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635 words defined in Singapore Acts, from “12% controller” to “cytoplasmic hybrid embryo”.

635 words · showing 481 to 510

  • controlled premises

    Defined in Controlled Premises (Special Provisions) Act, s 2

    “means any dwelling-house, flat, factory, warehouse, office, counting house, shop, school and any other building, whether of permanent or temporary construction in which persons are employed, and any part of any such building let or sublet …”

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  • Controller

    Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 386AB

    “means an individual controller or a corporate controller”

    Also defined in 15 other Acts

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  • Controller of Work Passes

    Defined in Immigration Act 1959, s 2

    “means the Controller of Work Passes appointed under section 3 of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990”

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  • convening authority

    Defined in Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972, s 2

    “means —(a)in the case of a general court martial — the officer of or above the rank of major, or the senior military expert of or above the rank of ME5, appointed by the Armed Forces Council for the purpose of being the convening authority …”

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  • Convention

    Defined in Carriage by Air (Montreal Convention, 1999) Act 2007, s 2

    “means the Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air opened for signature at Montreal on 28 May 1999, the text of which is set out in the Schedule”

    Also defined in 25 other Acts

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  • Convention area

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

    “means the exclusive economic zone of a State Party, established in accordance with international law or, if a State Party has not established such a zone, an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of that State determined by that …”

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  • Convention certificate

    Defined in Apostille Act 2020, s 10

    “means a certificate issued —(a)to certify the document for the purposes of the Convention; and(b)by an authority that, at the time of issuing the certificate, is designated by the State in which territory the document was executed, or from …”

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  • Convention country

    Defined in Tokyo Convention Act 1971, s 2

    “means a country which has been declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to have ratified or acceded to the Tokyo Convention, and has not been so declared to have denounced the Tokyo Convention”

    Also defined in 12 other Acts

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  • Convention device

    Defined in Terrorism (Suppression of Misuse of Radioactive Material) Act 2017, s 2

    “means —(a)an explosive or incendiary device that releases or disseminates radioactive material or emits radiation; or(b)a device that releases or disseminates radioactive material or emits radiation, and that may, owing to its radiological …”

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  • Convention of 1954

    Defined in Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act, s 2

    “means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil 1954 done at London on 12th May 1954 and the amendments made thereto and includes any Convention replacing the Convention of 1954”

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  • Convention of 1973

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

    “means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (including its protocols, annexes and appendices) which constitutes attachment 1 to the final act of the International Conference on Marine Pollution signed in …”

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  • Convention on International Exhibitions

    Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

    “means the Convention relating to International Exhibitions signed in Paris on 22 November 1928, as amended or supplemented by any protocol to that convention which is for the time being in force”

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  • Convention State

    Defined in Apostille Act 2020, s 2

    “means a State Party to the Convention other than Singapore, but does not include —(a)any State Party that objected to Singapore’s accession to the Convention; and(b)any State Party whose accession to the Convention Singapore objected to”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • converted entity

    Defined in Residential Property Act 1976, s 2

    “means a converted foreign company, converted foreign limited liability partnership or converted society”

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  • converted foreign company

    Defined in Residential Property Act 1976, s 2

    “means any Singapore company which becomes a foreign company on or after 1 October 1976 while being an owner of an estate or interest in any residential property that is not non‑restricted residential property”

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  • converted foreign limited liability partnership

    Defined in Residential Property Act 1976, s 2

    “means any Singapore limited liability partnership which becomes a foreign limited liability partnership on or after 11 April 2005 while being an owner of an estate or interest in any residential property that is not non‑restricted …”

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  • converted society

    Defined in Residential Property Act 1976, s 2

    “means any Singapore society which becomes a foreign society on or after 1 October 1976 while being an owner of an estate or interest in any residential property that is not non‑restricted residential property”

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  • convey

    Defined in Gambling Control Act 2022, s 3

    “means carriage on any conveyance (whether or not in the course of a business), and includes any operation incidental to the whole course of carriage, such as loading, unloading and storage in transit”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

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  • conveyance

    Defined in Voluntary Conveyances Act, s 2

    “includes every mode of disposition mentioned or referred to in the Imperial…”

    Also defined in 25 other Acts

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  • conveyance on sale

    Defined in Stamp Duties Act 1929, s 2

    “includes every instrument and every decree or order of any court, by which any property, or any estate or interest in any property, upon the sale thereof is transferred to or vested in a purchaser or any other person on the purchaser’s …”

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  • coolant

    Defined in District Cooling Act 2001, s 2

    “means chilled water or any other medium used for the purpose of providing district cooling services”

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  • cooling load

    Defined in District Cooling Act 2001, s 2

    “means the air conditioning load of the consumer’s installation”

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  • coordinated airport

    Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

    “means an airport declared under section 71C(1)(a) as a coordinated airport”

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  • coordinated inauthentic behaviour

    Defined in Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019, s 2

    “means any coordinated activity carried out using 2 or more online accounts, in order to mislead end‑users in Singapore of any internet intermediary service as to any matter, but excludes any activity carried out using online accounts …”

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  • copy

    Defined in Copyright Act, s 7

    “means any article or thing in which the visual images or sounds comprising the film are embodied”

    Also defined in 3 other Acts

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  • copy of a document

    Defined in Evidence Act 1893, s 3

    “includes —(a)in the case of a document falling within paragraph (d) but not paragraph (e) of the definition of “document”, a transcript of the sounds or other data embodied in it;(b)in the case of a document falling within paragraph (e) …”

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