Clause 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“Bank” means the Post Office Savings Bank of Singapore established under section 3 of this Act;“Board” means the Board of Directors referred to in section 7 of this Act;“Chairman” means the Chairman appointed by the Minister under section 8 of this Act;“director” means a director appointed under subsection (1) of section 7 of this Act and includes the Chairman;“General Manager” means the General Manager appointed under section 17 of this Act and includes any person appointed to act as General Manager;“guardian” means the father of a minor, or if the father is dead, the mother, or if both parents are dead or absent from Singapore or are incapable of acting owing to disability or other cause and no guardian of the minor has been appointed by will or deed or under any other written law for the time being in force or by any competent court, any adult person with whom the minor is residing and by whom he is being maintained;“minor” means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years.