Words starting with C

creator

Defined in Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999, s 2

“means the person who made the arrangements for the creation of the layout‑design”

creature

Defined in Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026, s 3

“means —(a)any fish;(b)any reptile;(c)any amphibian;(d)any bird;(e)any mammal (other than man);(f)any invertebrate, regardless of the stage of development it is in; or(g)any eggs, or any reptile eggs, amphibian eggs, fish eggs, invertebrate …”

creche

Defined in Creche Establishments Act, s 2

“means any premises where children under the age of 6 years are received, whether for reward or not, to be looked after during the whole or part of the day or night but does not include nursing homes and maternity homes as defined in the …”

credit

Defined in Gambling Control Act 2022, s 3

“includes any form of financial accommodation”

credit brokerage

Defined in Supply of Goods Act 1982, s 18

“means the effecting of introductions —(a)of individuals desiring to obtain credit to persons carrying on any business so far as it relates to the provision of credit;(b)of individuals desiring to obtain goods on hire to persons carrying on …”

credit bureau

Defined in Credit Bureau Act 2016, s 2

“means an entity that carries on a credit reporting business”

Also defined in 1 other Act

credit card

Defined in Banking Act 1970, s 56

“means any article, whether in physical or electronic form, of a kind commonly known as a credit card or charge card or any similar article intended for use in purchasing goods or services on credit, whether or not the card is valid for …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

credit facilities

Defined in Banking Act 1970, s 2

“means —(a)the granting by a bank or merchant bank of advances, loans and other facilities by which a customer of the bank or merchant bank (as the case may be) has access to funds or financial guarantees; or(b)the incurring by a bank or …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

credit facility

Defined in Credit Bureau Act 2016, s 2

“means —(a)an advance, a loan or other facility that gives a person access to funds or financial guarantees; or(b)the incurring by a person of other liabilities on behalf of another”

Credit POSB

Defined in Post Office Savings Bank of Singapore (Transfer of Undertakings and Dissolution) Act, s 2

“means Credit POSB Pte Ltd”

Credit POSB undertaking

Defined in Post Office Savings Bank of Singapore (Transfer of Undertakings and Dissolution) Act, s 2

“means the business and all existing property and all existing liabilities of Credit POSB (including all liabilities arising after the transfer date in respect of the business, property and liabilities of Credit POSB transferred on that …”

credit report

Defined in Credit Bureau Act 2016, s 2

“means a communication, whether in written, oral or other form —(a)prepared using customer information provided by at least one bank or merchant bank that is a member of a credit bureau, to assess the creditworthiness of a person, including …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

credit reporting business

Defined in Credit Bureau Act 2016, s 2

“means —(a)a business in Singapore (whether routine or recurrent) that involves preparing, providing or maintaining, for profit or gain, credit reports regardless of whether the primary function of the business is connected with credit …”

credit society

Defined in Co-operative Societies Act 1979, s 2

“means a society which is registered as a credit society”

credit-broker

Defined in Sale of Goods Act 1979, s 61

“means a person acting in the course of a business of credit brokerage carried on by him, that is a business of effecting introductions of individuals desiring to obtain credit —(a)to persons carrying on any business so far as it relates to …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

creditor

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 2

“means a creditor to whom the debtor owes a debt provable in bankruptcy”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

crew

Defined in Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026, s 3

“means an individual while on duty or carrying out work in —(a)the operation of a cross‑border train used for or in connection with providing a cross‑border train service;(b)the planning or scheduling of train services provided using a …”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

crew agreement

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act 1995, s 2

“means an agreement made pursuant to section 53”

crew member

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act 1995, s 2

“means a member of the crew”

crime

Defined in Registration of Criminals Act 1949, s 2

“means any offence included for the time being in the First or Second Schedule”

criminal case disclosure conference

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code 2010, s 157

“means any conference held under Division 2 in respect of any offence to which the criminal case disclosure procedures apply by virtue of section 159”

criminal case disclosure procedures

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code 2010, s 157

“means the procedures under Division 2.”

criminal conduct

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

“means doing or being concerned in, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, any act constituting a serious offence or a foreign serious offence”

criminal investigation

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

“means an investigation —(a)into a Singapore offence or foreign offence, as the case may be; or(b)for the purposes of an ancillary criminal matter”

criminal matter

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

“means —(a)a criminal investigation;(b)criminal proceedings; or(c)an ancillary criminal matter”

criminal proceedings

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

“means a trial of a person for a Singapore offence or foreign offence (as the case may be) and includes any proceeding to determine whether a particular person should be tried for the offence”

criminal record

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code 2010, s 2

“means the record of any —(a)conviction in any court, or subordinate military court established under section 80 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;(b)order made under section 34(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973;(c)supervision order …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

critical asset

Defined in Infrastructure Protection Act 2017, s 2

“means any facility, system or equipment which, if damaged or destroyed, may have a debilitating impact on the functioning of the premises”

critical support infrastructure

Defined in Telecommunications Act 1999, s 44

“means any infrastructure that belongs to, or is under the control of, a telecommunication licensee, and that satisfies all of the following criteria:(a)the infrastructure is required by other telecommunication licensees to provide a …”

crops

Defined in Income Tax Act 1947, s 2

“includes any form of vegetable produce”