Words starting with B

83 bis agreement

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means an agreement entered into under Article 83 bis of the Chicago Convention”

back-lane

Defined in Local Government Integration Act, s 42

“includes every back-lane whether now or hereafter existing and any part thereof and any approach thereto and all land already or hereafter acquired or set apart for or laid out as a back-lane and all channels, drains and appurtenances of a …”

backlane

Defined in Street Works Act 1995, s 2

“includes —(a)every existing backlane and any part thereof and any approach thereto;(b)all land already or hereafter acquired or set apart for or laid out as a backlane; and(c)all channels, drains and appurtenances of a backlane”

baggage

Defined in Infectious Diseases Act 1976, s 2

“means the personal effects of a traveller or of a crew member of a vessel”

Bail Officer

Defined in Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972, s 182A

“means any officer or senior military expert appointed by the Armed Forces Council, by order in the Gazette, to exercise the power to release a person subject to military law on bail or bond”

bail-in certificate

Defined in Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970, s 71

“means a bail-in certificate issued under section 75(1)”

bailable offence

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code, s 2

“means an offence shown as bailable in Schedule A or which is made bailable by any other law for the time being in force, and “non-bailable offence” means any other offence”

Also defined in 1 other Act

bailee

Defined in Supply of Goods Act 1982, s 18

“means (depending on the context) a person to whom the goods are bailed under the contract, or a person to whom they are to be so bailed, or a person to whom the rights under the contract of either of those persons have passed”

bailor

Defined in Supply of Goods Act 1982, s 18

“means (depending on the context) a person who bails the goods under the contract, or a person who agrees to do so, or a person to whom the duties under the contract of either of those persons have passed”

balance sheet

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 209A

“means the balance sheet, by whatever name called, prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards”

Also defined in 1 other Act

ballast tank

Defined in Prevention of Pollution ofthe Sea Act 1990, s 2

“means any tank, hold or space used for the carriage of ballast water”

ballast water

Defined in Prevention of Pollution ofthe Sea Act 1990, s 2

“means water with its suspended matter taken on board a ship to control trim, list, draught, stability or stresses of the ship”

ballast water management

Defined in Prevention of Pollution ofthe Sea Act 1990, s 2

“means mechanical, physical, chemical, and biological processes, either singularly or in combination, to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens within ballast water and sediments”

Ballast Water Management Convention

Defined in Prevention of Pollution ofthe Sea Act 1990, s 2

“means the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004”

ballot box

Defined in Parliamentary Elections Act 1954, s 2

“includes a ballot container”

Also defined in 1 other Act

ballot display

Defined in Parliamentary Elections Act 1954, s 2

“means an electronic video display, image or representation of a ballot paper on a screen”

Also defined in 1 other Act

banishment order

Defined in Banishment Act 1959, s 2

“means an order made by the Minister under section 5”

bank

Defined in Asian Development Bank Act 1966, s 2

“means the Asian Development Bank established under the Agreement”

Also defined in 16 other Acts

bank account

Defined in Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001, s 2

“means a bank account opened under the regulations made under section 3”

bank in Singapore

Defined in Banking Act 1970, s 2

“means —(a)a bank incorporated in Singapore; or(b)in the case of a bank incorporated outside Singapore, the branches and offices of the bank located within Singapore”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

bank incorporated outside Singapore

Defined in Banking Act 1970, s 2

“means a bank incorporated, formed or established outside Singapore”

banker

Defined in Coin Act, s 2

“means any corporation carrying on the business of bankers or financial agents in Singapore”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

banking business

Defined in Banking Act 1970, s 2

“means the business of receiving money on current or deposit account, paying and collecting cheques drawn by or paid in by customers, the making of advances to customers, and includes such other business as the Authority may prescribe for …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

banking corporation

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means a bank or merchant bank licensed under the Banking Act 1970”

Also defined in 1 other Act

bankrupt

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 2

“means —(a)the individual debtor who has been adjudged bankrupt by a bankruptcy order; or(b)where a bankruptcy order has been made against a firm, each of the partners in the firm”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

bankruptcy

Defined in Conveyancing and Lawof Property Act 1886, s 2

“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”

bankruptcy application

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 2

“means an application to the court for a bankruptcy order”

Also defined in 1 other Act

bankruptcy order

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 2

“means an order adjudging a debtor bankrupt”

Also defined in 1 other Act

bankruptcy petition

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 2

“includes a petition for a receiving order”

banner

Defined in Presidential Elections Act 1991, s 2

“means any continuous piece of fabric or other flexible material, or one or more pieces of fabric or other flexible material joined into a continuous piece —(a)on which content is printed, written, drawn or depicted in such a way as to be …”