Words starting with A

advertisement relating to smoking

Defined in Smoking (Prohibition on Advertisements) Act, s 2

“means any advertisement referred to in section 3(1) which has not been approved under section 3(2)”

advising on corporate finance

Defined in Securities and Futures Act 2001, s 2

“has the meaning given in the Second Schedule”

advisory board

Defined in Internal Security Act 1960, s 2

“means an advisory board constituted as mentioned in Article 151(2) of the Constitution”

advisory committee

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2012, s 2

“means an advisory committee appointed under section 7”

advocate

Defined in Broadcasting Act 1994, s 45T

“means counsel, promote, encourage or urge the engaging in that conduct”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

advocate and solicitor

Defined in Interpretation Act 1965, s 2

“mean an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court”

Also defined in 10 other Acts

aeration

Defined in Parks and Trees Act, s 2

“means the exposure of the soil surrounding the base of the trunk of a tree to enable air and water to reach its roots”

aerial sign

Defined in Local Government Integration Act, s 3

“means any sign, representation, communication or advertisement visible against the sky from any street or public place or any sound audible therefrom made, exhibited or displayed by or by means of an aircraft or other means not attached to …”

aerodrome

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means any defined area of land or water in Singapore used, or intended or designed to be used, either wholly or partly, for the landing, taking off, movement, or servicing of aircraft, and includes any buildings, installations, and …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

aeronautical product

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means anything that comprises or is intended to comprise any part of an aircraft or that is or is intended to be installed in or fitted or supplied to an aircraft, and includes fuel and other consumable items necessary for the operation of …”

aerosol-generating system

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 2

“means any device or system that is capable of producing a suspension of fine liquid droplets in air or other type of gas”

affairs

Defined in Bus Services Licensing Authority Act, s 2

“includes —(a)the promotion, formation, membership, control, trading, dealings, business and property of the licensee;(b)the ownership of shares in, debentures of and interests made available by the licensee;(c)the ascertainment of the …”

affected individual

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2012, s 26A

“means any individual to whom any personal data affected by a data breach relates”

affected person

Defined in Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970, s 49

“means any person prescribed by regulations made under section 126 as an affected person for that specified financial institution”

affected State

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Wreck Removal) Act 2017, s 2

“means the State in whose Convention area the wreck is located”

affidavit

Defined in Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act 1968, s 2

“includes any affirmation, statutory or other declaration, acknowledgment, examination, and attestation or protestation of honour”

Also defined in 1 other Act

affiliation order

Defined in Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975, s 2

“means an order (however described) adjudging, finding or declaring a person to be the father of a child, whether or not it also provides for the maintenance of the child”

affirmation

Defined in Oaths and Declarations Act 2000, s 2

“means an affirmation mentioned in section 5”

affix

Defined in Films Act 1981, s 2

“means any of the following:(a)to apply the label to the film;(b)to weave in, impress on, work into or annex the label to, a container, wrapping, casing, box or other thing in or with which the film is distributed;(c)to apply the label, or …”

Agency

Defined in Agency for Science, Technology and Research Act 1990, s 2

“means the Agency for Science, Technology and Research established under section 3”

Also defined in 28 other Acts

agent

Defined in Insurance Act 1966, s 52

“means an agent in respect of the carrying on of insurance business in Singapore by the foreign insurer, with authority to enter into contracts of insurance on behalf of the foreign insurer”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

agent of the Registry

Defined in National Registry of Diseases Act 2007, s 2

“means any public officer or employee of any statutory body who is appointed by the Director under section 3(3) to be an agent of the Registry”

agreed contribution

Defined in Limited Partnerships Act 2008, s 2

“means any contribution (whether in the form of cash, property, services or otherwise) that the limited partner has agreed to make to the firm in the limited partner’s capacity as a partner”

agreed date

Defined in Retirement and Re-employment Act 1993, s 2

“means a date specified for the purposes of section 7C(2)(a) in a consent form mentioned in section 7C(7)”

agreement

Defined in Asian Development Bank Act 1966, s 2

“means the Agreement for the establishment and operation of the international body known as the Asian Development Bank”

Also defined in 14 other Acts

agreement in writing

Defined in Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Act, s 2

“includes an agreement contained in an exchange of letters, telegrams or in a communication by teleprinter”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Agreement on Agriculture

Defined in Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1996, s 2

“means the Agreement by that name set out in Annex 1A to the World Trade Organisation Agreement”

Agreement on Government Procurement

Defined in Government Procurement Act 1997, s 2

“means the Agreement by that name done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 and amended by the Protocol”

Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

Defined in Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1996, s 2

“means the Agreement by that name set out in Annex 1A to the World Trade Organisation Agreement”

Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority

Defined in National Parks Board Act 1996, s 23

“means the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority established by section 3 of the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority Act”

Also defined in 1 other Act