Singapore legislation
Section 2
Section 2
Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“Board” means the Trade Development Board established under section 3 of the Trade Development Board Act;“deal” means to broke in, purchase or sell rubber but does not include the purchase, sale or brokerage of rubber by means of a commodity futures contract within the meaning of the Commodity Futures Act;“licence” means a licence granted under section 4;“licensee” means any person who holds a licence granted under this Act;“rubber” means marketable rubber prepared from the leaves, bark or latex of any rubber plant, but does not include any manufactured article made wholly or partly of rubber;“rubber plant” includes any of the following plants: (a)Heavea brasiliensis (Para rubber);
Manihot glaziovii (Ceara rubber);
Castilloa elastica;
Ficus elastica (Rambong); and
any other plant which the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be a rubber plant for the purposes of this Act;“to pack rubber for export” means to pack rubber in Singapore for export to any country or place;“to ship rubber for export” means to ship rubber in Singapore for export to any country or place;“treat”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to subject to any process whatsoever;“Singapore Rubber Fund” means the Singapore Rubber Fund established under section 14 of the Rubber Association of Singapore (Incorporation) Act repealed by the Trade Development Board (Amendment) Act 1992 and transferred to and administered by the Board by virtue of section 26H of the Trade Development Board Act.
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“Board” means the Trade Development Board established under section 3 of the Trade Development Board Act;
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“deal” means to broke in, purchase or sell rubber but does not include the purchase, sale or brokerage of rubber by means of a commodity futures contract within the meaning of the Commodity Futures Act;
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“licence” means a licence granted under section 4;
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“licensee” means any person who holds a licence granted under this Act;
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“rubber” means marketable rubber prepared from the leaves, bark or latex of any rubber plant, but does not include any manufactured article made wholly or partly of rubber;
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“rubber plant” includes any of the following plants: (a)Heavea brasiliensis (Para rubber);
Manihot glaziovii (Ceara rubber);
Castilloa elastica;
Ficus elastica (Rambong); and
any other plant which the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be a rubber plant for the purposes of this Act;
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“to pack rubber for export” means to pack rubber in Singapore for export to any country or place;
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“to ship rubber for export” means to ship rubber in Singapore for export to any country or place;
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“treat”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to subject to any process whatsoever;
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“Singapore Rubber Fund” means the Singapore Rubber Fund established under section 14 of the Rubber Association of Singapore (Incorporation) Act repealed by the Trade Development Board (Amendment) Act 1992 and transferred to and administered by the Board by virtue of section 26H of the Trade Development Board Act.