Words starting with C

cordon

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

“includes —(a)a physical barrier; or(b)a roadblock on any road in, or in the vicinity of, the area”

cordoned area

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

“means an area on which a cordon is placed by or under a special authorisation”

Coroner

Defined in Coroners Act 2010, s 2

“means a Coroner appointed under section 3(1), and includes the State Coroner”

Also defined in 1 other Act

corporate controller

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 386AB

“means a legal entity which has a significant interest in, or significant control over, the company or the foreign company, as the case may be”

Also defined in 1 other Act

corporate credit reporting business

Defined in Credit Bureau Act 2016, s 2

“means a credit reporting business that is not a consumer credit reporting business”

corporate partnership

Defined in Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act 1967, s 41

“means a partnership, limited liability partnership or limited partnership comprising solely of partners that are companies”

corporate practitioner

Defined in Accountants Act, s 2

“means a director or an employee of the corporation who is a public accountant and practising as such in that corporation”

corporate service

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 2

“means any of the following services:(a)forming, on behalf of another person, a corporation or other legal person;(b)acting, or arranging for another person to act —(i)as a director or secretary of a corporation;(ii)as a partner of a …”

corporate service provider

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 2

“means a person who carries on a business of providing any corporate service”

corporation

Defined in Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation Act, s 2

“means the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation established under this Act”

Also defined in 46 other Acts

Corps

Defined in National Cadet Corps Act 1972, s 2

“means the National Cadet Corps established under this Act”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Correction Direction

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

“means a direction issued under section 11”

correction order

Defined in Protection from Harassment Act 2014, s 2

“means an order made under section 15B”

corrective work order

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 21E

“means a corrective work order made by a Court under section 21A”

correspond

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act, s 2

“means to belong to the same key pair”

correspondent

Defined in Postal Services Act 1999, s 2

“means the sender or person to whom it is addressed”

corresponding application

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means an application for protection filed, or treated as filed, with any prescribed patent office that —(a)forms the basis for a priority claim under section 17 in the application in suit; or(b)is subject to a priority claim based on …”

corresponding authority

Defined in Variable Capital Companies Act 2018, s 86

“means a public authority of a foreign country that exercises a function that corresponds to a regulatory function of —(a)ACRA under this Act;(b)MAS under this Part; or(c)MAS under a prescribed written law as defined in section 152 of the …”

corresponding design

Defined in Registered Designs Act 2000, s 2

“means a design which, when applied to an article or a non‑physical product, results in a reproduction of that work”

corresponding drug law

Defined in Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000, s 2

“means a law of the foreign country providing for the control or regulation, in that country or the part of that country in which the law is in force, of —(a)the production, supply, use, export and import of drugs and other substances in …”

corresponding international application

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means an application for protection filed under the Patent Co-operation Treaty that —(a)forms the basis for a priority claim under section 17 in the application in suit; or(b)is subject to a priority claim based on —(i)the application in …”

corresponding ISA contract

Defined in Deep Seabed Mining Act 2015, s 2

“means an ISA contract authorising the person to explore for or exploit (as the case may be) that type of resource in that part of the Area”

corresponding law

Defined in Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992, s 2

“means a law of a foreign country or part thereof providing for the control or regulation, in that country or part thereof, of —(a)the production, supply, use, export and import of drugs and other substances in accordance with the …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

corresponding patent

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means a patent granted in respect of the corresponding application by the prescribed patent office in which the corresponding application was filed or treated as filed”

corresponding previous written law

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means any written law relating to companies which has been at any time in force in Singapore and which corresponds with any provision in this Act”

corresponding rail authority

Defined in Cross-Border Railways Act 2018, s 2

“means a person or body that the Minister designates as such, on being satisfied that the person or body is authorised under the law of Malaysia to discharge functions similar to the LTA’s under this Act”

corrosive substance

Defined in Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958, s 2

“means any of the acids and substances specified in the First Schedule, and shall be deemed to include all substances which are capable on application to the human body of causing hurt through corrosive action”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

corruption offence

Defined in Corruption (Confiscation of Benefits) Act, s 2

“means an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act or under section 161, 162, 163, 164 or 165 of the Penal Code or any conspiracy to commit, any attempt to commit or any abetment of such an offence”

costs

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

“includes —(a)the application fee payable to an authorised nominating body; and(b)the fees and expenses of the adjudicator”

Also defined in 1 other Act

costs and expenses

Defined in Accountants Act, s 2

“includes —(a)the costs and expenses of any assessor and any advocate and solicitor appointed by the Board for proceedings before an Inquiry Committee;(b)such reasonable expenses as the Board may pay to witnesses; and(c)such reasonable …”

Also defined in 1 other Act