Words starting with A

ACRA Fifth Schedule Act

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 2

“means any of the written laws specified in the first column of the Fifth Schedule to the ACRA Act”

ACRA Registrar

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 2

“means —(a)in relation to an ACRA Second Schedule Act — the Registrar as defined in that Act; or(b)in relation to an ACRA Fifth Schedule Act — the person specified in the second column of the Fifth Schedule to the ACRA Act opposite the ACRA …”

ACRA RQI

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 41

“means a qualified individual registered by the Chief Executive under section 32 of the old ACRA Act”

ACRA Second Schedule Act

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 2

“means any of the written laws specified in the Second Schedule to the ACRA Act”

ACRA transaction

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 2

“means —(a)the filing or lodging of any document with the ACRA Registrar, or the submission, production, delivery, providing or sending of any document to the ACRA Registrar, under the ACRA Second Schedule Act or ACRA Fifth Schedule …”

act

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“includes any regulations”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Act of Parliament

Defined in Interpretation Act 1965, s 2

“means an Act of the Parliament of Singapore and includes any Ordinance or Act of Singapore or Malaysia having the force of law in Singapore”

act of serious violence

Defined in Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018, s 4

“means an act that —(a)involves serious violence to an individual;(b)causes serious damage to property;(c)causes death;(d)endangers an individual’s life, including the life of the individual taking action;(e)causes a serious risk to the …”

act of terrorism

Defined in Infrastructure Protection Act 2017, s 2

“means any of the following:(a)a terrorist bombing offence within the meaning of the Terrorism (Suppression of Bombings) Act 2007;(b)a terrorist act within the meaning of the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act 2002”

Also defined in 1 other Act

act of unlawful interference

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 63

“means the doing or attempting to do anything such as to jeopardise the safety of civil aviation and air transport, and includes any of the following:(a)unlawful taking control of an aircraft by force, or threat of force, or any other form …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

act of vandalism

Defined in Vandalism Act 1966, s 2

“means —(a)without the written authority of an authorised officer or representative of the Government or of the government of any Commonwealth or foreign country or of any statutory body or authority or of any armed force lawfully present …”

act of violence

Defined in Hijacking of Aircraft and Protection of Aircraft and International Airports Act 1978, s 2

“means —(a)an act done in Singapore which constitutes the offence of murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, voluntarily causing grievous hurt, voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means, or an …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

action

Defined in Civil Law Act 1909, s 19

“means an action brought in Singapore.(4) Nothing in sections 15, 16, 17 and 18 shall affect any case where the debt in question became due or, as the case may be, the damage in question occurred before 1 January 1999.(5) A person shall not …”

Also defined in 8 other Acts

Action 13 Report

Defined in Income Tax Act 1947, s 105I

“means the Transfer Pricing Documentation and Country‑by‑Country Reporting, Action 13 — 2015 Final Report published by the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development on 5 October 2015”

activation order

Defined in Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018, s 2

“means an order under section 8(1)”

active ingredient

Defined in Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act 1998, s 2

“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”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Acts

Defined in Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983, s 2

“means all Acts of Parliament and includes the Constitution, the United Kingdom enactments and all Ordinances having the force of law in Singapore”

actuary

Defined in Insurance Act 1966, s 2

“means a Fellow of any prescribed professional body or institute”

acupuncture

Defined in Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act 2000, s 2

“means the stimulation of a certain point or points on or near the surface of the human body through any technique of point stimulation (with or without the insertion of needles), including through the use of electrical, magnetic, light and …”

additional interest

Defined in Central Provident Fund Act 1953, s 2

“means the interest referred to in section 6(4B)”

address‑harvesting software

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2012, s 48A

“means software that is specifically designed or marketed for use for —(a)searching the Internet for telephone numbers; and(b)collecting, compiling, capturing or otherwise harvesting those telephone numbers”

Also defined in 1 other Act

addressee

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act 2010, s 2

“means a party who is intended by the originator to receive the electronic communication, but does not include a party acting as an intermediary with respect to that electronic communication”

Also defined in 1 other Act

adjudicated amount

Defined in Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004, s 2

“means the amount of a progress payment that is determined to be payable under section 17 or 19, as the case may be”

adjudication

Defined in Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004, s 2

“means the adjudication of a payment claim dispute in accordance with Part 4, and includes an adjudication review under that Part”

adjudication determination

Defined in Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004, s 2

“means the determination of the adjudicator”

adjudication response

Defined in Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004, s 2

“means a response to an adjudication application lodged by a respondent under section 15(1)”

adjudicator

Defined in Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004, s 2

“means a person appointed under this Act to determine a payment claim dispute that has been referred for adjudication, and includes —(a)a replacement adjudicator appointed under section 14A(3);(b)a review adjudicator or a panel of review …”

adjustment relief assessor

Defined in COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, s 41

“means a person appointed to the panel of adjustment relief assessors under section 64”

adjustment relief Registrar

Defined in COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, s 41

“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”

administering a designated benchmark

Defined in Securities and Futures Act 2001, s 2

“means —(a)controlling the development of the definition of a designated benchmark for the purpose of determining a designated benchmark;(b)controlling the development of the methodology of determining a designated benchmark;(c)controlling …”