# definitions

document_id: caasa-2009
term: flight information service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“flight information service” means a service provided for the purpose of giving advice and information useful for the safe and efficient conduct of flights;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: lending money
source_provision: s2
definition:
“lending money” includes providing non-equity finance where the provision of the finance may reasonably be regarded as equivalent to lending money;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: manoeuvring area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manoeuvring area” means that part of an airport to be used for the taking off, landing and taxiing of aircraft, but does not include areas set aside to accommodate aircraft, for embarkation or disembarkation of passengers, for loading and unloading of mail or cargo, or for fuelling, parking or maintenance of aircraft;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: master plan
source_provision: s2
definition:
“master plan” , in relation to an airport, means the master plan approved under section 48 for that airport;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: moneylending agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“moneylending agreement” means an agreement entered into in good faith in the ordinary course of carrying on a business of lending money, but does not include an agreement dealing with any matter unrelated to the carrying on of that business;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: outstanding amount
source_provision: s2
definition:
“outstanding amount” , in relation to an aircraft, means any of the following amounts that has become due and payable, but has not been paid or been remitted: ( a )


document_id: caasa-2009
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 41, 1985 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: schedules facilitated airport
source_provision: s2
definition:
“schedules facilitated airport” means an airport declared under section 71C(1)( b ) as a schedules facilitated airport;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: schedules facilitator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“schedules facilitator” means a person who is appointed under section 71D(1)( b ) as the schedules facilitator for a schedules facilitated airport, or the Authority if no such person is appointed;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: service charge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“service charge” means a charge under section 88 for air navigation services or other services or facilities provided by the Authority;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: Singapore Flight Information Region
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Flight Information Region” means the area within which air navigation services are provided by the Authority in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organisation Asia/Pacific Regional Air Navigation Plan;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: Singapore Search and Rescue Region
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Search and Rescue Region” means the Singapore Flight Information Region and any area within which search and rescue services are provided by the Government;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: slots coordinator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“slots coordinator” means a person who is appointed under section 71D(1)( a ) as the slots coordinator for a coordinated airport, or the Authority if no such person is appointed;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vehicle” includes an autonomous motor vehicle within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1961. [18/2018]


document_id: caasa-2009
term: aeronautical revenue
source_provision: s39
definition:
“aeronautical revenue” means such payments received or to be received by an airport licensee for an airport from such of its services which are essential to the operation of the airport as may be prescribed;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: development
source_provision: s49
definition:
“development” means the carrying out of any building works, engineering, mining or earthworks or other operations in, on, over or under land, or the making of any material change in the use of any building or land;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: major airport development
source_provision: s49
definition:
“major airport development” means a development that is carried out at an airport site that consists of — ( a )


document_id: caasa-2009
term: business trust
source_provision: s72
definition:
“business trust” , “trustee-manager”, “unit” and “unitholder” have the meanings given by section 2 of the Business Trusts Act 2004;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: Class 1 designated operating entity
source_provision: s56A
definition:
“Class 1 designated operating entity” means a designated operating entity that is also an airport licensee or a designated business trust;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: Class 2 designated operating entity
source_provision: s56A
definition:
“Class 2 designated operating entity” means a designated operating entity that is neither an airport licensee nor a designated business trust;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: designated business trust
source_provision: s56A
definition:
“designated business trust” means a business trust that is established wholly or partly in respect of an airport (or any part of an airport) and which has been declared by the Authority, by notification in the Gazette , to be a designated business trust for the purposes of this Part;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: designated equity interest holder
source_provision: s56A
definition:
“designated equity interest holder” means an entity that has been designated as a designated equity interest holder under section 64;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: designated operating entity
source_provision: s56A
definition:
“designated operating entity” means an entity that has been designated as a designated operating entity under section 64;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: effective designation date
source_provision: s56A
definition:
“effective designation date” , in relation to a designated entity, means the date specified under section 64(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;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: entity
source_provision: s56A
definition:
“entity” means any sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or other body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, and includes a business trust;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: essential transport service
source_provision: s56A
definition:
“essential transport service” means any service or facility specified or described in the Third Schedule which is necessary for the continuity of, or to support, the provision of air transport;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: officer
source_provision: s56D
definition:
“officer” , in relation to a corporation, means a director or secretary of, or any person employed in an executive capacity by, the corporation. [Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025]


document_id: caasa-2009
term: related corporation
source_provision: s56A
definition:
“related corporation” , in relation to a corporation, means another corporation that is deemed under section 56D(2) to be related to that corporation;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: airport service
source_provision: s70
definition:
“airport service” means a service provided at an airport, where the service is necessary for the purposes of operating and maintaining civil aviation services at the airport, and includes the use of facilities at the airport for those purposes;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: operator of an aircraft
source_provision: s71B
definition:
“operator of an aircraft” means the person who, when an aircraft flight operation involving an aircraft occurs, is — ( a )


document_id: caasa-2009
term: slot
source_provision: s71B
definition:
“slot” means the permission to use the full range of airport infrastructure (such as the runway, terminal, apron and gate) necessary for any aircraft flight operation at a coordinated airport on a specific date and at a specific time;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: slots committee
source_provision: s71B
definition:
“slots committee” , for a coordinated airport, means a committee established under the slots management scheme for the coordinated airport to advise the slots coordinator for that airport about the capacity of the airport, such as the opportunities to increase the airport’s capacity, coordination parameters and methods of monitoring compliance with slots allocation;


document_id: caasa-2009
term: slots management scheme
source_provision: s71B
definition:
“slots management scheme” means the scheme set out in regulations made under section 71G for a coordinated airport, and includes that scheme as amended from time to time. [18/2018]


document_id: caasa-2009
term: unregistered company
source_provision: s72
definition:
“unregistered company” has the meaning given by section 245(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018.


document_id: cadda-1996
term: Agreement on Agriculture
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agreement on Agriculture” means the Agreement by that name set out in Annex 1A to the World Trade Organisation Agreement;


document_id: cadda-1996
term: Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994” means the Agreement by that name set out in Annex 1A to the World Trade Organisation Agreement;


document_id: cadda-1996
term: Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures” means the Agreement by that name set out in Annex 1A to the World Trade Organisation Agreement;


document_id: cadda-1996
term: dumping margin
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dumping margin” means the amount by which the normal value of the subject goods exceeds the export price;


document_id: cadda-1996
term: export price
source_provision: s2
definition:
“export price” means the export price of the subject goods as determined in accordance with section 16;


document_id: cadda-1996
term: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
source_provision: s2
definition:
“General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994” means the Agreement by that name whose parts are described in Annex 1A to the World Trade Organisation Agreement;


document_id: cadda-1996
term: like goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“like goods” means any goods which the Minister determines are identical in all respects to the subject goods or, in the absence of such goods, any other goods which the Minister determines have characteristics closely resembling those of the subject goods;


document_id: cadda-1996
term: non-market economy country
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-market economy country” means any foreign country the government of which has a complete or substantially complete monopoly of its trade and where domestic prices are fixed by the government of the foreign country;


document_id: cadda-1996
term: normal value
source_provision: s2
definition:
“normal value” means the normal value of any subject goods as determined in accordance with section 15 or 18;


document_id: cadda-1996
term: subject goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subject goods” means the goods imported, or sold for importation, into Singapore that are the subject of any countervailing or anti-dumping duty investigation or review under this Act;


document_id: cadda-1996
term: World Trade Organisation Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“World Trade Organisation Agreement” means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994.


document_id: camc1999a-2007
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air opened for signature at Montreal on 28 May 1999, the text of which is set out in the Schedule;


document_id: camc1999a-2007
term: court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court” , in relation to any arbitration proceedings allowed by Article 34 of the Convention, means the arbitrator or arbitration tribunal hearing the arbitration;


document_id: cba-2016
term: approved member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved member” , in relation to a licensed credit bureau, means a member of the licensed credit bureau that is — ( a )


document_id: cba-2016
term: bank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bank” , “bank in Singapore” and “banking business” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Banking Act 1970;


document_id: cba-2016
term: book
source_provision: s2
definition:
“book” includes any record, register, document or other record of information and any account or accounting record, however compiled, recorded or stored, whether in written or printed form or on microfilm or by electronic process or otherwise;


document_id: cba-2016
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to a company, means an individual, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: cba-2016
term: consumer credit reporting business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“consumer credit reporting business” means a credit reporting business concerning credit reports of individuals in their personal capacity;


document_id: cba-2016
term: corporate credit reporting business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corporate credit reporting business” means a credit reporting business that is not a consumer credit reporting business;


document_id: cba-2016
term: data provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“data provider” , in relation to a licensed credit bureau, means any person (including a member of the licensed credit bureau) that is obliged under any contract or arrangement with the licensed credit bureau, to provide to the licensed credit bureau for the purposes of the licensed credit bureau’s credit reporting business, any information relating to a person’s creditworthiness, including (to avoid doubt) customer information of a member of the licensed credit bureau;


document_id: cba-2016
term: data subject
source_provision: s2
definition:
“data subject” means the person that is the subject of any data or credit report, as the case may be;


document_id: cba-2016
term: deposit information
source_provision: s2
definition:
“deposit information” , in relation to a member of a credit bureau, means any information relating to — ( a )


document_id: cba-2016
term: executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executive officer” , in relation to a company, means any individual, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: cba-2016
term: integrity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“integrity” , in relation to data, means the data is accurate, complete, current and not misleading;


document_id: cba-2016
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” , in relation to a licensed credit bureau, means an entity that is obliged under any contract or arrangement with the licensed credit bureau to provide data to the licensed credit bureau, and is entitled under such contract or arrangement to — ( a )


document_id: cba-2016
term: merchant bank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“merchant bank” means a merchant bank licensed under the Banking Act 1970; [Act 18 of 2022 wef 28/04/2023]


document_id: cba-2016
term: process
source_provision: s2
definition:
“process” , in relation to data, means to carry out any operation or set of operations in relation to the data, and includes one or more of the following: ( a )


document_id: cba-2016
term: share
source_provision: s2
definition:
“share” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967 and includes an interest in a share.


document_id: cba-2016
term: sovereign wealth fund
source_provision: s13
definition:
“sovereign wealth fund” means the central government of a country or territory, or an entity wholly and beneficially owned by such government, whose funds (which may include the reserves of that government and any pension or provident fund of that country) are managed by a government‑owned entity.


document_id: cba-2016
term: 12% controller
source_provision: s39
definition:
“12% controller” , in relation to a licensed credit bureau, means a person, not being a 20% controller, that alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: cba-2016
term: 20% controller
source_provision: s39
definition:
“20% controller” , in relation to a licensed credit bureau, means a person that, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: cba-2016
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s39
definition:
“indirect controller” , in relation to a licensed credit bureau, means any person, whether acting alone or together with any other person, and whether with or without holding shares or controlling voting power in a licensed credit bureau — ( a )


document_id: cba-2016
term: regulated financial institution
source_provision: s46
definition:
“regulated financial institution” means a person that carries on a business, the conduct of which is regulated or authorised by the Authority or, if it is carried on in Singapore, would be regulated or authorised by the Authority;


document_id: cba-2016
term: regulatory authority
source_provision: s46
definition:
“regulatory authority” , in relation to a foreign country or territory, means an authority of the foreign country or territory exercising any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under this Act, the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970 or any of the written laws set out in the Schedule to that Act.


document_id: cba-2016
term: office‑holder
source_provision: s53
definition:
“office‑holder” , in relation to a licensed credit bureau, means any person acting as the liquidator, provisional liquidator, receiver, receiver and manager, judicial manager or an equivalent person of the licensed credit bureau;


document_id: cba-2016
term: account with the electronic service
source_provision: s79
definition:
“account with the electronic service” , in relation to any person, means a computer account within the electronic service that is assigned by the Authority to the person for the storage and retrieval of electronic records relating to the person;


document_id: cba-2016
term: authentication code
source_provision: s79
definition:
“authentication code” , in relation to any person, means an identification or identifying code, a password or any other authentication method or procedure that is assigned to the person for the purposes of identifying and authenticating the access to and use of the electronic service by the person;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: act of unlawful interference
source_provision: s2
definition:
“act of unlawful interference” means the doing or attempting to do anything to jeopardise the safety of a cross‑border railway, and includes any of the following: ( a )


document_id: cbra-2018
term: bilateral committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bilateral committee” , in relation to a bilateral railway agreement, means the committee of individuals established jointly by the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of Malaysia under the bilateral railway agreement for the purpose of coordinating the implementation of that agreement;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: code of practice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“code of practice” means a code of practice issued or approved under section 36, and includes any such code of practice as amended from time to time under that section;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: concession agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“concession agreement” means an agreement entered into between the Government and a person (called in this Act the concessionaire) in return for the undertaking of such obligations by the person as may be specified in the agreement with respect to the design, construction, maintenance, operation or improvement of a cross‑border railway, and includes a concession agreement as varied or supplemented from time to time;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: concessionaire
source_provision: s2
definition:
“concessionaire” means the person who is a party to the concession agreement, and includes the person for the time being entitled to exercise those rights because of an assignment or transfer of the agreement to that person;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: corresponding rail authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corresponding rail authority” , in relation to Malaysia, means a person or body that the Minister designates as such, on being satisfied that the person or body is authorised under the law of Malaysia to discharge functions similar to the LTA’s under this Act;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: cross-border railway security agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cross-border railway security agency” means a person or body of persons designated under section 58 to be the cross‑border railway security agency for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: cross-border train
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cross-border train” means a train used for or in connection with providing a cross‑border train service;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: cross-border train service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cross-border train service” means a passenger train service provided using a cross‑border railway, for journeys that are partly in Singapore;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: cross-border train service licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cross-border train service licence” means a licence granted under section 31 authorising the licensee to provide a cross‑border train service on a cross‑border railway specified in the licence;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: High Speed Rail Bilateral Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“High Speed Rail Bilateral Agreement” means the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of Malaysia, dated 13 December 2016, concerning the Kuala Lumpur — Singapore High Speed Rail, a redacted copy of which the Minister makes available for inspection at a public office prescribed;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: improve
source_provision: s2
definition:
“improve” , in relation to any railway infrastructure or railway asset, includes renewing the railway infrastructure or railway asset;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: LTA
source_provision: s2
definition:
“LTA” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: management
source_provision: s2
definition:
“management” , in relation to any railway asset, means to acquire, design, construct, install, operate, maintain in proper condition and improve the railway asset;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: open network services
source_provision: s2
definition:
“open network services” means network services provided to a train service operator for or in connection with a cross‑border train service provided by that operator;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: operation of a railway network
source_provision: s2
definition:
“operation of a railway network” does not include operating a train on the network in the course of providing a passenger train service;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: passenger train service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“passenger train service” means a service consisting of the carriage of passengers provided to the public, for a fare, by trains operated on a railway;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: rail safety inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“rail safety inspector” means an individual who is appointed under section 50 as a rail safety inspector;


document_id: cbra-2018
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 — ( a )


document_id: cbra-2018
term: railway area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway area” means the land delineated as such in plans and maps prepared, amended or replaced under section 5(1) or (5);


document_id: cbra-2018
term: railway asset
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway asset” , for any cross‑border railway, means any of the following within Singapore that is used or intended to be used for or in connection with the cross‑border railway: ( a )


document_id: cbra-2018
term: railway assets operating licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway assets operating licence” means a licence granted under section 31 authorising the licensee to manage railway assets of a cross‑border railway specified in the licence;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: railway infrastructure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“railway infrastructure” , in relation to a cross‑border railway, means any of the following buildings or structures within Singapore that is used or intended to be used for the cross‑border railway, but not including any railway asset in or on the building or structure: ( a )


document_id: cbra-2018
term: rolling stock
source_provision: s2
definition:
“rolling stock” includes motors, coaches, wagons, locomotives, trucks, trolleys, maintenance or engineering vehicles, carriages of any kind and other kinds of engines used on a railway;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: security directive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“security directive” means a security directive given by the cross‑border railway security agency under section 59;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: ticket
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ticket” means any form of authorisation, issued for the carriage of any passenger on a cross‑border train service;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: train service operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“train service operator” means a person providing services for and in connection with the carriage of passengers by train, including the carriage of luggage, parcels or mail on trains which at the time are available, and primarily intended for use by passengers;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: accident
source_provision: s54
definition:
“accident” means an accident associated with the operation of any railway infrastructure or a cross‑border train or other railway asset where — ( a )


document_id: cbra-2018
term: railway security incident
source_provision: s54
definition:
“railway security incident” means a threatened act of unlawful interference or an act of unlawful interference;


document_id: cbra-2018
term: serious incident
source_provision: s54
definition:
“serious incident” means an occurrence involving the operation of a cross‑border train or other railway asset where — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: authorised person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised person” , for any provision of this Act, means an officer or employee of the Authority or other individual who is appointed as an authorised person under section 6 for the purposes of that provision; [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: cca-2006
term: Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authority” means the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore, which is the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore continued and renamed as the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore under section 3 of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act 2022; [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: cca-2006
term: casino
source_provision: s2
definition:
“casino” means any premises, or part of premises, within a designated site where persons may participate in one or more games approved by the Authority under section 100;


document_id: cca-2006
term: casino marketing arrangement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“casino marketing arrangement” means an arrangement whereby a person organises, promotes or facilitates the playing of any game in a casino by one or more patrons, for which the first-mentioned person receives from the casino operator or from the person for the time being in charge of the casino — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: chip purchase voucher
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chip purchase voucher” means a voucher issued by a casino operator to a patron named in the voucher entitling the patron to be issued with chips of an equivalent value to that specified in the voucher;


document_id: cca-2006
term: chips
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chips” means any tokens used instead of money for the purpose of gaming and includes any voucher or other instrument that has a fixed dollar wagering value;


document_id: cca-2006
term: Comptroller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Comptroller” means the Comptroller of Income Tax appointed under section 3(1) of the Income Tax Act 1947 and includes, for all purposes of this Act except the exercise of the powers conferred on the Comptroller by sections 146A(2) and 152, a Deputy Comptroller or an Assistant Comptroller appointed under section 3(1) of the Income Tax Act 1947;


document_id: cca-2006
term: designated site
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated site” means any parcel or parcels of land designated by the Minister under subsection (2) as a site on which a casino may be located;


document_id: cca-2006
term: Development Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Development Agreement” means an agreement in writing by a statutory body to lease a designated site to a person (referred to hereinafter as the lessee) for the development of an integrated resort thereon by the lessee on the terms and conditions stated in the agreement, and includes any supplemental agreement or other document amplifying or modifying those terms and conditions;


document_id: cca-2006
term: electronic monitoring system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic monitoring system” means any electronic or computer or communications system or device that is so designed that it may be used, or adapted, to send or receive data from gaming equipment in relation to the security, accounting or operation of gaming equipment;


document_id: cca-2006
term: electronic table game
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic table game” means a gaming machine used for the purpose of playing a game traditionally played at tables, and includes any electronic device through which bets may be placed on a game played at a table;


document_id: cca-2006
term: game
source_provision: s2
definition:
“game” means a game of chance or a game that is partly a game of chance and partly a game requiring skill;


document_id: cca-2006
term: gaming equipment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gaming equipment” means any device or thing (including chips) used, or capable of being used, for or in connection with gaming and includes — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: gaming machine
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gaming machine” means any device, whether wholly or partly mechanically or electronically operated, that is so designed that — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act 1992;


document_id: cca-2006
term: integrated resort
source_provision: s2
definition:
“integrated resort” means a development comprising hotel, retail, dining, entertainment, recreation and other facilities, and of which a casino may be a part;


document_id: cca-2006
term: international market agent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international market agent” means a person, other than an employee of a casino operator, who performs any of the functions specified in section 110A(2) in relation to one or more casino marketing arrangements;


document_id: cca-2006
term: international market agent licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international market agent licence” means a licence issued by the Authority to an international market agent under section 110B;


document_id: cca-2006
term: international market agent representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international market agent representative” means an individual who is employed by an international market agent to organise, promote or conduct a casino marketing arrangement on behalf of the international market agent;


document_id: cca-2006
term: international market agent representative licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international market agent representative licence” means a licence issued by the Authority to an international market agent representative under section 110B;


document_id: cca-2006
term: jackpot
source_provision: s2
definition:
“jackpot” means the combination of letters, numbers, symbols or representations required to be displayed on the reels or video screen of a gaming machine so that the winnings in accordance with the prize payout scale displayed on the machine are payable from money which accumulates as contributions are made to a special prize pool;


document_id: cca-2006
term: linked jackpot arrangement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“linked jackpot arrangement” means an arrangement whereby 2 or more gaming machines are linked to a device that — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: linked jackpot equipment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“linked jackpot equipment” means any jackpot meter, payout display, linking equipment, computer equipment, programming or other device (other than a gaming machine) forming, or capable of forming, part of a linked jackpot arrangement;


document_id: cca-2006
term: match play coupon
source_provision: s2
definition:
“match play coupon” means a coupon issued by a casino operator to a patron which, when presented by the patron together with chips in any wager, augments the patron’s wager according to a ratio, percentage or value specified in the coupon;


document_id: cca-2006
term: Minister
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Minister” , except in section 45A and Parts 9 and 10, means the Minister charged with the responsibility for gambling suppression; [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: cca-2006
term: owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“owner” , in relation to a designated site, means the person who is registered in the land‑register under the Land Titles Act 1993 as the purchaser of a leasehold interest in the designated site or, if no one has been registered in the land‑register, the person who has entered into a Development Agreement to lease the designated site;


document_id: cca-2006
term: premium player
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premium player” means a patron of a casino who opens a deposit account with the casino operator with a credit balance of not less than $100,000, where — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: record
source_provision: s2
definition:
“record” includes any book, account, document, paper or other source of information compiled, recorded or stored in written form, or on microfilm, or by electronic process, or in any other matter or by any other means;


document_id: cca-2006
term: voting share
source_provision: s2
definition:
“voting share” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967. [22/2009; 4/2010; 36/2012; 5/2018]


document_id: cca-2006
term: relevant position
source_provision: s3
definition:
“relevant position” , in relation to a business, means the position of director or manager, or other executive position, however that position is designated;


document_id: cca-2006
term: relevant power
source_provision: s3
definition:
“relevant power” means any power, whether exercisable by voting or otherwise and whether exercisable alone or in association with others — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: entity
source_provision: s42
definition:
“entity” includes a corporation, an unincorporated association, a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a limited liability partnership and a business trust;


document_id: cca-2006
term: hold
source_provision: s42
definition:
“hold” , in relation to any stake, voting share or unit of equity interest, includes holding that stake, voting share or unit through a nominee, and “holder” and “holding” are to be construed accordingly;


document_id: cca-2006
term: limited liability partnership
source_provision: s42
definition:
“limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership formed under section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 or any equivalent foreign law;


document_id: cca-2006
term: main shareholder
source_provision: s42
definition:
“main shareholder” , in relation to a casino operator, means such person as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette , designate as the main shareholder of the casino operator.


document_id: cca-2006
term: grounds for disciplinary action
source_provision: s93
definition:
“grounds for disciplinary action” means any of the following grounds in respect of a special employee licence: ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: serious breach
source_provision: s54
definition:
“serious breach” , in relation to a casino operator, means a contravention of a provision of this Act or a condition of the casino licence by the casino operator, a person in charge of the casino, an agent of the casino operator or a casino employee which, in the opinion of the Authority — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: relevant date
source_provision: s64
definition:
“relevant date” , in relation to a casino operator, means the date on which a casino licence granted to that casino operator first commences, whether before, on or after 31 January 2013; [Act 29 of 2024 wef 30/10/2024]


document_id: cca-2006
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s66
definition:
“indirect controller” means any person, whether acting alone or together with any other person, and whether with or without holding shares or controlling voting power in a casino operator, who is, in the opinion of the Authority, a person — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: notifiable contract
source_provision: s72
definition:
“notifiable contract” means a contract of a class or type prescribed as a notifiable contract for the purposes of this Division but does not include a controlled contract;


document_id: cca-2006
term: supply of goods or services
source_provision: s72
definition:
“supply of goods or services” includes the supply of intangible goods, assets and intellectual property rights. [36/2012]


document_id: cca-2006
term: cash
source_provision: s139
definition:
“cash” means currency notes and coins (whether of Singapore or of a foreign country) which are legal tender and circulate as money in the country of issue;


document_id: cca-2006
term: patron account
source_provision: s139
definition:
“patron account” means a credit account, a cheque cashing account, a deposit account or any other account opened by or on behalf of a patron with a casino operator. [4/2014] [Act 24 of 2024 wef 14/11/2024]


document_id: cca-2006
term: gross gaming revenue
source_provision: s146
definition:
“gross gaming revenue” , in relation to a casino operator, means the amount determined by the formula A – B, where — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: moratorium period
source_provision: s146
definition:
“moratorium period” means a period of 10 years starting 1 March 2022; [Act 1 of 2022 wef 01/03/2022]


document_id: cca-2006
term: application
source_provision: s153
definition:
“application” means an application for a family exclusion order or an application for a visit limit by a family member, as the case may be;


document_id: cca-2006
term: exclusion order
source_provision: s153
definition:
“exclusion order” means an exclusion order made under section 165, and includes an exclusion order made in the respondent’s absence under section 165C;


document_id: cca-2006
term: family exclusion order
source_provision: s153
definition:
“family exclusion order” means a family exclusion order made under section 162, and includes a family exclusion order made in the respondent’s absence under section 165C;


document_id: cca-2006
term: gambling
source_provision: s153
definition:
“gambling” means gambling whether or not inside casino premises, and includes remote gambling; [Act 15 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: cca-2006
term: gambling operator
source_provision: s153
definition:
“gambling operator” means a person who is authorised either by a licence under the Gambling Control Act 2022 to conduct a betting operation, or conduct gaming or a lottery involving — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: gaming machine room
source_provision: s153
definition:
“gaming machine room” has the meaning given by section 7(6) of the Gambling Control Act 2022; [Act 15 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: cca-2006
term: general remote gambling
source_provision: s153
definition:
“general remote gambling” and “engaging in general remote gambling” have the meanings given by section 11(1) of the Gambling Control Act 2022; [Act 15 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: cca-2006
term: list of excluded persons
source_provision: s153
definition:
“list of excluded persons” means the list of excluded persons established and maintained under section 168, as varied or updated from time to time;


document_id: cca-2006
term: provisional family exclusion order
source_provision: s153
definition:
“provisional family exclusion order” means a provisional family exclusion order made under section 164;


document_id: cca-2006
term: respondent
source_provision: s153
definition:
“respondent” means a person against whom a family exclusion order, visit limit or exclusion order is sought or made;


document_id: cca-2006
term: self-exclusion
source_provision: s153
definition:
“self-exclusion” means an exclusion of a person from any casino premises or gaming machine room, or from engaging in all manner of general remote gambling, upon a voluntary application of that person under section 165A(1)( c ); [Act 15 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: cca-2006
term: visit limit
source_provision: s153
definition:
“visit limit” , in relation to an individual, means an order made by the Council or by a Committee specifying a maximum number of visits in aggregate which the individual may make to any casino each month, and includes any visit limit made in the respondent’s absence under section 165C. [25/2012; 36/2012]


document_id: cca-2006
term: officer
source_provision: s189A
definition:
“officer” , in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary or any member of a committee of the unincorporated association, and includes — ( a )


document_id: cca-2006
term: reasonable steps
source_provision: s189A
definition:
“reasonable steps” has the meaning given by section 189(6) except that any reference to the corporation is a reference to the unincorporated association or partnership mentioned in subsection (2);


document_id: cca-2006
term: residential address
source_provision: s199
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [Act 29 of 2024 wef 30/10/2024]


document_id: ccaa-2016
term: chosen court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chosen court” means a court, of a Contracting State, designated in an exclusive choice of court agreement;


document_id: ccaa-2016
term: court of origin
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court of origin” , in relation to a foreign judgment for which recognition or enforcement is sought under this Act, means the court that has given the foreign judgment;


document_id: ccaa-2016
term: foreign judgment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign judgment” means a judgment given by a court of a Contracting State (other than Singapore), being — ( a )


document_id: ccaa-2016
term: excluded section 9(2) matter
source_provision: s17
definition:
“excluded section 9(2) matter” means any matter mentioned in section 9(2) to which this Act does not apply;


document_id: ccaa-2016
term: excluded section 9(4)( a ) matter
source_provision: s17
definition:
“excluded section 9(4)( a ) matter” means any matter mentioned in section 9(4)( a ) to which this Act does not apply.


document_id: ccefa-2005
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means any officer authorised by the Minister in writing to exercise such power or perform such function or duty under this Act as the Minister may specify therein;


document_id: cda-1986
term: auxiliary member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“auxiliary member” means any person who has been recruited to serve as a member of the Force on a part-time basis;


document_id: cda-1986
term: civil defence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civil defence” means the planning, organisation, coordination and implementation of measures, other than measures amounting to an actual combat, that are necessary or desirable for the safety of the public and are designed to guard against, prevent, reduce, or overcome the effects or possible effects of a national emergency or a civil defence emergency, and includes the conducting of, and participation in, drills, exercises and training for such purposes;


document_id: cda-1986
term: civil defence emergency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civil defence emergency” means any fire, explosion, earthquake, oil spill, eruption, flood, storm, hazardous materials incident or other happening (whether or not attributable to an attack by an enemy or to any warlike act) that causes or may cause destruction of or damage to property or loss of life or injury or distress to persons or that in any way endangers the safety of the public in Singapore or in any part thereof;


document_id: cda-1986
term: detention barracks
source_provision: s2
definition:
“detention barracks” means any building or part of a building which is set apart by the Commissioner for those members who are serving sentences of detention;


document_id: cda-1986
term: disciplinary officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“disciplinary officer” means a junior disciplinary officer or a senior disciplinary officer designated as such under Part 7;


document_id: cda-1986
term: emergency services
source_provision: s2
definition:
“emergency services” means any organisation or group of persons providing services to respond to and deal with civil defence emergencies, and includes firefighting services, ambulance services and the police;


document_id: cda-1986
term: Force
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Force” means the Singapore Civil Defence Force raised and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this Act;


document_id: cda-1986
term: hazardous material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hazardous material” means any substance or article set out in the Third Schedule to the Road Traffic (Expressway Traffic) Rules;


document_id: cda-1986
term: hazardous materials incident
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hazardous materials incident” means an actual or suspected spillage or other escape of any hazardous material the spillage or escape of which causes or may cause destruction of or damage to property or loss of life or injury or distress to persons or that in any way endangers the safety of the public in Singapore or in any part thereof;


document_id: cda-1986
term: junior disciplinary officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“junior disciplinary officer” , in relation to a person charged with an offence, means an officer commanding a company or equivalent sub‑unit or any other officer designated as a junior disciplinary officer by the Commissioner to deal with charges made against a member for the commission of a service offence;


document_id: cda-1986
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” means an officer or a serviceman of the Force, and includes a volunteer ex‑NSman or an auxiliary member;


document_id: cda-1986
term: non-commissioned officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-commissioned officer” means a member holding a rank not higher than the rank of senior warrant officer and not lower than the rank of lance‑corporal;


document_id: cda-1986
term: operationally ready national serviceman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“operationally ready national serviceman” means a person liable to render operationally ready national service under the Enlistment Act 1970;


document_id: cda-1986
term: person of a higher rank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“person of a higher rank” , in relation to a member, includes any other member who, by virtue of his or her office or appointment, is entitled to exercise command over the firstmentioned member;


document_id: cda-1986
term: provost officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“provost officer” means any member of the Force appointed by the Commissioner as a provost officer for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: cda-1986
term: psychoactive substance
source_provision: s2
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]


document_id: cda-1986
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” includes a body corporate constituted under any written law to perform certain functions or vested with certain powers;


document_id: cda-1986
term: senior disciplinary officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“senior disciplinary officer” , in relation to a person charged with an offence, means an officer commanding a division, battalion, training school or its equivalent or any other officer designated as a senior disciplinary officer by the Commissioner to deal with charges made against a member for the commission of a service offence;


document_id: cda-1986
term: serviceman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“serviceman” means a member of the Force holding a rank not higher than the rank of senior warrant officer and includes a recruit in the Force;


document_id: cda-1986
term: service land
source_provision: s2
definition:
“service land” means land (including a building or other structure or part thereof) in the possession of or under the control of — ( a )


document_id: cda-1986
term: state of civil defence emergency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“state of civil defence emergency” means a state of civil defence emergency declared under section 102;


document_id: cda-1986
term: state of emergency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“state of emergency” means the period when a Proclamation of Emergency issued by the President under Article 150 of the Constitution is in force;


document_id: cda-1986
term: volunteer ex‑NSman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“volunteer ex‑NSman” means an ex‑NSman enrolled as a volunteer ex‑NSman under section 9A. [32/2010; 53/2018]


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” , in relation to the Agency, means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 13 as the Chairperson of the Agency, and includes any individual appointed under section 15 to act in that capacity;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 33, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: delegate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 31 delegates the performance or exercise of any of its functions or powers;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: Deputy Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Chairperson” , in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency who is appointed under section 13 as a Deputy Chairperson of the Agency;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: functions
source_provision: s2
definition:
“functions” , in relation to the Agency, means functions conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” , in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency appointed under section 11, and includes any individual appointed under section 15 to act in that capacity;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: officer
source_provision: s46
definition:
“officer” , in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary, or any member of a committee of the unincorporated association, and includes — ( a )


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: public body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function but excludes a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: surveillance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“surveillance” means the collection, analysis and interpretation of data related to the prevention, management and control of infectious diseases.


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: document
source_provision: s7
definition:
“document” includes any tape, disc or other device or medium on which information is recorded or stored;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: information
source_provision: s7
definition:
“information” means information specified, or of a description specified, by the Minister that relates to the functions of the Agency.


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: Health Promotion Board
source_provision: s49
definition:
“Health Promotion Board” or “HPB” means the Health Promotion Board established by section 3 of the Health Promotion Board Act 2001;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: transferring HPB employee
source_provision: s49
definition:
“transferring HPB employee” means an employee of the Health Promotion Board who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in any of the departments of the Health Promotion Board as specified in Part 1 of the Schedule;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: transferring HPB functions
source_provision: s49
definition:
“transferring HPB functions” means the functions discharged by any of the departments of the Health Promotion Board as specified in Part 1 of the Schedule on the eve of the transfer date;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: transferring MOH employee
source_provision: s49
definition:
“transferring MOH employee” means an employee of the Government who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in any of the departments of the Ministry of Health as specified in Part 2 of the Schedule;


document_id: cdaa-2025
term: transferring MOH functions
source_provision: s49
definition:
“transferring MOH functions” means the functions discharged by any of the departments of the Ministry of Health as specified in Part 2 of the Schedule on the eve of the transfer date.


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: approved person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved person” means a person approved by the Minister as an approved person under the regulations made under section 7;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: benefit period
source_provision: s2
definition:
“benefit period” , in relation to a female employee to whom subsection (1), (1A) or (1B) of section 9 applies, means the period that she is entitled under the applicable subsection to receive payment from her employer at her gross rate of pay;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: confinement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“confinement” means the delivery of one or more children (including a stillborn child) from one pregnancy;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: dependant’s pass
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dependant’s pass” , in relation to a child, means a dependant’s pass issued in respect of the child under regulations made under the Immigration Act 1959 to enable the child to remain, or to enter and remain, in Singapore for the purposes of adoption under the Adoption of Children Act 2022 or any corresponding previous written law, and includes a document evidencing that the application for the dependant’s pass has been approved; [Act 20 of 2022 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: Director
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director” means a public officer appointed by the Minister for the purposes of administering any provision of this Act;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: eligibility date
source_provision: s2
definition:
“eligibility date” , in relation to an application to adopt a child in accordance with any written law relating to the adoption of children, means — ( a )


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: employed outside Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employed outside Singapore” means employed outside Singapore under a contract of service with an employer outside Singapore;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: employee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employee” means any person who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer in Singapore, and includes a workman as defined in the Employment Act 1968 and any officer or employee of the Government;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: employer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes — ( a )


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: estimated delivery date
source_provision: s2
definition:
“estimated delivery date” means the estimated delivery date of a child as certified by a medical practitioner;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: gross rate of pay
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gross rate of pay” means the total amount of money (including allowances) to which an employee is entitled under the employee’s contract of service, either for working for a period of time (that is, for an hour, a day, a week or a month, or for any other period, that may be stated or implied in the contract of service) or for each completed piece or task of work, but does not include any of the following: ( a )


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: lost income
source_provision: s2
definition:
“lost income” , in relation to a period during which a self‑employed man or self‑employed woman ceased to be actively engaged in his or her trade, business, profession or vocation, means the income that he or she would otherwise have derived from that trade, business, profession or vocation had he or she continued to be actively engaged in that trade, business, profession or vocation during that period;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: natural father
source_provision: s2
definition:
“natural father” , in relation to a child, includes a person who is identified in the registration of the birth of the child as the father of the child;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: personal representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“personal representative” means the executor (original or by representation) or administrator for the time being of a deceased person;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: platform operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Scheme” means the Child Development Co-Savings Scheme established by the regulations made under section 3;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: self-employed man
source_provision: s2
definition:
“self-employed man” means any man resident in Singapore who engages in or carries on any trade, business, profession or vocation other than employment under a contract of service and derives income from that trade, business, profession or vocation, or any other man declared by the Minister to be a self‑employed man for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: self‑employed outside Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“self‑employed outside Singapore” means engaged in, or carrying on, any trade, business, profession or vocation other than employment under a contract of service, and deriving income from that trade, business, profession or vocation, while resident outside Singapore;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: self-employed woman
source_provision: s2
definition:
“self-employed woman” means any woman resident in Singapore who engages in or carries on any trade, business, profession or vocation other than employment under a contract of service and derives income from that trade, business, profession or vocation or any other woman declared by the Minister to be a self‑employed woman for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: stillborn child
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stillborn child” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021; [Act 19 of 2021 wef 29/05/2022]


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: weekly index
source_provision: s2
definition:
“weekly index” , in relation to a male or female employee or a self‑employed man or self‑employed woman, means his or her number of work days per week determined in accordance with the First Schedule. [42/2004; 9/2007; 52/2007; 28/2008; 13/2011; 12/2013; 33/2016; 19/2021] [Act 46 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025]


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: entitlement period
source_provision: s12MA
definition:
“entitlement period” , in relation to P ’s entitlement, means the total period (whether expressed as one period or an aggregate duration of several periods) of P ’s entitlement;


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: single employer payment limits
source_provision: s12MA
definition:
“single employer payment limits” , in relation to any payment that P is entitled to receive from an employer, means — ( a )


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: single employer reimbursement limits
source_provision: s12MA
definition:
“single employer reimbursement limits” , in relation to any claim by an employer for reimbursement from the Government for any payment made to P , means — ( a )


document_id: cdcsa-2001
term: specified employee
source_provision: s12MA
definition:
“specified employee” means an employee for whom the requirements of section 10(2B), 12AD(4), 12DB(7) or 12J(4) are satisfied. [Act 46 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: auxiliary community relations officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“auxiliary community relations officer” means an auxiliary community relations officer appointed under section 13D; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal” or “tribunal” means a District Court designated under section 14 as a Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: Community Mediation Centre
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Community Mediation Centre” means a Community Mediation Centre established under section 3 of the Community Mediation Centres Act 1997;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: community relations officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“community relations officer” means a community relations officer appointed under section 13C; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: Deputy Director
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Director” means a Deputy Director of Community Relations appointed under section 13B; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: Director
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director” means a Director of Community Relations appointed under section 13B; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: Director-General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Community Relations appointed under section 13B; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the registrar of the State Courts appointed under section 12 of the State Courts Act 1970 and includes a deputy registrar appointed under that section;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: Senior Assistant Director
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Senior Assistant Director” means a Senior Assistant Director of Community Relations appointed under section 13B; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: statutory body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“statutory body” means a body corporate established by or under a public Act for the purposes of a public function; [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: unreasonable interference
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unreasonable interference” , in relation to a neighbour of an individual, means unreasonable interference with the enjoyment or use of the place of residence that the neighbour resides in. [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: court
source_provision: s3
definition:
“court” means a court of competent jurisdiction and includes a Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: exclusion order
source_provision: s3
definition:
“exclusion order” means an order made under section 9(2) excluding a contravening party (within the meaning of that section) from his or her place of residence;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: place of residence
source_provision: s3
definition:
“place of residence” means a house, a flat, an apartment or other dwelling place used for the purpose of residence;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: special direction
source_provision: s3
definition:
“special direction” means a direction made by a court under section 6(2) against a contravening party (within the meaning of that section);


document_id: cdra-2015
term: vicinity
source_provision: s13A
definition:
“vicinity” , in relation to a place of residence, includes any common corridor, common space or common property, any road, or any building or other property, in the surrounding area of the place of residence. [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdra-2015
term: abate
source_provision: s13A
definition:
“abate” , in relation to an act or omission causing unreasonable interference, includes to prevent, reduce, eliminate or control the act or omission;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: auxiliary police officer
source_provision: s13A
definition:
“auxiliary police officer” means an auxiliary police officer appointed under Part 9 of the Police Force Act 2004;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: detection and monitoring equipment
source_provision: s13A
definition:
“detection and monitoring equipment” means any equipment or device (including any software) or a combination of such equipment and devices (including any software) that is capable of detecting, monitoring or recording any activity causing unreasonable interference in a place of residence or the vicinity of a place of residence;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: entity responsible for the vicinity of a place of residence
source_provision: s13A
definition:
“entity responsible for the vicinity of a place of residence” means a person, agency or other entity that has the charge, management or control of the vicinity of the place of residence either on his, her or its own account or as agent of another person, including but not limited to, the Housing and Development Board established under the Housing and Development Act 1959, a Town Council established under the Town Councils Act 1988 or a management corporation for a strata title plan;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: occupier
source_provision: s13A
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to a place of residence, means a person in occupation of the place of residence or having the charge, management or control of the place either on his, her or its own account or as agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: owner
source_provision: s13A
definition:
“owner” , in relation to a place of residence, 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 the place of residence whether in possession or reversion, or who holds under a leasehold or is entitled to the rents and profits of the place of residence;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: suspected individual
source_provision: s13A
definition:
“suspected individual” means an individual who is suspected of an act or omission which causes unreasonable interference with his or her neighbour’s enjoyment or use of the place of residence that the neighbour resides in;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: last email address
source_provision: s13ZC
definition:
“last email address” means the last email address given by the individual to the person serving the direction, order or notice as the email address to serve a direction, order or notice;


document_id: cdra-2015
term: residential address
source_provision: s13ZC
definition:
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: authorised person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised person” means any person authorised by the Commissioner in writing in accordance with this Act to carry out any duty or exercise any power under this Act or the regulations;


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Civil Defence appointed under section 6 of the Civil Defence Act 1986;


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: competent authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“competent authority” means the competent authority appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act 1998;


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: flat
source_provision: s2
definition:
“flat” means a horizontal stratum of a 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 wholly and principally constructed, adapted or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for private dwelling, but does not include any part of any building which is constructed, adapted or intended to be used as a hotel, hostel, dormitory or nursing home or for any other prescribed purposes;


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: house
source_provision: s2
definition:
“house” means a building or any part thereof which is wholly and principally constructed, adapted or intended to be used for private dwelling, but does not include a flat or any building or part thereof which is constructed, adapted or intended to be used as a hotel, hostel, dormitory or nursing home or for any other prescribed purposes;


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: household shelter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“household shelter” means a shelter in a house or flat for the use, primarily, of the occupants of that house or flat and of persons ordinarily frequenting that house or flat, during a state of emergency;


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: improvised shelter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“improvised shelter” means any building or part thereof which has been designated by the Commissioner under section 7 as a shelter for the use of any person needing to take refuge therein during a state of emergency;


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: non-residential building
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-residential building” means a building which is wholly or principally constructed, adapted or intended to be used for any purpose other than for private dwelling;


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: public shelter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public shelter” means a shelter in any building or part thereof for the use of any person needing to take refuge therein during a state of emergency;


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: shelter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“shelter” means any part of any building which has been constructed or adapted in accordance with the specifications as a shelter in which a person may take refuge during a state of emergency, and includes a household shelter, a storey shelter, a public shelter and an improvised shelter;


document_id: cdsa-1997
term: storey shelter
source_provision: s2
definition:
“storey shelter” means a shelter located on any storey of a building which is subdivided into flats for the use, primarily, of the occupants of, and of persons ordinarily frequenting, the flats on that storey of the building. [47/2004]


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: corresponding law
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corresponding law” means a law of a foreign country or part thereof providing for the control or regulation, in that country or part thereof, of — ( a )


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: criminal conduct
source_provision: s2
definition:
“criminal conduct” means doing or being concerned in, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, any act constituting a serious offence or a foreign serious offence;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: defendant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“defendant” means a person against whom proceedings have been instituted for a drug dealing offence or a serious offence, as the case may be, or offences whether or not the person has been convicted thereof;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: drug dealing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“drug dealing” means doing or being concerned in, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, any act constituting a drug dealing offence or a foreign drug dealing offence;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: financial institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial institution” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022, and includes a VCC; [Act 18 of 2022 wef 28/04/2023]


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: foreign court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign court” means a court of competent jurisdiction in a foreign country which is a party to any treaty, memorandum of understanding or agreement for the control of narcotic drugs or for assistance in criminal matters to which Singapore is also a party;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: foreign drug dealing offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign drug dealing offence” means an offence against a corresponding law that consists of or includes conduct which, if the conduct had occurred in Singapore, would have constituted a drug dealing offence;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: legal counsel
source_provision: s3
definition:
“legal counsel” means a legal counsel as defined in section 3(7) of the Evidence Act 1893, and includes an interpreter or other person who works under the supervision of a legal counsel. [2A [21/2014]


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“material” includes any book, document or other record in any form, and any container or article relating thereto;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: Monetary Authority of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Monetary Authority of Singapore” means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: officer of the Bureau
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer of the Bureau” means the Director or any officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: possession
source_provision: s2
definition:
“possession” , in relation to any property, means actual or constructive possession of the property;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“property” means money and all other property, movable or immovable, including things in action and other intangible or incorporeal property;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: VCC
source_provision: s2
definition:
“VCC” means a VCC or variable capital company as defined in section 2(1) of the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018. [42/2001; 4/2003; 24/2004; 44/2007; 11/2013; 5/2014; 21/2014; 44/2018; 40/2019]


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: client
source_provision: s3
definition:
“client” , in relation to a lawyer, includes an agent of or other person representing a client and, if a client has died, a personal representative of the client;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: lawyer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“lawyer” means an advocate and solicitor, and includes an interpreter or other person who works under the supervision of an advocate and solicitor;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: company
source_provision: s27
definition:
“company” means any company which may be wound up under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: financial transaction document
source_provision: s42
definition:
“financial transaction document” , in relation to a financial institution, means any document that relates to a financial transaction carried out by the institution in its capacity as a financial institution, and includes but is not limited to a document that relates to — ( a )


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: minimum retention period
source_provision: s42
definition:
“minimum retention period” , in relation to a financial transaction document of a financial institution, means — ( a )


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: regulated person
source_provision: s45
definition:
“regulated person” , in relation to a specified regulator, means any person who is approved, authorised, designated, recognised, registered, licensed or otherwise regulated by the specified regulator under any written law, and that is either — ( a )


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: corresponding authority
source_provision: s48
definition:
“corresponding authority” , in relation to a foreign country, means the authority of that foreign country responsible for receiving information that corresponds to any thing required to be disclosed to an authorised officer under section 45(1);


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: international arrangement
source_provision: s48
definition:
“international arrangement” means an arrangement for cooperation in accordance with the rules or by‑laws of, or any principles or guidelines issued by, any prescribed international organisation, and to which the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office mentioned in section 5 and the corresponding authority of a foreign country are parties. [41 [44/2007; 51/2018; 7/2019]


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: commercial goods carrier
source_provision: s59
definition:
“commercial goods carrier” means a person who, in the normal course of a business, carries goods or mail for reward, and includes the person’s employee;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: commercial passenger carrier
source_provision: s59
definition:
“commercial passenger carrier” means a person who, in the normal course of a business, carries passengers for reward, and includes the person’s employee;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: eligible place
source_provision: s59
definition:
“eligible place” means any islet, landing place, wharf, dock, railway or quay or premises of a provider of port services or facilities licensed or exempted under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 or the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: embarkation location
source_provision: s59
definition:
“embarkation location” means an immigration control post, place of embarkation, authorised airport, authorised point of departure, authorised train checkpoint or authorised departing place declared under section 5(3) of the Immigration Act 1959;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: immigration officer
source_provision: s59
definition:
“immigration officer” means the Controller of Immigration or any immigration officer appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1959, and includes an officer of customs;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: physical currency
source_provision: s59
definition:
“physical currency” means the coin and printed money (whether of Singapore or of a foreign country) that — ( a )


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: printed money
source_provision: s59
definition:
“printed money” means money comprising a note printed, written or otherwise made on polymer, paper or any other material;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: railway
source_provision: s59
definition:
“railway” has the meaning given by the Railways Act 1905 but does not include any rapid transit system set up under the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: cash transaction
source_provision: s66
definition:
“cash transaction” means a cash transaction which is of a type prescribed for the purposes of this definition;


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: cash transaction report
source_provision: s66
definition:
“cash transaction report” means a cash transaction report submitted to a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer under section 68(1);


document_id: cdtosccba-1992
term: prescribed person
source_provision: s66
definition:
“prescribed person” means any person who is prescribed, or who belongs to a class of persons which is prescribed, for the purposes of this definition. [48H [21/2014]


document_id: cea-2000
term: child of compulsory school age
source_provision: s2
definition:
“child of compulsory school age” means a child above the age of 6 years who has not yet attained the age of 15 years and who satisfies such conditions for receiving primary education as the Director‑General may determine;


document_id: cea-2000
term: Director‑General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director‑General” means the Director‑General of Education, and includes such officers of the Ministry of Education as may from time to time be authorised to exercise the functions of the Director‑General of Education under section 5(1) of the Education Act 1957; [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025]


document_id: cea-2000
term: national primary school
source_provision: s2
definition:
“national primary school” means any institution for the provision of full-time primary education, being — ( a )


document_id: cea-2000
term: parent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“parent” , in relation to a child to whom section 3(1) applies, includes a guardian and any person having the actual custody of the child;


document_id: cea-2000
term: primary education
source_provision: s2
definition:
“primary education” means a 6-year course of education normally commencing when a child has attained the age of 6 years.


document_id: cesa-1973
term: animal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“animal” includes birds, reptiles, fish and every kind of vertebrate animal and the young thereof, and the eggs of birds, reptiles and fish;


document_id: cesa-1973
term: controlled article
source_provision: s2
definition:
“controlled article” means any article or food, or any kind or type of article or food, which has been declared to be a controlled article by an order under section 5, and includes a rationed article;


document_id: cesa-1973
term: Controller
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Controller” means the officer appointed to be Controller of Supplies under section 3 and includes a Deputy Controller of Supplies, an Assistant Controller of Supplies and any person to whom the Controller has delegated any of his or her powers, duties or functions in accordance with section 13, to the extent of that delegation;


document_id: cesa-1973
term: food
source_provision: s2
definition:
“food” includes any animal, whether alive or dead, and any substance or commodity which is used as food by man, or which is used for feeding any animal which serves some purpose for the use of man, whether as food or otherwise, or which ordinarily enters into the composition or preparation of human food or of the food of any such animal;


document_id: cesa-1973
term: licensed premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed premises” means any premises in respect of which a licence issued under section 7 is in force;


document_id: cesa-1973
term: offence under this Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“offence under this Act” includes any contravention of or failure to comply with any order or regulation made under this Act and any contravention of or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of any licence or permit issued or authority granted under this Act or the regulations made thereunder and any failure to comply with any request or direction lawfully made or given thereunder;


document_id: cesa-1973
term: rationed article
source_provision: s2
definition:
“rationed article” means any article or food, or any kind or type of article or food, which has been declared to be a rationed article by an order made under section 5;


document_id: cesa-1973
term: wholesale dealing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“wholesale dealing” means any sale of any article or food in whatever quantity for resale in the same form or state or as part of a manufactured product.


document_id: cesowa-1958
term: corrosive substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corrosive substance” means any of the acids and substances specified in the First Schedule, and shall be deemed to include all substances which are capable on application to the human body of causing hurt through corrosive action;


document_id: cesowa-1958
term: explosive device
source_provision: s2
definition:
“explosive device” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021; [Act 3 of 2021 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: cesowa-1958
term: explosive substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“explosive substance” shall be deemed to include any materials for making any explosive substance and any explosive device or material used or intended to be used or adapted for causing or aiding in causing any explosion in or with any explosive substance and any explosive device or part of an explosive device; [Act 3 of 2021 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: cesowa-1958
term: offensive weapon
source_provision: s2
definition:
“offensive weapon” includes any instrument which if used as a weapon of offence is likely to cause hurt;


document_id: cesowa-1958
term: scheduled weapon
source_provision: s2
definition:
“scheduled weapon” means a weapon specified in the First Schedule to the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021. [Act 3 of 2021 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: cfa-1971
term: agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“agreement” means the document which contains the terms and conditions agreed to and adopted by the subscribers and the chit fund company;


document_id: cfa-1971
term: chit fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chit fund” means a scheme or an arrangement based wholly on the terms and conditions set out in section 24 or the regulations made under this Act or any scheme or arrangement that is deemed to be a chit fund under section 19 but does not include any scheme or arrangement which only partakes of the nature of a chit fund within the meaning of section 20;


document_id: cfa-1971
term: chit fund amount
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chit fund amount” means the pool or the aggregate of the contributions payable on any specified day or in respect of any specified interval;


document_id: cfa-1971
term: chit fund company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chit fund company” means a company which carries on chit fund business and holds a valid licence granted under section 7. All branches and offices in Singapore of the company are deemed to be one chit fund company for the purposes of this Act;


document_id: cfa-1971
term: interest
source_provision: s2
definition:
“interest” means that amount of money which the subscriber agrees to forego in order to purchase the chit fund amount;


document_id: cfa-1971
term: public company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public company” means a company limited by shares incorporated in Singapore other than a private company;


document_id: cfa-1971
term: subscriber
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subscriber” includes any person who has agreed to participate in a chit fund or has signed the agreement in token thereof.


document_id: cla-1909
term: executor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executor” means the executor or administrator of a deceased person, and includes, as regards any obligation, any person who takes possession of or intermeddles with the property of a deceased person;


document_id: cla-1909
term: private body
source_provision: s5
definition:
“private body” has the same meaning as in any notification made under the repealed Common Gaming Houses Act 1961 which exempts gaming conducted in premises owned or used by a private body; [Act 15 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: cla-1909
term: private lottery
source_provision: s5
definition:
“private lottery” has the same meaning as in the repealed Private Lotteries Act 2011; [Act 15 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]


document_id: cla-1909
term: totalisator
source_provision: s5
definition:
“totalisator” , “Singapore Totalisator Board”, “turf club” and “approved scheme” have the same meanings as in the Singapore Totalisator Board Act 1987. [10/2006; 7/2011]


document_id: cla-1909
term: arbitral tribunal
source_provision: s5B
definition:
“arbitral tribunal” or “court” means any arbitral tribunal or court before which proceedings to enforce a right referred to in subsection (4) are commenced or before which an issue relating to subsection (4) arises;


document_id: cla-1909
term: dispute resolution proceedings
source_provision: s5B
definition:
“dispute resolution proceedings” means the entire process of resolving or attempting to resolve a dispute between 2 or more parties and includes any civil, mediation, conciliation, arbitration or insolvency proceedings;


document_id: cla-1909
term: funded party
source_provision: s5B
definition:
“funded party” means a party to dispute resolution proceedings who enters into an agreement with a Third‑Party Funder for the funding of all or part of the costs of the proceedings and includes a liquidator or judicial manager;


document_id: cla-1909
term: qualifying Third‑Party Funder
source_provision: s5B
definition:
“qualifying Third‑Party Funder” means a Third‑Party Funder who satisfies and continues to satisfy such qualifications and other requirements as may be prescribed;


document_id: cla-1909
term: Third‑Party Funder
source_provision: s5B
definition:
“Third‑Party Funder” means a person who carries on the business of funding all or part of the costs of dispute resolution proceedings to which the person is not a party;


document_id: cla-1909
term: third‑party funding contract
source_provision: s5B
definition:
“third‑party funding contract” means a contract or agreement by a party or potential party to dispute resolution proceedings with a Third‑Party Funder for the funding of all or part of the costs of the proceedings in return for a share or other interest in the proceeds or potential proceeds of the proceedings to which the party or potential party may become entitled. [2/2017]


document_id: clltca-2019
term: assessor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“assessor” means an assessor approved by the Minister under section 17(1) to conduct, and report on, disability assessments;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: CSHL Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“CSHL Scheme” means the severe disability insurance scheme called the CareShield Life Scheme established by section 5;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: ESH Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ESH Scheme” means the severe disability insurance scheme called the ElderShield Scheme that is transferred by the private insurers to the Government;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: former ElderShield Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“former ElderShield Scheme” means the ElderShield Scheme approved by the Minister, that immediately before the transfer date was administered by the private insurers, for the purposes of allowing a person to purchase a severe disability insurance policy from a private insurer;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: health declaration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“health declaration” means a declaration as to whether a person has any pre‑existing medical condition (including a person’s disability condition) that is made to the Board for the purpose of determining whether a person is eligible for insurance cover under the CSHL Scheme or ESH Scheme;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: insured person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“insured person” means a person who is insured under the CSHL Scheme or ESH Scheme, as the case may be;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: insured sum
source_provision: s2
definition:
“insured sum” means a prescribed sum that is payable monthly to an insured person under the CSHL Scheme or ESH Scheme;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: IRAS
source_provision: s2
definition:
“IRAS” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act 1992;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: means declaration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“means declaration” means a declaration, submitted to a person appointed by the Minister, for the purposes of determining an individual’s household income or eligibility for a grant, subsidy or other benefit under a public scheme;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: outstanding premium
source_provision: s2
definition:
“outstanding premium” means the amount of premium due which remains unpaid, and includes any interest imposed under section 23(1)( a ), and any penalty imposed under section 29, in respect of the premium;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: permanent resident of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“permanent resident of Singapore” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; [Act 18 of 2025 wef 01/01/2026]


document_id: clltca-2019
term: prescribed social or healthcare‑related public scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed social or healthcare‑related public scheme” means a public scheme, prescribed for the purposes of Part 8, that provides any grant, subsidy or other benefit for the payment of any social or healthcare expenses;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: private insurer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“private insurer” , in relation to the former ElderShield Scheme, means an insurer approved by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health to sell severe disability insurance policies to CPF members under that Scheme;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: SCPR date
source_provision: s2
definition:
“SCPR date” , in relation to an individual, means the date on which the individual becomes a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident of Singapore, whichever occurs first; [Act 18 of 2025 wef 01/01/2026]


document_id: clltca-2019
term: Supplement Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Supplement Scheme” means an insurance scheme administered by an insurer approved by the Minister to provide disability insurance benefits over and above the CSHL Scheme or ESH Scheme;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: child
source_provision: s15
definition:
“child” means a legitimate child and includes any child adopted by virtue of an order of court under any written law for the time being in force in Singapore, Malaysia or Brunei Darussalam;


document_id: clltca-2019
term: authorised representative
source_provision: s61
definition:
“authorised representative” , in relation to a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), means any person authorised to accept service of documents on behalf of the partnership; [Act 18 of 2025 wef 01/01/2026]


document_id: clpa-1886
term: bankruptcy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bankruptcy” includes liquidation by arrangement, and any other act or proceeding in law having under any law for the time being in force effects or results similar to those of bankruptcy; and “bankrupt” has a corresponding meaning;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: building purposes
source_provision: s2
definition:
“building purposes” includes the erecting and the improving of, and the adding to and the repairing of buildings;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance” includes assignment, appointment, lease, settlement and other assurance made by deed on a sale, mortgage, demise or settlement of any property, and on any other dealing with or for any property; and “convey” has a corresponding meaning;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: fine
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fine” includes premium or foregift, and any payment, consideration or benefit in the nature of a fine, premium of foregift;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: incumbrance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“incumbrance” includes a mortgage in fee or for a less estate, and a trust for securing money, and a lien and a charge of a portion, annuity or other capital or annual sum; and “incumbrancer” has a corresponding meaning, and includes every person entitled to the benefit of an incumbrance, or to require payment or discharge thereof;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: land
source_provision: s2
definition:
“land” includes land freehold and leasehold, or of whatever tenure, and tenements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and houses and other buildings, and also an undivided share in land; In relation to land; “income” includes rents and profits; and “possession” includes receipt of income;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: lease
source_provision: s2
definition:
“lease” includes an agreement for a lease where the lessee has become entitled to have his lease granted;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: mortgagee in possession
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mortgagee in possession” is a mortgagee who in right of the mortgage has entered into and is in possession of the mortgaged property;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: mortgagor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mortgagor” includes any person from time to time deriving title under the original mortgagor, or entitled to redeem a mortgage according to his estate, interest or right in the mortgaged property;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“property” includes real and personal property and any estate in any property, real or personal, and any debt and any thing in action, and any other right or interest in the nature of property, whether in possession or not;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: purchaser
source_provision: s2
definition:
“purchaser” includes a lessee or mortgagee and an intending purchaser, lessee or mortgagee or other person who for valuable consideration takes or deals for any property; and “purchase” has a corresponding meaning; but “sale” means only a sale properly so called;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: rent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“rent” includes yearly or other rent, toll, duty, royalty or other reservation by the area, quantity, weight or otherwise;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: under-lease
source_provision: s2
definition:
“under-lease” includes an agreement for an under-lease where the under-lessee has become entitled to have his under-lease granted;


document_id: clpa-1886
term: writing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“writing” includes print; and words referring to any instrument, copy, extract, abstract or other document include any such instrument, copy, extract, abstract or other document being in writing or in print or partly in writing and partly in print. [40/2019]


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: document
source_provision: s2
definition:
“document” means any matter expressed or described upon any substance by means of letters, figures or marks, or by more than one of these means, and includes any banner, emblem or other insignia;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: explosive substance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“explosive substance” shall be deemed to include any materials for making any explosive substance and any bomb, grenade, apparatus, machine, implement or material used or intended to be used or adapted for causing or aiding in causing any explosion in or with any explosive substance and any part of such bomb, grenade, apparatus, machine or implement;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: police officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“police officer” includes any member of the Special Constabulary constituted under Part 8 of the Police Force Act 2004;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: supplies
source_provision: s2
definition:
“supplies” includes money, food, drink, clothing, rubber, tin or other valuable commodity, any medicine or drug or other medical supplies, and any material or instrument or part thereof for printing, typewriting or duplicating words or objects in visible form.


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s5
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Labour, and includes any Deputy or Assistant Commissioner for Labour;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: essential service
source_provision: s5
definition:
“essential service” means any service, business, trade, undertaking, manufacture or calling included in Part 1 of the First Schedule;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: lock-out
source_provision: s5
definition:
“lock-out” means the closing of a place of employment or the suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him in consequence of a trade dispute, done with a view to compelling those persons, or to aid another employer in compelling persons employed by him, to accept terms or conditions of or affecting employment;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: strike
source_provision: s5
definition:
“strike” means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any essential service acting in combination, or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding of a number of persons who are or who have been so employed to continue to work or to accept employment;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: workman
source_provision: s5
definition:
“workman” means any person who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer, whether the contract be for manual labour, clerical work or otherwise, be expressed or implied, oral or in writing, and whether it be a contract of service or of apprenticeship or a contract personally to execute any work, and includes, for the purposes of any proceedings under this Part in relation to a trade dispute, a workman discharged during that dispute.


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: DNA information
source_provision: s27
definition:
“DNA information” means genetic information derived from the forensic DNA analysis of a body sample;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: invasive sample
source_provision: s27
definition:
“invasive sample” means any body sample that is obtained by means of any invasive procedure, but does not include any sample described in subsection (3); [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: other particulars
source_provision: s27
definition:
“other particulars” , in relation to a person, means any particulars, information or description of that person, other than his registrable particulars, that may be relevant or useful in the identification of that person;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: photograph
source_provision: s27
definition:
“photograph” , in relation to a person, includes the photograph of any distinguishing feature or mark on the body of that person;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: registered medical practitioner
source_provision: s27
definition:
“registered medical practitioner” has the meaning given by the Medical Registration Act 1997 and includes a dentist registered under the Dental Registration Act 1999;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: registrable particulars
source_provision: s27
definition:
“registrable particulars” means the particulars of any detention or supervision order made under section 30(1), 32 or 38 and any name, description, photograph or finger impression of, or document relating to, any person so detained or placed under supervision, as the case may be. [32/2004; 22/2007; 12/2018]


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: Director
source_provision: s47
definition:
“Director” , “Deputy Director” and “Divisional Director”, in relation to the Central Narcotics Bureau, mean the Director, a Deputy Director and a Divisional Director, respectively, of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973;


document_id: cltpa-1955
term: officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau
source_provision: s47
definition:
“officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau” means the Director, a Deputy Director, a Divisional Director or any other officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973. [12/2018]


document_id: cma-1959
term: goods
source_provision: s2
definition:
“goods” includes all materials, commodities and articles for the time being specified in the First or Second Schedule;


document_id: cma-1959
term: registered manufacturer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered manufacturer” means, in respect of the goods for the manufacture of which he is so registered, a person registered under section 3;


document_id: cma-1993
term: computer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“computer” means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other data processing device, or a group of such interconnected or related devices, performing logical, arithmetic, or storage functions, and includes any data storage facility or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with such device or group of such interconnected or related devices, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: cma-1993
term: computer output
source_provision: s2
definition:
“computer output” or “output” means a statement or representation (whether in written, printed, pictorial, graphical or other form) purporting to be a statement or representation of fact — ( a )


document_id: cma-1993
term: damage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“damage” means, except for the purposes of section 17, any impairment to a computer or the integrity or availability of data, a program or system, or information, that — ( a )


document_id: cma-1993
term: data
source_provision: s2
definition:
“data” means representations of information or of concepts that are being prepared or have been prepared in a form suitable for use in a computer;


document_id: cma-1993
term: electromagnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other device
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electromagnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other device” means any device, apparatus or program that is used or is capable of being used to intercept any function of a computer;


document_id: cma-1993
term: function
source_provision: s2
definition:
“function” includes logic, control, arithmetic, deletion, storage and retrieval and communication or telecommunication to, from or within a computer;


document_id: cma-1993
term: intercept
source_provision: s2
definition:
“intercept” , in relation to a function of a computer, includes listening to or recording a function of a computer, or acquiring the substance, meaning or purport thereof;


document_id: cma-1993
term: national digital identity service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“national digital identity service” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1) of the First Schedule; [Act 16 of 2023 wef 08/02/2024] [Act 21 of 2025 wef 30/12/2025]


document_id: cma-1993
term: program or computer program
source_provision: s2
definition:
“program or computer program” means data representing instructions or statements that, when executed in a computer, causes the computer to perform a function; [22/2017] [Act 16 of 2023 wef 08/02/2024]


document_id: cma-1993
term: user
source_provision: s2
definition:
“user” , in relation to the national digital identity service, has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1) of the First Schedule. [Act 16 of 2023 wef 08/02/2024] [Act 21 of 2025 wef 30/12/2025]


document_id: cmca-1997
term: Director
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director” means a person holding office or duly acting as Director of a Community Mediation Centre;


document_id: cmca-1997
term: mediation session
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mediation session” means a meeting in accordance with this Act between 2 or more parties who are in dispute on any matter;


document_id: cmca-1997
term: specified person
source_provision: s15B
definition:
“specified person” means a person mentioned in section 13M(2) of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015;


document_id: cmca-1997
term: tribunal judge
source_provision: s15B
definition:
“tribunal judge” means a District Judge designated as a tribunal judge for the Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals under section 14(1)( b ) of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015. [Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]


document_id: cnpia-1953
term: court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court” , in relation to any claim, means the court or arbitrator by or before whom the claim falls to be determined;


document_id: cnpia-1953
term: dependant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dependant” means any person for whose benefit an action could be brought under section 20 of the Civil Law Act 1909;


document_id: cnpia-1953
term: fault
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fault” means negligence, breach of statutory duty or other act or omission which gives rise to a liability in tort or would, apart from this Act, give rise to the defence of contributory negligence.


document_id: coa-1967
term: accounting records
source_provision: s4
definition:
“accounting records” , in relation to a corporation, includes such working papers and other documents as are necessary to explain the methods and calculations by which accounts of the corporation are made up;


document_id: coa-1967
term: Accounting Standards
source_provision: s4
definition:
“Accounting Standards” means the accounting standards made or formulated by the Accounting Standards Committee under Part 3 of the Accounting Standards Act 2007 and applicable to companies and to foreign companies in respect of their operations in Singapore for the purposes of this Act; [Act 36 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: coa-1967
term: accounts
source_provision: s4
definition:
“accounts” means profit and loss accounts and balance sheets and includes notes (other than auditors’ reports or directors’ reports) attached or intended to be read with any of those profit and loss accounts or balance sheets;


document_id: coa-1967
term: annual general meeting
source_provision: s4
definition:
“annual general meeting” , in relation to a company, means a meeting of the company required to be held by section 175;


document_id: coa-1967
term: approved exchange in Singapore
source_provision: s4
definition:
“approved exchange in Singapore” means an approved exchange as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: coa-1967
term: book‑entry securities
source_provision: s4
definition:
“book‑entry securities” has the meaning given by section 81SF of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: coa-1967
term: books
source_provision: s4
definition:
“books” includes any account, deed, writing or document and any other record of information, however compiled, recorded or stored, whether in written or printed form or on microfilm or by electronic process or otherwise;


document_id: coa-1967
term: borrowing corporation
source_provision: s4
definition:
“borrowing corporation” means a corporation that is or will be under a liability (whether or not such liability is present or future) to repay any money received or to be received by it in response to an invitation to the public to subscribe for or purchase debentures of the corporation;


document_id: coa-1967
term: certified
source_provision: s4
definition:
“certified” , in relation to a copy of a document, means certified in the prescribed manner to be a true copy of the document and, in relation to a translation of a document, means certified in the prescribed manner to be a correct translation of the document into the English language;


document_id: coa-1967
term: charge
source_provision: s4
definition:
“charge” includes a mortgage and any agreement to give or execute a charge or mortgage whether upon demand or otherwise;


document_id: coa-1967
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s4
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to a company, means any one or more persons, by whatever name described, who — ( a )


document_id: coa-1967
term: company
source_provision: s210
definition:
“company” means any corporation liable to be wound up under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018;


document_id: coa-1967
term: company limited by guarantee
source_provision: s4
definition:
“company limited by guarantee” means a company formed on the principle of having the liability of its members limited by the constitution to such amount as the members may respectively undertake to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound up;


document_id: coa-1967
term: company limited by shares
source_provision: s4
definition:
“company limited by shares” means a company formed on the principle of having the liability of its members limited by the constitution to the amount (if any) unpaid on the shares respectively held by them;


document_id: coa-1967
term: contributory
source_provision: s4
definition:
“contributory” , in relation to a company, means a person liable to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound up, and includes the holder of fully paid shares in the company and, prior to the final determination of the persons who are contributories, includes any person alleged to be a contributory;


document_id: coa-1967
term: corporation
source_provision: s4
definition:
“corporation” means any body corporate formed or incorporated or existing in Singapore or outside Singapore and includes any foreign company but does not include — ( a )


document_id: coa-1967
term: corresponding previous written law
source_provision: s4
definition:
“corresponding previous written law” means any written law relating to companies which has been at any time in force in Singapore and which corresponds with any provision in this Act;


document_id: coa-1967
term: debenture
source_provision: s4
definition:
“debenture” includes debenture stock, bonds, notes and any other securities of a corporation whether constituting a charge on the assets of the corporation or not, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: coa-1967
term: director
source_provision: s4
definition:
“director” includes any person occupying the position of director of a corporation by whatever name called and includes a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors or the majority of the directors of a corporation are accustomed to act and an alternate or substitute director;


document_id: coa-1967
term: electronic communication
source_provision: s4
definition:
“electronic communication” means communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another, from a person to a device or from a device to a person) — ( a )


document_id: coa-1967
term: emoluments
source_provision: s4
definition:
“emoluments” , in relation to a director or auditor of a company, includes any fees, percentages and other payments made (including the money value of any allowances or perquisites) or consideration given, directly or indirectly, to the director or auditor by that company or by a holding company or a subsidiary of that company, whether made or given to the director or auditor in the director’s or auditor’s capacity as such or otherwise in connection with the affairs of that company or of the holding company or the subsidiary;


document_id: coa-1967
term: expert
source_provision: s4
definition:
“expert” includes an engineer, a valuer, an accountant and any other person whose profession or reputation gives authority to a statement made by him or her;


document_id: coa-1967
term: limited company
source_provision: s4
definition:
“limited company” means a company limited by shares or by guarantee or, prior to the expiry of the period of 2 years as specified in section 17(6), a company limited both by shares and guarantee;


document_id: coa-1967
term: listed
source_provision: s4
definition:
“listed” , in relation to a company or corporation, means a company or corporation that has been admitted to the official list of an approved exchange in Singapore and has not been removed from that official list;


document_id: coa-1967
term: marketable securities
source_provision: s4
definition:
“marketable securities” means debentures, funds, stocks, shares or bonds of any government or of any local authority or of any corporation or society and includes any right or option in respect of shares in any corporation and units in a collective investment scheme within the meaning of section 2 of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: coa-1967
term: minimum subscription
source_provision: s4
definition:
“minimum subscription” , in relation to any shares offered to the public for subscription, means the amount stated in the prospectus relating to the offer as the minimum amount which in the opinion of the directors must be raised by the issue of the shares so offered;


document_id: coa-1967
term: office copy
source_provision: s4
definition:
“office copy” , in relation to any Court order or other Court document, means a copy authenticated under the hand or seal of the Registrar or other proper officer of the Court;


document_id: coa-1967
term: Official Assignee
source_provision: s4
definition:
“Official Assignee” means the Official Assignee appointed under section 16(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 and includes a Deputy Official Assignee, a Senior Assistant Official Assignee and an Assistant Official Assignee;


document_id: coa-1967
term: Official Receiver
source_provision: s4
definition:
“Official Receiver” means the Official Receiver appointed under section 17(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 and includes a Deputy Official Receiver, a Senior Assistant Official Receiver and an Assistant Official Receiver;


document_id: coa-1967
term: principal register
source_provision: s4
definition:
“principal register” , in relation to a company, means the register of members of the company kept pursuant to section 190;


document_id: coa-1967
term: profit and loss account
source_provision: s4
definition:
“profit and loss account” includes income and expenditure account, revenue account or any other account showing the results of the business of a corporation for a period;


document_id: coa-1967
term: prospectus
source_provision: s4
definition:
“prospectus” means any prospectus, notice, circular, material, advertisement, publication or other document — ( a )


document_id: coa-1967
term: registered corporate service provider
source_provision: s4
definition:
“registered corporate service provider” and “registered qualified individual” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024; [Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025]


document_id: coa-1967
term: Registrar
source_provision: s4
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;


document_id: coa-1967
term: related corporation
source_provision: s4
definition:
“related corporation” , in relation to a corporation, means a corporation that is deemed to be related to the firstmentioned corporation by virtue of section 6;


document_id: coa-1967
term: share
source_provision: s4
definition:
“share” means share in the share capital of a corporation and includes stock except where a distinction between stocks and shares is expressed or implied;


document_id: coa-1967
term: unit
source_provision: s4
definition:
“unit” , in relation to a share, debenture or other interest, means any right or interest, whether legal or equitable, in the share, debenture or other interest, by whatever name called and includes any option to acquire any such right or interest in the share, debenture or other interest;


document_id: coa-1967
term: unlimited company
source_provision: s4
definition:
“unlimited company” means a company formed on the principle of having no limit placed on the liability of its members;


document_id: coa-1967
term: virtual meeting technology
source_provision: s4
definition:
“virtual meeting technology” means any technology that allows a person to participate in a meeting without being physically present at the place of meeting; [Act 17 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023]


document_id: coa-1967
term: voting share
source_provision: s4
definition:
“voting share” , in relation to a body corporate, means an issued share in the body corporate, not being — ( a )


document_id: coa-1967
term: reduction information
source_provision: s78A
definition:
“reduction information” , in relation to a proposed reduction of share capital by a special resolution of a company, means the following information: ( a )


document_id: coa-1967
term: resolution date
source_provision: s78A
definition:
“resolution date” , in relation to a resolution, means the date when the resolution is passed. [36/2014]


document_id: coa-1967
term: appointed day
source_provision: s386ALB
definition:
“appointed day” means the date of commencement of section 10 of the Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2024; [Act 23 of 2024 wef 16/06/2025]


document_id: coa-1967
term: nominee director
source_provision: s145A
definition:
“nominee director” means a director who is accustomed or under an obligation whether formal or informal to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of any other person. [Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025]


document_id: coa-1967
term: agent
source_provision: s157
definition:
“agent” includes a banker, solicitor or auditor of the company and any person who at any time has been a banker, solicitor or auditor of the company.


document_id: coa-1967
term: credit transaction
source_provision: s162
definition:
“credit transaction” means a transaction under which one party (called in this section and section 163 the creditor) — ( a )


document_id: coa-1967
term: quasi‑loan
source_provision: s162
definition:
“quasi‑loan” means a transaction under which one party (called in this section and section 163 the creditor) agrees to pay, or pays otherwise than pursuant to an agreement, a sum for another (called in this section the borrower) or agrees to reimburse, or reimburses otherwise than pursuant to an agreement, expenditure incurred by another party for another (called in this section and section 163 the borrower) — ( a )


document_id: coa-1967
term: public interest company
source_provision: s205AA
definition:
“public interest company” means a company which is listed or in the process of issuing its debt or equity instruments for trading on an approved exchange in Singapore, or such other company as the Minister may prescribe. [36/2014; 4/2017]


document_id: coa-1967
term: balance sheet
source_provision: s209A
definition:
“balance sheet” , in relation to a company, means the balance sheet, by whatever name called, prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards;


document_id: coa-1967
term: entity
source_provision: s209A
definition:
“entity” means an entity that is referred to in the Accounting Standards in relation to the preparation of financial statements and the requirements for the preparation of financial statements;


document_id: coa-1967
term: financial statements
source_provision: s386A
definition:
“financial statements” means the financial statements of a company required to be prepared by the Accounting Standards and, in the case of a parent company, means the consolidated financial statements. [36/2014]


document_id: coa-1967
term: parent company
source_provision: s209A
definition:
“parent company” means a company that is required under the Accounting Standards to prepare financial statements in relation to a group;


document_id: coa-1967
term: subsidiary corporation
source_provision: s209A
definition:
“subsidiary corporation” means a corporation that is a subsidiary as defined in the Accounting Standards;


document_id: coa-1967
term: ultimate parent corporation
source_provision: s209A
definition:
“ultimate parent corporation” means a corporation which is a parent but is not a subsidiary, within the meaning of the Accounting Standards. [36/2014]


document_id: coa-1967
term: arrangement
source_provision: s210
definition:
“arrangement” includes a reorganisation of the share capital of a company by the consolidation of shares of different classes or by the division of shares into shares of different classes or by both these methods;


document_id: coa-1967
term: holder of units of shares
source_provision: s210
definition:
“holder of units of shares” does not include a person who holds units of shares only beneficially. [36/2014; 40/2018]


document_id: coa-1967
term: declared company
source_provision: s229
definition:
“declared company” means a company or foreign company which the Minister has by order declared to be a company to which this Part applies;


document_id: coa-1967
term: date of registration
source_provision: s356
definition:
“date of registration” , in relation to a foreign corporate entity that has applied to be registered as a company limited by shares under this Part, means the date of registration of the foreign corporate entity specified in the notice of transfer of registration;


document_id: coa-1967
term: notice of transfer of registration
source_provision: s356
definition:
“notice of transfer of registration” means the notice of transfer of registration issued under section 359(3);


document_id: coa-1967
term: place of incorporation
source_provision: s356
definition:
“place of incorporation” means, in the case of a foreign corporate entity that had transferred its domicile after its incorporation, the jurisdiction where the foreign corporate entity is domiciled at the time it applies for registration;


document_id: coa-1967
term: registration
source_provision: s356
definition:
“registration” , in relation to a foreign corporate entity that has applied to be registered as a company limited by shares under this Part, means registration by the Registrar under section 359(1), and “register” and “registered” are to be construed accordingly. [15/2017]


document_id: coa-1967
term: approved exchange
source_provision: s386AB
definition:
“approved exchange” means an approved exchange as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: coa-1967
term: corporate controller
source_provision: s386AB
definition:
“corporate controller” , in relation to a company or a foreign company, means a legal entity which has a significant interest in, or significant control over, the company or the foreign company, as the case may be;


document_id: coa-1967
term: individual controller
source_provision: s386AB
definition:
“individual controller” , in relation to a company or a foreign company, means an individual who has a significant interest in, or significant control over, the company or the foreign company, as the case may be;


document_id: coa-1967
term: legal entity
source_provision: s386AB
definition:
“legal entity” means any body corporate formed or incorporated or existing in Singapore or outside Singapore and includes a foreign company;


document_id: coa-1967
term: significant control
source_provision: s386AB
definition:
“significant control” , in relation to a company or a foreign company, has the meaning given in the Sixteenth Schedule;


document_id: coa-1967
term: significant interest
source_provision: s386AB
definition:
“significant interest” , in relation to a company or a foreign company, has the meaning given in the Sixteenth Schedule. [15/2017]


document_id: coa-1967
term: lawyer
source_provision: s386AE
definition:
“lawyer” means a solicitor or a professional legal adviser, and includes an interpreter or other person who works under the supervision of a solicitor or a professional legal adviser;


document_id: coa-1967
term: legal counsel
source_provision: s386AE
definition:
“legal counsel” means a legal counsel as defined in section 3(7) of the Evidence Act 1893, and includes an interpreter or other person who works under the supervision of a legal counsel. [15/2017]


document_id: coa-1967
term: director with executive control
source_provision: s386AFA
definition:
“director with executive control” , in relation to a company or foreign company, means a director of the company or foreign company who exercises executive control over the daily or regular affairs of the company or foreign company through a senior management position.


document_id: coa-1967
term: shareholder
source_provision: s386ALB
definition:
“shareholder” , in relation to a company or foreign company, means a person who is registered in the register of members of the company or foreign company as a holder of shares in the company or foreign company. [Act 2 of 2022 wef 04/10/2022]


document_id: coa-1967
term: company record
source_provision: s395
definition:
“company record” means any register, index, minute book, accounting record, minute or other document required by this Act to be kept by a company;


document_id: coa-1967
term: in electronic form
source_provision: s395
definition:
“in electronic form” means in the form of an electronic record as defined in section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010;


document_id: cons-1963
term: citizen of Singapore
source_provision: s2
definition:
“citizen of Singapore” means any person who, under the provisions of this Constitution, has the status of a citizen of Singapore;


document_id: cons-1963
term: Council of Presidential Advisers
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Council of Presidential Advisers” means the Council of Presidential Advisers constituted under Part 5A;


document_id: cons-1963
term: existing law
source_provision: s2
definition:
“existing law” means any law having effect as part of the law of Singapore immediately before the commencement of this Constitution;


document_id: cons-1963
term: high judicial office
source_provision: s2
definition:
“high judicial office” means the office of the Chief Justice, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, a Judge of the Appellate Division, a Judge of the High Court, a Judicial Commissioner, a Senior Judge or an International Judge, and “person holding high judicial office” has a corresponding meaning;


document_id: cons-1963
term: Judicial Service Commission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Judicial Service Commission” means the Judicial Service Commission constituted under this Constitution; [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]


document_id: cons-1963
term: law
source_provision: s2
definition:
“law” includes written law and any legislation of the United Kingdom or other enactment or instrument whatsoever which is in operation in Singapore and the common law in so far as it is in operation in Singapore and any custom or usage having the force of law in Singapore;


document_id: cons-1963
term: President
source_provision: s2
definition:
“President” means the President of Singapore elected under this Constitution and includes any person for the time being exercising the functions of the office of President;


document_id: cons-1963
term: Presidential Elections Committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Presidential Elections Committee” means the Presidential Elections Committee constituted under Article 18;


document_id: cons-1963
term: public office
source_provision: s103
definition:
“public office” does not include the following offices, and “public officer” has a corresponding meaning: ( a )


document_id: cons-1963
term: Public Service Commission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Public Service Commission” means the Public Service Commission constituted under this Constitution;


document_id: cons-1963
term: register of electors
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register of electors” means any register of electors prepared under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force relating to Parliamentary elections;


document_id: cons-1963
term: remuneration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“remuneration” , in respect of any public officer, means only the emoluments of that officer, the whole or any part of which count for pension or gratuity in accordance with the provisions of any law relating to the grant of pensions or gratuities in respect of the public service;


document_id: cons-1963
term: reserves
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reserves” , in relation to the Government, a statutory board or Government company, means the excess of assets over liabilities of the Government, statutory board or Government company, as the case may be;


document_id: cons-1963
term: session
source_provision: s2
definition:
“session” means the sittings of Parliament commencing when it first meets after being constituted, or after its prorogation or dissolution at any time, and terminating when Parliament is prorogued or is dissolved without having been prorogued;


document_id: cons-1963
term: sitting
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sitting” means a period during which Parliament is sitting continuously without adjournment, including any period during which Parliament is in committee;


document_id: cons-1963
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;


document_id: cons-1963
term: terms of service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“terms of service” , in respect of any officer, includes the remuneration to which that officer is entitled by virtue of his office, and any pension, gratuity or other like allowance payable to or in respect of that officer;


document_id: cons-1963
term: written law
source_provision: s2
definition:
“written law” means this Constitution and all Acts and Ordinances and subsidiary legislation for the time being in force in Singapore. [39/2014; 38/2019]


document_id: cons-1963
term: Singapore Armed Forces
source_provision: s6
definition:
“Singapore Armed Forces” means the Singapore Armed Forces raised and maintained under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972, and includes any civil defence force formed under the Civil Defence Act 1986 and such other force as the President may, by notification in the Gazette , declare to be an armed force for the purposes of this Article;


document_id: cons-1963
term: Singapore Police Force
source_provision: s6
definition:
“Singapore Police Force” means the Singapore Police Force and the Special Constabulary established under the Police Force Act 2004 and any Auxiliary Police Force created in accordance with Part 9 of that Act, and includes the Vigilante Corps established under the Vigilante Corps Act 1967 and such other force as the President may, by notification in the Gazette , declare to be a police force for the purposes of this Article.


document_id: cons-1963
term: chief executive
source_provision: s19
definition:
“chief executive” , in relation to an entity or organisation, means the most senior executive (however named) in that entity or organisation, who is principally responsible for the management and conduct of the entity’s or organisation’s business and operations;


document_id: cons-1963
term: company
source_provision: s19
definition:
“company” means a company limited by shares and incorporated or registered in Singapore under the general law relating to companies;


document_id: cons-1963
term: person belonging to the Chinese community
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“person belonging to the Chinese community” means any person who considers himself to be a member of the Chinese community and who is generally accepted as a member of the Chinese community by that community;


document_id: cons-1963
term: person belonging to the Malay community
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“person belonging to the Malay community” means any person, whether of the Malay race or otherwise, who considers himself 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: cons-1963
term: person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities” means any person of Indian origin who considers himself to be a member of the Indian community and who is generally accepted as a member of the Indian community by that community, or any person who belongs to any minority community other than the Malay or Indian community;


document_id: cons-1963
term: member
source_provision: s37A
definition:
“member” means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman and any alternate member appointed under Article 37C. [31/2007]


document_id: cons-1963
term: group
source_provision: s39A
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;


document_id: cons-1963
term: appointed date
source_provision: s64A
definition:
“appointed date” means the date on which the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 2020 is published in the Gazette ;


document_id: cons-1963
term: adverse report
source_provision: s68
definition:
“adverse report” means a report of the Council stating that, in the opinion of the Council, some specified provision of a Bill or of a subsidiary legislation would be a differentiating measure;


document_id: cons-1963
term: differentiating measure
source_provision: s68
definition:
“differentiating measure” means any measure which is, or is likely in its practical application to be, disadvantageous to persons of any racial or religious community and not equally disadvantageous to persons of other such communities, either directly by prejudicing persons of that community or indirectly by giving advantage to persons of another community;


document_id: cons-1963
term: Money Bill
source_provision: s68
definition:
“Money Bill” means a Bill which contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following matters: ( a )


document_id: cons-1963
term: transfer
source_provision: s110
definition:
“transfer” does not include transfer without a change of rank within a department of the Government. [Act 32 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]


document_id: cons-1963
term: net investment income of a financial year that is derived from the past reserves
source_provision: s142
definition:
“net investment income of a financial year that is derived from the past reserves” means the share of the net investment income of the financial year that is attributable to the past reserves;


document_id: cons-1963
term: past reserves of the Government
source_provision: s142
definition:
“past reserves of the Government” means the reserves not accumulated by the Government during its current term of office, including accretions thereto deemed under clauses (1C) and (2) to be part thereof, but less such amount that is certified under clause (1A)( b ) or such amount adjusted pro-rata based on the period a financial year falls partially within any current term of office of the Government;


document_id: cons-1963
term: real rate of return
source_provision: s142
definition:
“real rate of return” means an annual percentage of return on investment of relevant assets of the Government adjusted for changes in prices due to inflation or deflation and after deducting all expenses arising from or incidental to investing and managing the relevant assets;


document_id: cons-1963
term: realised capital gains
source_provision: s142
definition:
“realised capital gains” , in relation to any relevant assets, means all proceeds realised from the disposition of the relevant assets less all costs and expenses arising from or incidental to the disposition, purchase or conversion of the relevant assets, and includes any realised capital losses;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: assessor’s determination
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“assessor’s determination” means a determination by a rental relief assessor under section 19N on an application made under section 19M;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: construction contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“construction contract” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (Cap. 30B);


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: event contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“event contract” means a contract for the provision of a venue, accommodation, amenities, transport, entertainment, catering or other goods or services for — ( a )


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: Registrar
source_provision: s86
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of rental waiver assessors appointed under section 88(1), and includes any Deputy Registrar of rental waiver assessors performing the functions of the Registrar;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: scheduled contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“scheduled contract” means a contract within a description of contracts set out in the First Schedule, but not one that falls within such description of contracts as may be prescribed; [Act 37 of 2020 wef 14/01/2021]


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: supply contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“supply contract” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: Authority
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“Authority” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established under the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 138A);


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: landlord
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“landlord” , for any property, includes a lessor, sub-lessor, licensor or sub-licensor for that property, but excludes a person or class of persons prescribed as not being a landlord or landlords;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: lease agreement
source_provision: s86
definition:
“lease agreement” , for any property, means an agreement for leasing or licensing the property that is in writing or evidenced in writing, and includes a lease or a licence;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: notice of cash grant
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“notice of cash grant” means a notice issued under section 19F by the Authority to the owner of a prescribed property;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: prescribed property
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“prescribed property” means any prescribed non-residential property or any property belonging to a prescribed class of non-residential property, and includes any part of such property;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: prescribed tenant-occupier
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“prescribed tenant-occupier” or “PTO” means a tenant of any prescribed property who satisfies the prescribed criteria and who is an occupier of the property;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: PTO chain
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“PTO chain” , for a PTO of a prescribed property, means a chain of landlords and tenants of that property ending with the PTO;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: public scheme
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“public scheme” means the public scheme for the giving of cash grants to mitigate rental costs, that is part of the Budget Statement of the Government dated 26 May 2020;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: relevant period
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“relevant period” means the period starting on 1 April 2020 and ending on the prescribed date; [Act 37 of 2020 wef 18/11/2020]


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: rent
source_provision: s86
definition:
“rent” means the total amount payable by a tenant for the lease or licence of the property concerned, and includes any service charge and maintenance charge, and any other thing that is prescribed as being rent, but excludes any thing that is prescribed as not being rent;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: rental relief assessor
source_provision: s19B
definition:
“rental relief assessor” means a person appointed to the panel of rental relief assessors under section 19L;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: tenant
source_provision: s86
definition:
“tenant” , for any property, includes a lessee, sub-lessee, licensee or sub-licensee for that property, but excludes a person or class of persons prescribed as not being a tenant or tenants. [Act 26 of 2021 wef 05/10/2021]


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: appointed date
source_provision: s19S
definition:
“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 15 of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Amendment) Act 2020;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: specified period
source_provision: s19S
definition:
“specified period” means the period starting on 1 February 2020 and ending on the prescribed date. [Act 29 of 2020 wef 31/07/2020] [Act 37 of 2020 wef 18/11/2020]


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: accused person
source_provision: s28
definition:
“accused person” includes a person against whom proceedings for contempt of court under the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act 2016 have commenced;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: control measure
source_provision: s28
definition:
“control measure” means any control order made under Part 7 or any of the following that is related to the infectious disease known as Coronavirus Disease 2019: ( a )


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: judge
source_provision: s28
definition:
“judge” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act 2016;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: Syariah Court
source_provision: s28
definition:
“Syariah Court” means the Syariah Court constituted under section 34 of the Administration of Muslim Law Act.


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: adjudication review application
source_provision: s38B
definition:
“adjudication review application” means an adjudication review application made under section 18 of SOPA;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: adjudicator
source_provision: s38B
definition:
“adjudicator” means an adjudicator appointed under section 14(3) of SOPA to determine an adjudication application, and includes a replacement adjudicator appointed under section 14A(3) of SOPA;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: authorised nominating body
source_provision: s38B
definition:
“authorised nominating body” , “claimant”, “payment claim”, “respondent” and “supply contract” have the meanings given by section 2 of SOPA;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: review adjudicator
source_provision: s38B
definition:
“review adjudicator” means a review adjudicator appointed under section 18(5)( b ) of SOPA, and includes a panel of review adjudicators appointed under that provision, and a replacement review adjudicator or replacement member of a panel of review adjudicators appointed under section 18A(3) of SOPA. [Act 30 of 2020 wef 30/09/2020]


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: completion date
source_provision: s39A
definition:
“completion date” , in relation to any construction works to be performed under a construction contract, means the date by which the construction works must be certified in accordance with the construction contract as completed, failing which liquidated damages become payable by the party failing to so complete the construction works;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: construction works
source_provision: s39A
definition:
“construction works” , in relation to a construction contract, means the construction works (within the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (Cap. 30B)) to be performed under the construction contract. [Act 37 of 2020 wef 30/11/2020]


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: contract sum
source_provision: s79A
definition:
“contract sum” means the total sum payable for the construction works to which the construction contract relates, as at the time the construction contract was entered into, and includes such sum as adjusted by a determination under section 79G or a subsequent determination under section 79H;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: public authority
source_provision: s41
definition:
“public authority” means a body established by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: cash equivalent
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“cash equivalent” , in relation to any payment, includes payment by a cheque, a credit or debit card or any electronic funds transfer;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: commercial developer
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“commercial developer” means any person that engages in the business of commercial development, and includes the Housing and Development Board established by the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129) and the Jurong Town Corporation established by the Jurong Town Corporation Act (Cap. 150);


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: commercial development
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“commercial development” means the construction or causing the construction of any number of units of commercial property, including any building operations in, on, over or under the land for the purpose of erecting such commercial property, and the sale of land which would be appurtenant to such commercial property;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: commercial property
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“commercial property” means any building or other premises which are permitted by or under any written law for use for a commercial or an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is a commercial or an industrial purpose;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: delivery date
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“delivery date” means the delivery possession date or vacant possession date provided by an affected agreement on or before which the housing developer or commercial developer must deliver possession of one or more units of housing accommodation or commercial property to the purchaser under the affected agreement;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: developer
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“developer” means the housing developer or commercial developer (as the case may be) that is a party to an affected agreement;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: extended delivery date
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“extended delivery date” means the delivery date treated as being provided by an affected agreement after an extension under section 39I;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: housing accommodation
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“housing accommodation” includes a building or tenement wholly or principally constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation, or for human habitation and as business premises;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: housing developer
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“housing developer” means any person that engages in a business of housing development, and includes the Housing and Development Board established by the Housing and Development Act;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: housing development
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“housing development” means the construction or causing the construction of any number of units of housing accommodation, including any building operations in, on, over or under the land for the purpose of erecting such housing accommodation, and the sale of land which would be appurtenant to such housing accommodation;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: original delivery date
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“original delivery date” means the delivery date provided by an affected agreement before any extension of that date under section 39I;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: unit
source_provision: s39G
definition:
“unit” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part of a building, whether such stratum is on one or more levels, whether the building or part of the building is a housing development or commercial development, and which is intended for use in accordance with the provisions of any written law as a complete and separate unit for residential, commercial or industrial purpose, as the case may be. [Act 37 of 2020 wef 01/07/2021]


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: adjustment relief assessor
source_provision: s41
definition:
“adjustment relief assessor” means a person appointed to the panel of adjustment relief assessors under section 64;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: adjustment relief Registrar
source_provision: s41
definition:
“adjustment relief Registrar” means the adjustment relief Registrar appointed under section 63(1), and includes any adjustment relief Deputy Registrar exercising the functions of the adjustment relief Registrar;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: essential service
source_provision: s41
definition:
“essential service” means any service essential to the national security, defence, foreign relations, economy, public health, public safety or public order of Singapore, and includes the matters specified in Part 2 of the Second Schedule;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: negotiation period
source_provision: s41
definition:
“negotiation period” , in relation to any of the following notices, means the period of 4 weeks after the date of the notice: ( a )


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: notice of negotiation for contract of national interest
source_provision: s41
definition:
“notice of negotiation for contract of national interest” means a notice of negotiation for contract of national interest under section 61(1);


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: service period
source_provision: s41
definition:
“service period” , in relation to any notice that may be served under this Part, means the period of 3 days beginning on the date of the notice;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: foreign manpower salary costs
source_provision: s79A
definition:
“foreign manpower salary costs” means the remuneration (including bonuses, allowances and overtime payments) payable to individuals who are neither citizens nor permanent residents of Singapore and who hold a work permit, but excludes such matters as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 79K;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: Part 10A Registrar
source_provision: s79A
definition:
“Part 10A Registrar” means the Part 10A Registrar appointed under section 79D(1), and includes any Part 10A Deputy Registrar exercising the functions of the Part 10A Registrar;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: work permit
source_provision: s79A
definition:
“work permit” means a work pass known as a work permit issued under the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Passes) Regulations 2012 (G.N. No. S 569/2012), and includes a training work permit issued under those Regulations. [Act 14 of 2021 wef 06/08/2021]


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: Division 4 determination
source_provision: s86
definition:
“Division 4 determination” means a determination by a rental waiver assessor under section 102, on an application made under section 100, that it is just and equitable in the circumstances of the case for a notice of rental waiver to be issued even though the lease agreement does not satisfy section 91(2);


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: IRAS
source_provision: s86
definition:
“IRAS” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act;


document_id: covid19tma-2020
term: rental waiver assessor
source_provision: s86
definition:
“rental waiver assessor” means a person appointed to the panel of rental waiver assessors under section 89;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: authorised analyst
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised analyst” means any person appointed by the Director‑General as an authorised analyst under section 3(3);


document_id: cpa-1993
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means any person appointed by the Director‑General as an authorised officer under section 3(2);


document_id: cpa-1993
term: certified pesticide operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“certified pesticide operator” means a person who is certified as a pesticide operator under section 12;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: conveyance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conveyance” includes any aircraft, vessel, train, vehicle or any other artificial contrivance, whether mechanically propelled or otherwise used or capable of being used as a means of transport on land, water or air;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: Director-General
source_provision: s15
definition:
“Director-General” includes any public officer or officer of the Board or of any other statutory authority authorised under section 6 to carry out registration of pesticides under section 14;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: fresh fruits and vegetables
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fresh fruits and vegetables” means unprocessed and raw fruits and vegetables which are intended for human consumption;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by land, sea or air from any place which is outside Singapore but does not include the bringing into Singapore by land, sea or air (whether landed or transhipped in Singapore) for the sole purpose of being carried to any other country either by the same or another conveyance;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any land, includes every person in actual possession, management or control of the land;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: package
source_provision: s2
definition:
“package” includes every means by which plants, plant products and pests are encased, covered, enclosed, contained or packed for conveyance from one place to another;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: pest
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pest” means any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic agent which is or is capable of being injurious to plants or plant products;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: pesticide
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pesticide” means any substance or mixture of substances prepared or used for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest and any substance or mixture of substances prepared or used as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: pesticide residue
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pesticide residue” means the remains of any substance resulting from the use of any pesticide, the level of which is prescribed by rules made under this Act;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: plant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“plant” means any species of plant or any part of a plant whether living or dead and includes any vegetable, fruit, flower, leaf, stem, branch, spore, seed, root, cutting, graft, scion and any other part, whether severed or attached, intended for propagation or from which further plants may be propagated;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: plant product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“plant product” means any product derived from plants, either in their natural, manufactured or processed form;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: prohibited pesticide
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prohibited pesticide” means a pesticide not specified in the Ninth Schedule to the Food Regulations;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: prohibited pesticide residue
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prohibited pesticide residue” means the remains of any substance resulting from the use of any prohibited pesticide;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: sell
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sell” includes offering or attempting to sell, or receiving for sale, or having in possession for sale, or exposing for sale, or sending or delivering for sale, or causing or allowing to be sold, offered or exposed for sale, and “sale” has a corresponding meaning;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: soil
source_provision: s2
definition:
“soil” includes earth, water, peat, manure, compost, sand, clay and any other substance capable of supporting plant life, or transmitting any pest, whether or not used or intended to be used as a growing medium, or in any process of manufacture, or as ballast or for any other purpose;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: supply
source_provision: s2
definition:
“supply” includes offering or attempting to supply or having in possession for supply or causing or allowing to be supplied;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: toxic chemical residue
source_provision: s2
definition:
“toxic chemical residue” means the remains of any chemical substance, other than pesticides, the level of which is prescribed by rules made under this Act;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: tranship
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tranship” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by land, sea or air from any place which is outside Singapore any plant and then to — ( a )


document_id: cpa-1993
term: treatment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“treatment” means disinfection and disinfestation to ensure the removal, sterilisation or killing of any pest by appropriate means. [8/2002; 10/2019; 2/2020]


document_id: cpa-1993
term: container
source_provision: s8
definition:
“container” means the basket, carton, bag, box, packet or other receptacle which contains the fresh fruits or vegetables and, where any such receptacle is contained in another such receptacle, includes the latter receptacle;


document_id: cpa-1993
term: licensee
source_provision: s8
definition:
“licensee” means a person who has obtained a licence as required under section 7 for the import or transhipment (as the case may be) of any fresh fruit or vegetable.


document_id: cpa-1993
term: innovative pesticide application
source_provision: s15
definition:
“innovative pesticide application” means in relation to an application made after 8 January 1999, an application that refers to an active ingredient — ( a )


document_id: cpa-1993
term: protected period
source_provision: s15
definition:
“protected period” , in relation to confidential supporting information relating to an innovative pesticide application received by the Director-General, means a period of 5 years from the date the innovative pesticide application is or was (as the case may be) received by the Director-General. [10/2019]


document_id: cpa-2018
term: accredited external auditor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accredited external auditor” means any person accredited by the Agency as an accredited external auditor in accordance with regulations;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: Agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agency” means the National Environment Agency established by the National Environment Agency Act 2002;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: carbon credit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“carbon credit” means a fixed-price carbon credit or an eligible international carbon credit; [Act 37 of 2022 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: cpa-2018
term: carbon dioxide equivalence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“carbon dioxide equivalence” , in relation to any greenhouse gas, means the mass of the greenhouse gas multiplied by its global warming potential set out opposite the greenhouse gas in the third column of the First Schedule;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: electronic transactions service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic transactions service” means any electronic transactions service provided for in regulations;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: eligible international carbon credit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“eligible international carbon credit” has the meaning given by section 33A; [Act 37 of 2022 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: cpa-2018
term: emissions report
source_provision: s2
definition:
“emissions report” means an emissions report mentioned in section 11, and includes a verified emissions report;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: first emissions threshold
source_provision: s2
definition:
“first emissions threshold” means the first emissions threshold specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: fixed-price carbon credit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fixed-price carbon credit” means a carbon credit mentioned in section 26; [Act 37 of 2022 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: cpa-2018
term: fixed-price carbon credit registry account
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fixed-price carbon credit registry account” or “FPCC registry account” means a registry account for a taxable facility of a registered person that is opened by the Agency in the Fixed‑Price Carbon Credits Registry under section 31; [Act 37 of 2022 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: cpa-2018
term: GHG emission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“GHG emission” , in relation to any business facility, means any greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere directly from the business facility;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: greenhouse gas
source_provision: s2
definition:
“greenhouse gas” means any greenhouse gas specified in the first column of the First Schedule and having the chemical formula specified in the second column of that Schedule opposite the greenhouse gas;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: international carbon credit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international carbon credit” means a certificate representing one tonne of GHG emissions reductions or removals measured in tCO 2 e, generated from any project or programme outside Singapore; [Act 37 of 2022 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: cpa-2018
term: international carbon credit registry account
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international carbon credit registry account” or “ICC registry account” means a registry account for a taxable facility of a registered person that is opened by the Agency in the International Carbon Credits Registry under section 33D; [Act 37 of 2022 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: cpa-2018
term: monitoring plan
source_provision: s2
definition:
“monitoring plan” includes a monitoring plan that is revised under section 13(4), except in section 12(3)( a );


document_id: cpa-2018
term: reportable facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reportable facility” means a business facility that is registered as a reportable facility under section 7;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: second emissions threshold
source_provision: s2
definition:
“second emissions threshold” means the second emissions threshold specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: taxable facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“taxable facility” means a business facility that is registered as a taxable facility under section 7;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: allowance
source_provision: s20A
definition:
“allowance” , in relation to a taxable facility that is eligible for an allowance for an emissions year, means the amount by which the total amount of reckonable GHG emissions of the taxable facility in the emissions year may be reduced for the purpose only of determining the amount of the tax chargeable for the emissions year, in accordance with an award of allowances given by the Minister under section 20E;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: public body
source_provision: s20A
definition:
“public body” and “responsible Minister”, in relation to a public body, have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018. [Act 37 of 2022 wef 01/01/2024]


document_id: cpa-2018
term: computer
source_provision: s45
definition:
“computer” and “computer output” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Computer Misuse Act 1993;


document_id: cpa-2018
term: writing
source_provision: s45
definition:
“writing” includes any mode of representing or reproducing words, figures, drawings or symbols in a visible form.


document_id: cpc-2010
term: arrestable offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“arrestable offence” and “arrestable case” mean, respectively, an offence for which and a case in which a police officer may ordinarily arrest without warrant according to the third column of the First Schedule or under any other written law;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: audiovisual recording
source_provision: s2
definition:
“audiovisual recording” means an aggregate of visual images and sounds embodied in a thing, so as to be capable, by the use of that thing, of being produced electronically and shown as a moving picture with associated sounds;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: bailable offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bailable offence” means an offence shown as bailable in the fifth column of the First Schedule or which is made bailable by any other written law, and “non‑bailable offence” means any offence other than a bailable offence;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: child abuse offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“child abuse offence” means an offence under section 6(1), 7, 8, 14(2), 16 or 17 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993, or an offence under section 377BG, 377BH, 377BI, 377BJ, 377BK or 377BL of the Penal Code 1871, and includes an abetment of, a conspiracy to commit, or an attempt to commit, such an offence;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: complaint
source_provision: s2
definition:
“complaint” means any allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate with a view to the Magistrate taking action under this Code that some person, whether known or unknown, has committed or is guilty of an offence;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: expert
source_provision: s2
definition:
“expert” means a person with scientific, technical or other specialised knowledge based on training, study or experience; [Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/12/2025]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: financial institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial institution” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: Judge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Judge” means a Supreme Court Judge, a Senior Judge or a Judicial Commissioner sitting in the General Division of the High Court in accordance with the Constitution and the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: Judge sitting in the Court of Appeal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Judge sitting in the Court of Appeal” means a Supreme Court Judge, a Senior Judge or a Judicial Commissioner sitting in the Court of Appeal in accordance with the Constitution and the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: judicial proceeding
source_provision: s2
definition:
“judicial proceeding” means any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken by a court;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: juvenile
source_provision: s2
definition:
“juvenile” means a person who, in the absence of legal proof to the contrary, is 10 years of age or older but below 18 years of age in the opinion of the court; [Act 32 of 2024 wef 30/12/2025]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: law enforcement agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“law enforcement agency” means any authority or person charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders under any written law;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: non-arrestable offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-arrestable offence” and “non‑arrestable case” mean, respectively, an offence for which and a case in which a police officer may not ordinarily arrest without warrant according to the third column of the First Schedule or under any other written law;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: police station
source_provision: s2
definition:
“police station” means any local office of the Singapore Police Force; [Act 5 of 2024 wef 31/05/2024]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: Postal Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Postal Authority” , “public parcel locker network operator” and “public postal licensee” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Postal Services Act 1999;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: proceeding
source_provision: s2
definition:
“proceeding” includes a criminal case disclosure conference and a case conference, held under Part 9 or 10, as the case may be; [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: Registrar of the Family Justice Courts
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar of the Family Justice Courts” means the registrar of the Family Justice Courts, and includes the deputy registrar and an assistant registrar of the Family Justice Courts;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: Registrar of the State Courts
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar of the State Courts” means the registrar of the State Courts, and includes a deputy registrar of the State Courts;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: Registrar of the Supreme Court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar of the Supreme Court” includes the Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: repealed Code
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Code” means the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68, 1985 Revised Edition) repealed by this Code;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: signed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“signed” or “signature” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: State Court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“State Court” means any court constituted under the State Courts Act 1970 for the administration of criminal justice;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: terrorist act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“terrorist act” has the meaning given by section 2(2) and (3) of the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act 2002;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: travel document
source_provision: s2
definition:
“travel document” means a passport and includes any document issued by any State (including Singapore) or territory for the purpose of facilitating travel by the holder thereof;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: writing
source_provision: s2
definition:
“writing” includes any mode of representing or reproducing words, figures, drawings or symbols in a visible form, whether permanent or otherwise. [3/2013; 5/2014; 27/2014; 42/2014; 9/2018; 12/2018; 19/2018; 15/2019; 40/2019; 10/2021]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: prescribed law enforcement agency
source_provision: s112
definition:
“prescribed law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1)( c ) by the Minister charged with the responsibility for that law enforcement agency. [19/2018]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: decryption information
source_provision: s40
definition:
“decryption information” means information, code or technology or part thereof that enables or facilitates the retransformation or unscrambling of encrypted data from its unreadable and incomprehensible format to its plain text version;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: encrypted data
source_provision: s40
definition:
“encrypted data” means data which has been transformed or scrambled from its plain text version to an unreadable or incomprehensible format, regardless of the technique utilised for such transformation or scrambling and irrespective of the medium in which such data occurs or can be found for the purposes of protecting the content of such data;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: plain text version
source_provision: s40
definition:
“plain text version” means the original data before it has been transformed or scrambled to an unreadable or incomprehensible format.


document_id: cpc-2010
term: accused person
source_provision: s40E
definition:
“accused person” means any person who has been concerned in an offence or is reasonably suspected of having been involved in one, or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received of the person having been so concerned or involved;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: forensic medical examination
source_provision: s40E
definition:
“forensic medical examination” or “FME”, in relation to any individual, means any one or more of the following: ( a )


document_id: cpc-2010
term: forensic specialist
source_provision: s40E
definition:
“forensic specialist” means a person appointed under section 65A of the Police Force Act 2004, or any other person who is authorised in writing by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this Division;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: invasive sample
source_provision: s40E
definition:
“invasive sample” means any body sample that is obtained by means of any invasive procedure and includes a sample of blood;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: medical practitioner
source_provision: s40E
definition:
“medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered or exempted from registration under the Medical Registration Act 1997;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: nurse
source_provision: s40E
definition:
“nurse” means a registered nurse or enrolled nurse within the meaning of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: released person
source_provision: s91
definition:
“released person” means any person who is released on bail or on his or her personal bond, as the case may be;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: surrender to custody
source_provision: s91
definition:
“surrender to custody” , in relation to a released person, means to surrender himself or herself into the custody of the court or a police officer (as the case may be) according to the bail or bond conditions at the time and place appointed for him or her to do so.


document_id: cpc-2010
term: authorised director
source_provision: s112
definition:
“authorised director” , in relation to a law enforcement agency, means a director of that law enforcement agency who is authorised to perform the duties, and exercise the powers, under this section and section 113 of the head of that law enforcement agency;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s112
definition:
“authorised officer” means a police officer of or above the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police who is authorised by the Commissioner of Police to give a written consent mentioned in subsection (1)( a );


document_id: cpc-2010
term: deferred prosecution agreement
source_provision: s149A
definition:
“deferred prosecution agreement” or “DPA” means an agreement entered into between the Public Prosecutor and a person who has been charged with, or whom the Public Prosecutor is considering prosecuting for, an alleged offence, under which — ( a )


document_id: cpc-2010
term: give public notice
source_provision: s149A
definition:
“give public notice” , in relation to a matter, means to cause a notice of the matter to be published in the Gazette ;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: co-accused
source_provision: s157
definition:
“co-accused” means any person who is to be tried jointly with an accused and to whom the criminal case disclosure procedures apply by virtue of section 159;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: criminal case disclosure conference
source_provision: s172
definition:
“criminal case disclosure conference” means any conference held under sections 212 to 220 in respect of any offence to which the criminal case disclosure procedures apply by virtue of section 211A;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: criminal case disclosure procedures
source_provision: s172
definition:
“criminal case disclosure procedures” means the procedures under sections 212 to 220. [19/2018; 14/2019; 40/2019]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: broadcast
source_provision: s225
definition:
“broadcast” means any transmission of signs or signals for general reception, using wireless telecommunications or any other means of delivery, and whether or not the transmission is encrypted;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: publish
source_provision: s225
definition:
“publish” , in relation to a report, means make the report available to the general public of Singapore, or any section thereof, in whatever form and by whatever means, including broadcasting and transmitting on what is commonly known as the Internet.


document_id: cpc-2010
term: supervising Magistrate
source_provision: s226
definition:
“supervising Magistrate” means the Magistrate in charge of the operation of the computer terminal mentioned in subsection (2)( a ).


document_id: cpc-2010
term: application
source_provision: s238B
definition:
“application” means any application under this Code and includes a criminal motion and an application under section 400 or 404, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: cpc-2010
term: review application
source_provision: s394F
definition:
“review application” means an application to review an earlier decision of an appellate court; [19/2018; 40/2019] [Act 41 of 2022 wef 28/06/2024]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: designated medical practitioner
source_provision: s246
definition:
“designated medical practitioner” , in relation to any psychiatric institution, has the meaning given by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: principal officer
source_provision: s246
definition:
“principal officer” , in relation to any psychiatric institution, has the meaning given by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: approved centre
source_provision: s281
definition:
“approved centre” means an approved centre declared under section 18 of the Intoxicating Substances Act 1987 † ;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: approved institution
source_provision: s281
definition:
“approved institution” means an approved institution declared under section 35 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 † ;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: live video or live television link
source_provision: s281
definition:
“live video or live television link” means a live video or live television link that is created using an electronic communication technology approved by the Chief Justice. [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] [†Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: community service officer
source_provision: s335
definition:
“community service officer” means any person appointed as a community service officer under section 346(9)( a );


document_id: cpc-2010
term: community work officer
source_provision: s335
definition:
“community work officer” means any person appointed as a community work officer under section 344(10);


document_id: cpc-2010
term: day reporting centre
source_provision: s335
definition:
“day reporting centre” means any place as may be designated by the Minister charged with the responsibility for home affairs as a day reporting centre under section 341(8);


document_id: cpc-2010
term: psychiatrist
source_provision: s335
definition:
“psychiatrist” means any medical practitioner who is registered as a psychiatrist in the Register of Specialists under the Medical Registration Act 1997.


document_id: cpc-2010
term: dependant
source_provision: s359
definition:
“dependant” means a person mentioned in section 20(8)( a ) to ( e ) or 21(2)( a ) to ( e ) of the Civil Law Act 1909;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: relevant law enforcement agency
source_provision: s359
definition:
“relevant law enforcement agency” , in relation to an offence mentioned in subsection (1), means the law enforcement agency that investigated the offence;


document_id: cpc-2010
term: representative
source_provision: s359
definition:
“representative” , in relation to a person mentioned in subsection (1)( a ), means any person as prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Rules. [Act 5 of 2024 wef 01/08/2024]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: absconded person
source_provision: s370
definition:
“absconded person” means any person who cannot be found, apprehended or extradited, at the end of the period of 6 months from the date on which investigations were commenced against that person to ascertain whether that person has committed any relevant offence in connection with which the property mentioned in section 35(1) or 78(1) or (1A) was seized; [Act 24 of 2024 wef 14/11/2024]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: application for PACC permission
source_provision: s394F
definition:
“application for PACC permission” has the meaning given by section 60F of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969; [Act 41 of 2022 wef 28/06/2024]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: application for permission
source_provision: s394F
definition:
“application for permission” means an application for permission to make a review application; [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: civil application
source_provision: s394F
definition:
“civil application” means an application to a court when exercising its civil jurisdiction, and includes — ( a )


document_id: cpc-2010
term: post-appeal application in a capital case
source_provision: s394F
definition:
“post-appeal application in a capital case” or “PACC application” has the meaning given by section 60F of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969; [Act 41 of 2022 wef 28/06/2024]


document_id: cpc-2010
term: specified application
source_provision: s394F
definition:
“specified application” means a civil application, an application for PACC permission, or a PACC application. [Act 41 of 2022 wef 28/06/2024]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: approved annuity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved annuity” means an annuity approved by the Board for the purposes of section 15(6C)( b ) or the former section 15(6C)( b );


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: approved bank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved bank” means a bank approved by the Board for the purposes of section 15(6C)( a ) or the former section 15(6C)( b );


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: approved developer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved developer” means an approved developer under Part 4B of the Housing and Development Act 1959; [Act 39 of 2021 wef 01/03/2022]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: assessor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“assessor” means a person having the necessary qualifications approved by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health, subject to such conditions as that Minister may impose, to conduct, and report, on disability assessments for the purposes of a certification under section 16B(2);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: CareShield Life Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“CareShield Life Scheme” means the CareShield Life Scheme established by section 5 of the CareShield Life and Long‑Term Care Act 2019;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: certifying body
source_provision: s2
definition:
“certifying body” means a body appointed by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health — ( a )


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive officer” means the chief executive of the Board, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: collector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“collector” means any person or a member of a class of persons, specified by regulations made under section 77(1) to be a person who is required under section 9B to pay an estimated contribution in respect of a self-employed person;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: designated shareholder
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated shareholder” means a person who has withdrawn all or part of the amount standing to his or her credit in the Fund to purchase designated shares; [Act 39 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: designated shares
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated shares” means such shares or class of shares in any approved corporation as the Minister may designate which are purchased with moneys withdrawn under this Act; [Act 39 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: ElderShield Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ElderShield Scheme” means the ElderShield Scheme established by section 11 of the CareShield Life and Long‑Term Care Act 2019;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: employed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employed” means engaged under a contract of service or apprenticeship or in an employment in respect of which contributions are payable under regulations made under section 77(1);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: entitlement date
source_provision: s2
definition:
“entitlement date” means a date specified by the Board, for the purposes of section 15(7) and (7B)( a ), that falls in the month in which the member attains the prescribed age; [Act 39 of 2021 wef 01/03/2022]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: flat
source_provision: s2
definition:
“flat” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether the stratum or part is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: general moneys of the Fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“general moneys of the Fund” means the moneys of the Fund (whether or not standing to the credit of any member in the Fund) that are not accounted for in any subsidiary account maintained for a member in respect of the money standing to the member’s credit in the Fund;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: HDB flat
source_provision: s2
definition:
“HDB flat” means any flat, house or other building sold under Part 4 or 4B of the Housing and Development Act 1959 which has been acquired by the present owner thereof whether directly from the Housing and Development Board or otherwise;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: Housing and Development Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Housing and Development Board” means the Housing and Development Board constituted under the Housing and Development Act 1959;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: interest in land
source_provision: s2
definition:
“interest in land” means any interest in land recognised as such by law, and includes an estate in land;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: land
source_provision: s2
definition:
“land” includes land, freehold or leasehold, or of whatever tenure, whether or not held apart from the surface, and buildings or parts thereof (whether completed or otherwise and whether divided horizontally, vertically or in any other manner), and tenements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: Lifelong Income Fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Lifelong Income Fund” means the Lifelong Income Fund established and maintained by the Board under section 27N;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: MediShield Life Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“MediShield Life Scheme” means the MediShield Life Scheme referred to in section 3 of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: member of the Fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member of the Fund” or “member” means any person to whose credit any amount is standing in the Fund, or for whom any account in the Fund is maintained for any of the purposes of this Act;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: nominee account
source_provision: s2
definition:
“nominee account” means any nominee ordinary account, nominee medisave account, nominee special account or nominee retirement account maintained for a deceased member under section 20(1D);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: payout benchmark applicable to the member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“payout benchmark applicable to the member” means the payout benchmark specified by the Minister in relation to the member under section 15AA(8)( a ) or ( c ); [Act 39 of 2021 wef 01/03/2022]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: permanent resident
source_provision: s2
definition:
“permanent resident” or “permanent resident of Singapore” means a permanent resident of Singapore as defined by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 01/12/2025]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: platform earnings
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform earnings” , in relation to a platform worker, means the platform worker’s platform remuneration, but excludes any excluded payments that the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette , specify; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: platform operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: platform remuneration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform remuneration” , in relation to a platform worker, means the remuneration in money payable to the platform worker in respect of any platform service provided by the platform worker to a service user for a platform operator under a platform work agreement, and includes any bonus earned by the platform worker in respect of the platform service; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: platform service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform service” , “platform work agreement”, “platform worker” and “service user” have the respective meanings given by the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/10/2024]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: prescribed age
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed age” means such age of a member as the Minister may prescribe by regulations made under section 77(1), and the Minister may prescribe different ages for different purposes and in respect of different classes of members;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: relevant individual
source_provision: s2
definition:
“relevant individual” means such individual as the Minister may prescribe by regulations made under section 77(1) for the purposes of section 18(1)( a ), (2)( a ) and (3)( a ), and the Minister may prescribe different individuals in different regulations for different purposes;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: reserved amount
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reserved amount” , in relation to a member, means such reserved amount referred to in section 15(6)( c ) or 15AA(5)( b ) as may be applicable to the member; [Act 39 of 2021 wef 01/03/2022]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: revenue payment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“revenue payment” means any payment prescribed by regulations made under section 77(1) to be a revenue payment for the purposes of section 9B;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: shares
source_provision: s2
definition:
“shares” includes warrants, transferable subscription rights, options to subscribe for shares, convertibles and other security interests arising from or accruing or attaching to the shares;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: Supplement Scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Supplement Scheme” means the Supplement Scheme defined in section 2(1) of the CareShield Life and Long‑Term Care Act 2019;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: vested shares
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vested shares” means designated shares that are vested in the Board under section 26(1), or section 26, 26A or 26B as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 29 of the Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 2021; [Act 39 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]


document_id: cpfa-1953
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. [23/2012; 24/2013; 4/2015; 6/2016; 26/2016; 43/2017; 5/2018; 26/2019; 37/2019]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: approved manner
source_provision: s9A
definition:
“approved manner” , in relation to the payment of contributions under this section, means any manner of payment of contributions that is permitted — ( a )


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: income
source_provision: s9A
definition:
“income” means assessable income from any trade, business, profession or vocation (other than from employment under a contract of service) ascertained in accordance with section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act 1947, and excludes any income prescribed by regulations made under section 77(1). [37/2019]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: approved payer
source_provision: s9B
definition:
“approved payer” means a person approved by the Board to assist a collector in making payment of any estimated contribution for a self-employed person in accordance with an approved manner of payment under this section. [37/2019]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: available ordinary account balance
source_provision: s13AA
definition:
“available ordinary account balance” , in relation to a member, means the amount standing to the credit of the member in the member’s ordinary account, after excluding any reserved amount standing to the credit of that member in his or her ordinary account;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: continuing condition
source_provision: s14
definition:
“continuing condition” , in relation to a cash grant or specified payment, means a condition that — ( a )


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: significant condition
source_provision: s15AA
definition:
“significant condition” means any physical or mental condition prescribed as a significant condition by regulations made under section 77(1);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: specified significant condition
source_provision: s15AA
definition:
“specified significant condition” means any significant condition prescribed as a specified significant condition by regulations made under section 77(1). [Act 39 of 2021 wef 01/03/2022]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: approved payee
source_provision: s16B
definition:
“approved payee” , in relation to the person mentioned in subsection (6)( a ), means a person whom the certifying body is satisfied is within the class or classes of persons approved by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health to receive a withdrawal under subsection (1) on behalf of the person for whom the amount is to be withdrawn;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: dependant
source_provision: s16B
definition:
“dependant” , in relation to a member, means such person whom the certifying body is satisfied is related to the member in such manner as may be prescribed in regulations made under section 77(1) or in any other manner as the Minister charged with the responsibility for health may determine;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: relevant amount
source_provision: s16B
definition:
“relevant amount” means the amount received by a person under subsection (6) which was not applied for the care of the person for whom the amount was withdrawn. [26/2019]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: approved person
source_provision: s16C
definition:
“approved person” , in relation to a relevant person, means a person whom the certifying body is satisfied is within the class or classes of persons approved by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health to make an application, provide information or do all that is necessary under subsection (1);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: relevant person
source_provision: s26
definition:
“relevant person” , in relation to a designated shareholder who has died before, on or after 1 April 2022, means — ( a )


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: approved circumstances
source_provision: s19
definition:
“approved circumstances” means circumstances approved by the Minister or a person specified by the Minister;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: refunded amount
source_provision: s19
definition:
“refunded amount” means the amount of moneys refunded from Account A to Account B under subsection (1), as modified by subsection (2A) or (2B), if applicable. [Act 39 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] [Act 33 of 2024 wef 19/01/2025]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: applicable provision
source_provision: s19D
definition:
“applicable provision” means section 15(2)( d ), ( e ), ( f ) or ( g ), (2B), (7), (7C) or (8B) as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 4 of the Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 2021, or section 15(7) or 15AA(1) or (6); [Act 39 of 2021 wef 01/03/2022]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: commencement date
source_provision: s19D
definition:
“commencement date” means the date of commencement of section 58 of the Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 2021;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: giver
source_provision: s19D
definition:
“giver” , in relation to moneys mentioned in subsection (1)( a ), means the person from whom those moneys were transferred to the recipient’s retirement account or special account;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: payer
source_provision: s19D
definition:
“payer” , in relation to moneys mentioned in subsection (1)( b ) or ( c ), means the person who paid those moneys to the recipient’s retirement account or special account;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: recipient
source_provision: s19D
definition:
“recipient” , in relation to moneys mentioned in subsection (1)( a ), ( b ) or ( c ), means the person to whose retirement account or special account those moneys were transferred or paid;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: remaining moneys
source_provision: s19D
definition:
“remaining moneys” means the moneys mentioned in subsection (1)( a ), ( b ) or ( c ) (as the case may be) that remain standing in the recipient’s account mentioned in that subsection immediately before the refund is made, but excludes any of those moneys that had been withdrawn from the recipient’s account under an applicable provision before the refund and then restored to the recipient’s account because — ( a )


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: public authority
source_provision: s21
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: cpfa-1953
term: approved educational institution
source_provision: s22
definition:
“approved educational institution” means any educational institution in Singapore approved by the Minister for the purposes of subsection (1);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: course of study
source_provision: s22
definition:
“course of study” means any course of study which is of a type prescribed by the Minister for the purposes of subsection (1);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: relative
source_provision: s22
definition:
“relative” means a person who is related to a member and who is dependent on that member for his or her care and maintenance;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: tuition fees
source_provision: s22
definition:
“tuition fees” includes any administrative fees imposed by the Board in respect of any withdrawals made by a member under this section.


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: beneficiary
source_provision: s25A
definition:
“beneficiary” , in relation to a deceased member, means any person who is entitled to the whole or a share of the moneys payable on the member’s death in accordance with paragraph ( a ) or ( b ) of subsection (1);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: beneficiary representative
source_provision: s25A
definition:
“beneficiary representative” , in relation to a deceased member, means a beneficiary of the deceased member — ( a )


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: deceased member’s relevant moneys
source_provision: s25A
definition:
“deceased member’s relevant moneys” means moneys payable on the member’s death out of the Fund that are paid to the Public Trustee under subsection (1) or section 25(2) as in force immediately before the effective date;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: effective date
source_provision: s25A
definition:
“effective date” means the date of commencement of section 50 of the Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 2021;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: relevant time
source_provision: s25A
definition:
“relevant time” , in relation to a deceased member’s relevant moneys, means the time of the Public Trustee’s receipt of the latest payment of the deceased member’s relevant moneys under subsection (1) or section 25(2) as in force immediately before the effective date;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: specified limit
source_provision: s25A
definition:
“specified limit” means the amount specified by the Minister charged with the responsibility for the Public Trustee Office for the purposes of subsection (5). [Act 39 of 2021 wef 18/06/2022]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: nominee
source_provision: s26
definition:
“nominee” , in relation to a deceased designated shareholder, is a person who is entitled to receive the designated shareholder’s vested shares under a memorandum executed under section 25(1);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: prescribed time
source_provision: s26
definition:
“prescribed time” means the time prescribed under section 77(1), which may differ in relation to different classes of designated shareholders or relevant persons, as the case may be;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: Investment Regulations
source_provision: s26B
definition:
“Investment Regulations” means the Central Provident Fund (Investment Schemes) Regulations (Rg 9). [Act 36 of 2023 wef 01/04/2024]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: designated account
source_provision: s27A
definition:
“designated account” means such account maintained, or to be maintained, by the Board as may be prescribed by any regulations made under section 77(1);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: annuity plan
source_provision: s27J
definition:
“annuity plan” means an annuity plan under the Scheme, pursuant to which the Board will pay a relevant member his or her monthly income under section 27K(6);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: relevant age
source_provision: s27J
definition:
“relevant age” , in relation to a relevant member, means the age prescribed in, or designated by the relevant member under, the relevant regulations for the purposes of section 27K(1) and (6) in relation to the relevant member’s annuity plan;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: Scheme
source_provision: s52
definition:
“Scheme” means the medical insurance scheme called the MediShield Scheme established and maintained by the Board under section 53 as in force immediately before 1 November 2015. [11/2013; 4/2015]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: assessed risk
source_provision: s28
definition:
“assessed risk” means the risk that a person’s health condition may result in death or incapacity, as assessed by the Board; [Act 33 of 2024 wef 26/05/2025]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: Home Protection Fund
source_provision: s28
definition:
“Home Protection Fund” means the Home Protection Fund established and maintained by the Board under section 33(1);


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: insured sum
source_provision: s40
definition:
“insured sum” means the sum prescribed in regulations made under this Part which is payable on the incapacity or death of the insured person;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: premium loading
source_provision: s28
definition:
“premium loading” means any additional amount payable as a premium imposed in accordance with section 32A, over and above the premium payable by a member of the Scheme under section 32(1); [Act 33 of 2024 wef 26/05/2025]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: terminal illness
source_provision: s28
definition:
“terminal illness” means any illness that a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997 certifies is expected to result in death within 12 months;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: appointed insurer
source_provision: s40
definition:
“appointed insurer” means any person who is licensed under the Insurance Act 1966 to carry on insurance business in Singapore and who is appointed by the Board to take over the whole or any part of the Board’s liabilities under the Scheme or to provide insurance cover to any person under the Scheme;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: MediShield Fund
source_provision: s52
definition:
“MediShield Fund” means the fund established and maintained by the Board under section 56 as in force immediately before 1 November 2015;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: eligible member
source_provision: s57A
definition:
“eligible member” means a member of the Fund who is eligible to receive any cash payment or relevant contribution under the Scheme;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: Medisave healthcare provider
source_provision: s67A
definition:
“Medisave healthcare provider” means a person or an institution that has provided or is providing any medical, psychiatric or other treatment or services prescribed under section 77(1)( j );


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: withdrawal application
source_provision: s67A
definition:
“withdrawal application” means an application, submitted on behalf of a member, to the Board — ( a )


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: deductible sum
source_provision: s71
definition:
“deductible sum” , in relation to any retained amount, means any class of payments due, or that may become due, to the Fund that is prescribed to be set off against the retained amount under subsection (3)( b ) or (4)( b ), as the case may be;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: prescribed payment
source_provision: s71
definition:
“prescribed payment” means any payment or class of payments credited (whether before, on or after 1 January 2020) to a member’s account in the Fund or the general moneys of the Fund (as the case may be), that is prescribed by regulations made under section 77(1) for the purposes of this section;


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: prescribed person
source_provision: s71
definition:
“prescribed person” , in relation to a prescribed payment, means any of the following persons: ( a )


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: retained amount
source_provision: s71
definition:
“retained amount” means the amount retained under subsection (3)( a ) or (4)( b ) (as the case may be) to be set off against any deductible sum. [37/2019]


document_id: cpfa-1953
term: relevant Act
source_provision: s75
definition:
“relevant Act” means the CareShield Life and Long-Term Care Act 2019 or the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015. [Act 36 of 2023 wef 01/07/2024]


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: chief executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“chief executive” means the chief executive of the Commission and includes any person acting in that capacity;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: Commission
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commission” means the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore established by section 3 of the Competition Act 2004;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: financial product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial product” includes any arrangement, transaction or contract regulated, or supplied by any person regulated, under — ( a )


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: financial services
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial services” includes any services regulated, or supplied by any person regulated, under — ( a )


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: material fact
source_provision: s2
definition:
“material fact” means any information that a supplier knows or ought reasonably to know would affect the decision of a consumer to enter into a consumer transaction;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: motor vehicle sale contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“motor vehicle sale contract” means a contract between a consumer and a motor vehicle dealer for the sale of a motor vehicle to the consumer;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: residential property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“residential property” means any house, flat or other premises which is permitted to be used pursuant to any written law as a dwelling house and any such house, flat or other premises which is in the course of being constructed;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: specified dispute resolution scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified dispute resolution scheme” means, in respect of disputes arising in relation to any consumer transaction, any dispute resolution scheme specified for the purposes of section 7(11) by regulations made under section 43(2)( k ) in respect of disputes arising in relation to a class of consumer transactions to which that consumer transaction belongs;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: time share accommodation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“time share accommodation” means any living accommodation, in Singapore or elsewhere, used or intended to be used (wholly or partly) for leisure purposes by a class of persons all of whom have rights to use, or participate in arrangements under which they may use, that accommodation or accommodation within a pool of accommodation to which that accommodation belongs;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: time share contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“time share contract” means a contract which confers or purports to confer on an individual time share rights that are exercisable during a period of not less than 3 years;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: time share related contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“time share related contract” means a contract to assist a consumer to dispose of the consumer’s time share rights conferred under a time share contract;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: time share rights
source_provision: s2
definition:
“time share rights” means rights to use time share accommodation for a specified or ascertainable period, but does not include rights under a contract of employment or an insurance policy;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: voucher
source_provision: s2
definition:
“voucher” means any document that purports to give the holder of the document the right to obtain goods or a service or the right to obtain goods or a service at a discounted or reduced price. [5/2014; 25/2016; 10/2018]


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: repair
source_provision: s13
definition:
“repair” means, in cases where there is a lack of conformity in goods within the meaning of subsection (4), to bring the goods into conformity with the contract;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: authorised assistant
source_provision: s22
definition:
“authorised assistant” means a person named in a warrant issued under subsection (1) to accompany and assist a named investigation officer;


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: named investigation officer
source_provision: s22
definition:
“named investigation officer” means an investigation officer named in a warrant issued under subsection (1);


document_id: cpfta-2003
term: occupier
source_provision: s22
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to any premises, means a person whom the named investigation officer reasonably believes is the occupier of those premises. [12J [25/2016]


document_id: cptdsra-1975
term: Safety Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Safety Authority” means the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore established by section 3 of the Competition Act 2004; [Act 13 of 2025 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: cptdsra-1975
term: trade description
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trade description” means any description, statement or indication which, directly or indirectly and by whatever means given, relates to any of the following matters: ( a )


document_id: csa-1979
term: allowance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“allowance” means the remuneration paid to a member of the committee of management of a society in consideration of the member’s voluntary services rendered to the society on a regular basis;


document_id: csa-1979
term: apex organisation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“apex organisation” means an organisation established to facilitate the operations of all primary and secondary societies in Singapore;


document_id: csa-1979
term: Assistant Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Assistant Registrar” means an Assistant Registrar of Co‑operative Societies appointed under section 3(1);


document_id: csa-1979
term: audit committee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“audit committee” , in relation to a credit society, means the audit committee of the credit society referred to in section 36;


document_id: csa-1979
term: authorised person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised person” , in relation to a matter, means a person who is authorised by the Registrar in writing to act on behalf of the Registrar in relation to the matter;


document_id: csa-1979
term: by-laws
source_provision: s2
definition:
“by-laws” means the registered by-laws made by a society in the exercise of any power conferred by this Act, and includes a registered amendment of the by-laws;


document_id: csa-1979
term: committee of management
source_provision: s2
definition:
“committee of management” means the governing body (by whatever name called) of a society which is responsible for the management of the affairs of the society;


document_id: csa-1979
term: deposit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“deposit” means money received on current or deposit account and includes subscription capital, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: csa-1979
term: dividend
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dividend” means a portion of the net surplus or the reserves (if approved under section 72A) of a society distributed among the members of the society in proportion to either or both of the following: ( a )


document_id: csa-1979
term: electronic form
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic form” means the form of an electronic record as defined in section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010;


document_id: csa-1979
term: financial service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial service” means receiving deposits, granting loans, or such other service of a financial nature as may be prescribed, other than in relation to the carrying on of insurance business within the meaning of the Insurance Act 1966;


document_id: csa-1979
term: hard copy form
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hard copy form” means a paper form or similar form capable of being read by a human being without using any other device;


document_id: csa-1979
term: honorarium
source_provision: s2
definition:
“honorarium” means a portion of the net surplus or the reserves (if approved under section 72A) of a society distributed among some or all of the members of the committee of management in consideration of their services which would not otherwise be remunerated; [Act 17 of 2024 wef 18/07/2024]


document_id: csa-1979
term: institutional member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“institutional member” means a society, a trade union or a platform work association; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/11/2024]


document_id: csa-1979
term: key employee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“key employee” means an individual who holds any of the following appointments, or who purports to act in any of the following capacities, whether or not for reward: ( a )


document_id: csa-1979
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” includes an individual person or institution qualifying for membership in a co-operative society, who or which join in the application for the registration of a society, and an individual person or institution admitted to membership after registration in accordance with this Act, the Rules and the by-laws;


document_id: csa-1979
term: net surplus
source_provision: s2
definition:
“net surplus” means the remaining portion of the surplus after provisions have been made for the Central Co-operative Fund and the Singapore Labour Foundation in accordance with section 71;


document_id: csa-1979
term: officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officer” includes a chairperson, vice‑chairperson, director, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, member of committee of management, employee, internal auditor, liquidator or other person empowered under this Act, the Rules or the by-laws, to give directives in regard to the business of a society or to supervise the business;


document_id: csa-1979
term: past officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“past officer” , in relation to any obligation imposed under this Act, means a person who at any time before the occurrence of the obligation was, or performed the duties of, an officer;


document_id: csa-1979
term: patronage refund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“patronage refund” means a portion of the net surplus of a society distributed among its members in proportion to the volume of business done by them with the society from which the surplus of the society was derived;


document_id: csa-1979
term: platform work association
source_provision: s2
definition:
“platform work association” means a platform work association registered under the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/11/2024]


document_id: csa-1979
term: primary society
source_provision: s2
definition:
“primary society” means a society all of whose members are individual persons who, or institutions which, have the qualifications for membership set out in section 39;


document_id: csa-1979
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Co‑operative Societies appointed under section 3(1), and includes a Deputy Registrar, an Assistant Registrar, or a public officer appointed under section 3(1), exercising such function, duty or power of the Registrar as is delegated to the Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrar or public officer (as the case may be) under section 3(2);


document_id: csa-1979
term: reserves
source_provision: s2
definition:
“reserves” means the assets of a society that are in excess of its liabilities, paid-up share capital, subscription capital and other deposits; [Act 17 of 2024 wef 18/07/2024]


document_id: csa-1979
term: secondary society
source_provision: s2
definition:
“secondary society” means a society, each of whose registered members is a co‑operative society, a trade union or a platform work association; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/11/2024]


document_id: csa-1979
term: Singapore Labour Foundation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Labour Foundation” means the Singapore Labour Foundation established under the Singapore Labour Foundation Act 1977;


document_id: csa-1979
term: society
source_provision: s2
definition:
“society” means a co-operative society registered under this Act and includes a primary society, a secondary society and an apex organisation;


document_id: csa-1979
term: subscription capital
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subscription capital” means a regular obligatory savings deposit (made by members in accordance with the by‑laws) which is intended to serve as guarantee capital for loans taken or guaranteed by a member and which may not be withdrawn except for such specific purposes and under such conditions as are laid down in the by-laws or except on a termination of membership;


document_id: csa-1979
term: subsidiary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subsidiary” , in relation to a society, means any body corporate (including another society) or body unincorporate which is controlled by the society;


document_id: csa-1979
term: surplus
source_provision: s2
definition:
“surplus” means the economic results of a society as shown in the audited financial statements of that society after provisions have been made for depreciation and bad debts but does not include, in the case of an insurance co‑operative, that portion of the surplus used for declaration of bonus to policy‑holders or retained in the insurance fund;


document_id: csa-1979
term: policy owner
source_provision: s45
definition:
“policy owner” and “policy moneys” have the meanings given in the First Schedule to the Insurance Act 1966;


document_id: csa-1979
term: agent
source_provision: s63
definition:
“agent” , in relation to a society, includes a banker, a solicitor or an auditor of the society and any person who at any time has been a banker, a solicitor or an auditor of the society;


document_id: csa-1979
term: corporation
source_provision: s64
definition:
“corporation” means any body corporate incorporated, formed or existing in Singapore or elsewhere and includes any foreign company within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;


document_id: csa-1979
term: foreign worker
source_provision: s73
definition:
“foreign worker” means an individual who is employed in Singapore but is neither a citizen nor a permanent resident of Singapore;


document_id: csa-1979
term: material
source_provision: s77
definition:
“material” means any document or record, whether kept in hard copy form or in electronic form, or any computer or other device;


document_id: csa-1979
term: charitable purpose
source_provision: s89
definition:
“charitable purpose” means a purpose which is exclusively charitable according to the law of Singapore;


document_id: csa-1979
term: charity
source_provision: s89
definition:
“charity” means a charity as defined in section 2(1) of the Charities Act 1994, whether or not registered under that Act. [3/2018]


document_id: csca-2001
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 5(2) and includes a temporary Chairperson appointed under section 8;


document_id: csca-2001
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the College, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: csca-2001
term: incorporated departments
source_provision: s2
definition:
“incorporated departments” means the departments of the Prime Minister’s Office formerly known as the Civil Service College and the Personnel Guidance Unit;


document_id: csca-2001
term: officers in the public sector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“officers in the public sector” means public officers and officers and employees of any public body;


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


document_id: cspa-2024
term: accounting corporation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accounting corporation” , “accounting firm” and “accounting limited liability partnership” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Accountants Act 2004;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: ACRA Fifth Schedule Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ACRA Fifth Schedule Act” means any of the written laws specified in the first column of the Fifth Schedule to the ACRA Act;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: ACRA Second Schedule Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ACRA Second Schedule Act” means any of the written laws specified in the Second Schedule to the ACRA Act;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: ACRA transaction
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ACRA transaction” , in relation to the ACRA Registrar of an ACRA Second Schedule Act or ACRA Fifth Schedule Act, means — ( a )


document_id: cspa-2024
term: Assistant Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Assistant Registrar” means an Assistant Registrar of Corporate Service Providers appointed under section 5(2)( b );


document_id: cspa-2024
term: Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authority” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established by section 3 of the ACRA Act;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: corporate service provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corporate service provider” means a person who carries on a business of providing any corporate service;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: deemed registered corporate service provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“deemed registered corporate service provider” means an accounting entity that is treated under section 7(2) as registered under section 8 as a registered corporate service provider;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: deemed registered qualified individual
source_provision: s2
definition:
“deemed registered qualified individual” means a key appointment holder of a deemed registered corporate service provider who is treated under section 15(3) as registered under section 10 as a registered qualified individual;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: Deputy Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Deputy Registrar” means a Deputy Registrar of Corporate Service Providers appointed under section 5(2)( b );


document_id: cspa-2024
term: designated activity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“designated activity” means the preparation to carry out or the carrying out of transactions for a customer concerning any of the following activities: ( a )


document_id: cspa-2024
term: electronic transaction system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system established by the Authority under section 27(1) of the ACRA Act;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: FATF recommendation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“FATF recommendation” means any recommendation relating to the prevention of money laundering, proliferation financing and terrorism financing adopted by the FATF;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: key appointment holder
source_provision: s2
definition:
“key appointment holder” , in relation to any person ( X ), means any of the following persons: ( a )


document_id: cspa-2024
term: legal person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“legal person” means a person other than a natural person that can establish a permanent business relationship with another person or otherwise own property;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: limited liability partnership
source_provision: s2
definition:
“limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: nominee director
source_provision: s38
definition:
“nominee director” means a director who is accustomed or under an obligation whether formal or informal to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of any other person. ”;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: nominee shareholder
source_provision: s2
definition:
“nominee shareholder” , in relation to a corporation, means a shareholder who satisfies either or both of the following: ( a )


document_id: cspa-2024
term: qualified individual
source_provision: s2
definition:
“qualified individual” means an individual who satisfies such criteria as may be prescribed for this definition;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: registered corporate service provider
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered corporate service provider” means a corporate service provider who is registered under this Act, and includes — ( a )


document_id: cspa-2024
term: registered person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered person” means a registered corporate service provider or registered qualified individual;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: registered qualified individual
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered qualified individual” means a qualified individual who is registered under this Act, and includes — ( a )


document_id: cspa-2024
term: Registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Corporate Service Providers appointed under section 5(2)( a ), and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: registration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registration” means registration of a registered corporate service provider or registered qualified individual, as the case may be;


document_id: cspa-2024
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 Variable Capital Companies Act 2018.


document_id: cspa-2024
term: general purpose financial statements
source_provision: s3
definition:
“general purpose financial statements” , “special purpose financial statements” and “summary financial statement” have the meanings given by the part entitled “Glossary” in the Singapore Standards on Auditing;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: Singapore Standards on Auditing
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Singapore Standards on Auditing” means the standards by that name issued by the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants as published on its website.


document_id: cspa-2024
term: reasonable steps
source_provision: s30
definition:
“reasonable steps” has the meaning given by section 29(6) except that any reference to the corporation is a reference to the unincorporated association or partnership mentioned in subsection (2);


document_id: cspa-2024
term: contact address
source_provision: s33
definition:
“contact address” means an individual’s contact address maintained by the Authority under the ACRA Act or by the ACRA Registrar of any ACRA Second Schedule Act;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: appointed day
source_provision: s38
definition:
“appointed day” means the date of commencement of section 38( b ) of the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: ACRA RQI
source_provision: s41
definition:
“ACRA RQI” means a qualified individual registered by the Chief Executive under section 32 of the old ACRA Act;


document_id: cspa-2024
term: registered filing agent
source_provision: s41
definition:
“registered filing agent” means a filing agent registered by the Chief Executive under section 31 of the old ACRA Act;


document_id: csta-2018
term: common services tunnel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“common services tunnel” or “CST” means a system of underground concrete structures within a common services tunnel area used or intended to be used for the purpose of the housing and distribution of utility services to land within and outside the area;


document_id: csta-2018
term: common services tunnel area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“common services tunnel area” or “CST area” means an area declared as a common services tunnel area under section 6;


document_id: csta-2018
term: Common Services Tunnels Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Common Services Tunnels Authority” or “CST Authority”, in relation to any provision of this Act or CST area, means — ( a )


document_id: csta-2018
term: entrance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“entrance” or “exit”, in relation to a common services tunnel, includes a manhole leading to or from, as the case may be, the common services tunnel;


document_id: csta-2018
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” means a person in occupation of any land and includes the person having the charge, management or control of the land either on his or her own account or as an agent of another person;


document_id: csta-2018
term: utility services infrastructure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“utility services infrastructure” means any cables, wires, lines, pipes, or ducts used, or for use, in relation to the provision of any utility service, and includes any of the following: ( a )


document_id: csta-2018
term: contractor
source_provision: s9
definition:
“contractor” means a person appointed or engaged by a CST Authority or a public authority to do one or both of the following: ( a )


document_id: csta-2018
term: common services tunnel protection zone
source_provision: s12
definition:
“common services tunnel protection zone” means an area within the CST area for a common services tunnel — ( a )


document_id: csta-2018
term: engineering works
source_provision: s12
definition:
“engineering works” means any kind of construction work that may affect the structural integrity of a common services tunnel or any ancillary facility of a common services tunnel, or its safe and efficient operation and functioning, and includes — ( a )


document_id: cta-1992
term: Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Board” means the Enterprise Singapore Board established by section 3 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018;


document_id: cta-1992
term: business rules
source_provision: s2
definition:
“business rules” , in relation to a body corporate that maintains or proposes to maintain a commodity market, means the rules, regulations and by-laws, by whatever name called, governing the activities and conduct of — ( a )


document_id: cta-1992
term: commodity broker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commodity broker” means a person who (whether as principal or agent) carries on the business of soliciting, or accepting orders, for the purchase or sale of any commodity by way of or relating to any commodity contract, whether or not the business is part of, or is carried on in conjunction with, any other business;


document_id: cta-1992
term: commodity broker’s representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commodity broker’s representative” means a person who acts for, or by arrangement with, a commodity broker (other than a person who is a director of a corporation holding a commodity broker’s licence or is a person who is in the direct employment of a commodity broker) and who performs any of the functions of that commodity broker in connection with trading in commodity forward contracts, or in any leveraged commodity trading, whether the person’s remuneration is by way of commission or otherwise;


document_id: cta-1992
term: commodity forward contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commodity forward contract” means a contract the effect of which is that one party agrees to deliver a specified commodity, or a specified quantity of a specified commodity, to another party at a specified future time and at a specified price payable at that time, but does not include a commodity futures contract;


document_id: cta-1992
term: commodity pool operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commodity pool operator” means any person who carries on a business in the nature of a collective investment scheme within the meaning of section 2 of the Securities and Futures Act 2001 and who, in connection therewith, accepts or receives from other persons funds, security or property, either directly or through capital contributions, the sale of shares or other forms of security or otherwise for the purpose of trading in commodity contracts but does not include any person that the Board may prescribe;


document_id: cta-1992
term: commodity pool operator’s representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commodity pool operator’s representative” means a person in the direct employment of, or acting for, or by arrangement with, a commodity pool operator, who performs for that commodity pool operator any of the functions of a commodity pool operator;


document_id: cta-1992
term: customer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“customer” means a person on whose account a commodity broker carries on trading in commodity contracts;


document_id: cta-1992
term: futures market
source_provision: s2
definition:
“futures market” and “futures option transaction” have the meanings given to those expressions in the Securities and Futures Act 2001;


document_id: cta-1992
term: member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“member” means a person who holds a membership of any class or description of a commodity market whether or not the person holds any share in the share capital of that commodity market;


document_id: cta-1992
term: spot commodity broker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“spot commodity broker” means a person whether as principal or agent who carries on the business of soliciting or accepting orders, for the purchase or sale of any commodity by way of spot commodity trading, whether or not the business is part of, or is carried on in conjunction with, any other business, but does not include a commodity broker;


document_id: cta-1992
term: spot commodity broker’s representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“spot commodity broker’s representative” means a person who acts for, or by arrangement with, a spot commodity broker (other than a person who is a director of a corporation holding a spot commodity broker’s licence or is a person who is in the direct employment of a spot commodity broker) and who performs any of the functions of that spot commodity broker in connection with spot commodity trading, whether the person’s remuneration is by way of commission or otherwise, but does not include a commodity broker’s representative;


document_id: cta-1992
term: spot commodity pool operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“spot commodity pool operator” means any person who carries on a business in the nature of a collective investment scheme within the meaning of section 2 of the Securities and Futures Act 2001 and who, in connection therewith, accepts or receives from other persons funds, security or property, either directly or through capital contributions, the sale of shares or other forms of security or otherwise for the purpose of spot commodity trading, but does not include a commodity pool operator;


document_id: cta-1992
term: spot commodity pool operator’s representative
source_provision: s2
definition:
“spot commodity pool operator’s representative” means a person in the direct employment of, or acting for, or by arrangement with, a spot commodity pool operator, who performs for that spot commodity pool operator any of the functions of a spot commodity pool operator, but does not include a commodity pool operator’s representative;


document_id: cta-1992
term: spot commodity trading
source_provision: s2
definition:
“spot commodity trading” means the purchase or sale of a commodity at its current market or spot price, where it is intended that such transaction results in the physical delivery of the commodity. [10/2018; 1/2020]


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: active ingredient
source_provision: s2
definition:
“active ingredient” means any substance contained in a pesticide or vector repellent which is responsible for the effect that the pesticide or vector repellent has on vectors;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: advertise
source_provision: s2
definition:
“advertise” means to advertise, directly or indirectly, by means of spoken words or any form of printed or written matter or any other medium;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: Agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act 2002;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means any person appointed by the Director‑General of Public Health under section 4(2);


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: auxiliary officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“auxiliary officer” means an individual who is appointed as an auxiliary officer under section 16A(1) of the National Environment Agency Act 2002;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: competent authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“competent authority” means a competent authority appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act 1998;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: container
source_provision: s2
definition:
“container” includes anything in or by which a pesticide or vector repellent may be cased, covered, enclosed, contained or packed before application; and, in the case of a pesticide or vector repellent which is sold or carried or intended for sale or carriage in more than one container, includes every such container;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: Director-General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: label
source_provision: s2
definition:
“label” , in relation to the container or package of a pesticide or vector repellent, means any written, pictorial or other descriptive matter marked on or affixed to the container or package;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: Medical Officer of Health
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Medical Officer of Health” means any registered medical practitioner who is engaged in vector control or epidemiological duties;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: pesticide
source_provision: s2
definition:
“pesticide” means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or mixture or preparation of those substances, containing one or more active ingredients and used for vector control, but does not include any fumigant controlled under the Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation) Act 1947;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, 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, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for employment or any other purpose;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: registrant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registrant” means a person to whom the registration of a pesticide or vector repellent has been granted under section 7;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: sell
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sell” means to sell by way of retail or wholesale dealing and includes barter, offering or attempting to sell, receiving for sale, having in possession for sale, exposing for sale, sending or delivering for sale, and causing or allowing to be sold, offered or exposed for sale;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: use
source_provision: s2
definition:
“use” includes any act of handling, operating, dispensing, preparation, application, storage and disposal;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: vector control
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vector control” means the destruction, or the prevention of the propagation or harbouring, of vectors;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: vector control operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vector control operator” means a person who, in the course of any trade or business, undertakes or engages in vector control work;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: vector control technician
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vector control technician” means a person who, for reward or under a contract of employment, carries out or supervises the carrying out of any vector control work;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: vector control worker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vector control worker” means any person who, for reward or under a contract of employment, carries out any vector control work under the supervision of a vector control technician;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: vector repellent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vector repellent” means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance, or mixture or preparation of those substances, containing one or more active ingredients and used or intended to be used for repelling vectors;


document_id: cvpa-1998
term: vessel or aircraft
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vessel or aircraft” includes any vessel or aircraft of any class or description. [47/2004; 4/2016] [*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]


document_id: cwpa-2000
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction concluded at Paris on 13 January 1993, and includes the Annexes to the Convention and any amendments to, or substitutions of, the Convention or the Annexes that are binding on Singapore;


document_id: cwpa-2000
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 thing in a conveyance for the purposes of being taken out of Singapore but does not include the taking out of Singapore of that thing on the same conveyance on which it was brought into Singapore unless that thing after being brought into Singapore has been landed in Singapore;


document_id: cwpa-2000
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 that is outside Singapore but does not include the bringing into Singapore of any thing that is to be taken out of Singapore on the same conveyance on which it was brought into Singapore without any landing in Singapore;


document_id: cwpa-2000
term: international inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“international inspector” means an individual designated by the Technical Secretariat according to the procedures set forth in the Verification Annex to the Convention to carry out an inspection or visit in accordance with the Convention, and includes any inspection assistant as defined in the Convention;


document_id: cwpa-2000
term: national inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“national inspector” means any person who is a national inspector by virtue of, or appointed under, section 16;


document_id: cwpa-2000
term: produce
source_provision: s2
definition:
“produce” , in relation to a scheduled chemical, means forming the chemical through a chemical, biochemical or biologically mediated reaction; and includes forming the chemical by any such reaction as an intermediate, a by-product or a waste product during the manufacture of any product, where the intermediate, by‑product or waste product — ( a )


document_id: cwpa-2000
term: Schedule 1 chemical
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Schedule 1 chemical” means a chemical listed in Schedule 1 of the Schedules of Chemicals in the Chemicals Annex, and is set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Act;


document_id: cwpa-2000
term: Schedule 2 chemical
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Schedule 2 chemical” means a chemical listed in Schedule 2 of the Schedules of Chemicals in the Chemicals Annex, and is set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Act;


document_id: cwpa-2000
term: Schedule 3 chemical
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Schedule 3 chemical” means a chemical listed in Schedule 3 of the Schedules of Chemicals in the Chemicals Annex, and is set out in Part 3 of the Schedule to this Act;


document_id: cwpa-2000
term: Verification Annex
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Verification Annex” means the Annex on Implementation and Verification to the Convention. [49/2007]


document_id: cypa-1993
term: approved institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved institution” means an institution approved under section 12 of the Probation of Offenders Act 1951 for the reception of persons who may be required to reside therein by a probation order;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: approved welfare officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved welfare officer” means a person who is appointed by the Director‑General under section 3(4) to carry out any investigation, assessment, supervision, consultation or evaluation in relation to any child or young person or the parent, guardian or family members thereof for the purpose of determining the welfare and state of development of such child or young person or for any other purpose under this Act;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: assessment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“assessment” means an assessment to determine either the state of the health or development of the child or young person or whether the child or young person is in need of care or protection or both, and includes a forensic medical examination;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: development
source_provision: s2
definition:
“development” means physical, intellectual, psychological, emotional, social or behavioural development;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: emotional harm
source_provision: s2
definition:
“emotional harm” , in relation to a child or young person, means any serious impairment to the growth, development, or behavioural, cognitive or affective functioning, of the child or young person, and includes — ( a )


document_id: cypa-1993
term: guardian
source_provision: s2
definition:
“guardian” , in relation to a child or young person, includes any person who, in the opinion of the court having cognizance of any case in relation to the child or young person, or in which the child or young person is concerned, has for the time being the charge of, or control over, the child or young person;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: home for children and young persons
source_provision: s2
definition:
“home for children and young persons” means any establishment the object of which is, or is held out to be, the provision of residential accommodation with board and personal care for children or young persons, for the purposes of their protection or rehabilitation or both;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: ill-treatment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ill-treatment” , in relation to a child or young person, has the meaning assigned to it in section 6;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: juvenile
source_provision: s2
definition:
“juvenile” means a person who is 10 years of age or older but below 18 years of age; [Act 30 of 2019 wef 30/12/2025]


document_id: cypa-1993
term: juvenile rehabilitation centre
source_provision: s2
definition:
“juvenile rehabilitation centre” means any institution or part thereof appointed or established under Part 6 as a juvenile rehabilitation centre;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: licensed home for children and young persons
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensed home for children and young persons” means a home for children and young persons in respect of which a licence is issued under section 63;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: person‑in‑charge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“person‑in‑charge” , in relation to a juvenile rehabilitation centre, home for children and young persons, place of detention, place of safety, place of temporary care and protection or remand home, means — ( a )


document_id: cypa-1993
term: place of detention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place of detention” means a place provided or appointed by the Minister as a place of detention under section 81(1);


document_id: cypa-1993
term: place of safety
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place of safety” means any institution or part thereof appointed or established under Part 6 as a place of safety;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: place of temporary care and protection
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place of temporary care and protection” means any place or institution designated to be a place of temporary care and protection under section 31 or any other suitable place the occupier of which is willing temporarily to receive a child or young person committed under section 10, 11 or 54;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: protector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“protector” means any public officer or other person who is appointed or authorised by the Director‑General under section 3(3) to exercise the powers and perform the duties of a protector under this Act;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: remand home
source_provision: s2
definition:
“remand home” means any home or institution or part thereof provided or appointed by the Minister as a remand home under section 79(1) for the detention of juveniles sent there under the provisions of this Act;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: voluntary care agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“voluntary care agreement” means a care agreement entered into between the Director‑General and the parent or guardian of a child or young person under section 15 to secure the safety and welfare of the child or young person;


document_id: cypa-1993
term: volunteer welfare officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“volunteer welfare officer” means a person who is appointed by the Director‑General under section 3(4A); [Act 30 of 2019 wef 01/11/2022]


document_id: cypa-1993
term: young person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“young person” means a person who is 14 years of age or older but below 18 years of age. [22/2007; 3/2011; 30/2019] [Act 30 of 2019 wef 30/12/2025]


document_id: cypa-1993
term: public entertainment
source_provision: s14
definition:
“public entertainment” means an entertainment to which the public or any section of the public is admitted or in connection with which a charge, whether for admission or otherwise, is made. [11


document_id: cypa-1993
term: family programme
source_provision: s59
definition:
“family programme” means such family programme that is approved and specified by the Director‑General and which seeks to — ( a )


document_id: cypa-1993
term: recommendation
source_provision: s59
definition:
“recommendation” , in relation to a child or young person, means a document specifying the following: ( a )


document_id: cypa-1993
term: messaging system
source_provision: s112
definition:
“messaging system” means any system that enables the transmission of short text messages, or of any visual communication, voice communication or electronic mail — ( a )


document_id: da-1934
term: judge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“judge” means a Judge in all cases where proceedings are taken in the General Division of the High Court, and means a District Judge in all cases where proceedings are taken in a District Court;


document_id: da-1934
term: landlord
source_provision: s2
definition:
“landlord” means the lessor or sublessor of any premises under any lease or agreement of tenancy, and includes any person claiming to be entitled in any capacity to receive rents due under any such lease or agreement;


document_id: da-1934
term: registrar
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registrar” means a Registrar, a Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court in all cases where proceedings are taken in the General Division of the High Court and means a Registrar, a Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar of a District Court in all cases where proceedings are taken in a District Court;


document_id: da-1934
term: sheriff
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sheriff” includes a bailiff of a District Court in all cases where proceedings are taken in a District Court;


document_id: da-1934
term: tenant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tenant” means any person from whom a landlord claims rent to be due under any such lease or agreement. [40/2019]


document_id: da-1957
term: broadcasting by means of telecommunication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“broadcasting by means of telecommunication” means publication for general reception by means of telecommunication;


document_id: da-1957
term: newspaper
source_provision: s2
definition:
“newspaper” means any paper containing public news or observations thereon or consisting wholly or mainly of advertisements which is printed for sale and is published in Singapore either periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding 36 days;


document_id: da-1957
term: telecommunication
source_provision: s2
definition:
“telecommunication” means any system for the transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writings, images and sounds of all kinds by means of radiowaves, wire, cable or other electromagnetic systems;


document_id: dca-2001
term: air conditioning
source_provision: s2
definition:
“air conditioning” means the process of treating air so as to control simultaneously its temperature, humidity, cleanliness and distribution to meet the requirements of the conditioned space;


document_id: dca-2001
term: apparatus
source_provision: s2
definition:
“apparatus” means any appliance or equipment including any machine, device, fitting or any accessory thereof used for the purpose of or in connection with the provision or use of district cooling services;


document_id: dca-2001
term: Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Authority” means the Energy Market Authority of Singapore established under the Energy Market Authority of Singapore Act 2001;


document_id: dca-2001
term: connection point
source_provision: s2
definition:
“connection point” means a point, situated in or in immediate proximity to the premises to be provided with district cooling services, where a district cooling system is connected to an installation;


document_id: dca-2001
term: consumer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“consumer” means a person who contracts with a licensee for the provision of district cooling services;


document_id: dca-2001
term: coolant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“coolant” means chilled water or any other medium used for the purpose of providing district cooling services;


document_id: dca-2001
term: district cooling pipe
source_provision: s2
definition:
“district cooling pipe” means any pipe lying between the chiller or similar cooling unit of a district cooling system and a connection point;


document_id: dca-2001
term: district cooling service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“district cooling service” means the sale of coolant for space cooling in a service area by a licensee operating a central plant capable of supplying coolant via pipe to more than one building in the service area;


document_id: dca-2001
term: district cooling system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“district cooling system” means the whole of the facility used for or in connection with the provision of district cooling services comprising the district cooling plant, one or more chillers or similar cooling units, district cooling pipes and other apparatus including metering equipment but excluding the installation;


document_id: dca-2001
term: information memorandum
source_provision: s2
definition:
“information memorandum” means a document to be submitted to the Authority disclosing the information stipulated in section 10(4)( c );


document_id: dca-2001
term: installation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“installation” means the whole of the consumer’s cooling system up to the connection point where it is connected to the district cooling system but does not include the metering equipment;


document_id: dca-2001
term: licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensee” , in relation to any service area, means a person who is authorised by a licence to carry out all or any of the functions of providing district cooling services to the service area;


document_id: dca-2001
term: metering equipment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“metering equipment” means any apparatus owned by the licensee used in or in connection with a district cooling system for the purpose of determining the cooling load of an installation;


document_id: dca-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;


document_id: dca-2001
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” includes buildings, structures, streets, lands, waters, tenements, easements of any tenure, whether State land or not, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained under statutory authority or not;


document_id: dca-2001
term: public safety
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public safety” means the obviation of danger to the general public, to public property and to roads, streets, railways, canals, docks, wharves, piers, bridges, gas works, water works and their appurtenances and telegraphic, telephonic and other electrical signalling lines;


document_id: dca-2022
term: code of practice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“code of practice” means a code of practice issued or approved by the Licensing Officer under section 16, and includes any such code of practice as amended from time to time under that section;


document_id: dca-2022
term: debt collection activity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“debt collection activity” means any activity undertaken in Singapore that involves finding the debtor of a debt or requesting, demanding or collecting from the debtor money due under the debt;


document_id: dca-2022
term: debt collection business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“debt collection business” means the business carried on by a person of collecting any debt from a debtor — ( a )


document_id: dca-2022
term: debt collector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“debt collector” means an individual who carries out any debt collection activity for or on behalf of another person;


document_id: dca-2022
term: inspecting officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“inspecting officer” means the Licensing Officer, an Assistant Licensing Officer, an authorised officer or a police officer;


document_id: dca-2022
term: modification
source_provision: s2
definition:
“modification” and “modify”, in relation to the conditions of a licence or the conditions of an approval granted under section 20 for an individual to be deployed as a debt collector of a licensee, include deleting, varying and substituting a condition, and adding a condition;


document_id: dca-2022
term: Minister of State
source_provision: s36
definition:
“Minister of State” means a Minister of State or Senior Minister of State assisting the Minister on matters within the purposes of this Act;


document_id: dca-2022
term: Parliamentary Secretary
source_provision: s36
definition:
“Parliamentary Secretary” includes a Senior Parliamentary Secretary appointed to assist the Minister in the discharge of the Minister’s duties and functions under this Act;


document_id: dca-2022
term: reasonable steps
source_provision: s40
definition:
“reasonable steps” has the meaning given by section 39(6) except that any reference to the corporation is a reference to the unincorporated association or a partnership mentioned in subsection (2);


document_id: dcoofa-1968
term: affidavit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“affidavit” includes any affirmation, statutory or other declaration, acknowledgment, examination, and attestation or protestation of honour;


document_id: dcoofa-1968
term: consular officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“consular officer” includes any consul general, consul, vice‑consul, pro‑consul and consular agent of Singapore;


document_id: dcoofa-1968
term: diplomatic officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“diplomatic officer” includes any ambassador, high commissioner, minister, charge d’affaires, deputy high commissioner, secretary and attache of a diplomatic mission of Singapore;


document_id: dcra-2005
term: Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations” means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations adopted in 1961 by the United Nations Conference on Diplomatic Intercourse and Immunities, the English text of which is set out in the First Schedule;


document_id: dcra-2005
term: Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Vienna Convention on Consular Relations” means the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations adopted in 1963 by the United Nations Conference on Consular Relations, the English text of which is set out in the Second Schedule.


document_id: dea-1934
term: court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“court” means the General Division of the High Court or a judge when sitting in open court in all cases where proceedings are taken in the General Division of the High Court and means the District Court or a District Judge when sitting in open court, in all cases where proceedings are taken in a District Court;


document_id: dea-1934
term: judge
source_provision: s2
definition:
“judge” means a judge sitting in chambers in all cases where proceedings are taken in the General Division of the High Court and means a District Judge sitting in chambers in all cases where proceedings are taken in a District Court;


document_id: difa-2000
term: financial year
source_provision: s2
definition:
“financial year” , in relation to the Fund, means a period of 12 months ending on 31 March in any year;


document_id: difa-2000
term: invest
source_provision: s2
definition:
“invest” includes entering into a transaction or an arrangement for the protection or enhancement of investments;


document_id: difa-2000
term: property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“property” means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description;


document_id: difa-2000
term: public authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public authority” means any board or authority established by or under any written law to perform or discharge any public function;


document_id: difa-2000
term: securities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“securities” includes shares, inscribed stock, debentures, bonds, debenture stock, notes or any other document creating, evidencing or acknowledging indebtedness. [Act 35 of 2021 wef 31/01/2022]


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: Agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agency” means the company designated by the Minister under section 56 to be the deposit insurance and policy owners’ protection fund agency;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: book
source_provision: s2
definition:
“book” includes any record, register, document or other record of information, and any account or accounting record, however compiled, recorded or stored, whether in written or printed form or on microfilm or in electronic form or otherwise;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 62 and includes any person acting in that capacity;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: client account
source_provision: s2
definition:
“client account” , in relation to an insured depositor, means an account maintained by the insured depositor with a DI Scheme member for the purpose of holding moneys by the insured depositor for a client of the insured depositor, whether or not other moneys may be held in that account;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: commuted value
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commuted value” , in relation to an insured policy which provides for the payment of an annuity, means the present value of the expected future payments to be made — ( a )


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: compulsory insurance policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“compulsory insurance policy” means any policy of insurance which complies with the requirements of — ( a )


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: coupon deposit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“coupon deposit” , in relation to any insured policy, means any sum of money, being part of the policy moneys which the insurer is obliged to pay to the insured policy owner at agreed intervals under the terms of the insured policy which the insured policy owner instructs the insurer not to pay out to the insured policy owner but for the sum of money to be deposited with the insurer to earn interest at an agreed rate;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: CPFIS
source_provision: s2
definition:
“CPFIS” means the Central Provident Fund Investment Scheme introduced by the Central Provident Fund Board under the Central Provident Fund (Investment Schemes) Regulations;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: CPFRS
source_provision: s2
definition:
“CPFRS” means any Retirement Sum Scheme established under any regulations made under section 77(1) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: depositor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“depositor” means any person who is entitled to repayment of a deposit, whether or not the deposit is made by the person;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: DI exempt member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“DI exempt member” means a full bank or finance company which has been exempted by the Authority under section 6 from the requirement to be a DI Scheme member;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: failed DI Scheme member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“failed DI Scheme member” means a DI Scheme member in respect of which the Authority has made a determination that compensation is to be paid out of the DI Fund under section 21(1), and any reference to “failure” in relation to a DI Scheme member is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: failed PPF Scheme member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“failed PPF Scheme member” means a PPF Scheme member in respect of which the Authority has made a determination under section 46(1) that the PPF Life Fund or the PPF General Fund is to be utilised for one or more of the purposes mentioned in section 46(2), and any reference to “failure” in relation to a PPF Scheme member is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: full bank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“full bank” means any bank holding a licence granted by the Authority under the Banking Act 1970 which permits the bank to carry on the full range of banking business;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: general business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“general business” and “life business” have the meanings given by section 3 of the Insurance Act 1966, read with section 4(3) of that Act;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: group policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“group policy” means any policy of insurance in respect of which the policy owner is not an individual;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: guaranteed policy liabilities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“guaranteed policy liabilities” , in relation to insured policies, means the policy liabilities, relating to benefits guaranteed under the insured policies only, calculated in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to section 17 of the Insurance Act 1966 for the valuation of assets and liabilities in an insurance fund;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: individual policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“individual policy” means a policy of insurance in respect of which the policy owner is an individual;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: insured depositor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“insured depositor” means any person who is not an excluded person and is entitled to the repayment of any insured deposit, whether or not the insured deposit is made by the person, and includes — ( a )


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: liquidator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“liquidator” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: marine mutual insurance business
source_provision: s2
definition:
“marine mutual insurance business” means the business of providing the insurance of liabilities under insurance policies on the basis of mutual insurance — ( a )


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: non-voluntary group insurance policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“non-voluntary group insurance policy” means a group policy to insure the lives of certain individuals which is not taken out at the request or discretion of any of the life assureds;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: personal accident policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“personal accident policy” means an accident and health policy in respect of which accident and health benefits are paid out only — ( a )


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: PPF exempt member
source_provision: s2
definition:
“PPF exempt member” means a relevant insurer which has been exempted by the Authority under section 32 from the requirement to be a PPF Scheme member;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: PPF General Fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“PPF General Fund” means the Policy Owners’ Protection General Fund established under section 34(1)( b );


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: premium year
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premium year” , in relation to the determination and payment of premium contributions and levies, means such period as may be prescribed by the Authority as a premium year — ( a )


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: prescribed product
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed product” means any product which is prescribed by the Authority as an insured deposit under the First Schedule;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Deposit Insurance Act (Cap. 77A, 2006 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act;


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: resolution fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“resolution fund” means a fund established under section 108 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022; [Act 18 of 2022 wef 10/05/2024]


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: resolution measure
source_provision: s2
definition:
“resolution measure” has the meaning given by section 107 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022; [Act 18 of 2022 wef 10/05/2024]


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: specified personal line insurance policy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified personal line insurance policy” means any of the following policies of insurance issued to a natural person: ( a )


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: trustee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trustee” , in relation to a resolution fund, means the entity appointed under section 108(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022 as the trustee of the resolution fund; [Act 18 of 2022 wef 10/05/2024]


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: trust
source_provision: s2
definition:
“trust” , in relation to an insured policy which is covered under the PPF Life Fund or the PPF General Fund, means — ( a )


document_id: dipopsa-2011
term: unclaimed moneys
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unclaimed moneys” , in relation to an insured policy issued by a failed PPF Scheme member, means any policy moneys which, as a result of a contingency happening, have been ascertained by the failed PPF Scheme member to be due and payable under that insured policy before the quantification date but which have not been paid to or have been paid but not yet received by the person entitled to payment of the policy moneys. [11/2013; 26/2016; 31/2017; 31/2018; 40/2018; 27/2019; 1/2020]


document_id: dpa-1989
term: Director‑General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director‑General” means the Director‑General of Social Welfare and includes any person who is authorised by him or her to perform any of the duties or exercise any of the powers of the Director‑General under this Act or any of its rules;


document_id: dpa-1989
term: superintendent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“superintendent” means a person having the management or control of any welfare home established under the provisions, and for the purposes, of this Act;


document_id: dpa-1989
term: welfare home
source_provision: s2
definition:
“welfare home” means any institution or part of the institution for the reception, care and rehabilitation of destitute persons established under the provisions, and for the purposes, of this Act. [30/2019]


document_id: dra-1999
term: healthcare professional
source_provision: s2
definition:
“healthcare professional” includes a medical practitioner, a dentist, a nurse, a midwife, a pharmacist, a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and any other person who is licensed to provide any other healthcare services in Singapore;


document_id: dra-1999
term: registered dentist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered dentist” means a person who is registered as a dentist under this Act and includes a person deemed to be a registered dentist under section 80(1), and “registered as a dentist” and “registration as a dentist” have corresponding meanings;


document_id: dra-1999
term: registered oral health therapist
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered oral health therapist” means a person registered as an oral health therapist under section 21;


document_id: dra-1999
term: Singapore degree
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore degree” means a degree or diploma in dentistry from the University of Singapore or the National University of Singapore.


document_id: dra-1999
term: document
source_provision: s72A
definition:
“document” includes a direction, an order or a notice permitted or required by or under this Act to be served;


document_id: dsma-2015
term: Agreement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Agreement” means the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 adopted on 28 July 1994 by the General Assembly of the United Nations;


document_id: dsma-2015
term: Area
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Area” means the seabed and ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of any national jurisdiction;


document_id: dsma-2015
term: Convention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention” means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea adopted on 10 December 1982 by the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea;


document_id: dsma-2015
term: corresponding ISA contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“corresponding ISA contract” , in relation to a licence granted to a person to explore for or exploit a type of resource in a part of the Area, means an ISA contract authorising the person to explore for or exploit (as the case may be) that type of resource in that part of the Area;


document_id: dsma-2015
term: ISA contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ISA contract” means a contract between the ISA and a person under Article 153 and Annex III, Article 3 of the Convention that authorises the person to explore for or exploit a type of resource in a part of the Area;


document_id: dsma-2015
term: resource
source_provision: s2
definition:
“resource” means any solid, liquid or gaseous mineral resource in situ in the Area at or beneath the seabed, including polymetallic nodules;


document_id: dsma-2015
term: Seabed Disputes Chamber
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Seabed Disputes Chamber” means the Seabed Disputes Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea established under the Convention;


document_id: dsma-2015
term: body corporate
source_provision: s21
definition:
“body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership as defined in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: dstaa-2000
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the board and includes any temporary Chairperson of the board;


document_id: dstaa-2000
term: Chief Executive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: dstaa-2000
term: Singapore Armed Forces
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Armed Forces” means the Singapore Armed Forces constituted under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972. [5/2018]


document_id: dstaa-2000
term: industrial action
source_provision: s11
definition:
“industrial action” means any action or omission by a body of persons employed in any trade or industry, acting in combination or under a common understanding, which would result in any limitation or restriction on, or delay in, the performance of any duty connected with their employment;


document_id: dstaa-2000
term: strike
source_provision: s11
definition:
“strike” means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any trade or industry acting in combination, or a concerted refusal, or a refusal under a common understanding of a number of persons who are, or who have been so employed, to continue to work or to accept employment.


document_id: ea-1893
term: child abuse offence
source_provision: s3
definition:
“child abuse offence” means any offence specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule, and includes attempting to commit, abetting the commission of, or being a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit, such an offence;


document_id: ea-1893
term: court
source_provision: s3
definition:
“court” includes all Judges and Magistrates and, except arbitrators, all persons legally authorised to take evidence;


document_id: ea-1893
term: electronic record
source_provision: s3
definition:
“electronic record” means a record generated, communicated, received or stored by electronic, magnetic, optical or other means in an information system or transmitted from one information system to another;


document_id: ea-1893
term: fact in issue
source_provision: s3
definition:
“fact in issue” includes any fact from which either by itself or in connection with other facts the existence, non‑existence, nature or extent of any right, liability or disability asserted or denied in any suit or proceeding necessarily follows; Illustration


document_id: ea-1893
term: sexual offence
source_provision: s3
definition:
“sexual offence” means any offence specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule, and includes attempting to commit, abetting the commission of, or being a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit, such an offence. [4/2012; 16/2016; 20/2018]


document_id: ea-1893
term: registrar of the Family Justice Courts
source_provision: s45A
definition:
“registrar of the Family Justice Courts” includes the deputy registrar or an assistant registrar of the Family Justice Courts;


document_id: ea-1893
term: Registrar of the Supreme Court
source_provision: s45A
definition:
“Registrar of the Supreme Court” includes the Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court. [27/2014]


document_id: ea-1893
term: employer
source_provision: s124
definition:
“employer” , in relation to a domestic worker, has the meaning given by section 73(4) of the Penal Code 1871;


document_id: ea-1893
term: employment agent
source_provision: s124
definition:
“employment agent” , in relation to a domestic worker, has the meaning given by section 73(4) of the Penal Code 1871;


document_id: ea-1893
term: bank
source_provision: s170
definition:
“bank” and “banker” mean any company carrying on the business of bankers in Singapore under a licence granted under any law relating to banking;


document_id: ea-1893
term: bankers’ books
source_provision: s170
definition:
“bankers’ books” includes ledgers, day books, cash books, account books and all other books used in the ordinary business of the bank;


document_id: ea-1893
term: legal proceeding
source_provision: s170
definition:
“legal proceeding” means any civil or criminal proceeding or inquiry in which evidence is or may be given, and includes an arbitration. [40/2019]


document_id: ea-1957
term: document
source_provision: s2
definition:
“document” includes any book, textbook, exercise book, accounts, counterfoils, pamphlet, publication, newspaper, poster, drawing, sketch, film, filmstrip, slide, gramophone record, and other printed, written or recorded matter, whether relating to instruction, recreation, school management or otherwise;


document_id: ea-1957
term: fees
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fees” includes all amounts which a pupil is required to pay with respect to his education at a school;


document_id: ea-1957
term: higher education
source_provision: s2
definition:
“higher education” means education beyond the standard normally required for admission to a university;


document_id: ea-1957
term: public health inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public health inspector” means a health inspector of the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment;


document_id: ea-1957
term: register of managers and supervisors
source_provision: s2
definition:
“register of managers and supervisors” , “register of schools” and “register of teachers” mean the respective registers maintained by the Director‑General under section 19, and “registered” means entered upon one of those registers;


document_id: ea-1957
term: teacher
source_provision: s2
definition:
“teacher” means a person who teaches pupils in a school or who prepares or issues lessons or corrects written answers in a correspondence school and includes a principal;


document_id: ea-1957
term: unlawful society
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unlawful society” means a society deemed to be an unlawful society under the provisions of the Societies Act 1966. [8/97]


document_id: ea-1968
term: Convention offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention offence” means an offence specified in the Fourth Schedule by reference to a specified written law relating to a multilateral convention or treaty; [Act 17 of 2022 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: ea-1968
term: Convention State
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Convention State” means a state or territory that is a party to the multilateral convention or treaty defined in each written law specified in the Fourth Schedule; [Act 17 of 2022 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: ea-1968
term: declared Commonwealth territory
source_provision: s2
definition:
“declared Commonwealth territory” means a state or territory declared to be a Commonwealth territory under section 6; [Act 17 of 2022 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: ea-1968
term: excluded offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“excluded offence” means an offence described or specified in the First Schedule; [Act 17 of 2022 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: ea-1968
term: extradition treaty
source_provision: s2
definition:
“extradition treaty” means a treaty or agreement made by Singapore with a foreign State relating to the extradition of fugitives, and includes any treaty or agreement relating to the extradition of fugitives made before 9 August 1965 which extends to, and is binding on, Singapore;


document_id: ea-1968
term: foreign warrant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign warrant” means a judicial or other document issued under the law of, or of a part of, a foreign State and authorising the apprehension of a person;


document_id: ea-1968
term: fugitive
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fugitive” means a person who is accused of an extradition offence that is alleged to have been committed, or convicted of an extradition offence that was committed at a place within the jurisdiction of a foreign State or a declared Commonwealth territory or of a part of such State or territory and is, or is suspected to be, in Singapore; [Act 17 of 2022 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: ea-1968
term: material
source_provision: s2
definition:
“material” includes any book, document or other record in whatever form, and any container or article relating thereto; [Act 17 of 2022 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: ea-1968
term: overseas warrant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“overseas warrant” means a judicial or other document issued under the law of, or of a part of, a declared Commonwealth territory and authorising the apprehension of a person; [Act 17 of 2022 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: ea-1968
term: prison
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prison” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Prisons Act 1933; [Act 17 of 2022 wef 01/07/2022]


document_id: ea-1970
term: armed forces
source_provision: s2
definition:
“armed forces” means any force constituted under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972, and such other force constituted under any written law, as the Minister may designate by notification in the Gazette ; [Act 10 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: ea-1970
term: employer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes the person who owns or is carrying on or is for the time being responsible for the management of a profession, business, trade or work in which other persons are employed;


document_id: ea-1970
term: fitness examination
source_provision: s2
definition:
“fitness examination” means any examination which is considered by the proper authority to be necessary for the purpose of determining the fitness of a person for service;


document_id: ea-1970
term: medical examination
source_provision: s2
definition:
“medical examination” includes any dental examination, blood test, X‑ray examination and any other examination or test that a medical board may consider necessary;


document_id: ea-1970
term: mobilised service
source_provision: s24
definition:
“mobilised service” includes mobilised service under section 73 or 97 of the Police Force Act 2004 or section 113(1)( a ) of the Civil Defence Act 1986;


document_id: ea-1970
term: national service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“national service” means service under Parts 3 and 4 in the armed forces and service in the Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Civil Defence Force or such other force, body or organisation as the Minister may designate for this purpose by notification in the Gazette ; [Act 10 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: ea-1970
term: permanent resident
source_provision: s2
definition:
“permanent resident” means a permanent resident of Singapore as defined by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 01/12/2025]


document_id: ea-1970
term: person subject to this Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“person subject to this Act” means a person who is a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident thereof and who is not less than 16 years and 6 months of age and not more than 40 years of age or, in the case of a person who — ( a )


document_id: ea-1970
term: proper authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“proper authority” means the Armed Forces Council established under section 8 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 and any person or body appointed by it by name or by office for the purposes of the whole or any Part of this Act;


document_id: ea-1970
term: Singapore Armed Forces
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Armed Forces” means the Singapore Armed Forces constituted under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;


document_id: ea-1970
term: Singapore Civil Defence Force
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Civil Defence Force” means the Singapore Civil Defence Force constituted under the Civil Defence Act 1986; [Act 10 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: ea-1970
term: Singapore Police Force
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Police Force” means the Singapore Police Force constituted under the Police Force Act 2004; [Act 10 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: ea-1970
term: voluntary service in the Singapore Armed Forces
source_provision: s2
definition:
“voluntary service in the Singapore Armed Forces” means service as a volunteer as defined in the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972. [13/2003; 28/2009; 10/2015] [Act 10 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: ea-1970
term: Military Court of Appeal
source_provision: s20
definition:
“Military Court of Appeal” means the Court established under Part 7 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;


document_id: ea-1970
term: reviewing authority
source_provision: s20
definition:
“reviewing authority” means the reviewing authority referred to in section 116(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972. [13/2003]


document_id: ea-1970
term: civilian remuneration
source_provision: s24
definition:
“civilian remuneration” , in respect of any person, means the following moneys which the person would have received had he not been required to perform any relevant service — ( a )


document_id: ea-1970
term: platform service
source_provision: s24
definition:
“platform service” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: ea-1970
term: platform worker
source_provision: s24
definition:
“platform worker” has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024; [Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]


document_id: ea-1970
term: service remuneration
source_provision: s24
definition:
“service remuneration” means any remuneration payable by the Government for any service before any deduction is made under any written law or with any order or instruction of the Government or the armed forces. [24/2004; 53/2018] [Act 10 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: ea-1970
term: civil custody
source_provision: s27
definition:
“civil custody” means any custody that does not fall within the definition of “military custody” in section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 and includes the following: ( a )


document_id: ea-1970
term: summary trial
source_provision: s27
definition:
“summary trial” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972. [13/2003] [Act 10 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: ea-1970
term: account assigned to the person to be served
source_provision: s30
definition:
“account assigned to the person to be served” means the account (on the relevant electronic service platform) assigned under section 30A(2) by the proper authority to the person to be served;


document_id: ea-1970
term: chosen means of access
source_provision: s30
definition:
“chosen means of access” , for a person on whom is or is to be served an order or notice issued or made under this Act, means an electronic means that the person agrees with the proper authority as the means by which the person may access the contents of that order or notice;


document_id: ea-1970
term: chosen means of notification
source_provision: s30
definition:
“chosen means of notification” , for a person on whom is or is to be served an order or notice issued or made under this Act, means an electronic means that the person nominates to the proper authority as the means by which the person may be notified that such an order or notice has been served on the person;


document_id: ea-1970
term: mobile telephone number
source_provision: s30
definition:
“mobile telephone number” means the last mobile telephone number given (in accordance with a legal requirement under this Act) to the proper authority by the person to be served, and which the person has acknowledged may be used by the proper authority for the service of any order or notice issued or made under this Act. [Act 10 of 2024 wef 01/05/2024]


document_id: ea-1970
term: parent
source_provision: s32
definition:
“parent” , in relation to a relevant child, includes a guardian and any person having the actual custody of the relevant child;


document_id: ea-1970
term: relevant child
source_provision: s32
definition:
“relevant child” means a person who is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore and who is not less than 13 years of age but less than 16 years and 6 months of age. [14/2006]


document_id: ea-2001
term: ancillary service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“ancillary service” means a service required or provided for the security or reliability of the electricity system;


document_id: ea-2001
term: apparatus
source_provision: s2
definition:
“apparatus” means any electrical apparatus, equipment or accessory and includes all apparatuses, machines, consuming devices and fittings in which one or more conductors are used or of which they form a part;


document_id: ea-2001
term: cable detection worker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cable detection worker” means any person whose trade or occupation requires or includes the personal performance by him or her of cable detection work;


document_id: ea-2001
term: conductor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“conductor” means an electrical conductor arranged to be electrically connected to an electrical system;


document_id: ea-2001
term: contestable consumer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contestable consumer” means a consumer who, in accordance with this Act, purchases electricity — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: Earth
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Earth” means the conductive mass of the Earth whose electric potential at any point is conventionally taken as zero;


document_id: ea-2001
term: electric line
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electric line” means any line which is used for carrying electricity for any purpose and includes — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: electrical installation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electrical installation” means any appliance, wire, fitting or other apparatus placed in, on, over or under any premises and used for or for purposes incidental to the conveyance, control or use of electricity supplied or intended to be supplied by an electricity licensee or any other person, and includes a supply installation and any addition, alteration, and repair to an electrical installation, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: electrical plant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electrical plant” means any plant, equipment, apparatus or appliance used for, or for purposes connected with, the supply of electricity;


document_id: ea-2001
term: electrical or supply installation licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electrical or supply installation licence” means a licence granted by the Authority under section 67;


document_id: ea-2001
term: electrical system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electrical system” means an electrical system in which all the conductors and apparatuses are electrically or magnetically connected;


document_id: ea-2001
term: electrical work
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electrical work” means any work performed or carried out on any electrical installation and includes the installing, constructing, erecting or repairing thereof or the altering of the structure thereof or the replacing of any part thereof or the adding of any part thereto or the carrying out of any work thereon for the maintenance thereof, but does not include work in relation to — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: electrical worker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electrical worker” means any person whose trade or occupation requires or includes the personal performance by him or her of electrical work or a person who is otherwise competent or qualified to perform personally electrical work;


document_id: ea-2001
term: electricity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electricity” means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal;


document_id: ea-2001
term: electricity cable
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electricity cable” means a length of insulated single conductor or of 2 or more such conductors, whether or not the conductor or conductors are provided with an overall covering for mechanical protection, and — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: electricity system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electricity system” means a system comprising a transmission system of a transmission licensee and generating stations connected directly or indirectly to the transmission system;


document_id: ea-2001
term: export
source_provision: s2
definition:
“export” , in relation to electricity, means the supply of electricity generated in Singapore to any person or premises outside Singapore;


document_id: ea-2001
term: generate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“generate” means to produce electricity by means of a generating station for the purpose of giving a supply to any premises or enabling a supply to be so given;


document_id: ea-2001
term: generating station
source_provision: s2
definition:
“generating station” means any installation used for, or for purposes connected with, the production of electricity;


document_id: ea-2001
term: generating unit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“generating unit” means any apparatus used for, or for purposes connected with, the production of electricity;


document_id: ea-2001
term: generation licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“generation licensee” means a person who is authorised by an electricity licence to generate electricity;


document_id: ea-2001
term: greenhouse gas
source_provision: s2
definition:
“greenhouse gas” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Carbon Pricing Act 2018; [Act 37 of 2021 wef 29/01/2022]


document_id: ea-2001
term: high voltage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“high voltage” means a voltage exceeding 1000V a.c. or 1500V d.c. between conductors, or 600V a.c. or 900V d.c. between each conductor and Earth;


document_id: ea-2001
term: import
source_provision: s2
definition:
“import” , in relation to electricity, means the supply of electricity generated outside Singapore to any person or premises in Singapore;


document_id: ea-2001
term: installation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“installation” means, except for the purposes of Part 9, any plant, apparatus, structure, equipment or thing used for the generation, transmission, supply or use of electricity;


document_id: ea-2001
term: low voltage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“low voltage” means a voltage not exceeding 1000V a.c. or 1500V d.c. between conductors, or 600V a.c. or 900V d.c. between each conductor and Earth;


document_id: ea-2001
term: main
source_provision: s2
definition:
“main” means a supply line through which electricity is or can be supplied, whether the line is in use or not;


document_id: ea-2001
term: market support services
source_provision: s2
definition:
“market support services” means any of the following activities in connection with the supply of electricity: ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: market support services licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“market support services licensee” means a person who is authorised by an electricity licence to provide market support services;


document_id: ea-2001
term: meter installation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“meter installation” means any meter and, if so equipped, its associated equipment, apparatus, device and installation, including any self-contained meter transformers, wiring, seal, meter test terminal block, test links, fuses, lamps, data recorders, circuit breakers, and communication modems required to provide remote access to the metered data so that readings from the meter can be taken;


document_id: ea-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 an agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;


document_id: ea-2001
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” includes buildings, structures, streets, lands, waters, tenements, easements of any tenure, whether State land or not, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;


document_id: ea-2001
term: retail electricity licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“retail electricity licensee” means a person who is authorised by an electricity licence to retail electricity to a contestable consumer;


document_id: ea-2001
term: retail electricity market
source_provision: s2
definition:
“retail electricity market” means the market in which electricity is retailed to a contestable consumer;


document_id: ea-2001
term: shares
source_provision: s2
definition:
“shares” , in relation to a company, means shares in, or stocks forming part of, the capital of the company;


document_id: ea-2001
term: street
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street” includes any road, highway, square, footway or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public has a right of way, the way over any public bridge, and 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, sewers, drains, tunnels, ditches and reserves at the side of any street are deemed to be part of the street;


document_id: ea-2001
term: supply installation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“supply installation” means the whole of any plant or apparatus in an installation owned or managed by a person for the provision of electricity (other than electricity used for the transmission of any communication or signal) solely for the person’s own use, including any machine supplying mechanical energy to a generator, with all necessary related plant, buildings and land, supply lines and consuming apparatuses, if any;


document_id: ea-2001
term: supply line
source_provision: s2
definition:
“supply line” means a conductor or other means of conveying, transmitting or distributing electricity, together with all or any part of any casing, coating, covering, tube, pipe, insulator or post enclosing, surrounding or supporting the conductor or any part thereof, or any related building or apparatus for the purpose of transforming, conveying, transmitting or distributing electricity;


document_id: ea-2001
term: transmission agent licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transmission agent licensee” means a person authorised by an electricity licence to transmit electricity for or on behalf of a transmission licensee;


document_id: ea-2001
term: transmission licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transmission licensee” means a person authorised by an electricity licence to transmit electricity;


document_id: ea-2001
term: transmission system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transmission system” means a system of interconnected electric lines, electrical plants and substations used to transmit electricity;


document_id: ea-2001
term: wholesale electricity market
source_provision: s2
definition:
“wholesale electricity market” means an electricity market established by the market rules for the trading of electricity, ancillary services or any other electricity-related product or service. [18/2006; 42/2018] [Act 37 of 2021 wef 29/01/2022]


document_id: ea-2001
term: prescribed wharf or jetty
source_provision: s20A
definition:
“prescribed wharf or jetty” means a wharf or jetty prescribed by regulations made under section 103 for the purposes of this section;


document_id: ea-2001
term: usage equipment
source_provision: s20A
definition:
“usage equipment” means any equipment, apparatus or appliance connected with the use or operation of a key facility or a key conduit. [Act 27 of 2024 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: ea-2001
term: operative date
source_provision: s29
definition:
“operative date” means the date of commencement of section 48 of the Variable Capital Companies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2019;


document_id: ea-2001
term: designated business trust
source_provision: s30A
definition:
“designated business trust” means a business trust that is established wholly or partly in respect of a transmission system (or any part thereof) and which has been declared by the Minister to be a designated business trust for the purposes of section 30B;


document_id: ea-2001
term: limited liability partnership
source_provision: s30A
definition:
“limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership formed under section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: ea-2001
term: trustee-manager
source_provision: s30A
definition:
“trustee-manager” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Business Trusts Act 2004. [18/2006; 42/2018]


document_id: ea-2001
term: 12% controller
source_provision: s30B
definition:
“12% controller” means a person, not being a 25% controller, who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: 25% controller
source_provision: s30B
definition:
“25% controller” means a person, not being a 30% controller, who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: 30% controller
source_provision: s30B
definition:
“30% controller” means a person, not being a 50% controller, who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: 50% controller
source_provision: s30B
definition:
“50% controller” means a person, not being a 75% controller, who, alone or together with the person’s associates — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: indirect controller
source_provision: s30B
definition:
“indirect controller” means any person, whether acting alone or together with any other person, and with or without holding equity interest or controlling voting power in the licensee, the entity or the business trust, as the case may be — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: chief executive officer
source_provision: s30G
definition:
“chief executive officer” , in relation to a designated electricity licensee, means any person, by whatever name described, who is — ( a )


document_id: ea-2001
term: generation entity
source_provision: s41G
definition:
“generation entity” means a person who engages in the generation of electricity, whether the person is authorised by an electricity licence to generate electricity, or is exempt under this Act from the requirement of such a licence;


document_id: ea-2001
term: prescribed generation entity
source_provision: s41G
definition:
“prescribed generation entity” means a generation entity that is prescribed as such, or that is within a class of generation licensees prescribed as such, pursuant to section 41H. [Act 27 of 2024 wef 01/09/2025]


document_id: ea-2001
term: Market Company
source_provision: s42
definition:
“Market Company” means the company which holds an electricity licence authorising it to operate any wholesale electricity market.


document_id: ea-2001
term: relevant shares or assets
source_provision: s59
definition:
“relevant shares or assets” means any shares or assets of an electricity licensee held by the person that would need to be disposed of in order to cause the acquisition to cease to have the object or effect of preventing, restricting or distorting competition in any wholesale electricity market or the retail electricity market.


document_id: eaa-1958
term: employment agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employment agency” means any agency or registry carried on or represented as being or intended to be carried on (whether for the purpose of gain or reward or not) for or in connection with the employment of persons in any capacity, but does not include any registry set up by an employer for the sole purpose of recruiting persons for employment on the employer’s own behalf;


document_id: eaa-1958
term: employment agency personnel
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employment agency personnel” means any person who performs any work for an employment agency (including work which is not specified employment agency work) for or in connection with the employment of persons in any capacity, and includes — ( a )


document_id: eaa-1958
term: partner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“partner” includes a partner of a limited liability partnership, a general partner of a limited partnership and a limited partner of a limited partnership;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: advertisement
source_provision: s3
definition:
“advertisement” includes every form of advertisement, whether to the public or not, and whether — ( a )


document_id: eaa-2010
term: business name
source_provision: s3
definition:
“business name” , in relation to an estate agent, means the name under which the estate agent is authorised to carry on estate agency work;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: Chairperson
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Disciplinary Committee or Appeals Board (as the case may be), and any person acting as such Chairperson;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: client
source_provision: s3
definition:
“client” means any person who, whether on the person’s own behalf or on behalf of another person, retains or otherwise uses the services of, or otherwise engages or employs, an estate agent, whether directly or through a salesperson;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: committee
source_provision: s3
definition:
“committee” , in relation to the Council, includes the Disciplinary Panel and any Disciplinary Committee;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: counterparty
source_provision: s3
definition:
“counterparty” , in relation to an acquisition or a disposition of a property for which a licensed estate agent or registered salesperson is doing estate agency work for a client, means — ( a )


document_id: eaa-2010
term: deputy president
source_provision: s3
definition:
“deputy president” means the deputy president of the Council and any person acting as the deputy president;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: disposition
source_provision: s3
definition:
“disposition” means an act by a person whereby an interest the person has in or over a property is affected, and “acquisition”, in relation to a property, is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: estate agency agreement
source_provision: s3
definition:
“estate agency agreement” means one or more written documents embodying the terms agreed for the time being between an estate agent and the estate agent’s client, being terms on and subject to which estate agency work is to be done by the estate agent for the client;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: estate agency work
source_provision: s3
definition:
“estate agency work” , subject to subsection (3), means any work done in the course of business for a client or any work done for or in expectation of any fee (whether or not in the course of business) for a client, being work done — ( a )


document_id: eaa-2010
term: estate agent
source_provision: s3
definition:
“estate agent” , subject to subsection (3), means a person who does estate agency work, whether or not the person carries on that or any other business;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: estate agent’s licence
source_provision: s3
definition:
“estate agent’s licence” means a licence granted under section 33 and designated as being an estate agent’s licence;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: Executive Director
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Executive Director” means the chief executive of the Council called the Executive Director, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: key executive officer
source_provision: s3
definition:
“key executive officer” means the person who is required to be appointed by an estate agent under section 38;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: lease
source_provision: s3
definition:
“lease” includes a sublease, tenancy and subtenancy and an agreement for a lease where a party to the agreement is entitled to have a lease granted;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: licence
source_provision: s3
definition:
“licence” means an estate agent’s licence, and includes a provisional licence, and “licensee” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: partnership
source_provision: s3
definition:
“partnership” includes a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 and a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 2008;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: person who is responsible for the management
source_provision: s3
definition:
“person who is responsible for the management” , in relation to a person or business, includes every director, manager, partner, officer, individual, secretary, agent or employee at any time charged either solely or to a substantial extent with the management of the person or business;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: proliferation financing
source_provision: s3
definition:
“proliferation financing” means the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; [Act 15 of 2025 wef 01/07/2025]


document_id: eaa-2010
term: property
source_provision: s3
definition:
“property” means an interest in land, whether situated in Singapore or elsewhere, that is recognised as such by law, and includes any building or part of a building (whether completed, being constructed or to be constructed), and a future interest in land;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: purchaser
source_provision: s3
definition:
“purchaser” means any person to whom a property is or is to be disposed of, and includes a prospective tenant;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: solicitor
source_provision: s3
definition:
“solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore with a practising certificate in force;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: vendor
source_provision: s3
definition:
“vendor” means any person by whom a property is or is to be disposed of, and includes a prospective landlord;


document_id: eaa-2010
term: Vice-Chairperson
source_provision: s3
definition:
“Vice-Chairperson” means a Vice‑Chairperson of the Appeals Board and any person acting as a Vice‑Chairperson. [5/2018]


document_id: eaa-2010
term: writing
source_provision: s44F
definition:
“writing” includes any mode of representing or reproducing words, figures, drawings or symbols in a visible form. [24/2020]


document_id: eca-1953
term: authorised dealer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised dealer” , in relation to gold or any foreign currency, means a person for the time being authorised by an order of the Authority to act for the purposes of this Act as an authorised dealer in relation to gold, or, as the case may be, that foreign currency;


document_id: eca-1953
term: authorised depositary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised depositary” means a person for the time being authorised by an order of the Authority to act as an authorised depositary for the purposes of Part 4;


document_id: eca-1953
term: bank
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bank” or “banker” insofar as it relates to a bank or banker in Singapore means any bank licensed under any written law for the time being in force relating to banks;


document_id: eca-1953
term: bearer certificate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“bearer certificate” means a certificate of title to securities by the delivery of which (with or without endorsement) the title to the securities is transferable;


document_id: eca-1953
term: certificate of title to securities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“certificate of title to securities” means any document of title whereby a person recognises the title of another to securities issued or to be issued by the firstmentioned person, and in the case of any such document with coupons (whether attached or on separate coupon sheets) includes any coupons which have not been detached;


document_id: eca-1953
term: foreign currency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreign currency” does not include local currency or any currency or notes issued under the law of any part of the scheduled territories but, save as aforesaid, includes any currency and any notes of a class which are or have at any time been legal tender in any territory outside Singapore, and any reference to foreign currency, except so far as the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to any right to receive foreign currency in respect of any credit or balance at a bank;


document_id: eca-1953
term: gold
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gold” means gold coin and bullion and includes any gold in whatever state or form other than gold which has been materially increased in value by skilled craftsmanship;


document_id: eca-1953
term: local currency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“local currency” means currency which is, or has at any time been, legal tender in Singapore but does not include any currency issued by, or under the authority of, the Japanese military authorities;


document_id: eca-1953
term: offence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“offence” means an offence under this Act and includes any contravention of or failure to comply with any order, direction, prohibition, restriction, condition or requirement made, given or imposed under powers conferred by this Act;


document_id: eca-1953
term: policy of assurance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“policy of assurance” means any policy securing the payment of a capital sum or annuity on the occurrence of a specified event which is certain to happen and includes — ( a )


document_id: eca-1953
term: prescribed
source_provision: s2
definition:
“prescribed” means prescribed, for the purposes of the provision in question, by order of the Authority;


document_id: eca-1953
term: scheduled territories
source_provision: s2
definition:
“scheduled territories” means the territories specified in the First Schedule, except that the Authority may at any time by order amend that Schedule, either by the addition or exclusion of territories or otherwise;


document_id: eca-1953
term: securities
source_provision: s2
definition:
“securities” means shares, stocks, bonds, notes (other than promissory notes), debentures, debenture stocks, units under a unit trust scheme and shares in an oil royalty;


document_id: eca-1953
term: unit trust scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unit trust scheme” means any arrangements made for the purpose, or having the effect, of providing for persons having funds available for investment, facilities for the participation by them, as beneficiaries under a trust, in profits or income arising from the acquisition, holding, management or disposal of any property whatsoever;


document_id: eca-1953
term: unit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“unit” means, in relation to a unit trust scheme, a right or interest (whether described as a unit, as a sub‑unit or otherwise) which may be acquired under the scheme.


document_id: eca-1953
term: registered in Singapore
source_provision: s22
definition:
“registered in Singapore” and “registered outside Singapore” mean respectively registered in a register in, and registered in a register outside, Singapore;


document_id: eca-1953
term: security which is registered in Singapore otherwise than in a subsidiary register
source_provision: s22
definition:
“security which is registered in Singapore otherwise than in a subsidiary register” means a security which either — ( a )


document_id: eca-2012
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means an officer appointed by the Director‑General under section 6(2) to be an authorised officer;


document_id: eca-2012
term: Civil Aviation Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Civil Aviation Authority” means the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore reconstituted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009;


document_id: eca-2012
term: Director-General
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Environmental Protection appointed under the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999;


document_id: eca-2012
term: energy use threshold
source_provision: s2
definition:
“energy use threshold” means the level of energy consumption specified in an order under section 22 or 45, expressed in terms of — ( a )


document_id: eca-2012
term: Land Transport Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Land Transport Authority” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established by the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;


document_id: eca-2012
term: Maritime and Port Authority
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Maritime and Port Authority” means the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore established by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996;


document_id: eca-2012
term: Minister
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Minister” , except in Part 4, means the Minister charged with the responsibility for the environment and water resources;


document_id: eca-2012
term: port service operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“port service operator” means a person providing any marine service or facility or port service or facility under a public licence or an exemption granted under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996;


document_id: eca-2012
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” means any building, plant, workplace or other premises at which electricity, fuel or any other form of energy is consumed;


document_id: eca-2012
term: sector regulator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sector regulator” means the applicable regulator responsible for the administration of the provisions of this Act, determined in accordance with section 7;


document_id: eca-2012
term: transport sector authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transport sector authorised officer” means an officer appointed under section 7(1)( a ), (2)( a ) or (3)( a ) by a sector regulator to be a transport sector authorised officer;


document_id: eca-2012
term: workplace
source_provision: s2
definition:
“workplace” has the meaning given by section 5 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006. [30/2015]


document_id: eca-2012
term: effective date
source_provision: s10
definition:
“effective date” , in relation to any goods, means the date on which the goods become regulated goods as specified in the order under section 11;


document_id: eca-2012
term: goods
source_provision: s10
definition:
“goods” means any device, appliance, equipment, article or thing that requires electricity or fuel for its use or operation, and — ( a )


document_id: eca-2012
term: label
source_provision: s10
definition:
“label” , in relation to any regulated goods, includes marking or affixing a label to the regulated goods;


document_id: eca-2012
term: registered relevant person
source_provision: s21
definition:
“registered relevant person” means any registrable relevant person registered under section 23A as such; [Act 39 of 2024 wef 01/12/2025]


document_id: eca-2012
term: registrable corporation
source_provision: s21
definition:
“registrable corporation” means any corporation declared, or which qualifies, by an order under section 22 to be such, but does not include a transport facility operator under Part 4; [24/2017] [Act 39 of 2024 wef 01/12/2025]


document_id: eca-2012
term: registrable relevant person
source_provision: s21
definition:
“registrable relevant person” means a relevant person within the meaning given by section 26B(1) who has operational control over any business activity or premises or a part of any business activity or premises, in which any prescribed energy‑consuming system or a part of a prescribed energy‑consuming system is situated. [Act 39 of 2024 wef 01/12/2025]


document_id: eca-2012
term: authorised dealer
source_provision: s39
definition:
“authorised dealer” means a person who is appointed to sell a vehicle in Singapore under a distributorship agreement with the manufacturer of the vehicle;


document_id: eca-2012
term: batch type-approval
source_provision: s39
definition:
“batch type-approval” , “modified type-approval” and “type‑approval” have the meanings given by rule 3D of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules;


document_id: eca-2012
term: FEL effective date
source_provision: s39
definition:
“FEL effective date” or “fuel economy and vehicular emissions labelling effective date”, in relation to any motor vehicle, means the date on which the motor vehicle becomes one of a class, description or type of motor vehicle specified in an order under section 40;


document_id: eca-2012
term: vehicular emission
source_provision: s39
definition:
“vehicular emission” , in relation to a motor vehicle, means any vehicular emission that is a prescribed vehicular emission under section 11AA of the Road Traffic Act 1961. [24/2017]


document_id: eca-2016
term: approved mediator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved mediator” means any individual approved by the Commissioner as a mediator for one or more of the following: ( a )


document_id: eca-2016
term: authorised person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised person” means an individual appointed under section 3(3) of the Employment Act 1968 as an authorised person for the purpose of carrying out any function or duty of the Commissioner under this Act;


document_id: eca-2016
term: claimant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“claimant” means a person who lodges a claim with a tribunal, and includes, for the purposes of Part 2, a person who intends to lodge a claim with a tribunal;


document_id: eca-2016
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Labour appointed under section 3(1) of the Employment Act 1968;


document_id: eca-2016
term: contract of service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contract of service” means an agreement, whether oral or written and whether express or implied, by which a person agrees to employ an individual, and that individual agrees to serve that person, and includes an apprenticeship agreement;


document_id: eca-2016
term: employee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employee” means an individual who has entered into and works under a contract of service with an employer, and includes — ( a )


document_id: eca-2016
term: employer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employer” means any person who employs an individual under a contract of service, and includes — ( a )


document_id: eca-2016
term: employment assistance payment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employment assistance payment” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Retirement and Re‑employment Act 1993;


document_id: eca-2016
term: Industrial Arbitration Court
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Industrial Arbitration Court” means an Industrial Arbitration Court established under section 3 of the Industrial Relations Act 1960;


document_id: eca-2016
term: mediation session
source_provision: s2
definition:
“mediation session” means a meeting between 2 or more parties to a dispute for the purposes of a mediation;


document_id: eca-2016
term: respondent
source_provision: s2
definition:
“respondent” means a person against whom a claim is made, or who is joined in the capacity of a respondent, and includes, for the purposes of Part 2, a person against whom a claimant intends to make a claim;


document_id: eca-2016
term: specified contractual dispute
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified contractual dispute” means a dispute, relating to a payment of an amount of money, which arises out of or in the course of employment under a contract of service, about any matter specified in the First Schedule;


document_id: eca-2016
term: specified employment dispute
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified employment dispute” means a specified contractual dispute, a specified statutory dispute or a wrongful dismissal dispute;


document_id: eca-2016
term: specified statutory dispute
source_provision: s2
definition:
“specified statutory dispute” means a dispute, relating to a payment of an amount of money, about any matter specified in the Second Schedule;


document_id: eca-2016
term: tribunal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tribunal” means a subordinate court called an Employment Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act 1970;


document_id: eca-2016
term: tribunal magistrate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tribunal magistrate” means a tribunal magistrate appointed under section 9(1)( a ) or designated under section 9(5);


document_id: eca-2016
term: tripartite guidelines on re‑employment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tripartite guidelines on re‑employment” means the guidelines relating to re‑employment issued under section 11B of the Retirement and Re‑employment Act 1993;


document_id: eca-2016
term: tripartite guidelines on wrongful dismissal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“tripartite guidelines on wrongful dismissal” means the guidelines issued under section 35 on what constitutes wrongful dismissal;


document_id: eca-2016
term: wrongful dismissal dispute
source_provision: s2
definition:
“wrongful dismissal dispute” means a dispute, relating to the dismissal of an employee, specified in the Third Schedule. [55/2018]


document_id: eca-2016
term: officer
source_provision: s5
definition:
“officer” , in relation to a body corporate, means a director, partner, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate.


document_id: ecdca-2017
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , for any provision of this Act, means a public officer who is appointed as an authorised officer under section 5(3) for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: ecdca-2017
term: code of practice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“code of practice” means a code of practice issued or approved by the Chief Licensing Officer under section 36, and includes any such code of practice that is amended from time to time under that section;


document_id: ecdca-2017
term: early childhood development centre
source_provision: s2
definition:
“early childhood development centre” means any premises where any early childhood development service is provided or is to be provided;


document_id: ecdca-2017
term: early childhood development service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“early childhood development service” means the provision of care or education, or care and education, habitually of 5 or more children who are below 7 years of age, for a fee, reward or profit by a person who is not a relative or guardian of all the children;


document_id: ecdca-2017
term: licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licence” means a licence granted or renewed under this Act authorising the licensee to operate the early childhood development centre specified in the licence;


document_id: ecdca-2017
term: operate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“operate” , for an early childhood development centre, means to control or direct the operations of the centre in connection with a business of providing or offering early childhood development service at that centre;


document_id: ecdca-2017
term: repealed Act
source_provision: s2
definition:
“repealed Act” means the Child Care Centres Act (Cap. 37A, 2012 Revised Edition) repealed by this Act.


document_id: echsa-1996
term: Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Board” means the Housing and Development Board established under section 3 of the Housing and Development Act 1959;


document_id: echsa-1996
term: commercial property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“commercial property” means any, or a part of any, flat, house or tenement which is permitted to be used under the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law for the purpose of carrying on any business or which is lawfully so used;


document_id: echsa-1996
term: develop
source_provision: s2
definition:
“develop” means to construct or cause to be constructed any housing accommodation, including any building operations in, on, over or under any land for the purpose of erecting any housing accommodation;


document_id: echsa-1996
term: developer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“developer” means a developer appointed by the Minister under section 4(1); [Act 5 of 2025 wef 09/03/2025]


document_id: echsa-1996
term: executive condominium scheme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executive condominium scheme” means the housing scheme established by the Minister under section 3(1);


document_id: echsa-1996
term: housing accommodation
source_provision: s2
definition:
“housing accommodation” means a horizontal stratum of the whole or part of a building, whether such stratum is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground, which is wholly constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation;


document_id: echsa-1996
term: minimum occupation period
source_provision: s2
definition:
“minimum occupation period” , in relation to any housing accommodation under the executive condominium scheme, means a period of 5 years starting from the date of issue of the temporary occupation permit in respect of the housing accommodation;


document_id: echsa-1996
term: temporary occupation permit
source_provision: s2
definition:
“temporary occupation permit” means a permit issued under section 12 of the Building Control Act 1989;


document_id: echsa-1996
term: transfer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transfer” includes a conveyance, sale, assignment, settlement, declaration of trust, assent, disposition of whatever nature, the vesting of any estate or interest in any housing accommodation by an instrument or under a vesting order of court and every instrument capable of vesting any estate or interest in any housing accommodation upon registration of such instrument by the Registrar of Titles, but does not include a mortgage, charge or reconveyance.


document_id: ecpoja-1979
term: civil proceedings
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civil proceedings” , in relation to the requesting court, means proceedings in any civil or commercial matter but does not include proceedings arising out of any fiscal, monetary or revenue law or measure;


document_id: ecpoja-1979
term: request
source_provision: s2
definition:
“request” includes any commission, order or other process issued by or on behalf of the requesting court;


document_id: eda-1929
term: accountable person
source_provision: s2
definition:
“accountable person” means an executor or any other person upon whom there is imposed under the provisions of this Act any duty or liability to deliver to the Commissioner an estate duty return or an estate duty account or to pay any estate duty or to make any other payment leviable in consequence of the death of any person, or from whom any payment under this Act is leviable;


document_id: eda-1929
term: Commissioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Estate Duties appointed under section 4(1) and includes a Deputy Commissioner of Estate Duties;


document_id: eda-1929
term: estate duty return
source_provision: s2
definition:
“estate duty return” means the return, together with the accounts annexed thereto, determined under section 35;


document_id: eda-1929
term: executor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“executor” means the executor or administrator of a deceased person, and includes, as regards any obligation under this Act — ( a )


document_id: eda-1929
term: interest in expectancy
source_provision: s2
definition:
“interest in expectancy” includes an estate in remainder or reversion and every other future interest whether vested or contingent, but does not include reversions expectant upon the determination of leases;


document_id: eda-1929
term: property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“property” includes movable and immovable property of any kind situate or being in Singapore and the proceeds of sale thereof respectively, and any money or investment for the time being representing the proceeds of sale; and, in the case of a deceased person who was at the time of his death domiciled in Singapore, includes movable property wherever it may be;


document_id: eda-1929
term: property passing on the death
source_provision: s2
definition:
“property passing on the death” includes property passing either immediately on the death or after any interval, either certainly or contingently, and either originally or by way of substitutive limitation; and “on the death” includes at a period ascertainable only by reference to the death;


document_id: eda-1929
term: settlement
source_provision: s2
definition:
“settlement” means any deed, will, agreement for a settlement, or other instrument or any number of instruments, under which any property or any interest therein stands for the time being limited to or in trust for any person or persons by way of succession, and includes any interest in remainder or reversion not disposed of by the settlement and reverting to the settlor;


document_id: eda-1929
term: Central Provident Fund
source_provision: s14
definition:
“Central Provident Fund” means the Central Provident Fund established under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;


document_id: eda-1929
term: designated pension or provident fund
source_provision: s14
definition:
“designated pension or provident fund” means an approved pension or provident fund within the meaning of section 39(2)( g ) of the Income Tax Act 1947;


document_id: eda-1929
term: dwelling house
source_provision: s14
definition:
“dwelling house” includes any building or tenement, or any part thereof, which is used, constructed or adapted to be used for human habitation; but does not include any dwelling house used wholly or partly as a hostel or quarters or for such other purpose as may be prescribed.


document_id: eda-1929
term: company to which this Part applies
source_provision: s18
definition:
“company to which this Part applies” means any body corporate wherever incorporated, which either — ( a )


document_id: eda-1929
term: share
source_provision: s18
definition:
“share” includes any interest in a company, by whatsoever name it is called, analogous to a share, and “shareholder” shall be construed accordingly;


document_id: eda-1929
term: preference share
source_provision: s18
definition:
“preference share” means a share the holder of which is entitled to a dividend at a fixed rate only;


document_id: eda-1929
term: value of the total assets of the company
source_provision: s18
definition:
“value of the total assets of the company” means the principal value, ascertained in accordance with section 24, of all the assets of the company as a going concern, including goodwill, after deducting therefrom — ( a )


document_id: eda-1929
term: relevant date
source_provision: s36
definition:
“relevant date” means the date 30 days after the date of the notice of assessment, or the date 6 months after the date of death of the deceased, whichever is the later;


document_id: eda-1929
term: business
source_provision: s55
definition:
“business” includes every profession, and every form of trade, commerce, banking, insurance, moneylending, habitual letting of premises, rent collecting, craftsmanship and other occupation or activity carried on by one or more persons for the purpose of gain; and


document_id: eda-1929
term: business carried on within Singapore
source_provision: s55
definition:
“business carried on within Singapore” includes any branch, agency or associated business carried on within Singapore of any business established, carried on or owned wholly or in part by any person or persons outside Singapore.


document_id: edba-1961
term: enterprise
source_provision: s2
definition:
“enterprise” means any entity incorporated, formed or established in Singapore or elsewhere, whether or not for profit, and howsoever owned or controlled, and includes — ( a )


document_id: edba-1961
term: underwrite
source_provision: s2
definition:
“underwrite” means to contract, with or without conditions, to subscribe for stocks, shares, bonds or debentures of an enterprise with a view to the resale of the whole or part of it. [5/2018]


document_id: edma-1999
term: Financial Sector Development Fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Financial Sector Development Fund” means the Financial Sector Development Fund established under Part 5 of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970;


document_id: edma-1999
term: registered owner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered owner” , in relation to a SIMEX seat, means the person allotted a SIMEX seat and registered as the owner of a SIMEX seat in the register of allotment of seats referred to in the articles of association of SIMEX;


document_id: edma-1999
term: SIMEX seat
source_provision: s2
definition:
“SIMEX seat” means the place on the SIMEX futures market referred to in the articles of association of SIMEX as a “seat” and allotted by the Board of Directors of SIMEX in accordance with the rules of SIMEX;


document_id: edma-1999
term: special purpose company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“special purpose company” means a company incorporated in Singapore and designated by the Minister under section 3(2)( b );


document_id: edma-1999
term: transferee holding company
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transferee holding company” means a public company incorporated in Singapore and designated by the Minister under section 3(2)( a );


document_id: edma-1999
term: transferee holding company’s shares
source_provision: s2
definition:
“transferee holding company’s shares” means shares issued by the transferee holding company. [42/2001]


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: approved activity
source_provision: s3
definition:
“approved activity” , in relation to a company, means an activity that has been approved under section 40A or 40E(1)( b ) as an approved activity for the company; [Act 39 of 2023 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: approved activity certificate
source_provision: s3
definition:
“approved activity certificate” means a certificate issued under section 40A(4)( b ); [Act 39 of 2023 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: approved foreign loan
source_provision: s3
definition:
“approved foreign loan” means a loan which is approved under section 33 to be an approved foreign loan;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: approved royalties, fees or contributions
source_provision: s3
definition:
“approved royalties, fees or contributions” means royalties, technical assistance fees or contributions to research and development costs which have been approved under section 37 to be approved royalties, fees or contributions;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: certificate
source_provision: s3
definition:
“certificate” includes a letter or other document issued by the Minister to a company pursuant to an application made by the company under a provision of this Act;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: company
source_provision: s3
definition:
“company” means any company incorporated or registered in accordance with the provisions of any written law relating to companies;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: intellectual property income
source_provision: s3
definition:
“intellectual property income” means any intellectual property income prescribed by the Minister under section 64;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: manufacture
source_provision: s3
definition:
“manufacture” , in relation to a product, includes any process or method used in making or developing the product;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: old trade or business
source_provision: s3
definition:
“old trade or business” means the trade or business of a pioneer enterprise which satisfies all of the following conditions: ( a )


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: pioneer enterprise
source_provision: s3
definition:
“pioneer enterprise” means any company which has been approved by the Minister under section 5 for a pioneer product and to which a pioneer certificate is issued under that section;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: production day
source_provision: s3
definition:
“production day” , in relation to a pioneer product that is approved under section 5(3) for a pioneer enterprise, means the date specified in the pioneer enterprise’s pioneer certificate under section 5(5)( b ) or (7)( a ) or ( c ) as the production day of that product;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: productive equipment
source_provision: s3
definition:
“productive equipment” means machinery or plant which would normally qualify for deduction under sections 19, 19A, 20, 21 and 22 of the Income Tax Act 1947;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: commencement day
source_provision: s20
definition:
“commencement day” , in relation to a qualifying activity that is approved under section 21(3) for a development and expansion company, means the date specified in the development and expansion company’s certificate under section 21(5)( b ) or (7)( a ) or ( c ) as the commencement day of that qualifying activity;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: pioneer service company
source_provision: s16
definition:
“pioneer service company” means a company which has been issued with a certificate under section 17;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: development and expansion company
source_provision: s20
definition:
“development and expansion company” means a company which has been issued with a certificate under section 21(3);


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: specified development and expansion company
source_provision: s21
definition:
“specified development and expansion company” means a development and expansion company that — ( a )


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: international legal services
source_provision: s23
definition:
“international legal services” means any qualifying activity comprising legal services that qualify for zero‑rating under section 21(3) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993. [19KA [1/2012]


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: development and expansion award
source_provision: s29
definition:
“development and expansion award” means an approval given by the Minister to a company under Part 4 to be a development and expansion company for a Part 4 qualifying activity;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: Part 3 commencement day
source_provision: s29
definition:
“Part 3 commencement day” , in relation to a Part 3 qualifying activity, has the meaning given to “commencement day” in section 16;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: Part 4 commencement day
source_provision: s29
definition:
“Part 4 commencement day” , in relation to a Part 4 qualifying activity, has the meaning given to “commencement day” in section 20;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: pioneer industry award
source_provision: s29
definition:
“pioneer industry award” means an approval given by the Minister to a company under Part 2 to be a pioneer enterprise for a pioneer product;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: pioneer service award
source_provision: s29
definition:
“pioneer service award” means an approval given by the Minister to a company under Part 3 to be a pioneer service company for a Part 3 qualifying activity;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: relevant royalties, fees or contributions
source_provision: s40B
definition:
“relevant royalties, fees or contributions” , in relation to an approved activity, means any royalties or technical assistance fees or contributions to research and development costs payable by the company to the non‑resident person — ( a )


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: commencement of the approval period
source_provision: s40D
definition:
“commencement of the approval period” , in relation to a relevant approved activity, means the date on which the period of approval for the relevant approved activity commences, as specified in the approved activity certificate for the relevant approved activity;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: tax relief amount under section 39 for the relevant period
source_provision: s40D
definition:
“tax relief amount under section 39 for the relevant period” means the amount of tax which, prior to the date of revocation notice, a company had, in reliance on section 39(1), not deducted from the royalties, fees or contributions payable to a non‑resident person under section 45A of the Income Tax Act 1947 during the relevant period;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: tax relief amount under section 40B for the relevant period
source_provision: s40D
definition:
“tax relief amount under section 40B for the relevant period” means the amount of tax which, but for section 40B(5) and (6) (read with subsection (1)), would have been deductible by a company under section 45A of the Income Tax Act 1947 from any royalties, fees or contributions payable by the company to a non‑resident person during the relevant period. [Act 39 of 2023 wef 01/04/2023]


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: chargeable concessionary income
source_provision: s41
definition:
“chargeable concessionary income” means concessionary income after deducting expenses, donations, allowances or losses allowable under the Income Tax Act 1947 against the concessionary income;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: chargeable normal income
source_provision: s41
definition:
“chargeable normal income” means normal income after deducting expenses, donations, allowances or losses allowable under the Income Tax Act 1947 against the normal income;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: concessionary income
source_provision: s41
definition:
“concessionary income” means income subject to tax at the concessionary rate of tax under section 43A, 43C, 43D, 43E, 43F, 43G, 43H, 43I, 43J, 43K, 43L, 43M, 43N, 43O, 43P, 43Q, 43R, 43S, 43T, 43U, 43V, 43W or 43X of the Income Tax Act 1947, or the regulations made under any of those provisions, as the case may be;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: concessionary investment allowance
source_provision: s41
definition:
“concessionary investment allowance” means an investment allowance given to a company for an approved project from which the concessionary income of the company is derived;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: concessionary investment allowance account
source_provision: s41
definition:
“concessionary investment allowance account” means an account kept by a company for the purpose of calculating the amount of concessionary investment allowance granted under this Part;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: corporate partnership
source_provision: s41
definition:
“corporate partnership” means a partnership, limited liability partnership or limited partnership comprising solely of partners that are companies;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: greenhouse gas
source_provision: s41
definition:
“greenhouse gas” means any greenhouse gas specified in the first column of the First Schedule to the Carbon Pricing Act 2018; [Act 9 of 2022 wef 01/04/2021]


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: investment day
source_provision: s41
definition:
“investment day” , in relation to a company, means the date specified in its certificate as the date from which the company qualifies for the investment allowance;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: normal income
source_provision: s41
definition:
“normal income” means income subject to tax at the rate of tax under section 43(1)( a ) of the Income Tax Act 1947;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: normal investment allowance
source_provision: s41
definition:
“normal investment allowance” means an investment allowance given to a company for an approved project from which the normal income of the company is derived;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: normal investment allowance account
source_provision: s41
definition:
“normal investment allowance account” means an account kept by a company for the purpose of calculating the amount of normal investment allowance granted under this Part;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: space satellite
source_provision: s41
definition:
“space satellite” means an apparatus placed in orbit relative to the earth for any economic, scientific or technological purpose;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: submarine cable system
source_provision: s41
definition:
“submarine cable system” means a network of interconnected submarine cables, and includes its submarine landing terminating equipment, terrestrial or submarine optical fibre systems, network equipment and any other equipment ancillary to the submarine cable system. [14/2007; 53/2007; 34/2008; 29/2010; 22/2011; 19/2013; 2/2016; 34/2016; 39/2017; 20/2020]


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: relevant date
source_provision: s45
definition:
“relevant date” means the date in the basis period relating to any transitional year on which the income of an approved project is subject to tax as concessionary income instead of as normal income, or vice versa;


document_id: eeirita-1967
term: transitional year
source_provision: s45
definition:
“transitional year” means any year of assessment relating to the basis period in which the income of an approved project is from the relevant date subject to tax as concessionary income instead of as normal income, or vice versa. [69


document_id: eessa-1992
term: Edusave Qualifying Ages
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Edusave Qualifying Ages” means the range of ages prescribed by regulations to be the Edusave Qualifying Ages;


document_id: eessa-1992
term: Edusave Scheme Administrator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Edusave Scheme Administrator” means the public officer appointed under section 7(2) by the Minister to administer the Edusave Pupils Fund on the Minister’s behalf;


document_id: eessa-1992
term: junior college
source_provision: s2
definition:
“junior college” , in relation to a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund, means any of the following which is not a prescribed school: ( a )


document_id: eessa-1992
term: PSE Scheme Administrator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“PSE Scheme Administrator” means the public officer appointed by the Minister to administer the PSE Fund on behalf of the Minister;


document_id: eessa-1992
term: sibling
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sibling” , in relation to a member of the PSE Fund, means the natural sibling, stepsibling or adopted sibling of the member. [33/2014]


document_id: eessa-1992
term: co-savings arrangement
source_provision: s21
definition:
“co-savings arrangement” means the co‑savings arrangement mentioned in section 3(1)( a ) of the Child Development Co‑Savings Act 2001;


document_id: efma-1990
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” , in relation to any provision in this Act, means any public officer authorised in that behalf by the Minister for the purposes of that provision;


document_id: efma-1990
term: body corporate
source_provision: s2
definition:
“body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;


document_id: efma-1990
term: construction works
source_provision: s2
definition:
“construction works” means the construction, extension, installation, carrying out, repair, maintenance, renewal, removal, alteration, dismantling or demolition of — ( a )


document_id: efma-1990
term: debarred
source_provision: s2
definition:
“debarred” , in relation to a person, means a person who is debarred under section 7(5)( d ) from applying for, or being issued with, a work pass;


document_id: efma-1990
term: employment inspector
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employment inspector” means the Controller and any person appointed as an employment inspector under section 3;


document_id: efma-1990
term: foreigner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“foreigner” means any person who is not a citizen of Singapore or permanent resident of Singapore; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/12/2024]


document_id: efma-1990
term: in-principle approval
source_provision: s2
definition:
“in-principle approval” means the in-principle approval of an application for a work pass issued by the Controller under section 7(3);


document_id: efma-1990
term: occupier
source_provision: s6A
definition:
“occupier” , in relation to a work place, means the principal contractor who undertakes any construction works at the work place and includes any other person as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette , specify to be the occupier of the work place;


document_id: efma-1990
term: self-employed foreigner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“self-employed foreigner” means any foreigner who, not being employed under a contract of service, seeks to engage in or engages in — ( a )


document_id: efma-1990
term: train
source_provision: s2
definition:
“train” , in relation to a foreign employee, means to teach, instruct or educate the foreign employee in relation to the work in which the foreign employee is employed or to be employed;


document_id: efma-1990
term: work pass
source_provision: s2
definition:
“work pass” means a work pass belonging to any prescribed category of work passes which is issued by the Controller under section 7. [24/2012]


document_id: efma-1990
term: principal contractor
source_provision: s6A
definition:
“principal contractor” means a person who has entered into a contract with an owner, a developer or a lessee of a property, or an agent of the owner, developer or lessee, for the purpose of carrying out any construction works, or such other works or activities as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette , specify;


document_id: efma-1990
term: work place
source_provision: s6A
definition:
“work place” means any place or premises where works are being carried out and includes any premises within the vicinity of the work place to which the occupier has control of access.


document_id: efma-1990
term: act or omission
source_provision: s25
definition:
“act or omission” , in relation to a person who is an employer, includes but is not limited to the employer failing to ensure that the employer’s Central Provident Fund contribution record of payments as employer required under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 only reflects every citizen of Singapore or permanent resident of Singapore who is employed by the employer and at the appropriate contribution rate prescribed by law; [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/12/2024]


document_id: efma-1990
term: foreign employee entitlement
source_provision: s25
definition:
“foreign employee entitlement” means the number of foreign employees which a person may employ, according to such criteria and conditions as the Minister or the Controller may determine. [24/2012]


document_id: ema-1968
term: approved medical institution
source_provision: s2
definition:
“approved medical institution” means a hospital, clinic, healthcare establishment or other medical institution which the Minister, by notification in the Gazette , declares as an approved medical institution;


document_id: ema-1968
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means any public officer appointed as an authorised officer under section 3(2);


document_id: ema-1968
term: basic rate of pay
source_provision: s2
definition:
“basic rate of pay” means the total amount of money (including wage adjustments and increments) to which an employee is entitled under his or her contract of service either for working for a period of time, that is, for one hour, one day, one week, one month or for such other period as may be stated or implied in his or her contract of service, or for each completed piece or task of work but does not include — ( a )


document_id: ema-1968
term: civil contravention
source_provision: s2
definition:
“civil contravention” means a contravention that is declared to be a civil contravention under section 126A;


document_id: ema-1968
term: collective agreement
source_provision: s47
definition:
“collective agreement” means a collective agreement, a memorandum of which has been certified by the Industrial Arbitration Court in accordance with the provisions of the Industrial Relations Act 1960; [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: ema-1968
term: constructional contractor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“constructional contractor” means any person, firm, corporation or company who or which is established for the purpose of undertaking, either exclusively or in addition to or in conjunction with any other business, any type of constructional work, and who or which is carrying out the constructional work for or on behalf of some other person under a contract entered into by that person, firm, corporation or company with such other person, and includes heirs, executors, administrators, assigns and successors of that person, firm, corporation or company;


document_id: ema-1968
term: constructional work
source_provision: s2
definition:
“constructional work” means any building and civil engineering work and includes repair, maintenance, alteration and demolition work;


document_id: ema-1968
term: contract of service
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contract of service” means any agreement, whether written 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 and includes an apprenticeship contract or agreement;


document_id: ema-1968
term: contractor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“contractor” means any person who contracts with a principal to supply labour or to carry out the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the principal in the course of or for the purposes of the principal’s trade or business;


document_id: ema-1968
term: dependant
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dependant” means any of the following members of an employee’s family, namely, wife, husband, father, mother, child and any adopted or illegitimate child living with or dependent on the employee;


document_id: ema-1968
term: dismiss
source_provision: s2
definition:
“dismiss” means to terminate the contract of service between an employer and an employee at the employer’s initiative, with or without notice and for cause or otherwise, and includes the resignation of an employee if the employee can show, on a balance of probabilities, that the employee did not resign voluntarily but was forced to do so because of any conduct or omission, or course of conduct or omissions, engaged in by the employer;


document_id: ema-1968
term: domestic worker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“domestic worker” means any house, stable or garden servant or motor car driver, employed in or in connection with the domestic services of any private premises;


document_id: ema-1968
term: employee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“employee” means a person who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer and includes a workman, and any officer or employee of the Government included in a category, class or description of such officers or employees declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act or any provision thereof, but does not include any of the following: ( a )


document_id: ema-1968
term: gross rate of pay
source_provision: s2
definition:
“gross rate of pay” means the total amount of money including allowances to which an employee is entitled under his or her contract of service either for working for a period of time, that is, for one hour, one day, one week, one month or for such other period as may be stated or implied in his or her contract of service, or for each completed piece or task of work but does not include — ( a )


document_id: ema-1968
term: hours of work
source_provision: s2
definition:
“hours of work” means the time during which an employee is at the employer’s disposal and is not free to dispose of his or her own time and movements exclusive of any intervals allowed for rest and meals;


document_id: ema-1968
term: industrial undertaking
source_provision: s2
definition:
“industrial undertaking” means public and private undertakings and any branch thereof, and includes particularly — ( a )


document_id: ema-1968
term: machinery
source_provision: s2
definition:
“machinery” includes all oil engines, gas engines, steam engines and any other machines in which mechanical movement, either linear or rotated or both, takes place, steam boilers, gas cylinders, air receivers, steam receivers, steam containers, cast iron underfired vulcanizers, refrigerating plants, pressure receivers, all appliances for the transmission of power by ropes, belts, chains, driving straps or bands or gearing, electrical generators and electrical motors;


document_id: ema-1968
term: medical practitioner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997, and includes a dentist registered under the Dental Registration Act 1999;


document_id: ema-1968
term: no-pay leave
source_provision: s2
definition:
“no-pay leave” , for an employee, means leave of absence without pay granted by the employer at the request of the employee;


document_id: ema-1968
term: overtime
source_provision: s2
definition:
“overtime” means the number of hours worked in any one day or in any one week in excess of the limits specified in Part 4;


document_id: ema-1968
term: place of employment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place of employment” means any place provided by the employer where work is carried on, for or on behalf of an employer, by an employee;


document_id: ema-1968
term: principal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“principal” means any person who, in the course of or for the purposes of the person’s trade or business, contracts with a contractor for the supply of labour or for the execution by the contractor of the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the principal;


document_id: ema-1968
term: productivity incentive payment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“productivity incentive payment” means a variable payment, whether made annually or otherwise, to an employee as a reward for — ( a )


document_id: ema-1968
term: quarters
source_provision: s2
definition:
“quarters” means any building provided or intended to be provided for a workman to live in either temporarily or permanently, and includes any room or building used or intended to be used whether communally or privately for the purposes of cooking, eating, washing or bathing and any latrines and urinals;


document_id: ema-1968
term: salary
source_provision: s2
definition:
“salary” means all remuneration including allowances payable to an employee in respect of work done under his or her contract of service, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: ema-1968
term: seafarer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“seafarer” means any person, including the master, who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a ship, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: ema-1968
term: subcontractor
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subcontractor” means any person who contracts with a contractor for the supply of labour or for the execution by the subcontractor of the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the contractor for the contractor’s principal, and includes any person who contracts with a subcontractor to supply labour or to carry out the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the subcontractor for a contractor;


document_id: ema-1968
term: subcontractor for labour
source_provision: s2
definition:
“subcontractor for labour” means any person who contracts with a contractor or subcontractor to supply the labour required for the execution of the whole or any part of any work a contractor or subcontractor has contracted to carry out for a principal or contractor, as the case may be;


document_id: ema-1968
term: Tribunal
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Tribunal” means an Employment Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act 1970;


document_id: ema-1968
term: wages
source_provision: s50
definition:
“wages” means the basic wages payable to an employee in respect of work done under his or her contract of service but does not include any commission, overtime allowance or other allowances payable to an employee.


document_id: ema-1968
term: affected employee
source_provision: s18A
definition:
“affected employee” means any employee of the transferor who may be affected by a transfer under subsection (1) or may be affected by the measures taken in connection with such a transfer;


document_id: ema-1968
term: transfer
source_provision: s18A
definition:
“transfer” includes the disposition of a business as a going concern and a transfer effected by sale, amalgamation, merger, reconstruction or operation of law;


document_id: ema-1968
term: CSHL Scheme recovery body
source_provision: s26
definition:
“CSHL Scheme recovery body” has the meaning given by the definition of “recovery body” in section 2(1) of the CareShield Life and Long‑Term Care Act 2019;


document_id: ema-1968
term: MediShield Life Scheme recovery body
source_provision: s26
definition:
“MediShield Life Scheme recovery body” has the meaning given by the definition of “recovery body” in section 2(1) of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015. [Act 19 of 2025 wef 05/12/2025]


document_id: ema-1968
term: award
source_provision: s47
definition:
“award” means an award made by the Industrial Arbitration Court under the provisions of the Industrial Relations Act 1960;


document_id: ema-1968
term: company
source_provision: s47
definition:
“company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967; [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: ema-1968
term: operative date
source_provision: s47
definition:
“operative date” means the date of commencement of sections 29, 48 and 62 of the Variable Capital Companies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2019; [S 26/2022 wef 13/01/2022]


document_id: ema-1968
term: annual wage supplement
source_provision: s50
definition:
“annual wage supplement” means a single annual payment to employees that is supplemental to the total amount of annual wages earned by them, whether expressed as a percentage thereof or otherwise;


document_id: ema-1968
term: variable payment
source_provision: s50
definition:
“variable payment” means such payment, however expressed and whether paid annually or otherwise, which serves as an incentive to all employees to increase their productivity or as a reward for their contribution;


document_id: ema-1968
term: young person
source_provision: s67A
definition:
“young person” means a person who has completed his or her 15th year of age but who has not completed his or her 16th year of age.


document_id: emasa-2001
term: Board
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Board” means the Public Utilities Board continued under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act 2001;


document_id: emasa-2001
term: electricity
source_provision: s2
definition:
“electricity” means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose but excludes the transmission of any communication or signal;


document_id: emasa-2001
term: Future Energy Fund
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Future Energy Fund” means the fund of that name established under section 19; [Act 27 of 2024 wef 08/11/2024]


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


document_id: emasa-2001
term: town gas
source_provision: s2
definition:
“town gas” means any substance in a gaseous state, which is conveyed in gas pipes and is manufactured from petrochemical feedstock, and has hydrogen as one of its main constituents. [5/2018]


document_id: emasa-2001
term: appointed date
source_provision: s19A
definition:
“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 6(1) of the Energy Transition Measures and Other Amendments Act 2024;


document_id: emasa-2001
term: energy supply security project
source_provision: s19A
definition:
“energy supply security project” means a project to ensure the security and reliability of any supply of energy utilities in Singapore, necessitated by any low-carbon energy project, including — ( a )


document_id: emasa-2001
term: low-carbon electricity
source_provision: s19A
definition:
“low-carbon electricity” means any electricity that is generated (whether in Singapore or elsewhere) using — ( a )


document_id: emasa-2001
term: low-carbon energy project
source_provision: s19A
definition:
“low-carbon energy project” means a project (whether or not in Singapore) consisting of the construction, improvement, extension, replacement, acquisition or leasing of any infrastructure or property (including the acquisition of any intellectual property), to enable the carrying on of any of the following: ( a )


document_id: emasa-2001
term: recurrent costs
source_provision: s19A
definition:
“recurrent costs” , in relation to a low-carbon energy project or an energy supply security project, means any costs of a recurring nature incurred or that would be incurred in the ongoing operations of the subject matter of the project in the provision of goods or services.


document_id: epha-1987
term: aerosol-generating system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“aerosol-generating system” means any device or system that is capable of producing a suspension of fine liquid droplets in air or other type of gas;


document_id: epha-1987
term: aquatic facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“aquatic facility” means any pool, device or facility used or intended to be used for any recreational or therapeutic activity in, on or involving the use of water;


document_id: epha-1987
term: aquatic facility licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“aquatic facility licence” means a licence granted under this Act for a licensable aquatic facility;


document_id: epha-1987
term: authorised officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“authorised officer” means any person appointed by the Director‑General under sections 3(2) and 4(2) to be an authorised officer;


document_id: epha-1987
term: basic rate of pay
source_provision: s2
definition:
“basic rate of pay” means the total amount of money (including wage adjustments and increments) to which an employee is entitled under his or her contract of service for working for a period of time, that is, for one hour, one day, one week, one month or for any other period that may be stated or implied in his or her contract of service, or for each completed piece or task of work, but does not include — ( a )


document_id: epha-1987
term: basic wage
source_provision: s2
definition:
“basic wage” , in relation to a cleaner, means wage calculated at the cleaner’s basic rate of pay — ( a )


document_id: epha-1987
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 any structure, support or foundation connected to the foregoing;


document_id: epha-1987
term: cleaner
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cleaner” means an individual who is engaged, whether as a full‑time employee, part-time employee or casual employee and whether or not at piece rates — ( a )


document_id: epha-1987
term: cleaning contract
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cleaning contract” , in relation to a person, means a contract for the provision of cleaning work to other persons by cleaners, or for the supply to other persons of cleaners, who are engaged or employed by the person; [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023]


document_id: epha-1987
term: cleaning work
source_provision: s2
definition:
“cleaning work” means work carried out in Singapore that has, as its main or only component, the bringing of premises or any public place into, or keeping of premises or any public place in, a clean condition, and includes supervising the carrying out of that work but excludes any work that the Minister declares, by notification in the Gazette , not to be cleaning work;


document_id: epha-1987
term: code of practice
source_provision: s2
definition:
“code of practice” means any code of practice issued or approved under section 99A(1), and includes such code of practice as amended from time to time;


document_id: epha-1987
term: Commissioner for Labour
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Commissioner for Labour” means the Commissioner for Labour appointed under section 3(1) of the Employment Act 1968;


document_id: epha-1987
term: common property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“common property” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act 2004;


document_id: epha-1987
term: construction site
source_provision: s2
definition:
“construction site” means any premises on which works of the following description are being or are going to be carried out: ( a )


document_id: epha-1987
term: Director-General, Food Administration
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Director-General, Food Administration” means the Director‑General, Food Administration appointed under section 277(1) of the Food Safety and Security Act 2025; [Act 7 of 2025 wef 28/11/2025]


document_id: epha-1987
term: disposal facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“disposal facility” includes a recycling facility, a refuse disposal ground, any place used for the deposit of refuse or waste, an incinerator or any plant, machinery or apparatus used for the processing or treatment of refuse or waste;


document_id: epha-1987
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: epha-1987
term: environmental sanitation programme
source_provision: s2
definition:
“environmental sanitation programme” means any environmental sanitation programme developed under section 62B, and includes such environmental sanitation programme as amended from time to time;


document_id: epha-1987
term: flat
source_provision: s2
definition:
“flat” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether the stratum is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground, which is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of 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: epha-1987
term: food
source_provision: s2
definition:
“food” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Food Safety and Security Act 2025; [Act 7 of 2025 wef 28/11/2025]


document_id: epha-1987
term: food establishment
source_provision: s2
definition:
“food establishment” means any place or any premises or part thereof used for the sale, or for the preparation or manufacture for sale, or for the storage or packing for sale, of food, whether cooked or not, intended for human consumption;


document_id: epha-1987
term: funeral parlour
source_provision: s2
definition:
“funeral parlour” means any premises where corpses are received for the purpose of preparation for burial or cremation or for the carrying out of funeral rites or ceremonies prior to burial or cremation, and includes any premises used for such purpose by whatever name called;


document_id: epha-1987
term: house
source_provision: s2
definition:
“house” includes dwelling house, warehouse, office, shop, school and any other building in which persons are employed;


document_id: epha-1987
term: industrial waste
source_provision: s2
definition:
“industrial waste” means any waste whether solid, liquid or gaseous produced, or removed or recovered, in the course of or is the waste product of any trade, business, manufacture or building construction, and includes toxic industrial waste and any dangerous substance; [Act 24 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]


document_id: epha-1987
term: itinerant hawker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“itinerant hawker” means any person who, with or without a vehicle, goes from place to place or from house to house carrying for sale or exposing for sale any food or goods of any kind;


document_id: epha-1987
term: licensable aquatic facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“licensable aquatic facility” means any aquatic facility of the description or type prescribed by the Agency, with the approval of the Minister, by order in the Gazette ;


document_id: epha-1987
term: limited common property
source_provision: s2
definition:
“limited common property” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act 2004;


document_id: epha-1987
term: manager
source_provision: s2
definition:
“manager” , in relation to any premises, means the occupier of the premises, and where there is no occupier, the owner of the premises;


document_id: epha-1987
term: market
source_provision: s2
definition:
“market” means any place used for the sale of any meat, fish, fruit, vegetable, poultry, egg or other article of food, whether cooked or uncooked, for human consumption, and includes any premises therein used for the sale of goods or in any way used in conjunction or connection therewith or appurtenant thereto;


document_id: epha-1987
term: nuisance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“nuisance” means any act, omission or thing occasioning or likely to occasion injury, annoyance, offence, harm, danger or damage to the sense of sight, smell or hearing, or which is or is likely to be injurious or dangerous to health or property;


document_id: epha-1987
term: occupier
source_provision: s2
definition:
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises or having the charge, management or control thereof either on that person’s own account or as agent of another person; and, in relation to any part of any premises, different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;


document_id: epha-1987
term: operator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“operator” , in relation to a public service vehicle, means the owner, ticket conductor, driver, ticket inspector or person who is in charge or in control of the public service vehicle;


document_id: epha-1987
term: place of public resort
source_provision: s2
definition:
“place of public resort” means a building or a defined or an enclosed place used or constructed or adapted to be used either ordinarily or occasionally as a church, mosque, temple or other place where public worship is or religious ceremonies are performed, not being merely a dwelling house so used, or as a cinema, theatre, public hall, or as a public place of assembly for persons admitted thereto by ticket or otherwise, or used or constructed or adapted to be used either ordinarily or occasionally for any other public purpose;


document_id: epha-1987
term: premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, 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, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for any other purpose whatsoever;


document_id: epha-1987
term: public street
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public street” means any street over which the public has a right of way and any street vested in the Government;


document_id: epha-1987
term: public waste collector licensee
source_provision: s2
definition:
“public waste collector licensee” means a person designated by the Director‑General under section 31(3);


document_id: epha-1987
term: publicly accessible premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“publicly accessible premises” means any premises to which the public or a section of the public has access as of right, or by virtue of any express or implied permission with or without payment of a fee and whether or not access to the premises may be restricted at particular times or for particular purposes, and includes any part of those premises, and “publicly accessible” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: epha-1987
term: recyclable
source_provision: s2
definition:
“recyclable” means any refuse, waste or other material or thing that the Agency may prescribe, with the approval of the Minister, to be capable of being recycled or reused;


document_id: epha-1987
term: recycling facility
source_provision: s2
definition:
“recycling facility” means any premises used for the sorting, segregation, processing or treatment of refuse, waste or any other material or thing for the primary purpose of recycling or reuse;


document_id: epha-1987
term: registered aerosol-generating system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered aerosol-generating system” means any registrable aerosol‑generating system that is registered under this Act;


document_id: epha-1987
term: registered Environmental Control Coordinator
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered Environmental Control Coordinator” means any individual who is registered under this Act as an Environmental Control Coordinator;


document_id: epha-1987
term: registered Environmental Control Officer
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registered Environmental Control Officer” means any individual who is registered under this Act as an Environmental Control Officer;


document_id: epha-1987
term: registrable aerosol-generating system
source_provision: s2
definition:
“registrable aerosol-generating system” means any aerosol‑generating system of the description or type prescribed by the Agency, with the approval of the Minister, by order in the Gazette ;


document_id: epha-1987
term: residential premises
source_provision: s2
definition:
“residential premises” means any premises which are permitted to be used under the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law as a dwelling house or which is lawfully so used;


document_id: epha-1987
term: sale
source_provision: s2
definition:
“sale” includes barter, exchange, import and export, and also includes offering or attempting to sell, or causing or allowing to be sold, or exposing for sale, or receiving or sending or delivering for sale, or supplying any food, drink or goods where consideration is to be received by the supplier for such supply either specifically or as part of a service contracted for, or having in possession for sale or having in possession any food, drink or goods knowing that the same is likely to be sold or offered or exposed for sale, and “sell” is to be construed accordingly;


document_id: epha-1987
term: showboard
source_provision: s2
definition:
“showboard” includes showcase and any description of container used for the display of any article or thing;


document_id: epha-1987
term: Singapore Food Agency
source_provision: s2
definition:
“Singapore Food Agency” means the Singapore Food Agency established by the Singapore Food Agency Act 2019;


document_id: epha-1987
term: stable refuse
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stable refuse” means the dung or urine of birds, poultry or animals and the sweepings or refuse or drainage from any stables or cattle sheds or places for keeping animals, birds or poultry;


document_id: epha-1987
term: stall
source_provision: s2
definition:
“stall” means any table, shed, showboard, vehicle or receptacle or any other means used or intended to be used for the purpose of selling food or goods of any kind, and includes any structure affixed thereto by way of roof, support or flooring;


document_id: epha-1987
term: standard of performance
source_provision: s2
definition:
“standard of performance” means any standard of performance issued or approved under section 99A(1), and includes such standard of performance as amended from time to time;


document_id: epha-1987
term: street
source_provision: s2
definition:
“street” includes any road, flyover, square, footway, backlane 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 also includes any road, car park, field, grass verge, 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, ditches and reserves at the side of any street are deemed to be part of the street;


document_id: epha-1987
term: toilet
source_provision: s2
definition:
“toilet” means a facility for urinating and defecating which is water flushed, and which connects, directly or otherwise, with a private sewage disposal system or with the public sewage disposal system;


document_id: epha-1987
term: toxic industrial waste
source_provision: s2
definition:
“toxic industrial waste” means any industrial waste which owing to its nature, composition or quantity constitutes a danger to human health or the environment or which contains or may produce pathogens of transmissible diseases;


document_id: epha-1987
term: vehicle
source_provision: s2
definition:
“vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise, and includes a barrow and a cart;


document_id: epha-1987
term: waste collection worker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“waste collection worker” means an individual who is engaged, whether as a full-time employee, part-time employee or casual employee and whether or not at piece rates — ( a )


document_id: epha-1987
term: waste collector licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“waste collector licence” means a licence granted under section 31(2); [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023]


document_id: epha-1987
term: waste disposal licence
source_provision: s2
definition:
“waste disposal licence” means a licence granted under section 23(2); [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023]


document_id: epha-1987
term: waste disposal worker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“waste disposal worker” means an individual who is engaged, whether as a full-time employee, part-time employee or casual employee and whether or not at piece rates — ( a )


document_id: epha-1987
term: waste management worker
source_provision: s2
definition:
“waste management worker” means a waste collection worker or waste disposal worker; [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023]


document_id: epha-1987
term: work place
source_provision: s2
definition:
“work place” means any premises or place used for any industrial, trade, commercial or manufacturing purposes and includes all construction sites, work sites and farms. [47/2004; 27/2007; 26/2008; 15/2014; 4/2016; 48/2018; 11/2019; 33/2020; 4/2021] [*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]


document_id: epha-1987
term: offender
source_provision: s21E
definition:
“offender” means a person who is 16 years of age or above who is convicted of an offence under section 17 or 19;


document_id: epha-1987
term: supervision officer
source_provision: s21E
definition:
“supervision officer” means an authorised officer or any other person as the Agency may, with the approval of the Minister, by notification in the Gazette , specify to be a supervision officer for the purpose of supervising the performance of work by an offender under a corrective work order.


document_id: epha-1987
term: connection point
source_provision: s31E
definition:
“connection point” means a point situated in, or in immediate proximity to, any premises in a DPWCS area where the refuse pipeline networks are connected to the related internal assets;


document_id: epha-1987
term: District Pneumatic Waste Conveyance System
source_provision: s31E
definition:
“District Pneumatic Waste Conveyance System” or “DPWCS” means a pneumatic waste conveyance system that is established, or required to be established, for a DPWCS area;


document_id: epha-1987
term: pneumatic waste conveyance system
source_provision: s31E
definition:
“pneumatic waste conveyance system” means an automated waste collection system that conveys or transports refuse or waste by air suction from individual premises through a network of pipes to a central location for collection and that consists of — ( a )


document_id: epha-1987
term: related internal assets
source_provision: s31E
definition:
“related internal assets” means all receptacles (including screw tanks that are used for the temporary storage of refuse or waste), refuse chutes, chute chambers, pipes, valves, control cables and sensors within any premises up to but not including any connection point, that are used for, or for purposes connected with, conveying or transporting refuse or waste by air suction from within any premises to the refuse pipeline networks. [48/2018] [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023]


document_id: epha-1987
term: amended plans
source_provision: s46A
definition:
“amended plans” means plans showing any deviation from, or any amendment or addition to, any plans of controlled works certified by the Director-General in a clearance certificate;


document_id: epha-1987
term: clearance certificate
source_provision: s46A
definition:
“clearance certificate” means a certificate described in section 46C(1) and issued under section 46E(2)( a ), and includes such certificate issued under section 46E(2)( a ) as applied by section 46G;


document_id: epha-1987
term: compliance certificate
source_provision: s46A
definition:
“compliance certificate” means a certificate described in section 46I(1) and issued under section 46I(3)( a );


document_id: epha-1987
term: controlled works
source_provision: s46A
definition:
“controlled works” means any building works, or works involving the provision, extension or alteration of any controlled facility;


document_id: epha-1987
term: design certificate
source_provision: s46A
definition:
“design certificate” means a certificate described in section 46F(1) and issued under section 46F(3)( a );


