psa-2019
term: deposit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“deposit” and “deposit‑taking business” have the meanings given by section 4B of the Banking Act 1970;


document_id: psa-2019
term: designated payment system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated payment system” means a payment system that is designated by the Authority under section 42 to be a designated payment system for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: psa-2019
term: digital payment token
source_provision: s2
definition:
“digital payment token” means any digital representation of value (other than an excluded digital representation of value) that — ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: digital payment token account
source_provision: s2
definition:
“digital payment token account” means any account, or any device or facility (whether in physical or electronic form), that contains digital payment tokens; [Act 1 of 2021 wef 04/04/2024]


document_id: psa-2019
term: digital payment token instrument
source_provision: s2
definition:
“digital payment token instrument” and “digital payment token service” have the meanings given by Part 3 of the First Schedule; [Act 1 of 2021 wef 04/04/2024]


document_id: psa-2019
term: excluded digital representation of value
source_provision: s2
definition:
“excluded digital representation of value” means a digital representation of value that is prescribed by the Authority as an excluded digital representation of value;


document_id: psa-2019
term: executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executive officer” , in relation to a corporation, means any individual (however designated) who — ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: exempt payment service provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exempt payment service provider” , in respect of any payment service, means a person that is exempt under section 13(1) from the requirement under section 5(1) to have in force a licence that entitles the person to carry on a business of providing that payment service;


document_id: psa-2019
term: financial regulatory authority
source_provision: s2
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, the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970 or any of the written laws set out in the Schedule to that Act;


document_id: psa-2019
term: Guidelines on Fit and Proper Criteria
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Guidelines on Fit and Proper Criteria” means the document (as revised from time to time) that is called by that title, issued by the Authority and published on the Authority’s website;


document_id: psa-2019
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“indirect controller” , in relation to a corporation (being a licensee or an operator of a designated payment system) — ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: major payment institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“major payment institution” means a person that has in force a major payment institution licence granted under section 6;


document_id: psa-2019
term: merchant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“merchant” means a person (other than an individual who is not required to be registered under the Business Names Registration Act 2014) who, in the course of the person’s business — ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: money
source_provision: s2
definition:
“money” includes e‑money but excludes any digital payment token and any excluded digital representation of value;


document_id: psa-2019
term: participant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“participant” , in relation to a payment system, means any person that is recognised in the rules of the payment system, or is otherwise recognised by the operator or settlement institution of the payment system, as being eligible to settle payments through the payment system with other persons that are similarly recognised, or to process payments through the payment system;


document_id: psa-2019
term: payee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“payee” means a person that is the intended recipient of money that is the subject of a payment transaction;


document_id: psa-2019
term: payer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“payer” means a person that initiates, or consents to the initiation of, a payment order for the transfer of money;


document_id: psa-2019
term: payment order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“payment order” means an instruction to a payment service provider requesting for the execution of a payment transaction;


document_id: psa-2019
term: payment service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“payment service” means any service that is specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule, but excludes any service that is specified in Part 2 of that Schedule;


document_id: psa-2019
term: payment service user
source_provision: s2
definition:
“payment service user” means any person that uses a payment service in the capacity of a payer or a payee, or of both;


document_id: psa-2019
term: payment system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“payment system” means a funds transfer system or other system that facilitates the circulation of money, and includes any instruments and procedures that relate to the system;


document_id: psa-2019
term: payment transaction
source_provision: s2
definition:
“payment transaction” means the placing, transfer or withdrawal of money, whether for the purpose of paying for goods or services or for any other purpose, and regardless of whether the intended recipient of the money is entitled to the money;


document_id: psa-2019
term: permanent place of business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“permanent place of business” , in relation to a licensee, or an operator or a settlement institution of a designated payment system, means each fixed location in Singapore used by the licensee, operator or settlement institution for carrying on its business, regardless whether the business is carried on within a single building or at a single business address;


document_id: psa-2019
term: place of business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place of business” , in relation to a licensee, or an operator or a settlement institution of a designated payment system, means any location (including a kiosk that can be moved from one location to another) in Singapore used by the licensee, operator or settlement institution for carrying on its business;


document_id: psa-2019
term: Singapore settlement institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore settlement institution” means a settlement institution that is incorporated in Singapore;


document_id: psa-2019
term: standard payment institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“standard payment institution” means a person that has in force a standard payment institution licence granted under section 6;


document_id: psa-2019
term: unique identifier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unique identifier” means a combination of letters, numbers or symbols used by a payment service user to identify unambiguously either or both of the following for the purposes of a payment transaction: ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: e‑money account issuance service
source_provision: s6
definition:
“e‑money account issuance service” means an account issuance service where each payment account issued stores e‑money;


document_id: psa-2019
term: customer money
source_provision: s20
definition:
“customer money” means any money received in Singapore by a licensee from a person in Singapore, in exchange for which the licensee issues any e‑money, but does not include any of the following: ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: bearer payment account
source_provision: s24
definition:
“bearer payment account” means a payment account the title to which passes upon delivery of the medium associated with that payment account;


document_id: psa-2019
term: currency equivalent
source_provision: s24
definition:
“currency equivalent” , in relation to e‑money, means the value of the e‑money in the currency that the e‑money is denominated in or pegged to;


document_id: psa-2019
term: personal deposit account
source_provision: s24
definition:
“personal deposit account” means a deposit account held with a bank in Singapore that is used as a means of executing payment transactions other than in the course of business;


document_id: psa-2019
term: small personal payment account
source_provision: s24
definition:
“small personal payment account” means a personal payment account containing e‑money the currency equivalent of which does not exceed $1,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency);


document_id: psa-2019
term: unique customer identifier
source_provision: s24
definition:
“unique customer identifier” means any of the following unique identifiers that may be provided by a payment service user to a major payment institution at any time to facilitate the issue of a personal payment account by the major payment institution to the payment service user: ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: transferee
source_provision: s55
definition:
“transferee” means a person that is carrying on, or that intends to carry on, in Singapore the usual business of an operator or a settlement institution of a designated payment system, to which the whole or any part of a transferor’s business is, is to be or is proposed to be transferred under section 56(1);


document_id: psa-2019
term: transferor
source_provision: s55
definition:
“transferor” means an operator or a settlement institution of a designated payment system the whole or any part of the business of which is, is to be, or is proposed to be transferred under section 56(1). [40/2019]


document_id: psa-2019
term: prescribed written law
source_provision: s84
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: psa-2019
term: office‑holder
source_provision: s77
definition:
“office‑holder” , in relation to a payment entity, means any person acting as the liquidator, provisional liquidator, receiver, receiver and manager, judicial manager or an equivalent person of that payment entity;


document_id: psa-2019
term: relevant business
source_provision: s77
definition:
“relevant business” , in relation to a payment entity, means any business of that payment entity — ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: enforcement
source_provision: s84
definition:
“enforcement” , in relation to a regulatory authority, 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 payment systems or payment services of the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;


document_id: psa-2019
term: investigation
source_provision: s84
definition:
“investigation” , in relation to a regulatory authority, 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 payment systems or payment services of the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;


document_id: psa-2019
term: material
source_provision: s84
definition:
“material” includes any information, book, document or other record in any form whatsoever, and any container or article relating to that information, book, document or record;


document_id: psa-2019
term: supervision
source_provision: s84
definition:
“supervision” , in relation to a regulatory authority, means the taking of any action for or in connection with the supervision of — ( a )


document_id: psa-2019
term: MCRBA
source_provision: s121
definition:
“MCRBA” means the Money‑changing and Remittance Businesses Act (Cap. 187, 2008 Revised Edition) as in force immediately before 28 January 2020;


document_id: psa-2019
term: PSOA
source_provision: s121
definition:
“PSOA” means the Payment Systems (Oversight) Act (Cap. 222A, 2007 Revised Edition) as in force immediately before 28 January 2020;


document_id: psa-2025
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Police appointed under section 6(1) of the Police Force Act 2004;


document_id: psa-2025
term: scam victim
source_provision: s2
definition:
“scam victim” means an individual against whom a scam offence is committed or intended to be committed;


document_id: psa-2025
term: specified officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified officer” means a police officer within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Police Force Act 2004 or a Commercial Affairs Officer appointed under section 64(1) of that Act.


document_id: psga-2018
term: chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chairperson” , in relation to a public body, means the individual who is appointed under the constitutional Act of the public body as the chairperson of the public body, and includes any individual appointed under that Act to act in that capacity;


document_id: psga-2018
term: chief executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive” , in relation to a public body, means the individual (however designated) who is appointed as the chief executive officer of the public body, and includes any individual acting in that capacity temporarily;


document_id: psga-2018
term: comply
source_provision: s2
definition:
“comply” , in relation to a direction under Part 2, means to give effect to the direction or to have regard to the direction, as the context of the direction requires;


document_id: psga-2018
term: constitutional Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“constitutional Act” , in relation to a public body, means the Act by or under which the public body is established;


document_id: psga-2018
term: data sharing direction
source_provision: s2
definition:
“data sharing direction” means a direction given under section 4 on sharing of information or re‑identification of anonymised information under the control of a Singapore public sector agency;


document_id: psga-2018
term: financial year
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial year” , for a public body, means a period defined by the constitutional Act of the public body to be the financial year of the public body;


document_id: psga-2018
term: governing body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“governing body” , for a public body, means the public body unless the constitutional Act of the public body specifies otherwise;


document_id: psga-2018
term: Group 2 public body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Group 2 public body” means a public body specified in the Second Schedule, being a public body the main function of which is to regulate the practice and standards of a profession;


document_id: psga-2018
term: Group 3 public body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Group 3 public body” means a public body specified in the Third Schedule, being a public body the main function of which is to represent particular community interests or the volunteer movement;


document_id: psga-2018
term: Public Service Commission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Public Service Commission” means the Public Service Commission established under Article 105 of the Constitution;


document_id: psga-2018
term: responsible Minister
source_provision: s2
definition:
“responsible Minister” , in relation to a public body, means the Minister charged with the responsibility for the public body;


document_id: psga-2018
term: share
source_provision: s2
definition:
“share” , in relation to information under the control of a Singapore public sector agency, means to provide (or be provided with) the information;


document_id: psga-2018
term: Government Technology Agency
source_provision: s8
definition:
“Government Technology Agency” means the Government Technology Agency established by section 3 of the Government Technology Agency Act 2016;


document_id: psga-2018
term: appoint
source_provision: s13
definition:
“appoint” includes appointing a public officer under a secondment arrangement making available temporarily to a public body the service of the public officer, but excludes to promote;


document_id: psga-2018
term: disciplinary penalty
source_provision: s13
definition:
“disciplinary penalty” , for a chief executive, means dismissal from the office of chief executive, reduction in grade, financial penalty, stoppage of increment or withdrawal of any employment benefit because of misconduct;


document_id: psia-2007
term: authorised point of departure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised point of departure” and “authorised point of entry” have the meanings given by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959;


document_id: psia-2007
term: bouncer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bouncer” means a person who, in respect of any place of entertainment or other similar premises, and as part of his or her regular duties, performs for reward any function of — ( a )


document_id: psia-2007
term: employ
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employ” does not include subcontract or arrange by contract, franchise or otherwise with another person for the purpose of that other person employing or providing persons;


document_id: psia-2007
term: licensed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed” means licensed as a private investigator, private investigation agency, security officer, security agency or security service provider under this Act;


document_id: psia-2007
term: licensing officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensing officer” , in relation to any provision in this Act, means any licensing officer appointed under section 4(1) for the purposes of that provision, and includes any assistant licensing officer appointed by such a licensing officer under section 4(2) and subject to the licensing officer’s direction and control;


document_id: psia-2007
term: reward
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reward” means reward under any scheme, agreement, understanding, promise, undertaking (whether express or implied) or other arrangement;


document_id: psmvcnaaa-1988
term: monthly variable component
source_provision: s2
definition:
“monthly variable component” means the aggregate of the annual wage increases for the years 1982 to 1984 payable pursuant to the recommendations of the National Wages Council;


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: asset-backed token
source_provision: s2
definition:
“asset-backed token” means a token, certificate or other instrument backed by one or more precious metals, precious stones or precious products that entitles the holder to the precious metal, precious stone or precious product, or part of it, but excludes — ( a )


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: Assistant Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Assistant Registrar” means an Assistant Registrar of Regulated Dealers appointed under section 4(1);


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: compliance officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“compliance officer” means an employee or officer in a management position of a regulated dealer who is responsible for ensuring that the regulated dealer complies with the measures under this Act for — ( a )


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: customer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“customer” means a person with whom a regulated dealer enters into or intends to enter into a transaction;


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: FATF Recommendations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“FATF Recommendations” means the recommendations issued by the FATF from time to time relating to — ( a )


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: intermediary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“intermediary” , in relation to regulated dealing, means a broker, an auctioneer, an exchange or any provider of a trading or clearing facility, for regulated dealing, whether by electronic means or otherwise;


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: precious metal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“precious metal” means any precious metal specified in Part 1 of the Schedule in a manufactured or unmanufactured state;


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: precious product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“precious product” means any jewellery, watch, apparel, accessory, ornament or other finished product — ( a )


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: sale
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sale” includes a supply under a conditional sale agreement or hire‑purchase agreement within the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Hire‑Purchase Act 1969, and “selling” is construed accordingly;


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: secondhand goods dealer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“secondhand goods dealer” means a secondhand goods dealer within the meaning given by the Secondhand Goods Dealers Act 2007;


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
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;


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992.


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: cash
source_provision: s15
definition:
“cash” means currency notes and coins (whether of Singapore or of a foreign country or territory) which are legal tender and circulate as money in the country or territory of issue;


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: designated transaction
source_provision: s15
definition:
“designated transaction” means any of the following transactions conducted wholly or partly in Singapore: ( a )


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: threshold amount
source_provision: s15
definition:
“threshold amount” means $20,000 or its equivalent in value, or an amount prescribed in substitution.


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: commencement date
source_provision: s18
definition:
“commencement date” means the date of commencement of section 13 of the Prevention of Proliferation Financing and Other Matters Act 2024;


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: former regulated dealer
source_provision: s18
definition:
“former regulated dealer” means a regulated dealer who has ceased to carry on any business of regulated dealing or business as an intermediary in Singapore. [Act 6 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: account with the electronic service
source_provision: s36B
definition:
“account with the electronic service” , in relation to any person, means an account within the electronic service that is assigned by the Registrar to the person for the storage and retrieval of electronic records relating to the person;


document_id: pspmpmltfpfa-2019
term: electronic record
source_provision: s36B
definition:
“electronic record” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010. [Act 6 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: pssfna-2002
term: collateral holder
source_provision: s2
definition:
“collateral holder” , in relation to a designated system, means any person who has possession, control or ownership of any collateral security of the designated system under an arrangement with the operator of the designated system relating to that collateral security;


document_id: pssfna-2002
term: collateral security
source_provision: s2
definition:
“collateral security” , in relation to a designated system, means any property held by or deposited with a collateral holder for the purpose of securing any liability arising directly in connection with ensuring — ( a )


document_id: pssfna-2002
term: default arrangements
source_provision: s2
definition:
“default arrangements” means the arrangements made by the operator of a designated system to limit systemic and other types of risks that arise when a participant is or is likely to become unable to meet its obligations in respect of a transfer order, examples of which include any of the following arrangements: ( a )


document_id: pssfna-2002
term: defaulter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“defaulter” means a person in respect of whom action has been taken by a designated system under its default arrangements;


document_id: pssfna-2002
term: designated system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated system” means a system that is designated by the Authority under section 3 to be a designated system for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: pssfna-2002
term: netting
source_provision: s2
definition:
“netting” means the conversion into one net claim or one net obligation of claims and obligations resulting from transfer orders which a participant either issues to, or receives from, one or more other participants with the result that only a net claim can be demanded or a net obligation be owed;


document_id: pssfna-2002
term: operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“operator” , in relation to a designated system, means the person specified in the order referred to in section 3(1) as the operator of the designated system;


document_id: pssfna-2002
term: Rules
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Rules” , in relation to a designated system, means any rules, regulations, by‑laws or other similar body of written statements, by whatever name called, and whether or not contained in the constituent documents of the designated system, that govern the activities and conduct of — ( a )


document_id: pssfna-2002
term: settlement institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“settlement institution” , in relation to a designated system, means any body corporate that — ( a )


document_id: pssfna-2002
term: officer
source_provision: s17C
definition:
“officer” , in relation to an operator, a settlement institution or a collateral holder of a designated system, means any director, partner, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of that operator, settlement institution or collateral holder;


document_id: pta-1915
term: letters of administration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“letters of administration” means letters of administration of the estate and effects of a deceased person, whether general or with a will annexed, or limited either in time or otherwise;


document_id: pta-1915
term: trust
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trust” includes an executorship or administratorship, and “trustee” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: pta-1915
term: trust property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trust property” includes all property in the possession or under the control wholly or partly of the Public Trustee by virtue of any trust. [44/2014]


document_id: pta-1915
term: distributable sum
source_provision: s12A
definition:
“distributable sum” , in relation to a basis period, means the income earned in the basis period from all investments made on account of the Common Fund, including — ( a )


document_id: pta-1960
term: building
source_provision: s2
definition:
“building” means any structure erected on land and includes any house, hut, shed or similar roofed enclosure, whether used for the purposes of human habitation or otherwise, any slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage, underground or overground tank for the storage of solids, liquids or gases, and any oil refinery;


document_id: pta-1960
term: Comptroller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Comptroller” means the Comptroller of Property Tax appointed under section 3 and includes, for the purposes of this Act except the exercise of the powers conferred upon the Comptroller by sections 6 and 39, a Deputy Comptroller or an Assistant Comptroller so appointed;


document_id: pta-1960
term: dwelling house
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dwelling house” includes a building or tenement wholly or principally used, constructed or adapted for use for human habitation;


document_id: pta-1960
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” means the person in occupation of the premises in respect of which the word is used or having the charge, management or control thereof either on his, her or its own account or as agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;


document_id: pta-1960
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” means the person for the time being receiving the rent of any premises whether on his, her or its own account or as agent or trustee for any other person or as receiver or who would receive the same if the premises were let to a tenant and includes the person whose name is entered in the Valuation List;


document_id: pta-1960
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 or not under statutory authority;


document_id: pta-1960
term: prescribed structural network
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed structural network” means such structural network as the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe;


document_id: pta-1960
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means such public authority as may be prescribed for the purposes of this Act by the Minister;


document_id: pta-1960
term: Street and Building Names Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Street and Building Names Board” or “SBNB” means the Street and Building Names Board established under section 49(1);


document_id: pta-1960
term: demand for information
source_provision: s64A
definition:
“demand for information” means a demand by the Comptroller, the Chief Assessor or an officer authorised by either of them in that behalf to answer a question when in attendance before the Comptroller, the Chief Assessor or the officer pursuant to a notice under subsection (3);


document_id: pta-1960
term: writing
source_provision: s64A
definition:
“writing” includes any mode of representing or reproducing words, figures, drawings or symbols in a visible form. [38/2017; 9/2018]


document_id: pta-1965
term: Comptroller
source_provision: s4
definition:
“Comptroller” means the Comptroller of Income Tax appointed under section 3(1) of the Income Tax Act 1947 and includes a Deputy Comptroller so appointed;


document_id: pta-1965
term: employee
source_provision: s4
definition:
“employee” , in relation to a month, means an employee rendering in that month services wholly or partly in Singapore and an employee who is on leave during that month where such leave is attributable to services rendered wholly or partly in Singapore in any previous month and includes the director of a company and the holder of any other office, but does not include any domestic servant, gardener or driver, wholly and exclusively employed by an individual otherwise than in connection with his trade, business, profession or vocation;


document_id: pta-1965
term: payroll
source_provision: s4
definition:
“payroll” means the total remuneration paid by or on behalf of an employer to his employees in any month and includes a proportion of the civilian remuneration which an employer is liable to pay to his employees pursuant to section 24 of the Enlistment Act 1970;


document_id: pta-1965
term: remuneration
source_provision: s4
definition:
“remuneration” means any wages, salary, commission, bonuses, allowances (including a housing allowance or other like allowance) or other emoluments paid in cash by or on behalf of an employer to an employee, and includes any leave pay.


document_id: pta-2005
term: animal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“animal” means any mammal (other than man), bird, reptile, amphibian, fish (including shellfish), insect or any other living creature, vertebrate or invertebrate, and includes any egg or young thereof;


document_id: pta-2005
term: boat
source_provision: s2
definition:
“boat” means any launch, vessel or floating craft used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved;


document_id: pta-2005
term: competent authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“competent authority” means the authority appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act 1998 to be responsible for the operation of Part 3 of that Act;


document_id: pta-2005
term: footway
source_provision: s2
definition:
“footway” includes any footpath, verandah-way, open or covered walkway, pedestrian mall, plaza, square, and other related structures and facilities;


document_id: pta-2005
term: green verge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“green verge” means the portion along the centre median or side of a public street, or a traffic island within a public street, which is provided for the growing of trees or plants;


document_id: pta-2005
term: marine park
source_provision: s2
definition:
“marine park” means any area of the sea or seabed that is set aside for conservation of marine organisms and is designated in Part 3 of the Schedule;


document_id: pta-2005
term: plant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“plant” means any member of the plantae, protista, monera or fungi kingdom, and includes any angiosperm, gymnosperm, pteridophyte, bryophyte, algae, lichen or fungus;


document_id: pta-2005
term: public park
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public park” means any State land, any land belonging to the Board or any other land, which is — ( a )


document_id: pta-2005
term: public street
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public street” means any street over which the public has a right of way and which has been vested in the Government under the Street Works Act 1995 or the repealed Local Government Integration Act (Cap. 166, 1985 Revised Edition) or in any other manner;


document_id: pta-2005
term: road authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“road authority” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;


document_id: pta-2005
term: street works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street works” includes works of levelling, paving, metalling, flagging, kerbing, channelling, draining, lighting, laying of cables and mains and other utility services executed in a street or part thereof and the reinstatement of a street or part thereof;


document_id: pta-2005
term: tree
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tree” includes a single‑stemmed palm and any part of a tree or single‑stemmed palm (including its seedling, sapling or reshoot);


document_id: ptca-1987
term: bookable vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bookable vehicle” means any of the following vehicles used or intended to be used in providing an on‑demand passenger transport service through a booking taken or facilitated by a provider of a ride‑hail service: ( a )


document_id: ptca-1987
term: booking
source_provision: s2
definition:
“booking” , in relation to a ride‑hail service, means a booking for a bookable vehicle to be used in providing an on‑demand passenger transport service taken or facilitated by the provider of the ride‑hail service;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: bus fare
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bus fare” means the price payable by a passenger for any bus service involving the carriage of the passenger on a bus;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: bus operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bus operator” , in relation to a bus service, means the person who operates the bus service but does not include — ( a )


document_id: ptca-1987
term: bus service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bus service” means a service for the carriage of passengers for a fare by buses on roads for journeys wholly or partly within Singapore according to predetermined routes and timetables with 2 or more bus stopping points within Singapore, but does not include a bus service excluded from this definition by the Minister by order in the Gazette ;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: bus service licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bus service licence” means a licence granted (or deemed granted) under the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 to operate one or more bus services;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Council and includes any temporary Chairperson of the Council;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: clearing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“clearing” , in relation to a ticket payment service, means any arrangement, process, mechanism or facility provided by a person in respect of ticket transactions, by which — ( a )


document_id: ptca-1987
term: invalid ticket
source_provision: s2
definition:
“invalid ticket” means a ticket that is for a journey on a bus or train operated by a public bus operator or licensed rapid transit system operator for which a ticket is required and — ( a )


document_id: ptca-1987
term: Land Transport Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Land Transport Authority of Singapore” or “LTA” means the public authority of that name constituted under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: on-demand passenger transport service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“on-demand passenger transport service” and “on-demand ride booking service” have the meanings given by the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: over-travel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“over-travel” , in relation to a fare, means to remain on a bus or train after the place, distance or time covered by the fare paid for the journey has been reached and includes, for a smartcard ticket, tapping out before the completion of the journey or part of the journey;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: passenger
source_provision: s2
definition:
“passenger” means an individual carried upon a bus, train, taxi or bookable vehicle (as the case may be) but does not include — ( a )


document_id: ptca-1987
term: pricing policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pricing policy” means the policy for setting any fare, including a policy relating to the level or structure of prices for any fare;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: public bus operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public bus operator” means a licensed bus operator who is party to a public bus services contract for the provision of bus services specified in that contract, and includes a licensed bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence but is not party to such a contract;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: public transport official
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public transport official” means an individual appointed by the Council as a public transport official under section 51;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: ride-hail common pricing scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ride-hail common pricing scheme” means a contract made between the prescribed ride‑hail industry participants providing a ride‑hail service that provides — ( a )


document_id: ptca-1987
term: ride-hail fare
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ride-hail fare” means the price paid or given for the use of a ride‑hail service, whether or not it is paid or given to the provider of the ride‑hail service, a driver or any other person, and includes a booking fee;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: ride-hail industry participant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ride-hail industry participant” , for a type of ride‑hail service, means any of the following: ( a )


document_id: ptca-1987
term: ride-hail service licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ride-hail service licensee” means a person to whom a ride-hail service licence to provide a ride-hail service is granted (on renewal or otherwise) or deemed granted under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: smartcard reader
source_provision: s2
definition:
“smartcard reader” means a device or combination of devices that is capable of electronically reading, recording and processing information from a ticket that is a smartcard, and copying or transferring information from the smartcard and storing and displaying the information in legible form;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: street-hail common pricing scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street-hail common pricing scheme” means a contract made between the prescribed street‑hail industry participants providing a street‑hail service that provides — ( a )


document_id: ptca-1987
term: street-hail fare
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street-hail fare” means the price paid or given for the use of a street‑hail service, whether or not it is paid or given to the provider of the street‑hail service, a driver or any other person, but does not include any booking fee for a taxi made available, or to be made available, in providing on‑demand passenger transport services;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: street-hail service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street-hail service” means a service involving the transport by road of passengers within, or partly within, Singapore for hire or reward — ( a )


document_id: ptca-1987
term: street-hail service licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street-hail service licensee” means a person to whom a street‑hail service licence to provide a street‑hail service is granted (on renewal or otherwise) or deemed granted under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: tap in
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tap in” , where payment of a fare is made using a smartcard, means to present a smartcard ticket to a smartcard reader on starting a journey, or part of a journey, resulting in a response from the smartcard reader that the transaction is successful;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: tapping out
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tapping out” , where payment of a fare is made using a smartcard, means to present a smartcard ticket to a smartcard reader on completing a journey, or part of a journey, resulting in a response from the smartcard reader that the transaction is successful;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: taxi
source_provision: s2
definition:
“taxi” means any public service vehicle which is classified as a taxi under the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic Act 1961;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: ticket
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ticket” means any form of authorisation, issued for the conveyance of any passenger on a rapid transit system or on any bus operated by a public bus operator, or both;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: ticket transaction
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ticket transaction” means any record of a fare deduction created by the use of a mode of payment for tickets;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: train
source_provision: s2
definition:
“train” means a train used as part of a rapid transit system the operation of which is licensed under the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: train fare
source_provision: s2
definition:
“train fare” means the price payable by a passenger for any service involving the carriage of the passenger on a train operated by a licensed rapid transit system operator;


document_id: ptca-1987
term: train service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“train service” means the service for the transport of passengers by one or more trains on a rapid transit system within Singapore for a fare. [30/2015; 31/2015; 5/2018; 20/2019]


document_id: pua-2001
term: apparatus
source_provision: s2
definition:
“apparatus” means any water apparatus, equipment or accessory and includes all apparatus, devices and fittings in which pipes are used or of which they form a part;


document_id: pua-2001
term: approved person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved person” means a person given written approval under section 41 to supply piped water suitable for drinking;


document_id: pua-2001
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means an officer or employee of the Board, or an officer of any other statutory authority, authorised by the Board;


document_id: pua-2001
term: Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Board” means the Public Utilities Board reconstituted under the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261, 1996 Revised Edition) in force before 1 April 2001 and continued by section 3;


document_id: pua-2001
term: coastal management
source_provision: s2
definition:
“coastal management” includes the protection, conservation, rehabilitation and management of the coastal zone to mitigate current and future risks from coastal hazards, taking into account the effects of climate change;


document_id: pua-2001
term: consumer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“consumer” means a person who is supplied with water or whose premises are for the time being connected for the purpose of a supply of water with any system of supply;


document_id: pua-2001
term: discharge pipe
source_provision: s2
definition:
“discharge pipe” means a pipe that enables any sewage or sullage water to be conveyed from a sanitary appliance or floor trap to a drain-line;


document_id: pua-2001
term: drain-line
source_provision: s2
definition:
“drain-line” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999; [Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025]


document_id: pua-2001
term: extract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“extract” , in relation to water, means to take or intercept water from any place or sea, within the territorial limits of Singapore, using works constructed under an approval of the Board under section 31 of the Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999; [Act 27 of 2023 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: pua-2001
term: foreshore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreshore” means the land lying between the high‑water mark and low‑water mark of the sea as is ordinarily covered and uncovered by the flow and ebb of the tide at spring tides;


document_id: pua-2001
term: installation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“installation” includes any plant or apparatus designed for the collection, conveyance, production, supply or use of water;


document_id: pua-2001
term: limited WSI design works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“limited WSI design works” means the designing of any water service installation that is to be installed downstream of a meter, where the water service installation being designed does not include any pumping equipment or storage tank;


document_id: pua-2001
term: main
source_provision: s2
definition:
“main” means a pipe through which water is or can be supplied or conveyed, whether the pipe is in use or not;


document_id: pua-2001
term: master meter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“master meter” means a meter registering water, all or part of which is subsequently registered by one or more sub-meters;


document_id: pua-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 of another person, but does not include a lodger;


document_id: pua-2001
term: professional engineer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“professional engineer” means an individual who is registered as a professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 1991 and has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;


document_id: pua-2001
term: regulated works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“regulated works” means any sanitary works, limited WSI design works or WSI works, but does not include any of such works as the Minister may, after consulting the Board, prescribe by order in the Gazette ;


document_id: pua-2001
term: sanitary appliances
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sanitary appliances” and “sanitary facilities” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999; [Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025]


document_id: pua-2001
term: sewage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sewage” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999; [Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025]


document_id: pua-2001
term: sewerage system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sewerage system” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999 (as may be modified pursuant to section 2(2) of that Act); [Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025]


document_id: pua-2001
term: storage tank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“storage tank” means any tank or storage cistern that has a free water surface under atmospheric pressure, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: pua-2001
term: water installation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“water installation” means any water-retaining structure, chamber, pumping station, pipe, water fitting, apparatus or appliance used for the supply or conveyance of water; [Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025]


document_id: pua-2001
term: water main
source_provision: s2
definition:
“water main” means any pipe used or to be used for the conveyance of water, other than a connecting pipe;


document_id: pua-2001
term: WSI design works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“WSI design works” means the designing of any water service installation that is to be installed downstream of a meter, and includes any limited WSI design works;


document_id: pua-2001
term: WSI works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“WSI works” means any works on any water service installation including constructing, erecting, installing, maintaining, altering, repairing or replacing the water service installation. [9/2012; 5/2018; 11/2018; 13/2020; 4/2021]


document_id: pua-2001
term: projected water balance chart
source_provision: s40
definition:
“projected water balance chart” , in relation to a new facility, means a chart showing all of the following when the new facility is operating at its designed capacity: ( a )


document_id: pua-2001
term: specified business activity
source_provision: s40
definition:
“specified business activity” means an activity, or a series of activities (including ancillary activities), that involves the use of water in the course of business operations;


document_id: pua-2001
term: water efficiency requirements
source_provision: s40
definition:
“water efficiency requirements” includes requirements for the recycling of used water. [Act 27 of 2023 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: pua-2001
term: 5% controller
source_provision: s44A
definition:
“5% controller” , in relation to a designated entity, designated business trust or designated trust, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: pua-2001
term: 12% controller
source_provision: s44A
definition:
“12% controller” , in relation to a designated entity, designated business trust or designated trust, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: pua-2001
term: 30% controller
source_provision: s44A
definition:
“30% controller” , in relation to a designated entity, designated business trust or designated trust, means a person who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: pua-2001
term: designated business trust
source_provision: s44A
definition:
“designated business trust” means a business trust that has been designated under section 44D as a designated business trust;


document_id: pua-2001
term: designated entity
source_provision: s44A
definition:
“designated entity” means an entity that has been designated under section 44D as a designated entity;


document_id: pua-2001
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s44A
definition:
“indirect controller” , in relation to a designated entity, designated business trust or designated 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 entity, designated business trust or designated trust, as the case may be — ( a )


document_id: pua-2001
term: officer
source_provision: s44C
definition:
“officer” , in relation to a corporation, means a director or secretary of, or any person employed in an executive capacity by, the corporation. [13/2020]


document_id: pua-2001
term: Official Receiver
source_provision: s44A
definition:
“Official Receiver” means the Official Receiver as defined in section 2(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018;


document_id: pua-2001
term: related corporation
source_provision: s44A
definition:
“related corporation” , in relation to a corporation, means another corporation that is deemed under section 44C(2) to be related to that corporation;


document_id: pua-2001
term: unregistered company
source_provision: s44A
definition:
“unregistered company” has the meaning given by section 245 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018;


document_id: pua-2001
term: voting share
source_provision: s44A
definition:
“voting share” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967 but does not include a treasury share. [13/2020]


document_id: pua-2001
term: appurtenances
source_provision: s45A
definition:
“appurtenances” , in relation to a storage tank, means any equipment attached or linked to the storage tank that is necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the storage tank;


document_id: pua-2001
term: NEWater
source_provision: s45A
definition:
“NEWater” means NEWater supplied through the water reticulation system of the Board to persons who have entered into an agreement with the Board for the supply of NEWater. [13/2020]


document_id: pua-2001
term: residential address
source_provision: s70
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [Act 27 of 2023 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: applicant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“applicant” , in relation to any application, means the person by whom or on whose behalf the application is made;


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the international agreement called the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of 2 December 1961, as revised or amended from time to time;


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: Examiner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Examiner” means any person, organisation or entity (including an international plant variety office or organisation, or a plant variety office or an organisation of a country or territory other than Singapore) appointed by the Registrar for the purpose of referring any question or matter relating to the examination of a plant variety for a grant of protection; [Act 7 of 2022 wef 26/05/2022]


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: harvested material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“harvested material” means any harvested material to which the rights of a grantee under section 28(1) are extended by virtue of section 28(7);


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: plant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“plant” includes all fungi and algae but does not include bacteria, bacteroids, mycoplasmas, viruses, viroids and bacteriophages;


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: plant variety
source_provision: s2
definition:
“plant variety” means a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest rank which, irrespective of whether the conditions for a grant of protection are fully met, can be — ( a )


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: procedural representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“procedural representative” , in relation to any plant variety, means a person who is resident or has an office in Singapore and who is appointed by the breeder of that variety to act on the breeder’s behalf in respect of the making of any application for, or any proceedings relating to, a grant of protection for that variety;


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: propagating material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“propagating material” , in relation to a plant of a particular plant variety, means any part or product from which, whether alone or in combination with other parts or products of that plant, another plant with the same essential characteristics can be produced;


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: propagation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“propagation” , in relation to a plant or any of its components, means the growth, culture or multiplication of that plant or component;


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: protected variety
source_provision: s2
definition:
“protected variety” means a plant variety in respect of which a grant of protection is in force, and includes any essentially derived or other plant variety to which the grant of protection is extended by virtue of section 29(1);


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: relevant characteristics
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant characteristics” , in relation to any plant variety, means the phenotypical and genotypical expressions of the variety that permit its identification;


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: term
source_provision: s2
definition:
“term” , in relation to a grant of protection, means the term of the grant of protection under section 24;


document_id: pvpa-2004
term: UPOV member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“UPOV member” means a state or an inter‑governmental party to the Convention which is a member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants constituted pursuant to the Convention. [2/2007; 16/2014; 40/2019]


document_id: pwa-2024
term: civil contravention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civil contravention” means a contravention that is declared to be a civil contravention under section 76;


document_id: pwa-2024
term: earnings
source_provision: s2
definition:
“earnings” , in relation to a platform worker, means all payments payable to the platform worker in relation to the platform worker’s provision of a platform service for a platform operator under a platform work agreement (including any bonus earned by the platform worker from the platform operator), but does not include the following amounts: ( a )


document_id: pwa-2024
term: platform work agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform work agreement” means a contract or other agreement (whether written or oral and whether express or implied) between a platform operator and a platform worker, under which the platform worker performs tasks in Singapore in relation to the provision of a platform service to service users for the platform operator, but does not include a contract of service within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Employment Act 1968;


document_id: pwa-2024
term: delegate
source_provision: s19
definition:
“delegate” , in relation to a platform work association, means a person who is elected or appointed in accordance with the rules of the platform work association to attend and vote at a meeting of the platform work association on behalf of any number of members of the platform work association;


document_id: pwa-2024
term: executive
source_provision: s19
definition:
“executive” means the body, by whatever name called, to which the management of the affairs of a platform work association or any branch of a platform work association is entrusted;


document_id: pwa-2024
term: industrial action
source_provision: s19
definition:
“industrial action” means the adoption, in furtherance of a work dispute, of any practice, procedure or method in the provision of a platform service which would result in the limitation or restriction in the performance of tasks by platform workers in relation to the provision of that platform service;


document_id: pwa-2024
term: platform work association
source_provision: s19
definition:
“platform work association” means any association or combination of platform workers or platform operators, whether temporary or permanent, whose principal object is to regulate relations between platform workers and platform operators for all or any of the following purposes: ( a )


document_id: pwa-2024
term: Register
source_provision: s19
definition:
“Register” means the register of platform work associations kept and maintained by the Registrar under section 21;


document_id: pwa-2024
term: registered office
source_provision: s19
definition:
“registered office” means the office of a platform work association which is registered under this Part as the head office of the platform work association;


document_id: pwa-2024
term: registered platform work association
source_provision: s19
definition:
“registered platform work association” means a platform work association registered under this Part;


document_id: pwa-2024
term: Registrar
source_provision: s19
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Platform Work Associations appointed under section 20(1)( a ) and includes any Assistant Registrar of Platform Work Associations appointed under section 20(1)( b );


document_id: pwa-2024
term: requisite consent
source_provision: s19
definition:
“requisite consent” , in relation to a platform work association, means the consent, obtained by secret ballot, of — ( a )


document_id: pwa-2024
term: work dispute
source_provision: s19
definition:
“work dispute” means any dispute between platform workers and one or more platform operators, between platform workers or between platform operators, which is connected with — ( a )


document_id: pwa-2024
term: financial institution
source_provision: s27
definition:
“financial institution” means a bank, a finance company or any co‑operative society carrying on the business of managing and investing funds;


document_id: pwa-2024
term: public authority
source_provision: s27
definition:
“public authority” means the Registrar, an authorised officer, the Commissioner of Police, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue or the Director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.


document_id: ra-1905
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” means the person appointed by the Government or by the government of Malaysia, or by a railway company, as the case may be, to act as general manager or manager of a railway;


document_id: ra-1905
term: passengers’ luggage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“passengers’ luggage” means all such articles as a passenger takes with him for his personal use or convenience, according to the habits or wants of the class to which he belongs, with reference to either the immediate necessities or the ultimate purpose of the journey, but does not, except in the case of commercial travellers, include any articles carried for purposes of business, trade or profit;


document_id: ra-1905
term: railway
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway” means a railway or any portion of a railway for the public carriage of passengers, animals or goods and includes — ( a )


document_id: ra-1905
term: railway administration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway administration” , in the case of a railway administered by the Government or the government of Malaysia, means the manager and includes the Government and also, so long as the railway is in the course of construction, the resident engineer, and, in the case of a railway administered by a railway company, means the railway company;


document_id: ra-1905
term: railway company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway company” includes any person or persons, whether incorporated or not, who are owners or lessees of a railway or parties to an agreement for working a railway, but shall not include the government of Malaysia;


document_id: ra-1905
term: railway employee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway employee” includes the manager, the assistant managers, and all such officers, employees, agents and other persons as are employed to do any act upon a railway;


document_id: ra-1905
term: railway official
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway official” includes all persons employed by or on behalf of the railway administration to perform any function in connection with a railway.


document_id: ra-1905
term: motor car
source_provision: s38
definition:
“motor car” includes every description of vehicle propelled by mechanical power other than a traction engine;


document_id: ra-1905
term: traction engine
source_provision: s38
definition:
“traction engine” means every description of vehicle propelled by mechanical power and constructed for the purpose of drawing a carriage or the carriage of goods and merchandise, and includes rollers, road sprinklers, and every other vehicle propelled by mechanical power not constructed for the conveyance of passengers, but shall not include a fire engine or vehicle used in connection therewith;


document_id: ra-1905
term: vehicle
source_provision: s38
definition:
“vehicle” includes, in addition to the vehicles mentioned in subsection (2), carts, wagons, vans, lorries, trishaws, bicycles, tricycles, handcarts and other vehicles used or intended to be used for the conveyance of persons or goods.


document_id: rbda-2021
term: authorised registration officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised registration officer” means a registration officer authorised by the Registrar‑General to exercise all or any of the powers of an authorised registration officer mentioned in Part 8;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Coroner’s certificate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Coroner’s certificate” means a certificate issued by a Coroner under the Coroners Act 2010 in respect of a death;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: legal guardian
source_provision: s2
definition:
“legal guardian” , for a child or minor, means a person who is lawfully appointed by deed or will or by the order of a competent court to be the guardian of the child or minor;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997 who holds a valid practising certificate granted under that Act;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , for any premises, means a person in occupation of, or having control or charge of, or managing, the premises (either on the person’s own account or as an agent of another person);


document_id: rbda-2021
term: permitted character
source_provision: s2
definition:
“permitted character” , for a name, means a character that the Registrar-General specifies by notification in the Gazette ; [Act 2 of 2024 wef 16/04/2024]


document_id: rbda-2021
term: registrable event
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registrable event” means any birth, death or stillbirth that is required to be, or may be, registered under this Act;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Registration of Births and Deaths Act (Cap. 267) that is repealed by section 62;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Adoption of Children Act 1939
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Adoption of Children Act 1939” includes the Adoption of Children Act (Cap. 4, 2012 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Adoption of Children Act 1939”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Children and Young Persons Act 1993
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Children and Young Persons Act 1993” includes the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38, 2001 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Children and Young Persons Act 1993”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Coroners Act 2010
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Coroners Act 2010” includes the Coroners Act (Cap. 63A, 2012 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Coroners Act 2010”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Criminal Procedure Code 2010
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Criminal Procedure Code 2010” includes the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68, 2012 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Criminal Procedure Code 2010”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Evidence Act 1893
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Evidence Act 1893” includes the Evidence Act (Cap. 97, 1997 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Evidence Act 1893”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Financial Procedure Act 1966
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Financial Procedure Act 1966” includes the Financial Procedure Act (Cap. 109, 2012 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Financial Procedure Act 1966”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Infectious Diseases Act 1976
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Infectious Diseases Act 1976” includes the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137, 2003 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Infectious Diseases Act 1976”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Legitimacy Act 1934
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Legitimacy Act 1934” includes the Legitimacy Act (Cap. 162, 1985 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Legitimacy Act 1934”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005” includes the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A, 2006 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Medical Registration Act 1997
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Medical Registration Act 1997” includes the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174, 2014 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Medical Registration Act 1997”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Merchant Shipping Act 1995
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Merchant Shipping Act 1995” includes the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179, 1996 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Merchant Shipping Act 1995”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: National Registration Act 1965
source_provision: s2
definition:
“National Registration Act 1965” includes the National Registration Act (Cap. 201, 1992 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “National Registration Act 1965”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Penal Code 1871
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Penal Code 1871” includes the Penal Code (Cap. 224, 2008 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Penal Code 1871”;


document_id: rbda-2021
term: Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013” includes the Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act (Cap. 317A, 2015 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013”.


document_id: rca-1949
term: DNA officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“DNA officer” means an individual who is qualified and authorised under section 18(1) to take body samples; [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: rca-1949
term: finger impression
source_provision: s2
definition:
“finger impression” includes palmar impressions, hand prints, finger prints, foot prints or toe prints;


document_id: rca-1949
term: forensic procedure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“forensic procedure” , in relation to an individual, includes doing one or all of the following in relation to the individual: ( a )


document_id: rca-1949
term: forensic specialist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“forensic specialist” means an individual who is appointed under section 65A of the Police Force Act 2004 as a forensic specialist;


document_id: rca-1949
term: identification database
source_provision: s2
definition:
“identification database” means the database maintained under section 29; [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: rca-1949
term: identifying information
source_provision: s2
definition:
“identifying information” , in relation to an individual, means all of the following information: ( a )


document_id: rca-1949
term: law enforcement agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“law enforcement agency” means any body or organisation which is prescribed by the Minister to be a law enforcement agency for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: rca-1949
term: other particulars
source_provision: s2
definition:
“other particulars” , in relation to an individual, means any particulars, information or description of that individual, other than his or her identifying information, that may be relevant or useful in the identification of that individual; [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: rca-1949
term: photograph
source_provision: s2
definition:
“photograph” , in relation to an individual, includes the photograph of any distinguishing feature or mark on the body of that individual; [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: rca-1949
term: registrable crime
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registrable crime” means any offence included for the time being in the First Schedule; [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: rca-1949
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Criminals appointed under section 3, and includes an Assistant Registrar of Criminals; [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: rca-1949
term: Reviewing Tribunal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Reviewing Tribunal” means a Reviewing Tribunal established by section 41; [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: rca-1949
term: volunteer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“volunteer” means an individual who voluntarily gives his or her consent under section 14 or 23 for the taking of any identifying information or body sample (as the case may be) from him or her. [45/2002; 4/2003; 10/2015] [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: rca-1949
term: criminal record
source_provision: s7A
definition:
“criminal record” , in relation to an individual, means the record which is kept in the register before, on or after 17 October 2005 of his or her conviction for — ( a )


document_id: rca-1949
term: term of imprisonment
source_provision: s7A
definition:
“term of imprisonment” does not include a term of imprisonment imposed by a court in default of payment of a fine or penalty. [20/2005]


document_id: rca-1949
term: crime-free period
source_provision: s7B
definition:
“crime-free period” means a period of not less than 5 consecutive years starting from the relevant date applicable to an individual, during which the individual — ( a )


document_id: rca-1949
term: registered medical practitioner
source_provision: s8
definition:
“registered medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997 and includes a dentist registered under the Dental Registration Act 1999 or any corresponding previous written law. [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: rca-1949
term: crime prevention exchange of information arrangement
source_provision: s47
definition:
“crime prevention exchange of information arrangement” means an arrangement between a foreign country and the Government under which — ( a )


document_id: rca-1949
term: foreign offence
source_provision: s47
definition:
“foreign offence” means any offence against the law of a foreign country which, if the conduct constituting the offence had occurred in Singapore, would amount to an offence against the law of Singapore punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding 12 months;


document_id: rca-1949
term: proceedings
source_provision: s47
definition:
“proceedings” means proceedings in a court of law or in which judicial power is exercised (whether of a civil or criminal nature), and includes proceedings (whether or not in a court) in which evidence may be taken on oath;


document_id: rca-1949
term: register information
source_provision: s47
definition:
“register information” means the registrable particulars or DNA information of an individual who is convicted by a court in Singapore of a registrable crime, that is recorded in the register or DNA database, whether recorded before, on or after 1 August 2016, but excludes registrable particulars and DNA information of — ( a )


document_id: rca-1949
term: Singapore designated authority
source_provision: s47
definition:
“Singapore designated authority” means an individual appointed under section 3 who is specially designated by the Minister to disclose information under this section. [8/2016] [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: rda-1988
term: assurance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“assurance” includes any conveyance, memorandum of charge or discharge, deed of consent to the discharge of a trustee, private Act, order of court or certificate of appointment of trustee in bankruptcy;


document_id: rda-1988
term: conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance” includes any assignment, appointment, lease or settlement made by deed on a sale, mortgage, demise or settlement of any land or appointment of a new trustee in respect thereof which has been executed by one or more of the parties by whom any interest in the land is thereby conveyed;


document_id: rda-1988
term: memorandum of charge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“memorandum of charge” includes any memorandum of a lien or charge on any land which is registered under this Act;


document_id: rda-1988
term: mortgage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mortgage” includes any charge on any land for securing money or money’s worth and any transfer of a mortgage; and “mortgagee” has a corresponding meaning;


document_id: rda-1988
term: order of court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“order of court” means any judgment, decree, enforcement order, writ of sequestration, adjudication in bankruptcy or other order or process of or issuing from that court or other court of competent jurisdiction whereby any interest in any land is or may be affected; [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]


document_id: rda-1988
term: prior mortgage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prior mortgage” includes a prior charge or assignment which has been either secured by a mortgage or protected by a caveat lodged with and accepted by the Registrar as being in order for registration;


document_id: rda-1988
term: prior mortgagee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prior mortgagee” includes a prior chargee or assignee in whose favour an estate or interest in respect of land was mortgaged, charged or assigned by way of mortgage;


document_id: rda-1988
term: probate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“probate” means the probate of any will or any letters of administration with the will annexed or copy thereof, stamped with the seal of the Supreme Court or other court of competent jurisdiction, or a certified office copy thereof;


document_id: rda-1988
term: registered surveyor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered surveyor” means a registered surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act 1991 who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act; [Act 25 of 2024 wef 01/10/2025]


document_id: rda-1988
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Deeds and includes any Deputy Registrar of Deeds appointed under this Act;


document_id: rda-1988
term: repealed enactment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed enactment” means the Registration of Deeds Ordinance 1886 (Ordinance XIII of 1886) or the Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 269, 1985 Revised Edition) which is repealed by this Act;


document_id: rda-1988
term: subsequent mortgagee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subsequent mortgagee” includes a subsequent chargee or assignee in whose favour an estate or interest in respect of land was mortgaged, charged or assigned by way of mortgage;


document_id: rda-2000
term: application for registration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“application for registration” , in relation to a design, means an application under section 11 for the registration of the design;


document_id: rda-2000
term: article
source_provision: s2
definition:
“article” means any thing that is manufactured (whether by an industrial process, by hand or otherwise), and includes — ( a )


document_id: rda-2000
term: Convention country
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention country” means a country or territory, other than Singapore, which is a party to the Paris Convention or a member of the World Trade Organisation;


document_id: rda-2000
term: corresponding design
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corresponding design” , in relation to an artistic work, means a design which, when applied to an article or a non‑physical product, results in a reproduction of that work;


document_id: rda-2000
term: design
source_provision: s2
definition:
“design” means features of shape, configuration, colours, pattern or ornament applied to any article or non‑physical product that give that article or non‑physical product its appearance, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: rda-2000
term: designer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designer” , in relation to a design, means the person who creates it or, if there are 2 or more such persons, each of those persons;


document_id: rda-2000
term: exclusive licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exclusive licence” means a licence from the registered owner of a registered design authorising the licensee, or the licensee and persons authorised by the licensee, to the exclusion of all other persons (including the registered owner), to use the design in the manner authorised by the licence and “exclusive licensee” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: rda-2000
term: International Bureau
source_provision: s2
definition:
“International Bureau” means the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation;


document_id: rda-2000
term: owner
source_provision: s68A
definition:
“owner” , in relation to the registered design, means the registered owner of the registered design and includes an exclusive licensee of the registered design;


document_id: rda-2000
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, as revised or amended from time to time;


document_id: rda-2000
term: registered owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered owner” , in relation to a registered design, means the person whose name is for the time being entered in the Register as the owner of the design or, if there are 2 or more such persons, each of those persons;


document_id: rda-2000
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Designs referred to in section 49 and includes any Deputy Registrar of Designs referred to in that section;


document_id: rda-2000
term: set of articles
source_provision: s2
definition:
“set of articles” means 2 or more articles of the same general character that are ordinarily on sale together or intended to be used together, and to each of which the same design, or the same design with modifications or variations not sufficient to alter the character or substantially to affect the identity of the design, is applied;


document_id: rda-2000
term: set of articles and non‑physical products
source_provision: s2
definition:
“set of articles and non‑physical products” means one or more articles and one or more non‑physical products — ( a )


document_id: rda-2000
term: set of non‑physical products
source_provision: s2
definition:
“set of non‑physical products” means 2 or more non‑physical products of the same general character that are ordinarily on sale together or intended to be used together, and to each of which the same design, or the same design with modifications or variations not sufficient to alter the character or substantially to affect the identity of the design, is applied. [16/2012; 29/2017; 40/2019; 22/2021]


document_id: rda-2000
term: appellate court
source_provision: s62
definition:
“appellate court” means the court to which an appeal under subsection (3) is to be made under section 29C of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969;


document_id: rda-2000
term: decision
source_provision: s62
definition:
“decision” includes any act of the Registrar done in the exercise of a discretion vested in the Registrar by or under this Act. [40/2019]


document_id: rda-2000
term: Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement
source_provision: s64A
definition:
“Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement” means the Act, signed at Geneva on 2 July 1999, of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs;


document_id: rda-2000
term: international registration
source_provision: s64A
definition:
“international registration” means the international registration of an industrial design effected according to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement. [16/2012]


document_id: rda-2000
term: aircraft
source_provision: s68A
definition:
“aircraft” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995 * ;


document_id: rda-2000
term: conveyance
source_provision: s68A
definition:
“conveyance” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995 * ;


document_id: rda-2000
term: Director-General
source_provision: s68A
definition:
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Customs appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act 1960 * ;


document_id: rda-2000
term: infringing article
source_provision: s68A
definition:
“infringing article” means an article in respect of which a design is registered and to which the design, or a design not substantially different from that design, has been applied, where — ( a )


document_id: rda-2000
term: infringing device
source_provision: s68A
definition:
“infringing device” means a device for projecting a non-physical product, being a non-physical product in respect of which a design is registered and to which the design or a design not substantially different from that design, has been applied, where — ( a )


document_id: rda-2000
term: vehicle
source_provision: s68A
definition:
“vehicle” and “vessel” have the respective meanings given by section 2(1) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995 * . [*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition] [Act 34 of 2018 wef 21/11/2022]


document_id: refja-1959
term: appeal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“appeal” includes any proceedings by way of discharging or setting aside a judgment or an application for a new trial or stay of enforcement; [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]


document_id: refja-1959
term: Family Justice Rules
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Family Justice Rules” means the Family Justice Rules made under section 46 of the Family Justice Act 2014;


document_id: refja-1959
term: judgment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“judgment” means an interlocutory or final judgment or order given or made by a court in any civil proceedings, or a judgment or order given or made by a court in any criminal proceedings for the payment of a sum of money in respect of compensation or damages to an injured party, and includes a consent judgment, a consent order and a judicial settlement;


document_id: refja-1959
term: judgment creditor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“judgment creditor” means the person in whose favour the judgment was given (whether or not a sum of money is payable under the judgment), and includes any person in whom the rights under the judgment have become vested by succession or assignment or otherwise;


document_id: refja-1959
term: judgment debtor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“judgment debtor” means the person against whom the judgment was given (whether or not a sum of money is payable under the judgment), and includes any person against whom the judgment is enforceable under the law of the original court;


document_id: refja-1959
term: money judgment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“money judgment” means a judgment under which a sum of money is payable, not being a sum payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a similar nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty;


document_id: refja-1959
term: non‑money judgment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non‑money judgment” means a judgment that is not a money judgment, but does not include a judgment under which a sum of money is payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a similar nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty;


document_id: refja-1959
term: registration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registration” means registration under Part 1 and “register” and “registered” shall be construed accordingly;


document_id: refja-1959
term: registering court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registering court” , in relation to any judgment, means the court to which an application to register the judgment is made; [16/2016; 25/2019] [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: refja-1959
term: sub-fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sub-fund” and “VCC” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018. [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: rela-1983
term: Acts
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Acts” means all Acts of Parliament and includes the Constitution, the United Kingdom enactments and all Ordinances having the force of law in Singapore;


document_id: rela-1983
term: revised edition of Acts
source_provision: s2
definition:
“revised edition of Acts” means the revised edition of the Acts prepared under the authority of this Act; [Act 32 of 2024 wef 25/11/2024]


document_id: rela-1983
term: revised edition of subsidiary legislation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“revised edition of subsidiary legislation” means a revised edition, prepared under the authority of this Act, of orders in council, proclamations, rules, regulations, orders, notifications, by‑laws and other forms of subsidiary legislation made under any Act or other lawful authority and having legislative effect. [Act 32 of 2024 wef 25/11/2024]


document_id: rela-1983
term: appointed date
source_provision: s17A
definition:
“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 3( m ) of the Electronic Gazette and Legislation Act 2025;


document_id: rela-1983
term: material
source_provision: s17A
definition:
“material” means any Act, subsidiary legislation, treaty, convention or other instrument. [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025]


document_id: ria-1992
term: deal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“deal” means to broke in, purchase or sell rubber but does not include the purchase, sale or brokerage of rubber by means of a commodity futures contract within the meaning of the Commodity Trading Act 1992;


document_id: ria-1992
term: rubber
source_provision: s2
definition:
“rubber” means marketable rubber prepared from the leaves, bark or latex of any rubber plant, but does not include any manufactured article made wholly or partly of rubber;


document_id: ria-1992
term: Singapore Rubber Fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Rubber Fund” means the Singapore Rubber Fund established under section 14 of the repealed Rubber Association of Singapore (Incorporation) Act (Cap. 278, 1985 Revised Edition) and administered by the Board under section 39 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018. [10/2018]


document_id: riea-1995
term: aircraft
source_provision: s2
definition:
“aircraft” means aircraft of any description which may be used for the conveyance of persons or goods by air;


document_id: riea-1995
term: authentication code
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authentication code” means any identification or identifying code, password or any other authentication method or procedure which has been assigned to a registered user of the computer service mentioned in section 8 for the purpose of identifying and authenticating the access to and use of the computer service by the registered user;


document_id: riea-1995
term: conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance” includes any vessel, train, vehicle or aircraft in which persons or goods can be carried;


document_id: riea-1995
term: database report
source_provision: s2
definition:
“database report” means any automatic log, journal or other report which is automatically generated by the computer service mentioned in section 8 for the purposes of recording the details of a transaction relating to an electronic notice including the authentication code, date and time of receipt, storage location and any alteration or deletion relating to the notice;


document_id: riea-1995
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: riea-1995
term: examination station
source_provision: s2
definition:
“examination station” means any place which has been prescribed under section 143(1)( d ) of the Customs Act 1960 as a customs office or customs station for the examination of goods or any place or premises as may be determined by a senior authorised officer for the examination of goods;


document_id: riea-1995
term: export
source_provision: s2
definition:
“export” means to take or cause to be taken out of Singapore by land, water or air and includes the placing of any goods in a conveyance for the purpose of the goods being taken out of Singapore but does not include the taking out from Singapore of any goods on the same conveyance on which they were brought into Singapore unless such goods after being brought into Singapore have been landed or transhipped within Singapore;


document_id: riea-1995
term: goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“goods” means any movable or personal property whatsoever but does not include choses in action and money (except for a collector’s piece, an investment article or item of numismatic interest and currency notes imported or exported in substantial quantities);


document_id: riea-1995
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” 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 of goods which are to be taken out of Singapore on the same conveyance on which they were brought into Singapore without any landing or transhipment within Singapore;


document_id: riea-1995
term: master
source_provision: s2
definition:
“master” includes every person, having or taking command or charge of a vessel, except a pilot of a vessel holding a licence under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 when acting in the course of his or her duties;


document_id: riea-1995
term: registered user
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered user” means a person who has been registered with and authorised by the Director-General to gain access to and use the computer service mentioned in section 8;


document_id: riea-1995
term: relevant decision of the United Nations Security Council
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant decision of the United Nations Security Council” means any decision of the United Nations Security Council in resolutions made under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945;


document_id: riea-1995
term: shipped as ships’ stores
source_provision: s2
definition:
“shipped as ships’ stores” means loaded for use as stores on a voyage or flight to or from a destination outside Singapore or as merchandise for sale by retail to persons carried on such voyage or flight in a ship or an aircraft;


document_id: riea-1995
term: tranship
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tranship” means to remove goods from one conveyance to another for the purpose of taking them out of Singapore;


document_id: riea-1995
term: transit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transit” means to bring goods into Singapore from a place outside Singapore for the purpose of taking them out of Singapore on the same conveyance on which they were brought into Singapore;


document_id: riea-1995
term: vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vehicle” includes any vehicle in which persons or goods can be carried by land however drawn or propelled or set or kept in motion;


document_id: riea-1995
term: vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vessel” includes any ship or boat or other description of vessel used in navigation. [6/2003; 17/2002; 10/2018; 16/2018]


document_id: riea-1995
term: prescribed agreement
source_provision: s31
definition:
“prescribed agreement” means an agreement between Singapore and a foreign country which is prescribed as an agreement for the purpose of subsection (1)( m );


document_id: riea-1995
term: trade description
source_provision: s28A
definition:
“trade description” means any description, statement or indication which, directly or indirectly and by whatever means given, relates to the place of origin, manufacture or production of the goods. [28/2003]


document_id: riea-1995
term: public agency
source_provision: s31
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, thereof; [Act 24 of 2024 wef 14/11/2024]


document_id: riea-1995
term: Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer
source_provision: s31
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. [28/2003; 3/2014] [Act 24 of 2024 wef 14/11/2024]


document_id: rpa-1976
term: citizen
source_provision: s2
definition:
“citizen” or “citizen of Singapore” means any person who, under the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, has the status of a citizen of Singapore;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: Controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Controller” means the Controller of Residential Property and includes a Deputy and an Assistant Controller of Residential Property appointed under section 29;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: converted entity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“converted entity” , in relation to sections 9 and 26, means a converted foreign company, converted foreign limited liability partnership or converted society;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: converted foreign company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“converted foreign company” means any Singapore company which becomes a foreign company on or after 1 October 1976 while being an owner of an estate or interest in any residential property that is not non‑restricted residential property;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: converted foreign limited liability partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“converted foreign limited liability partnership” means any Singapore limited liability partnership which becomes a foreign limited liability partnership on or after 11 April 2005 while being an owner of an estate or interest in any residential property that is not non‑restricted residential property;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: converted society
source_provision: s2
definition:
“converted society” means any Singapore society which becomes a foreign society on or after 1 October 1976 while being an owner of an estate or interest in any residential property that is not non‑restricted residential property;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: director
source_provision: s2
definition:
“director” , in relation to a company, means any person occupying or acting in the position of director of the company, by whatever name called;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: dwelling house
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dwelling house” includes any building or tenement, or any part thereof, which is used, constructed or adapted for use for human habitation;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: flat
source_provision: s2
definition:
“flat” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether such stratum is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground, which is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of habitation or business or for any other purpose, and which may be comprised in a “lot”, or in part of any “subdivided building” not shown in a registered “strata title plan” (the last 3 expressions within quotation marks having the meanings given by the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967);


document_id: rpa-1976
term: foreign company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign company” means any company (whether a holding company or otherwise) other than a Singapore company;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: foreign limited liability partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign limited liability partnership” means any limited liability partnership other than a Singapore limited liability partnership;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: limited liability partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“limited liability partnership” means any limited liability partnership, whether registered in Singapore under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 or otherwise;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” , in relation to a limited liability partnership, means any person (whether or not a partner of the limited liability partnership) who is concerned in or takes part in the management of the limited liability partnership;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: mortgage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mortgage” includes every instrument creating a mortgage or charge on land or a transfer of a mortgage or a sub‑mortgage;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: non‑restricted residential property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non‑restricted residential property” means any residential property described in section 4(1) but not in section 4(2);


document_id: rpa-1976
term: notice to attach and sell
source_provision: s2
definition:
“notice to attach and sell” means any notice issued by the Minister under section 3(6), 3A(3), 4(8), 5(7), 9(11), 22(3), 27(3) or 32(2A) directing the Controller to attach and sell in accordance with this Act such estate or interest in such residential property or land as is specified in the notice;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” , in relation to any residential property, means a person other than the mortgagee or chargee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the freehold of any residential property whether in possession or reversion, or who holds under a leasehold or is entitled to the rents and profits of the residential property;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: partner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“partner” , in relation to a limited liability partnership, means any person who has been admitted as a partner in the limited liability partnership in accordance with the agreement expressed or implied between the partners of the limited liability partnership or between the limited liability partnership and its partners which determines the mutual rights and duties of the partners and their rights and duties in relation to the limited liability partnership;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: permanent resident
source_provision: s2
definition:
“permanent resident” means any person who is not subject to any restriction as to his or her period of residence in Singapore imposed under the provisions of any written law relating to immigration for the time being in force, and includes any person resident in Singapore who is deemed by the Committee, in its discretion, in the circumstances of any particular case to be a permanent resident for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: Singapore entity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore entity” , in relation to sections 9 and 26, means a Singapore company, Singapore limited liability partnership or Singapore society;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: Singapore limited liability partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore limited liability partnership” means any limited liability partnership that satisfies the following requirements: ( a )


document_id: rpa-1976
term: Singapore society
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore society” means any society formed or constituted in Singapore and registered or exempted from registration under any written law, all of whose members are citizens and all of whose trustees are either citizens or a trust company licensed under the Trust Companies Act 2005;


document_id: rpa-1976
term: to transfer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“to transfer” , with reference to residential property, means to convey, sell, assign, settle, create by declaration of trust, assent or in any manner dispose of any estate or interest in residential property, and includes the vesting of any estate or interest in residential property, but does not include a transfer by way of mortgage, charge or reconveyance; and “transfer” includes a conveyance, sale, assignment, settlement, declaration of trust, assent, disposition of whatever nature, the vesting of any estate or interest in residential property by an instrument or under a vesting order of court and every instrument capable of vesting any estate or interest in residential property upon registration of such instrument by the Registrar, but does not include a mortgage, charge or reconveyance. [35/2010; 40/2019]


document_id: rpa-1976
term: landed dwelling house
source_provision: s4
definition:
“landed dwelling house” means a detached house, a semi‑detached house or a terrace house (including a linked house or a townhouse), whether or not comprised within a strata title plan registered under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means any person appointed as an authorised officer under section 4(2), and includes the Director‑General;


document_id: rpa-2007
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: rpa-2007
term: IAEA inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“IAEA inspector” means an individual designated as an inspector by the IAEA Board of Governors according to the procedures set out in the Safeguards Agreement to carry out an inspection or a visit in accordance with that Agreement;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: IAEA Statute
source_provision: s2
definition:
“IAEA Statute” means the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency, being the Statute ratified by Singapore on 5 January 1967, and includes any amendment to, or substitution of, the Statute that is binding on Singapore;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: ionising radiations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ionising radiations” means electromagnetic radiations and corpuscular radiations which give rise to the formation of ion pairs on interaction with matter;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: national inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“national inspector” means any person who is a national inspector by virtue of, or appointed under, section 20;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: non-ionising radiations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-ionising radiations” means electromagnetic radiations and fields with wavelengths greater than 100 nanometers and all acoustic radiations and fields with frequencies below 16 Hz and above 16 kHz;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: Nuclear Material Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Nuclear Material Convention” means the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material adopted in Vienna on 26 October 1979, as amended by the amendments adopted in Vienna on 8 July 2005;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: radioactive material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“radioactive material” means any article containing a radioactive substance giving it a specific or total radioactivity exceeding the prescribed level, and includes any article containing any nuclear material;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: radioactive substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“radioactive substance” means a radionuclide or mixture of radionuclides, either alone or in chemical combination with other elements;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: registered medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered medical practitioner” means any person registered or deemed to be registered as a medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: Safeguards Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Safeguards Agreement” means the Agreement between Singapore and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons signed on 18 October 1977, and includes — ( a )


document_id: rpa-2007
term: armed conflict
source_provision: s28
definition:
“armed conflict” does not include internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence, and other acts of a similar nature;


document_id: rpa-2007
term: nuclear facility
source_provision: s28
definition:
“nuclear facility” means a facility (including associated buildings and equipment) used for peaceful purposes in which nuclear material is produced, processed, used, handled, stored or disposed of, if damage to or interference with such facility could lead to the release of significant amounts of radiation or radioactive material;


document_id: rra-1985
term: aircraft
source_provision: s3
definition:
“aircraft” means any flying machine whether propelled by mechanical means or not and includes any description of balloon;


document_id: rra-1985
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner of a Compensation Board appointed under section 30(2);


document_id: rra-1985
term: disaster
source_provision: s3
definition:
“disaster” means any fire, explosion, earthquake, oil spill, flood, storm or other happening (whether or not attributable to an act by enemy or to any warlike act) that causes or may cause loss of life or injury or destruction of or damage to property or distress to persons in Singapore or in any part of Singapore;


document_id: rra-1985
term: fair wear and tear
source_provision: s3
definition:
“fair wear and tear” , in relation to any property which is requisitioned, means such fair wear and tear as might have been expected to occur but for the fact that the property was so requisitioned;


document_id: rra-1985
term: land
source_provision: s3
definition:
“land” includes land of any tenure whatsoever and buildings or part thereof and any estate or interest in or right over land;


document_id: rra-1985
term: proclamation of emergency
source_provision: s3
definition:
“proclamation of emergency” means a Proclamation of Emergency issued under Article 150 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore;


document_id: rra-1985
term: public health emergency
source_provision: s3
definition:
“public health emergency” means a public health emergency declared under section 21E(1) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976 by the appropriate Minister under that Act; [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024]


document_id: rra-1985
term: public safety
source_provision: s3
definition:
“public safety” includes the safety of human life and health in the event of a public health emergency;


document_id: rra-1985
term: requisition
source_provision: s3
definition:
“requisition” , in relation to any property, means to take possession of the property or to require the property to be placed at the disposal of the requisitioning authority;


document_id: rra-1985
term: ship
source_provision: s3
definition:
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in sea navigation whether propelled by oars or otherwise;


document_id: rra-1985
term: undertaking
source_provision: s3
definition:
“undertaking” includes any business, whether carried on by way of trade or not, and the activities of any body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate. [10/2008]


document_id: rra-1985
term: annual value
source_provision: s20
definition:
“annual value” , in relation to any land, means the rent at which the land might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, if the landlord undertook to bear the costs of the repairs and insurance and the other expenses (if any) necessary to maintain the land in a state to command that rent; and


document_id: rra-1985
term: diminution of the annual value
source_provision: s20
definition:
“diminution of the annual value” , in relation to the doing of any work on any land, means the amount by which the annual value of the land is less than it would be if the work had not been done.


document_id: rra-1985
term: service
source_provision: s27
definition:
“service” includes any work carried out or performed for the competent authority. [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: rra-1985
term: addressee concerned
source_provision: s41
definition:
“addressee concerned” means the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association to be served, as the case may be;


document_id: rra-1985
term: chosen means of access
source_provision: s41
definition:
“chosen means of access” , for an addressee concerned on whom is or is to be served an order, notice, direction or requisition, means an electronic means that the addressee concerned agrees with the competent authority as the means by which the addressee concerned may access the contents of that order, notice, direction or requisition;


document_id: rra-1985
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s41
definition:
“chosen means of notification” , for an addressee concerned on whom is or is to be served an order, notice, direction or requisition, means an electronic means that the addressee concerned nominates to the competent authority as the means by which the addressee concerned may be notified that such an order, notice, direction or requisition has been served on the addressee concerned;


document_id: rra-1985
term: last email address
source_provision: s41
definition:
“last email address” means the last email address given to the competent authority by the addressee concerned as the email address for the service of an order, notice, direction or requisition;


document_id: rra-1985
term: mobile telephone number
source_provision: s41
definition:
“mobile telephone number” means the last mobile telephone number given (in accordance with a legal requirement under this Act) to the competent authority by the addressee concerned, and which the addressee concerned has acknowledged may be used by the competent authority for the service of any notice of requisition issued pursuant to section 12 or any order or direction issued pursuant to section 16 or 17;


document_id: rra-1985
term: residential address
source_provision: s41
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [Act 10 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: rra-1993
term: agreed date
source_provision: s2
definition:
“agreed date” means a date specified for the purposes of section 7C(2)( a ) in a consent form mentioned in section 7C(7);


document_id: rra-1993
term: approved mediator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved mediator” and “claim referral certificate” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Employment Claims Act 2016;


document_id: rra-1993
term: contract of service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contract of service” means any agreement, whether in writing or oral, express or implied, whereby one person agrees to employ another as an employee and that other agrees to serve his or her employer as an employee;


document_id: rra-1993
term: eligible employee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“eligible employee” means an employee who satisfies the re‑employment eligibility criteria set out in section 7(1);


document_id: rra-1993
term: employee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employee” means a person who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer;


document_id: rra-1993
term: employer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employer” means a person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes — ( a )


document_id: rra-1993
term: employment assistance payment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employment assistance payment” means such sum of money which is payable by an employer to an eligible employee under section 7C(1);


document_id: rra-1993
term: prescribed minimum retirement age
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed minimum retirement age” , in relation to an employee, means the prescribed minimum retirement age specified under section 4(1) that is applicable to the employee; [Act 38 of 2021 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: rra-1993
term: prescribed re-employment age
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed re-employment age” , in relation to an employee, means the prescribed re-employment age specified under section 7A(11) that is applicable to the employee; [Act 38 of 2021 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: rra-1993
term: re-employment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“re-employment” means the employment of an employee by the same employer on or after the date the employee attains the employee’s specified age; [Act 38 of 2021 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: rra-1993
term: re‑employment contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“re‑employment contract” means a contract of service entered into between an eligible employee and an employer to re‑employ the eligible employee for the purposes of section 7A(1) or (3)( a )(i);


document_id: rra-1993
term: re‑employment obligations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“re‑employment obligations” means an employer’s obligations to re‑employ an eligible employee in accordance with section 7A, failing which, to offer the eligible employee employment assistance payment in accordance with section 7C(1)( a );


document_id: rra-1993
term: specified age
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified age” , in relation to an employee, means the higher of the following ages applicable to the employee: ( a )


document_id: rra-1993
term: tripartite guidelines
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tripartite guidelines” means the guidelines relating to re‑employment issued by the Minister under section 11B. [21/2016; 5/2017]


document_id: rsa-2019
term: consumer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“consumer” , in relation to any regulated goods or regulated product, means an individual who purchases or intends to purchase the regulated goods or regulated product for household use or private consumption;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” does not include the bringing into Singapore of any regulated goods or regulated product which are to be taken out of Singapore on the same conveyance on which they were brought into Singapore without any landing or transhipment within Singapore;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: key appointment holder
source_provision: s2
definition:
“key appointment holder” , in relation to a holder of a licence to operate a producer responsibility scheme, means — ( a )


document_id: rsa-2019
term: licensed e-waste recycler
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed e-waste recycler” means a person who is licensed under section 23(2) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987 to operate a disposal facility that receives, stores, sorts, processes or treats electrical and electronic waste; [Act 14 of 2023 wef 26/05/2023]


document_id: rsa-2019
term: licensed scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed scheme” means a producer responsibility scheme operated by a person who is licensed under section 29;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: licensed waste collector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed waste collector” means a person who is licensed under section 31 of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: retailer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“retailer” means a person who carries on a trade or business of supplying any regulated goods or regulated product to consumers;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: waste
source_provision: s2
definition:
“waste” includes any discarded, rejected, unwanted, surplus or abandoned substance, and a substance is not precluded from being waste for the purposes of this Act merely because it is or may be processed, recycled or recovered.


document_id: rsa-2019
term: regulated non-consumer product
source_provision: s7
definition:
“regulated non-consumer product” means any regulated product that is not a regulated consumer product;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: regulated product
source_provision: s7
definition:
“regulated product” means any class or type of electrical or electronic product prescribed as such under section 6;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: supply
source_provision: s23M
definition:
“supply” , in relation to a beverage product, means the giving of the beverage product to another person for any purpose, whether or not for consideration in money or in kind, but does not include any such giving by an individual in the individual’s private or personal capacity.


document_id: rsa-2019
term: compliance year
source_provision: s12
definition:
“compliance year” means the period starting 1 July in any year and ending 30 June in the following year (both dates inclusive);


document_id: rsa-2019
term: packaging
source_provision: s19
definition:
“packaging” means any material or combination of materials used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery or presentation of any goods, but does not include any material that remains in the possession of a producer of specified packaging to be re‑used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery or presentation of any goods;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: prescribed threshold criteria
source_provision: s19
definition:
“prescribed threshold criteria” , in relation to a producer, means all or any of the following criteria, as may be prescribed: ( a )


document_id: rsa-2019
term: specified packaging
source_provision: s19
definition:
“specified packaging” means any packaging other than any type of packaging prescribed as excluded from this definition;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: annual turnover
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“annual turnover” , in relation to a regulated retailer, means the gross revenue received by the regulated retailer in respect of the regulated retailer’s trade or business in Singapore in a year, whether in relation to the supply of goods or otherwise, determined in the prescribed manner;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: customer
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“customer” means any person who purchases or intends to purchase any goods from a regulated retailer;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: disposable carrier bag
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“disposable carrier bag” means packaging (within the meaning of section 19(1)) in the form of a bag with handles (other than a reusable bag) that is provided by a retailer in relation to goods purchased from the retailer by a customer — ( a )


document_id: rsa-2019
term: prescribed annual turnover
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“prescribed annual turnover” , in relation to a class of regulated retailers, means the prescribed annual turnover for that class of regulated retailers;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: regulated retailer
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“regulated retailer” means a retailer who belongs to a class of retailers prescribed as regulated retailers for the purposes of this Part;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: reportable year
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“reportable year” , in relation to a person, means any year at any time during which the person is a registered retailer;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: deposit
source_provision: s23M
definition:
“deposit” , in relation to a beverage container, means the deposit for the beverage container, described in section 23Q;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: manufacture
source_provision: s23M
definition:
“manufacture” , in relation to a beverage product, means the act of filling a beverage container with a regulated beverage and sealing the container;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: offer to supply
source_provision: s23M
definition:
“offer to supply” , in relation to a beverage product, includes exposing or displaying the beverage product as an invitation to treat;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: regulated beverage
source_provision: s23M
definition:
“regulated beverage” means any liquid beverage intended for human consumption by drinking, whether or not — ( a )


document_id: rsa-2019
term: return point
source_provision: s23M
definition:
“return point” means a facility or place at which a person may present an empty beverage container affixed with a deposit mark and barcode and receive the deposit for the empty beverage container accepted at the facility or place;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: licensed waste disposal facility
source_provision: s24
definition:
“licensed waste disposal facility” means a disposal facility in respect of which there is a waste disposal licence under section 23(2) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987 for the treatment of food waste;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: management corporation
source_provision: s24
definition:
“management corporation” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: public disposal facility
source_provision: s24
definition:
“public disposal facility” means a disposal facility mentioned in section 22(1)( a ) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987 that is for the treatment of food waste;


document_id: rsa-2019
term: relevant written permission
source_provision: s24
definition:
“relevant written permission” , in relation to a prescribed building, means a written permission that is granted under the Planning Act 1998 pursuant to an application made on or after the date prescribed for that prescribed building;


document_id: rsia-1965
term: existing law
source_provision: s13
definition:
“existing law” means any law including written law having effect as part of the law of Singapore prior to Singapore Day; and


document_id: rsia-1965
term: written law
source_provision: s13
definition:
“written law” includes the Constitution of Malaysia and the Constitution of 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: rta-1961
term: autonomous motor vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“autonomous motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle equipped wholly or substantially with an autonomous system (also commonly known as a driverless vehicle), and includes a trailer drawn by such a motor vehicle;


document_id: rta-1961
term: autonomous system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“autonomous system” , for a motor vehicle, means a system that enables the operation of the motor vehicle without the active physical control of, or monitoring by, a human operator;


document_id: rta-1961
term: Commissioner of Police
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner of Police” means the public officer appointed under section 6(1) of the Police Force Act 2004;


document_id: rta-1961
term: company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“company” means any company as defined in the Companies Act 1967 and includes any company to which Division 2 of Part 11 of that Act applies, any company formed pursuant to any other Act or by royal charter or letters patent, a limited liability partnership and any other body corporate formed or incorporated by or under any written law;


document_id: rta-1961
term: competency test certificate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“competency test certificate” , for a class or description of test‑needed‑to‑ride‑on‑road vehicle, means — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: Deputy Commissioner of Police
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Commissioner of Police” , in relation to any provision of this Act or rules or any other subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means the Deputy Commissioner of Police designated by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of that provision, and includes any police officer who — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: de‑registered vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“de‑registered vehicle” means a vehicle the registration of which has been cancelled by the Registrar under section 27(1);


document_id: rta-1961
term: diameter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“diameter” , in relation to the wheel of a vehicle or trailer, means the overall diameter measured between the 2 opposite points on the surface of a tyre which are furthest apart;


document_id: rta-1961
term: exempt ride‑hail service operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exempt ride‑hail service operator” has the meaning given by the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;


document_id: rta-1961
term: foreign driving licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign driving licence” means a driving licence or permit (not being a provisional driving licence or permit) issued by a competent authority in another country between which and Singapore there is in force a treaty for the recognition of driving licences or permits issued in the countries which are parties to the treaty;


document_id: rta-1961
term: goods vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“goods vehicle” means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of goods or a trailer so constructed or adapted;


document_id: rta-1961
term: mobility scooter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mobility scooter” and “motorised wheelchair” have the meanings given by the Active Mobility Act 2017;


document_id: rta-1961
term: on‑demand passenger transport service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“on‑demand passenger transport service” and “on‑demand ride booking service” have the meanings given by the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;


document_id: rta-1961
term: outsourced enforcement officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“outsourced enforcement officer” , in relation to any provision of this Act or subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means an individual who — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” , in relation to a vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire purchase agreement, means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement;


document_id: rta-1961
term: paid driver
source_provision: s2
definition:
“paid driver” means a person who drives a motor vehicle in return for a salary or other remuneration;


document_id: rta-1961
term: park
source_provision: s2
definition:
“park” means to bring a motor vehicle or a trailer to a stationary position and cause it to wait for any purpose other than that of immediately taking up or setting down persons, goods or luggage;


document_id: rta-1961
term: participate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“participate” , in relation to an autonomous motor vehicle trial regulated under section 6C, means — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: police officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“police officer” includes any person employed for police duties in the Singapore Police Force constituted under the Police Force Act 2004;


document_id: rta-1961
term: prescribed test of competence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed test of competence” , in relation to riding a test‑needed‑to‑ride‑on‑road vehicle on a road, means — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: public place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public place” means any place or premises, whether privately owned or not, to which the general public or any section of the general public is permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;


document_id: rta-1961
term: public service vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public service vehicle” means a vehicle used or kept for use for the carriage, for hire or reward, of — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Vehicles or the Deputy Registrar or an assistant registrar appointed under section 9;


document_id: rta-1961
term: replacement vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“replacement vehicle” means a vehicle to which a permit issued under section 10A for another vehicle has been transferred pursuant to rules made under section 10A(4)( ha );


document_id: rta-1961
term: ride‑hail service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ride‑hail service” has the meaning given by the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;


document_id: rta-1961
term: road
source_provision: s2
definition:
“road” means any public road and any other road to which the public has access, and includes — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: security officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“security officer” means a licensed security officer within the meaning of the Private Security Industry Act 2007 who is authorised by the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority (as appropriate) under section 142B to regulate traffic under any provision of this Act;


document_id: rta-1961
term: street‑hail service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street‑hail service” has the meaning given by the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;


document_id: rta-1961
term: street‑hail service licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street‑hail service licence” means a street‑hail service licence granted under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019 to provide a street‑hail service;


document_id: rta-1961
term: street‑hail service licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street‑hail service licensee” means a person to whom a street‑hail service licence is granted (on renewal or otherwise) or deemed granted under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;


document_id: rta-1961
term: test authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“test authority” , for a class or description of a road‑only PAB, means an individual designated by the Minister charged with the responsibility for law and order to be a test authority for that class or description of test‑needed‑to‑ride‑on‑road vehicle;


document_id: rta-1961
term: weight unladen
source_provision: s2
definition:
“weight unladen” means the weight of a vehicle inclusive of the body and all parts (the heavier being taken where alternative bodies or parts are used) which are necessary to or ordinarily used with the vehicle when working on a road but exclusive of any driver or attendant. [24/2010; 25/2011; 7/2012; 37/2012; 23/2013; 28/2014; 31/2015; 3/2017; 10/2017; 38/2018; 2/2019; 20/2019; 12/2021]


document_id: rta-1961
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s34A
definition:
“authorised officer” means any employee of the Authority, or any other person, who is duly authorised by the Registrar in writing to carry out any particular function or to exercise any particular power under this Part;


document_id: rta-1961
term: non‑compliant vehicle or trailer
source_provision: s5
definition:
“non‑compliant vehicle or trailer” means a vehicle or trailer which does not comply with the rules as to construction, weight and equipment applicable to the class or description of vehicles to which the vehicle or trailer belongs;


document_id: rta-1961
term: repeat offender
source_provision: s65B
definition:
“repeat offender” , in relation to an offence under subsection (1), means a person who is convicted or found guilty of that offence (called the current offence) and who was previously convicted or found guilty of — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: carbon emissions tax
source_provision: s11AA
definition:
“carbon emissions tax” means the tax chargeable under section 11AA(1) as in force immediately before 1 January 2018;


document_id: rta-1961
term: neutral emission band
source_provision: s11AA
definition:
“neutral emission band” , in respect of any vehicular emission, means the range of emissions from a minimum level to a maximum level, prescribed for a vehicle of any class, category or description or used for any purpose;


document_id: rta-1961
term: vehicular emission
source_provision: s11AA
definition:
“vehicular emission” means a pollutant that is attributable to the combined driving cycle of a vehicle. [24/2017]


document_id: rta-1961
term: disqualifying event
source_provision: s11B
definition:
“disqualifying event” , in relation to a relevant impost for a vehicle, means any of the following, whichever happens first: ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: relevant impost
source_provision: s11B
definition:
“relevant impost” , in relation to any vehicle, means any of the following taxes, fees or levies otherwise payable in respect of the vehicle if not for an event in subsection (1)( a ), ( b ) or ( c ): ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: safety-related defect
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“safety-related defect” , in relation to a vehicle, means a feature of the design or construction of the vehicle that is liable to cause significant risk of personal injury or death to any person using the vehicle or any other road user, and includes any defect relating to a component of the vehicle that is bought by the manufacturer of the vehicle from a supplier and sold by the manufacturer of the vehicle together with the vehicle as original equipment.


document_id: rta-1961
term: prescribed hours
source_provision: s34A
definition:
“prescribed hours” means the hours prescribed by the Minister for the levying of a road-user charge in respect of any specified road;


document_id: rta-1961
term: road-user charge
source_provision: s34A
definition:
“road-user charge” means the charge payable for riding, driving or moving a motor vehicle on a specified road during the prescribed hours;


document_id: rta-1961
term: specified road
source_provision: s34A
definition:
“specified road” means any road or part thereof as may be specified in rules made under this Part. [1/2006]


document_id: rta-1961
term: civilian component
source_provision: s38
definition:
“civilian component” and “visiting force” have the respective meanings given by the Visiting Forces Act 1960;


document_id: rta-1961
term: work pass driver
source_provision: s38
definition:
“work pass driver” means the holder of a work pass issued under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 who drives a motor vehicle carrying passengers or goods or both — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: disqualification period
source_provision: s42B
definition:
“disqualification period” means the period that a person is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence because of a conviction or an order of a court under this Act or the Motor Vehicles (Third‑Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960, starting on the later of the following dates: ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: period of imprisonment
source_provision: s42B
definition:
“period of imprisonment” , in relation to a person sentenced to imprisonment, means the period starting on the date of commencement of the person’s term of imprisonment and ending on the date of the person’s release from prison. [Act 2 of 2025 wef 01/01/2026]


document_id: rta-1961
term: grievous
source_provision: s64
definition:
“grievous” , in relation to hurt, has the meaning given by section 320 (except paragraph ( aa )) of the Penal Code 1871;


document_id: rta-1961
term: authorised checkpoint
source_provision: s69
definition:
“authorised checkpoint” means any authorised landing place, authorised point of entry, authorised departing place or authorised point of departure declared under section 5 of the Immigration Act 1959;


document_id: rta-1961
term: immigration officer
source_provision: s69
definition:
“immigration officer” means any person appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1959. [Act 2 of 2025 wef 03/10/2025]


document_id: rta-1961
term: authorised analyst
source_provision: s72
definition:
“authorised analyst” means any registered medical practitioner, scientific officer or chemist who is employed in a hospital or laboratory to carry out analyses of blood;


document_id: rta-1961
term: breath analysing device
source_provision: s72
definition:
“breath analysing device” means an instrument or apparatus for ascertainment by analysis of a person’s breath what concentration of alcohol is present in the person’s breath;


document_id: rta-1961
term: police station
source_provision: s72
definition:
“police station” includes any place or conveyance authorised or appointed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police to be used as a police station;


document_id: rta-1961
term: psychoactive substance
source_provision: s72
definition:
“psychoactive substance” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973. [Act 12 of 2023 wef 01/06/2024] [28/2014; 10/2017]


document_id: rta-1961
term: overall height
source_provision: s79
definition:
“overall height” , in relation to a heavy motor vehicle, means the distance between the surface on which the vehicle rests and the highest point of the vehicle, and where it is carrying a load the highest point of its load. [4/2006]


document_id: rta-1961
term: immobilise
source_provision: s123
definition:
“immobilise” , in relation to a vehicle, means to prevent the removal of the vehicle by fixing to the vehicle a device or appliance which is designed or adapted for the purpose of preventing the removal of the vehicle. [24/2010]


document_id: rta-1961
term: non‑compliant personal mobility device
source_provision: s95B
definition:
“non‑compliant personal mobility device” means a personal mobility device the construction, weight or accessories of which do not comply with the requirements as to construction, weight and accessories prescribed under the Active Mobility Act 2017 either for all personal mobility devices generally or for the particular type of that personal mobility device;


document_id: rta-1961
term: non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle
source_provision: s95B
definition:
“non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle” means a power‑assisted bicycle the construction, weight or accessories of which do not comply with the requirements as to construction, weight and accessories prescribed under section 6 or the rules made under that section either for all power‑assisted bicycles generally or for the particular type of that power‑assisted bicycle. [10/2017; 26/2020]


document_id: rta-1961
term: new
source_provision: s103
definition:
“new” , in relation to a public service vehicle licence, does not include the renewal of an existing public service vehicle licence;


document_id: rta-1961
term: service standard condition
source_provision: s103
definition:
“service standard condition” means a code of practice about performance standards relating to the provision of street‑hail services and the quality of other aspects of the provision of a street‑hail service under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;


document_id: rta-1961
term: taxi licence
source_provision: s103
definition:
“taxi licence” means a public service vehicle licence which authorises a motor vehicle to be used as a taxi. [23/2013; 20/2019]


document_id: rta-1961
term: blackout period
source_provision: s110B
definition:
“blackout period” , for a general suspension order, means a period after the general suspension order takes effect, of a duration that is fixed and specified by the Registrar in the order, being a period not exceeding one month;


document_id: rta-1961
term: bookable vehicle
source_provision: s110B
definition:
“bookable vehicle” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;


document_id: rta-1961
term: designated exempt ride‑hail service operator
source_provision: s110B
definition:
“designated exempt ride‑hail service operator” means a person who is an exempt ride‑hail service operator and is prescribed by rules under section 111 to be designated by the Authority for the purposes of this definition;


document_id: rta-1961
term: participating bookable driver
source_provision: s110B
definition:
“participating bookable driver” , for a designated exempt ride-hail service operator, means a driver who has a participating driver agreement with the operator, and it is immaterial whether — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: participating driver agreement
source_provision: s110B
definition:
“participating driver agreement” , in relation to a designated exempt ride‑hail service operator providing a ride-hail service, means an agreement or arrangement between the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator and a driver of a bookable vehicle under which — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: special road
source_provision: s114
definition:
“special road” means any road specified in the rules made under this section to be a special road, and includes any part of a special road;


document_id: rta-1961
term: excluded vehicle
source_provision: s114A
definition:
“excluded vehicle” means a vehicle which is prescribed by rules made under subsection (1) to be an excluded vehicle for the purpose of this section;


document_id: rta-1961
term: expressway
source_provision: s123A
definition:
“expressway” means any road which is prescribed by the Minister by order in the Gazette to be an expressway for the purposes of this section;


document_id: rta-1961
term: parking charges
source_provision: s123A
definition:
“parking charges” means the charges which are fixed or deemed fixed under section 9 of the Parking Places Act 1974 as being payable by the owner of a vehicle for the use of any parking place. [38/2018]


document_id: rta-1961
term: prescribed offence
source_provision: s127A
definition:
“prescribed offence” means any offence under this Act or the rules that is prescribed by the Minister as an offence to which this section applies.


document_id: rta-1961
term: approved person
source_provision: s127B
definition:
“approved person” , in relation to any bus or bus interchange, means any of the following individuals who is authorised by the Authority in writing to exercise any power under this section at or in relation to the bus or bus interchange concerned: ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: bus passenger
source_provision: s127B
definition:
“bus passenger” , in relation to any bus, means an individual carried on board the bus, and includes — ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: entrant
source_provision: s127B
definition:
“entrant” , in relation to any bus interchange, means an individual who is about to enter the bus interchange, and includes an individual who is within the bus interchange, whether or not a bus passenger;


document_id: rta-1961
term: hand‑held scanner
source_provision: s127B
definition:
“hand‑held scanner” means a device that may be passed over or around an individual or an individual’s personal property to detect metal, dangerous objects or explosive or other hazardous substances;


document_id: rta-1961
term: identification card
source_provision: s127B
definition:
“identification card” , in relation to an outsourced enforcement officer, means an identification card issued under section 11(3) of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995 to the officer;


document_id: rta-1961
term: inspecting an article
source_provision: s127B
definition:
“inspecting an article” includes handling the article, opening it and examining or moving its contents;


document_id: rta-1961
term: senior approved person
source_provision: s127B
definition:
“senior approved person” , in relation to any bus or bus interchange, means an approved person who is authorised by the Authority in writing to exercise any power under this section at or in relation to the bus or bus interchange concerned, as follows: ( a )


document_id: rta-1961
term: chosen means of access
source_provision: s131A
definition:
“chosen means of access” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be served a notice, order or document required or authorised to be given or served under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means an electronic means the addressee agrees with the person giving or serving the notice, order or document as the means by which the addressee may access the contents of that notice, order or document;


document_id: rta-1961
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s131A
definition:
“chosen means of notification” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be given or served a notice, order or document required or authorised to be given or served under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means an electronic means that the addressee nominates to the person giving or serving the notice, order or document as the means by which the addressee may be notified that such a notice, order or document has been given or served on the addressee;


document_id: rta-1961
term: email address
source_provision: s131A
definition:
“email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving a notice, order or document as the email address for the service of notices, orders or documents under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act. [38/2018]


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: designated equity interest holder
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated equity interest holder” means an entity that has been designated as a designated equity interest holder under section 21E; [Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025]


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: designated operating entity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated operating entity” means an entity that has been designated as a designated operating entity under section 21E; [Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025]


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: effective designation date
source_provision: s2
definition:
“effective designation date” , in relation to a designated entity, means the date specified under section 21E(3) as the date on which the designation of that entity as a designated operating entity or designated equity interest holder (as the case may be) takes effect; [Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025]


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: land
source_provision: s2
definition:
“land” includes and may, where the context so requires, have any one or more of the following meanings separately: ( a )


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: outsourced enforcement officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“outsourced enforcement officer” , in relation to any provision of this Act or regulations made under this Act, means an individual who — ( a )


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: railway
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway” means a network or system of fixed horizontal rails, tracks, grooves or other guide-ways on, under or above the ground along which a train moves or runs, and includes all tunnels, viaducts, bridges, crossings, stabling yards, depots, stations and other infrastructures constructed or intended to be constructed for any railway and any extensions thereto;


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: railway area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway area” means the land delineated as such in plans and maps prepared under section 3(1) or (3);


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: railway premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway premises” means any area, space or building owned or occupied by the Authority which is designed, equipped or set apart for the carriage of passengers by train or for affording facilities incidental to the carriage of passengers by train (but not any railway commuter facility unless expressly included) and includes any train on such premises;


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: rapid transit system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“rapid transit system” means any railway line, or a combination of 2 or more railway lines, and any part thereof comprised in that line or those lines set up or intended to be set up under this Act to meet the transport requirements of the public and includes the Mass Rapid Transit system set up under the repealed Act;


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the repealed Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Act (Cap. 172, 1988 Revised Edition);


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: train
source_provision: s2
definition:
“train” includes a carriage, tram, car or other vehicle for the carriage of passengers on a railway. [21/2010; 9/2014; 11/2015; 38/2018] [Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025]


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: related corporation
source_provision: s21B
definition:
“related corporation” , in relation to a corporation, means another corporation that is deemed under section 21D(2) to be related to that corporation;


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: approved person
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“approved person” , in relation to any train or railway premises, means any of the following individuals who is authorised by the Authority in writing to exercise any power under this section at or in relation to the train or those railway premises: ( a )


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: entrant
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“entrant” , in relation to any railway premises, means an individual who is about to enter the railway premises, and includes an individual who is within the railway premises, whether or not a train passenger;


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: senior approved person
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“senior approved person” , in relation to any train or railway premises, means an approved person who is authorised by the Authority in writing to exercise any power under this section at or in relation to the train or railway premises concerned, as follows: ( a )


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: train passenger
source_provision: s23A
definition:
“train passenger” , in relation to any train, means an individual carried on board the train, and includes — ( a )


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: small vehicle
source_provision: s23B
definition:
“small vehicle” means a bicycle, power-assisted bicycle, personal mobility device, mobility scooter or wheelchair. [38/2018]


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: chosen means of access
source_provision: s37
definition:
“chosen means of access” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be served a document permitted or required by this Act, or any regulations made under this Act, means an electronic means the addressee agrees with the person giving or serving the document as the means by which the addressee may access that document’s contents;


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s37
definition:
“chosen means of notification” , for an addressee on whom is or is to be served a document permitted or required by this Act, or any regulations made under this Act, means an electronic means that the addressee nominates to the person giving or serving the document as the means by which the addressee may be notified that such a document has been served on the addressee;


document_id: rtsa-1995
term: email address
source_provision: s37
definition:
“email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned as the email address for the service of documents under this Act, or any regulations made under this Act;


document_id: rvspa-1960
term: road
source_provision: s2
definition:
“road” means any public road or any other road, to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;


document_id: sa-1966
term: officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer” means the president, the secretary and members of the committee of a society and includes persons holding positions analogous to those of president, secretary or member of a committee;


document_id: sa-1966
term: political association
source_provision: s2
definition:
“political association” means a political party and includes any society which the Minister may by order declare to be a political association; [Act 28 of 2021 wef 07/07/2022]


document_id: sa-1966
term: registered address
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered address” , in relation to a registered society, means the address of the society that is kept and maintained with the Registrar as the registered address of the society; [Act 34 of 2023 wef 02/05/2024]


document_id: sa-1966
term: society
source_provision: s2
definition:
“society” includes any club, company, partnership or association of 10 or more persons, whatever its nature or object, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: sa-1966
term: last email address
source_provision: s33
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;


document_id: sa-1966
term: residential address
source_provision: s33
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [Act 34 of 2023 wef 02/05/2024]


document_id: sa-1973
term: anonymised microdata
source_provision: s2
definition:
“anonymised microdata” means particulars or information pertaining to any person which is in a form that conceals or protects the identity of that person, whether by presenting the particulars or information in statistical form or otherwise, so that the identity of that person cannot be readily discovered or ascertained from the particulars or information;


document_id: sa-1973
term: public agency
source_provision: s2
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 written law for a public purpose or a member, an officer or an employee thereof;


document_id: sa-1973
term: research and statistics unit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“research and statistics unit” means a research and statistics unit specified in the Second Schedule;


document_id: sa-1973
term: statistical purposes
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statistical purposes” means the compilation of statistics or the preparation of anonymised microdata relating to any subject matter listed in the First Schedule.


document_id: safa-1972
term: aircraft
source_provision: s2
definition:
“aircraft” means any machine for flying whether propelled by mechanical means or not and includes any description of balloon;


document_id: safa-1972
term: arms
source_provision: s2
definition:
“arms” includes parts and accessories of arms, ammunition, explosives whether encased or not and instruments used as aids to operation or adjustment of arms, whether the arms are serviceable or not;


document_id: safa-1972
term: before the enemy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“before the enemy” , in relation to a person, means that the person is in action against the enemy or about to go into action against the enemy or is under attack or threat of imminent attack by the enemy;


document_id: safa-1972
term: civil court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civil court” means a court of ordinary criminal jurisdiction constituted under any written law in force relating to courts;


document_id: safa-1972
term: civil offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civil offence” means an offence punishable under any written law in force other than a military offence;


document_id: safa-1972
term: commander
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commander” , in relation to any person subject to military law, means an officer of or above the rank of captain or a senior military expert for the time being commanding a unit or units or part of a unit of the Singapore Armed Forces;


document_id: safa-1972
term: detention barracks
source_provision: s2
definition:
“detention barracks” means any building or part of a building which is set apart by the Armed Forces Council for the purpose of persons serving sentences of detention;


document_id: safa-1972
term: Director, Legal Services of the Singapore Armed Forces
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director, Legal Services of the Singapore Armed Forces” means the person appointed by the Armed Forces Council under section 82(5)( a );


document_id: safa-1972
term: disciplinary barrack
source_provision: s2
definition:
“disciplinary barrack” means any premises or place set apart by the Armed Forces Council for the purposes of persons serving sentences of special detention in a disciplinary barrack;


document_id: safa-1972
term: disciplinary officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“disciplinary officer” means a junior disciplinary officer, a senior disciplinary officer and a superior commander each being qualified to be such or being designated as such pursuant to the provisions of Part 4 and includes a Service Chief and the Chief of Defence Force;


document_id: safa-1972
term: enemy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“enemy” includes persons engaged in violent operations against the Singapore Armed Forces, armed mutineers, armed rebels, armed rioters or pirates;


document_id: safa-1972
term: general courts martial panel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“general courts martial panel” means the panel appointed by the convening authority under section 80A;


document_id: safa-1972
term: general orders
source_provision: s2
definition:
“general orders” includes orders of the Armed Forces Council, General Orders of the Ministry of Defence, standing orders, routine orders and other general orders published in writing in accordance with military usage;


document_id: safa-1972
term: military custody
source_provision: s2
definition:
“military custody” means any place designated by the Armed Forces Council pursuant to regulations made under this Act which according to military usage is used for keeping offenders under arrest awaiting trial or on remand;


document_id: safa-1972
term: military documents
source_provision: s2
definition:
“military documents” includes reports, certificates, returns, pay lists, forms and any other documents in use in the Singapore Armed Forces;


document_id: safa-1972
term: military prison
source_provision: s2
definition:
“military prison” means any building or part of a building under the control of the Armed Forces Council which is set apart by the Armed Forces Council for the purpose of persons serving sentences of imprisonment;


document_id: safa-1972
term: non-uniformed serviceman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-uniformed serviceman” means a regular serviceman who is not required under the serviceman’s terms of service to wear military uniform;


document_id: safa-1972
term: officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer” means a person appointed by the President of Singapore or the proper authority to hold the rank of officer in the Singapore Armed Forces and includes any person commissioned as an officer under any written law that is repealed by this Act;


document_id: safa-1972
term: publication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“publication” includes all written or printed matter and everything whether of a nature similar to written or printed matter or not containing any visible representation or by its form, shape or in any other manner capable of suggesting words or ideas, and every copy and reproduction or substantial reproduction of any publication; [Act 30 of 2021 wef 02/11/2022]


document_id: safa-1972
term: registrar for subordinate military courts
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registrar for subordinate military courts” means the person appointed by the Armed Forces Council as registrar for subordinate military courts under section 82(5)( c );


document_id: safa-1972
term: Service Chief
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Service Chief” means the Chief of Air Force, the Chief of Army, the Chief of Navy or the Chief of Digital and Intelligence Service; [Act 24 of 2022 wef 28/10/2022]


document_id: safa-1972
term: serviceman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“serviceman” means an officer, a soldier, a military expert or a non‑uniformed serviceman of the Singapore Armed Forces, and includes a servicewoman;


document_id: safa-1972
term: Singapore Armed Forces property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Armed Forces property” includes property in the possession, control or occupancy of the Singapore Armed Forces;


document_id: safa-1972
term: soldier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“soldier” means any person, other than an officer, a senior military expert or a non‑uniformed serviceman, who is a member of the Singapore Armed Forces, and includes any such person who is a servicewoman;


document_id: safa-1972
term: subordinate military courts
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subordinate military courts” means general courts martial and field general courts martial from the decisions of which by reason of this Act there is a right of appeal to the Military Court of Appeal;


document_id: safa-1972
term: volunteer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“volunteer” means a person accepted by the proper authority as a volunteer in the Singapore Armed Forces;


document_id: safa-1972
term: warrant officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“warrant officer” means a person appointed by the Armed Forces Council or the proper authority to hold the rank of warrant officer in the Singapore Armed Forces; [17/2004; 28/2009] [Act 30 of 2021 wef 02/11/2022]


document_id: safa-1972
term: words
source_provision: s2
definition:
“words” includes any phrase, sentence or other consecutive number or combination of words, oral or written. [Act 30 of 2021 wef 02/11/2022]


document_id: safa-1972
term: authorised composition officer
source_provision: s60
definition:
“authorised composition officer” means a serviceman authorised to compound offences under section 79A(1); [Act 24 of 2022 wef 28/10/2022]


document_id: safa-1972
term: detachment
source_provision: s60
definition:
“detachment” means a part of a unit so separated from the unit to which it belongs that the senior disciplinary officer of that unit cannot effectively exercise his or her disciplinary powers over it;


document_id: safa-1972
term: formation
source_provision: s60
definition:
“formation” means a brigade or its equivalent in the navy, air force or digital and intelligence service, or any equivalent body of servicemen; [Act 24 of 2022 wef 28/10/2022]


document_id: safa-1972
term: junior disciplinary officer
source_provision: s60
definition:
“junior disciplinary officer” means, except where otherwise expressly provided, any officer, warrant officer or military expert of or above the rank of ME3 — ( a )


document_id: safa-1972
term: unit
source_provision: s60
definition:
“unit” means a battalion or its equivalent in the navy, air force or digital and intelligence service, or any equivalent body of servicemen. [28/2009] [Act 24 of 2022 wef 28/10/2022]


document_id: safa-1972
term: controlled drug
source_provision: s99
definition:
“controlled drug” , “controlled substance” and “psychoactive substance” have the meanings given by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973; [Act 12 of 2023 wef 01/06/2024]


document_id: safa-1972
term: Health Sciences Authority
source_provision: s99
definition:
“Health Sciences Authority” means the Health Sciences Authority established under section 3 of the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001; [Act 12 of 2023 wef 01/06/2024]


document_id: safa-1972
term: Home Team Science and Technology Agency
source_provision: s99
definition:
“Home Team Science and Technology Agency” means the Home Team Science and Technology Agency established by section 3 of the Home Team Science and Technology Agency Act 2019. [16/2016] [Act 12 of 2023 wef 01/06/2024]


document_id: safa-1972
term: default limitation period
source_provision: s111
definition:
“default limitation period” means the period of 3 years after the later of the dates mentioned in subsection (1)( a ) and ( b );


document_id: safa-1972
term: related civil offence
source_provision: s111
definition:
“related civil offence” , in relation to a person alleged to have committed an offence triable under this Act, means an alleged civil offence, whether alleged to have been committed by that person or another person, arising from the same factual matrix as the alleged offence triable under this Act, which, if tried in a civil court, may result in a finding by the civil court that has a material relevance to a finding at a trial by a subordinate military court of that person for the alleged offence triable under this Act. [Act 24 of 2022 wef 28/10/2022]


document_id: safa-1972
term: Bail Officer
source_provision: s182A
definition:
“Bail Officer” means any officer or senior military expert appointed by the Armed Forces Council under section 182AA(1) to exercise the power to release a person subject to military law on bail or bond; [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025]


document_id: safa-1972
term: property
source_provision: s197
definition:
“property” means public money or other public property in the possession or under the charge of the Singapore Armed Forces.


document_id: safa-1972
term: infrastructure
source_provision: s201A
definition:
“infrastructure” includes physical facilities, supply chains, information technologies and communication networks or systems. [25/2007]


document_id: sala-1988
term: advocate and solicitor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court but excludes any person admitted ad hoc under section 15 of the Legal Profession Act 1966;


document_id: sala-1988
term: Institute
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Institute” means the Singapore Institute of Legal Education established under section 3 of the Legal Profession Act 1966;


document_id: sala-1988
term: Law Society
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Law Society” means the Law Society of Singapore established under section 37 of the Legal Profession Act 1966;


document_id: sala-1988
term: lawyer (NP)
source_provision: s2
definition:
“lawyer (NP)” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966; [Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/04/2025]


document_id: sala-1988
term: vice-president
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vice-president” means a vice‑president of the Academy. [20/2007; 20/2009; 8/2011; 42/2014; 40/2019]


document_id: sbfa-2001
term: Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Board” means the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Business Federation mentioned in its Constitution;


document_id: sbfa-2001
term: Constitution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Constitution” , in relation to the Singapore Business Federation, means the instrument constituting the Singapore Business Federation and containing the rules thereof, and subject to which the Federation is registered under the Societies Act 1966;


document_id: sbfa-2001
term: foreign chambers of commerce and industry
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign chambers of commerce and industry” means any organisation in Singapore which represents the interests of persons from a foreign country, or any region or part of a foreign country, who are carrying on business in Singapore;


document_id: sbfa-2001
term: foreign company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign company” means a foreign company which is registered under Division 2 of Part 11 of the Companies Act 1967 or under any corresponding previous written law;


document_id: sbfa-2001
term: local company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“local company” means a company incorporated under Division 1 of Part 3 of the Companies Act 1967 or under any corresponding previous written law;


document_id: sbfa-2001
term: rules
source_provision: s2
definition:
“rules” , in relation to the Singapore Business Federation, has the meaning given by section 11(3) of the Societies Act 1966;


document_id: sbfa-2001
term: Singapore Business Federation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Business Federation” means the society registered under the Societies Act 1966 by that name, and “Federation” is to be construed accordingly.


document_id: sbia-1990
term: governing board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“governing board” means a governing board constituted by an order made by the Minister under section 3(1) for the purpose of conducting a school named in the order;


document_id: sbtsa-1968
term: statutory board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory board” includes a public telecommunication licensee referred to in the Telecommunications Act 1999, a gas licensee under the Gas Act 2001 and a market support services licensee under the Electricity Act 2001;


document_id: sca-1970
term: action
source_provision: s2
definition:
“action” means a civil proceeding commenced by summons or in any other manner prescribed by Rules of Court;


document_id: sca-1970
term: commissioner for oaths
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commissioner for oaths” means a commissioner for oaths appointed under section 68 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969;


document_id: sca-1970
term: Magistrate’s Court limit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Magistrate’s Court limit” means $60,000 or any other amount specified by an order under section 52(3);


document_id: sca-1970
term: newspaper
source_provision: s7
definition:
“newspaper” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act 1974. [19/2018]


document_id: sca-2007
term: dictionary attack
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dictionary attack” means the method by which the electronic address of a recipient is obtained using an automated means that generates possible electronic addresses by combining names, letters, numbers, punctuation marks or symbols into numerous permutations;


document_id: sca-2007
term: electronic address
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic address” means an email address, an instant messaging account or a mobile telephone number to which an electronic message can be sent;


document_id: sca-2007
term: instant messaging service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“instant messaging service” means a messaging service that allows a user to exchange messages with other users who are using the service concurrently;


document_id: sca-2007
term: Internet access service provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Internet access service provider” means a person who provides a service to give the public access to the Internet;


document_id: sca-2007
term: recipient
source_provision: s2
definition:
“recipient” , in relation to an electronic message, means an authorised user of the electronic address to whom the message is sent, and where a recipient of an electronic message has one or more electronic addresses in addition to the address to which the message was sent, the recipient is treated as a separate recipient with respect to each such address;


document_id: sca-2007
term: sender
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sender” , in relation to an electronic message, means a person who sends the message, causes the message to be sent, or authorises the sending of the message;


document_id: sca-2007
term: unsubscribe request
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unsubscribe request” means a request by a recipient of an electronic message, requesting the sender to stop sending any further electronic messages to the recipient’s electronic address. [22/2016; 40/2020]


document_id: scarta-2013
term: de facto partner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“de facto partner” , in relation to a gestational mother (whether married or not) at a given point in time, means the man (if any) with whom the gestational mother is living in a relationship as if he were her spouse at that point in time;


document_id: scarta-2013
term: egg
source_provision: s2
definition:
“egg” means a live human egg and includes the cells of the female germ line at any stage of maturity but, except in the definition of “embryo”, does not include an egg that is in the process of fertilisation or undergoing any other process capable of resulting in an embryo;


document_id: scarta-2013
term: embryo
source_provision: s2
definition:
“embryo” means a live human embryo and includes an egg that is in the process of fertilisation or undergoing any other process capable of resulting in an embryo;


document_id: scarta-2013
term: sperm
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sperm” means live human sperm and includes the cells of the male germ line at any stage of maturity. [40/2019]


document_id: scca-1970
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 4 and includes any temporary Chairperson so appointed;


document_id: scca-1970
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: scca-1970
term: Deputy Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Chairperson” means the Deputy Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 4 and includes any temporary Deputy Chairperson so appointed;


document_id: scccfa-1989
term: expenditure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“expenditure” means all expenses properly incurred by a specified statutory corporation in performing its functions and duties;


document_id: scccfa-1989
term: funds
source_provision: s2
definition:
“funds” includes all general and special funds and reserves under the control or management of a specified statutory corporation, other than funds created for the accounting of moneys which are subject to a trust;


document_id: scccfa-1989
term: revenue
source_provision: s2
definition:
“revenue” includes all moneys received by or accruing to a specified statutory corporation other than moneys subject to a trust;


document_id: scccfa-1989
term: specified statutory corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified statutory corporation” means any of the organisations, authorities or corporations specified in the Schedule.


document_id: scja-1969
term: Family Division of the High Court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Family Division of the High Court” means the Family Division of the High Court constituted under section 4 of the Family Justice Act 2014;


document_id: scja-1969
term: Judge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Judge” means a Supreme Court Judge, a Judicial Commissioner, a Senior Judge or an International Judge, and — ( a )


document_id: scja-1969
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Supreme Court and includes the Deputy Registrar and the Assistant Registrars;


document_id: scja-1969
term: subordinate court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subordinate court” means a court constituted under the State Courts Act 1970, a Family Court or Youth Court constituted under the Family Justice Act 2014, and any other court, tribunal or judicial or quasi‑judicial body from the decisions of which under any written law there is a right of appeal to the Supreme Court;


document_id: scja-1969
term: Supreme Court Judge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Supreme Court Judge” means the Chief Justice, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, a Judge of the Appellate Division or a Judge of the High Court. [5/2014; 27/2014; 42/2014; 40/2019]


document_id: scja-1969
term: newspaper
source_provision: s8
definition:
“newspaper” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act 1974. [19/2018] [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]


document_id: scja-1969
term: international settlement agreement
source_provision: s17
definition:
“international settlement agreement” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020;


document_id: scja-1969
term: mediated settlement agreement
source_provision: s17
definition:
“mediated settlement agreement” and “mediation” have the meanings given by the Mediation Act 2017. [4/2020]


document_id: scja-1969
term: Syariah Court
source_provision: s17A
definition:
“Syariah Court” means the Syariah Court constituted under the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966;


document_id: scja-1969
term: Syariah Court commencement certificate
source_provision: s17A
definition:
“Syariah Court commencement certificate” means a commencement certificate issued by the Syariah Court under section 35A(4) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966;


document_id: scja-1969
term: Syariah Court continuation certificate
source_provision: s17A
definition:
“Syariah Court continuation certificate” means a continuation certificate issued by the Syariah Court under section 35A(4) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966.


document_id: scja-1969
term: application for review permission
source_provision: s60F
definition:
“application for review permission” means an application for permission to make a review application;


document_id: scja-1969
term: Judge of the Court of Appeal
source_provision: s60F
definition:
“Judge of the Court of Appeal” means a Judge sitting in the Court of Appeal in accordance with this Act and the Constitution;


document_id: scja-1969
term: post-appeal application in a capital case
source_provision: s60F
definition:
“post-appeal application in a capital case” or “PACC application” means any application (not being a review application) — ( a )


document_id: scja-1969
term: President’s order
source_provision: s60F
definition:
“President’s order” , in relation to a PACP, means the order of the President under section 313(1)( f ) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 stating that the sentence of death is to be carried out against the PACP;


document_id: scja-1969
term: review application
source_provision: s60F
definition:
“review application” means a review application within the meaning of section 394F of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 where the application is to review an earlier decision of the Court of Appeal relating to the offence for which the sentence of death was imposed on a PACP. [Act 41 of 2022 wef 28/06/2024]


document_id: scma-2020
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the Singapore Convention on Mediation, opened for signature on 7 August 2019 in Singapore, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule;


document_id: scma-2020
term: international settlement agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international settlement agreement” means a settlement agreement to which this Act applies under section 3;


document_id: scma-2020
term: mediation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mediation” means a process (whether referred to by the expression “mediation” or “conciliation” or any term of similar import) — ( a )


document_id: scma-2020
term: settlement agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“settlement agreement” means an agreement resulting from mediation and concluded in writing by the parties to the mediation to resolve a commercial dispute.


document_id: scpa-1979
term: building
source_provision: s2
definition:
“building” includes any completed building, or any building partially completed or to be erected, and intended for any strata subdivision as shown in a development plan approved by the relevant competent authority under the Planning Act 1998 or is comprised in one or more lots as shown in a strata title plan lodged with the Registrar of Titles;


document_id: scpa-1979
term: building project
source_provision: s2
definition:
“building project” means a building project consisting of any commercial property; [Act 54 of 2018 wef 28/06/2023]


document_id: scpa-1979
term: commercial property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commercial property” 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, and is intended for use in accordance with the provisions of any written law as a complete and separate unit for any purpose other than a residential purpose;


document_id: scpa-1979
term: Controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Controller” means the Controller of Housing appointed under section 3 of the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act 1965;


document_id: scpa-1979
term: developer
source_provision: s8
definition:
“developer” means any person who has obtained the approval of the competent authority to develop any land pursuant to the Planning Act 1998 and includes the person’s executors and administrators, successors‑in‑title or assigns;


document_id: scpa-1979
term: land
source_provision: s2
definition:
“land” includes land of any tenure, any building or part thereof, so much of the airspace above the surface as may be reasonably used or enjoyed by any proprietor, and so much of the subterranean space below the surface as is reasonably necessary for the use and enjoyment of the land, whether or not held apart from the surface, and any estate or interest therein;


document_id: scpa-1979
term: strata title plan
source_provision: s2
definition:
“strata title plan” means a plan of registered land showing strata subdivision of any building into 2 or more lots and contains the particulars prescribed by section 10 of the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;


document_id: scpa-1979
term: stratum
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stratum” means any part of land consisting of a space of any shape below, on or above the surface of the land, or partly below and partly above the surface of the land, the dimensions of which are delineated; [Act 54 of 2018 wef 28/06/2023]


document_id: scpa-1979
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. [3/98; 11/2015] [Act 54 of 2018 wef 28/06/2023] [Act 15 of 2025 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: screa-1975
term: Corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Corporation” means the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises established under section 3(1);


document_id: screa-1975
term: inmate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inmate” means a person who is detained in any approved institution under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 or in such other institution or place as may be prescribed;


document_id: screa-1975
term: prison officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prison officer” means any Chief Rehabilitation Officer, Principal Rehabilitation Officer, warder or other subordinate officer;


document_id: screa-1975
term: prisoner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre. [23/87; 5/2018; 2/2020]


document_id: scta-1984
term: claimant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“claimant” means a person who lodges a claim with a tribunal and includes any person who becomes a party to the proceedings on any claim in the capacity of a claimant;


document_id: scta-1984
term: court‑appointed mediator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court‑appointed mediator” means an individual who is appointed by the Presiding Judge of the State Courts to be a mediator for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: scta-1984
term: prescribed extended limit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed extended limit” means $30,000 or such other sum as the Minister may, after consultation with the Chief Justice, prescribe by order in the Gazette ;


document_id: scta-1984
term: prescribed limit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed limit” means $20,000 or such other sum as the Minister may, after consultation with the Chief Justice, prescribe by order in the Gazette ;


document_id: scta-1984
term: respondent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“respondent” means any person against whom a claim is made and any person who becomes a party to the proceedings on any claim in the capacity of a respondent;


document_id: scta-1984
term: tribunal magistrate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tribunal magistrate” means a tribunal magistrate designated under section 4(2) or appointed under section 4(3)( a );


document_id: scta-1984
term: work order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“work order” means an order to rectify a defect in goods or any damage to property, or to make good any deficiency in the performance of services, by doing such work or attending to such matters (including the replacement of goods or parts thereof) as may be specified in the order. [5/2014; 33/2018]


document_id: sda-1929
term: conveyance on sale
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance on sale” includes every instrument and every decree or order of any court, by which any property, or any estate or interest in any property, upon the sale thereof is transferred to or vested in a purchaser or any other person on the purchaser’s behalf or by the purchaser’s direction;


document_id: sda-1929
term: duty
source_provision: s70
definition:
“duty” includes any penalty or any other money which a person is liable to pay to the Commissioner under this Act;


document_id: sda-1929
term: equitable mortgage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“equitable mortgage” means an agreement or a memorandum under hand only, relating to the deposit of any title deeds or instruments constituting or being evidence of the title to any property whatever (other than stock or marketable securities), or creating a charge on such property;


document_id: sda-1929
term: executed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executed” and “execution”, used with reference to instruments not under seal, mean “signed” and “signature”;


document_id: sda-1929
term: limited liability partnership
source_provision: s15
definition:
“limited liability partnership” has the meaning given by the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 and includes any similar partnership formed or incorporated outside Singapore;


document_id: sda-1929
term: marketable security
source_provision: s2
definition:
“marketable security” means a security of such a description as to be capable of being sold or negotiated in any stock market;


document_id: sda-1929
term: mortgage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mortgage” means a security by way of mortgage for the payment of any definite and certain sum of money advanced or lent at the time, or previously due or forborne to be paid, being payable, or for the repayment of money to be thereafter lent, advanced or paid, or which may become due upon an account current, together with any sum already advanced or due, or without (as the case may be), and includes — ( a )


document_id: sda-1929
term: proper officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“proper officer” means the Commissioner and such other officer as may be authorised by the Commissioner to impress stamps or to issue stamp certificates;


document_id: sda-1929
term: settlement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“settlement” means any non‑testamentary disposition in writing whether made voluntarily or upon a good or valuable consideration other than a bona fide pecuniary consideration by which any definite and certain property is settled, or agreed to be settled, in any manner for any purpose;


document_id: sda-1929
term: stamp certificate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stamp certificate” means a certificate that is issued electronically in respect of any instrument chargeable with duty denoting the amount of duty payable in respect of that instrument or that the duty otherwise chargeable in respect of that instrument is remitted;


document_id: sda-1929
term: stock
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stock” includes any share in the capital stock or funded debt of a company, corporation, society or VCC in Singapore or elsewhere and stocks or funds of the Government or of any other government or country;


document_id: sda-1929
term: VCC Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“VCC Act” means the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018. [33/99; 36/2008; 37/2018; 28/2019; 40/2019]


document_id: sda-1929
term: statutory body
source_provision: s15
definition:
“statutory body” means any body corporate established by any written law. [36/2008; 23/2011; 29/2014]


document_id: sda-1929
term: financial year
source_provision: s15A
definition:
“financial year” , in relation to a company, means the period in respect of which any profit and loss account of the company laid before it in general meeting is made up, whether that period is a year or not;


document_id: sda-1929
term: FRS 28
source_provision: s15A
definition:
“FRS 28” , “SFRS(I) 1‑28” and “SFRS for Small Entities” mean the financial reporting standards known respectively as — ( a )


document_id: sda-1929
term: Singapore company
source_provision: s15A
definition:
“Singapore company” means a company incorporated in Singapore and resident in Singapore within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Income Tax Act 1947. [28/2010; 2/2016; 32/2019]


document_id: sda-1929
term: public authority
source_provision: s22
definition:
“public authority” means the Housing and Development Board constituted by the Housing and Development Act 1959 or the Jurong Town Corporation constituted by the Jurong Town Corporation Act 1968;


document_id: sda-1929
term: Strata Titles Board
source_provision: s22
definition:
“Strata Titles Board” means a Strata Titles Board constituted under the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004. [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] [13/2010]


document_id: sda-1929
term: child
source_provision: s23
definition:
“child” , in relation to a person, means a legitimate child or stepchild of the person or a child adopted by the person in accordance with any written law relating to adoption;


document_id: sda-1929
term: effective date
source_provision: s23
definition:
“effective date” means the most recent date on which this section and sections 23A, 23B and 23C come into operation;


document_id: sda-1929
term: prescribed immovable property
source_provision: s23
definition:
“prescribed immovable property” means the type of immovable property prescribed as prescribed immovable property by the section 23 Order;


document_id: sda-1929
term: section 23 Order
source_provision: s23
definition:
“section 23 Order” means the order made under section 23D bringing this section and sections 23A, 23B and 23C into operation;


document_id: sda-1929
term: share
source_provision: s23
definition:
“share” , in relation to a partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership, means — ( a )


document_id: sda-1929
term: Registrar
source_provision: s31
definition:
“Registrar” has the meaning given by the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005. [29/2014; 35/2014]


document_id: sda-1929
term: electronic
source_provision: s59
definition:
“electronic” and “electronic record” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010; Example


document_id: sda-1929
term: electronic signature
source_provision: s59
definition:
“electronic signature” means any electronic method used to identify a person and to indicate the person’s intention in respect of the information contained in an electronic record. [37/2018]


document_id: sda-1929
term: joint account
source_provision: s70
definition:
“joint account” means any account in the names of 2 or more persons but excludes any partnership account, trust account and any account where a minor is one of the account holders.


document_id: sda-1999
term: drainage works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“drainage works” includes any engineering works for the construction, alteration and maintenance of any stormwater drainage system;


document_id: sda-1999
term: earth retaining structure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“earth retaining structure” means any structure, structural system or other means used to maintain the shape of excavation to enable the access to, repair of or replacement of a sewerage system or part thereof; [Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025]


document_id: sda-1999
term: fittings
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fittings” means any apparatus or parts used for any sanitary facility or drain‑line of any premises;


document_id: sda-1999
term: flood protection measure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“flood protection measure” means any measure or system, or any specification required for any premises, for the purpose of — ( a )


document_id: sda-1999
term: industrial water
source_provision: s2
definition:
“industrial water” means any water reclaimed from the sewage treatment works for use in industries that do not require high grade potable water;


document_id: sda-1999
term: licensed plumber
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed plumber” means an individual who holds a plumber’s licence as defined in section 2 of the Public Utilities Act 2001;


document_id: sda-1999
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any premises, includes any person having the charge, management or control of the premises or any part thereof;


document_id: sda-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 or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained under statutory authority or not;


document_id: sda-1999
term: reservoir
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reservoir” means a body of water maintained as a reservoir by the Board in any Catchment Area Park or Central Water Catchment Area (as defined in regulations made under section 72 of the Public Utilities Act 2001); [Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025]


document_id: sda-1999
term: sanitary appliances
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sanitary appliances” includes washbasins, bathtubs, sinks, urinals, toilet bowls, bidets and other similar fixtures;


document_id: sda-1999
term: sanitary facilities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sanitary facilities” includes bathrooms, toilets, facilities for washing and sanitary appliances, together with the associated pipework, whether above or below the ground, which connect, directly or otherwise, to a private sewage treatment plant or a public sewerage system;


document_id: sda-1999
term: sewerage system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sewerage system” means a system of sewers, pipes, drain-lines, pumping systems, sumps, tanks, flow control systems, sensors, odour control and ventilating systems, chambers, manholes, sewage treatment systems or water reclamation facilities, or other appurtenances, for use in connection with one or both of the following purposes: ( a )


document_id: sda-1999
term: sewerage works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sewerage works” includes engineering works for the construction, alteration and maintenance of any sewerage system or any part thereof; [Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025]


document_id: sda-1999
term: stormwater drainage system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stormwater drainage system” means a system of drains for the conveyance or storage of stormwater and includes — ( a )


document_id: sda-1999
term: trade effluent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trade effluent” means any liquid, including particles of matter and other substances in suspension in the liquid, which is the outflow from any trade, business or manufacture or of any works of engineering or building construction;


document_id: sda-1999
term: works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“works” has the same meaning as “building works” in the Building Control Act 1989 and includes sewerage works, drainage works and sanitary works. [Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025] [*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]


document_id: sda-1999
term: conveyance
source_provision: s18
definition:
“conveyance” includes any vessel, train, aircraft, vehicle or trailer, and any fixed or floating platform in a marine environment;


document_id: sda-1999
term: mobile toilet
source_provision: s18
definition:
“mobile toilet” means a sanitary convenience which is not part of a sewerage system, including a sanitary convenience which is mobile or in a conveyance.


document_id: sdca-1972
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Corporation, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: sdca-1972
term: float
source_provision: s2
definition:
“float” means any floating structure normally used as a point of transfer for passengers and goods and for mooring purposes;


document_id: sdca-1972
term: Marina Superintendent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Marina Superintendent” means the Marina Superintendent appointed under section 26 and includes any Deputy or Assistant Marina Superintendent appointed under that section;


document_id: sdca-1972
term: marine facilities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“marine facilities” means facilities either owned by the Corporation or any lessee of any land in Sentosa that are intended primarily to be used by or for the service of vessels (including floats, ramps, hoists, parking areas, leased water areas, concessions and service facilities) located on land in Sentosa or in the waters and waterways of Sentosa;


document_id: sdca-1972
term: master
source_provision: s2
definition:
“master” , in relation to a vessel, means any person having or taking command, charge or management of the vessel for the time being;


document_id: sdca-1972
term: owner
source_provision: s19
definition:
“owner” , in relation to any immovable property, means the person for the time being receiving the rent for the immovable property, whether on the person’s own account or as agent or trustee for any other person or as receiver, or who would receive the rent if it were let to a tenant, and includes the person whose name is or will be entered in the Valuation List maintained by the Comptroller of Property Tax under the Property Tax Act 1960 as the owner of the immovable property;


document_id: sdca-1972
term: Sentosa
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Sentosa” means all that part of the island known as Sentosa which was transferred to and vested in the Corporation on 1 September 1972 by virtue of section 41, the bridge known as Gateway Avenue linking Sentosa and the main island of Singapore and any land reclaimed from the foreshore of Sentosa which is transferred to or leased by the State to the Corporation;


document_id: sdca-1972
term: vessel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vessel” means every description of vessel however propelled or moved and includes any thing constructed or used to carry persons or goods by water and a seaplane on or in the water, a hovercraft and a hydrofoil vessel;


document_id: sdca-1972
term: waterways
source_provision: s2
definition:
“waterways” means any area of the waters of Sentosa providing access from one place to another, principally a water area providing a regular route for waterborne traffic.


document_id: sdca-1972
term: resort area
source_provision: s19
definition:
“resort area” means all that part of Sentosa which is designated by the Corporation, from time to time by notice in the Gazette , as the resort area for the purposes of this Part.


document_id: sdca-1972
term: public authority
source_provision: s25
definition:
“public authority” means the Government, the Collector of Land Revenue, the Comptroller of Property Tax and any other person, corporation or body, authorised or empowered by any written law to attach, sell or acquire land compulsorily;


document_id: sdla-1979
term: authorised person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised person” means an authorised person appointed by the Agency under section 14A(1); [Act 4 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: sdla-1979
term: document
source_provision: s2
definition:
“document” means any thing (in whatever form) in which information or material of any description is recorded or stored, and includes any tape, disk or other storage device or medium; [Act 4 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: sdla-1979
term: employee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employee” , in relation to a month, means an employee rendering in that month services wholly or partly in Singapore and an employee who is on leave during that month where such leave is attributable to services rendered wholly or partly in Singapore in any previous month, but does not include any domestic servant, gardener or chauffeur, wholly and exclusively employed by an individual otherwise than in connection with his or her trade, business, profession or vocation;


document_id: sdla-1979
term: employer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employer” means any person who pays or is liable to pay any wages to an employee; [Act 4 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: sdla-1979
term: inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inspector” means an inspector appointed by the Agency under section 14A(2); [Act 4 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: sdla-1979
term: statutory authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory authority” means a body corporate established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but excludes a Town Council constituted under the Town Councils Act 1988; [Act 4 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: sdla-1979
term: sub-fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sub-fund” , “umbrella VCC” and “variable capital company” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the VCC Act;


document_id: sdla-1979
term: VCC Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“VCC Act” means the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018; [24/2016; S 461/2020] [Act 4 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: sdla-1979
term: wages
source_provision: s2
definition:
“wages” means the remuneration in money, including any bonus, due or granted to a person in respect of the person’s employment but does not include such payments as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette , specify. [Act 4 of 2023 wef 15/06/2023]


document_id: sea-1934
term: court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court” means the General Division of the High Court or a Judge sitting in open court in the General Division of the High Court;


document_id: sea-1934
term: settlement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“settlement” means any statute, deed, agreement, will or other instrument, or any number of such instruments, under or by virtue of which any immovable property, or any estates or interests therein, stand limited to, or in trust for, any person or persons, by way of succession, including any such instruments affecting the estates of any one or more of such persons exclusively. [40/2019]


document_id: seaba-2003
term: assessment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“assessment” means any test, examination or other method of assessing the level of proficiency, aptitude, skill, knowledge or understanding of a person in any subject matter, other than any of the national examinations;


document_id: seaba-2003
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board, and includes a temporary Chairperson of the Board;


document_id: seaba-2003
term: Examinations Division
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Examinations Division” means the department in the Ministry of Education known as the Examinations Division;


document_id: sfa-1973
term: advertisement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“advertisement” means any of the following where used or apparently used to promote, directly or indirectly, the sale of food: ( a )


document_id: sfa-1973
term: authorised analyst
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised analyst” means any person appointed by the Director‑General to be an authorised analyst under section 3(3);


document_id: sfa-1973
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means the Director‑General and any person appointed by the Director‑General to be an authorised officer under section 3(2);


document_id: sfa-1973
term: food contact article
source_provision: s2
definition:
“food contact article” means the whole or any part of any utensil, machinery, instrument, device, apparatus, container, appliance or article that is used, or that is designed or intended for use, in or in connection with the handling of food, but does not include any pipe, water fitting, apparatus or appliance used for the supply of water by the Public Utilities Board;


document_id: sfa-1973
term: food premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“food premises” means any premises at, on or from which food is sold, or handled with the intention that it be sold, and includes — ( a )


document_id: sfa-1973
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” , 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 goods 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: sfa-1973
term: importer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“importer” , in relation to an imported article, includes any person who, whether as owner, consignor, consignee, agent or broker, is in possession of the article or is in any way entitled to the custody or control of the article;


document_id: sfa-1973
term: insanitary conditions
source_provision: s2
definition:
“insanitary conditions” means such conditions or circumstances as might contaminate any food with dirt or filth or render the same injurious to health or unfit for human consumption;


document_id: sfa-1973
term: label
source_provision: s2
definition:
“label” includes any tag, brand, mark or statement in writing or any representation or design or other descriptive matter on or attached to or used or displayed in connection with or accompanying any food or package containing food;


document_id: sfa-1973
term: meat
source_provision: s2
definition:
“meat” includes any part of slaughtered poultry, bovine animal, ovine animal, caprine animal, porcine animal, game or other animal, that is intended for human consumption;


document_id: sfa-1973
term: primary food production
source_provision: s2
definition:
“primary food production” means the growing, raising, cultivation, picking, harvesting, collection or catching of food, and includes the following: ( a )


document_id: sfa-1973
term: primary food production business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“primary food production business” means a business or an undertaking or activity that involves, in whole or part, primary food production;


document_id: sfa-1973
term: retail food business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“retail food business” means a business or an undertaking or activity at a food establishment within the meaning of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987 which is used for a purpose specified in the First Schedule to that Act;


document_id: sfa-1973
term: statutory authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory authority” means a body corporate established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, and includes a Town Council;


document_id: sfa-1973
term: vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vehicle” means any means of transport, whether self-propelled or not, and whether used on land or sea or in the air, such as an aircraft, a vessel, train, motor vehicle or personal mobility device. [48/2017; 11/2019]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: appointed representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“appointed representative” , in respect of a type of regulated activity, has the meaning given by section 99D, and “appointed representative” means an appointed representative in respect of any type of regulated activity;


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


document_id: sfa-2001
term: approved exchange
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved exchange” means a corporation that is approved by the Authority under section 9(1)( a ) as an approved exchange;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: approved holding company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved holding company” means a corporation that is approved by the Authority under section 81W as an approved holding company;


document_id: sfa-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 and, in Division 1 of Part 13, when used in relation to an entity not being a company, includes — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: authorised benchmark administrator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised benchmark administrator” means a corporation that is authorised by the Authority under section 123F(1) as an authorised benchmark administrator;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: authorised benchmark submitter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised benchmark submitter” means a corporation that is authorised by the Authority under section 123ZE(1) as an authorised benchmark submitter;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: business rules
source_provision: s2
definition:
“business rules” , in relation to an approved holding company, an approved exchange, a recognised market operator, a licensed trade repository, a licensed foreign trade repository, an approved clearing house or a recognised clearing house, means the rules, regulations, by‑laws or such similar body of statements, by whatever name called, that govern the activities and conduct of — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: capital markets products
source_provision: s2
definition:
“capital markets products” means any securities, units in a collective investment scheme, derivatives contracts, spot foreign exchange contracts for the purposes of leveraged foreign exchange trading, and such other products as the Authority may prescribe as capital markets products;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: capital markets services licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“capital markets services licence” means a licence that is granted by the Authority under section 86 to a person to carry on a business in any regulated activity;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to an approved exchange, a recognised market operator, a licensed trade repository, a licensed foreign trade repository, an approved clearing house, a recognised clearing house, an approved holding company, the holder of a capital markets services licence, an authorised benchmark administrator, an authorised benchmark submitter, a designated benchmark submitter or any other corporation (called in this definition a relevant person) means any person, by whatever name called, who is — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: closed‑end fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“closed‑end fund” means an arrangement referred to in paragraph ( a ) or ( b ) of the definition of “collective investment scheme” under which units that are issued are exclusively or primarily non‑redeemable at the election of the holders of units, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: Code on Collective Investment Schemes
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Code on Collective Investment Schemes” means the Code on Collective Investment Schemes referred to in section 284 which is issued by the Authority under section 321(1);


document_id: sfa-2001
term: custodian
source_provision: s2
definition:
“custodian” , in relation to a collective investment scheme constituted as a VCC or sub‑fund, means an entity to which the assets of the scheme are entrusted for safekeeping;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: dealing in capital markets products
source_provision: s239
definition:
“dealing in capital markets products” , in respect of capital markets products that are securities or securities‑based derivatives contracts, means (whether as principal or agent) — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: debenture
source_provision: s214
definition:
“debenture” has the meaning given by section 2 and, in relation to a business trust, means a debenture issued by the trustee of the business trust in its capacity as trustee of the business trust;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: derivative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“derivative” , in relation to a unit in a business trust, has the meaning given by section 2 of the Business Trusts Act 2004;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: designated benchmark
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated benchmark” means a financial benchmark that is designated by the Authority under section 123B to be a designated benchmark;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: designated benchmark submitter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated benchmark submitter” means a corporation that is designated by the Authority under section 123ZI(1) to be a designated benchmark submitter;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: entity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“entity” includes a corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership and the government of any state, but does not include a trust;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executive officer” , in relation to an approved exchange, a recognised market operator, a licensed trade repository, a licensed foreign trade repository, an approved clearing house, a recognised clearing house, an approved holding company, the holder of a capital markets services licence, an authorised benchmark administrator, an authorised benchmark submitter, a designated benchmark submitter or any other corporation (called in this definition a relevant person), means any person, by whatever name called, who is — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: exempt benchmark administrator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exempt benchmark administrator” means a person who is exempted under section 123K(1) from the requirement to be an authorised benchmark administrator;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: exempt benchmark submitter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“exempt benchmark submitter” means a person who is exempted under section 123ZH(1) from the requirement to be an authorised benchmark submitter;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: financial instrument
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial instrument” includes any currency, currency index, interest rate, interest rate instrument, interest rate index, securities, securities index, a group or groups of such financial instruments, and any other thing that is prescribed by the Authority by regulations made under section 341 for the purposes of this definition;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: FSMA prohibition order
source_provision: s2
definition:
“FSMA prohibition order” means a prohibition order made under section 7(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022; [Act 18 of 2022 wef 31/07/2024]


document_id: sfa-2001
term: licensed foreign trade repository
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed foreign trade repository” means a corporation that has in force a foreign trade repository licence granted by the Authority under section 46E(2);


document_id: sfa-2001
term: licensed trade repository
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed trade repository” means a corporation that has in force a trade repository licence granted by the Authority under section 46E(1);


document_id: sfa-2001
term: listing rules
source_provision: s2
definition:
“listing rules” , in relation to a corporation that establishes or operates, or proposes to establish or operate, an organised market of an approved exchange or a recognised market operator, or an overseas exchange that establishes or operates or proposes to establish or operate an organised market of a recognised market operator, means rules governing or relating to — ( a )


document_id: sfa-2001
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” , in relation to a collective investment scheme, means a person, by whatever name called, who is responsible for managing the property of, or operating, the collective investment scheme;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” , in relation to an approved exchange, a recognised market operator, an approved clearing house or a recognised clearing house, means a person who holds membership of any class or description in the approved exchange, recognised market operator, approved clearing house or recognised clearing house, whether or not the person holds any share in the share capital of the approved exchange, recognised market operator, approved clearing house or recognised clearing house, as the case may be;


document_id: sfa-2001
term: overseas exchange
source_provision: s2
definition:
“overseas exchange” means a person operating an organised market outside Singapore that is regulated by a financial services regulatory authority of a country or territory other than Singapore;


document_id: sfa-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 carries or will carry out any regulated activity;


