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

635 words · showing 151 to 180

  • child abuse offence

    Defined in Criminal Procedure Code 2010, s 2

    “means an offence under section 6(1), 7, 8, 14(2), 16 or 17 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993, or an offence under section 377BG, 377BH, 377BI, 377BJ, 377BK or 377BL of the Penal Code 1871, and includes an abetment of, a conspiracy …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • child before the court

    Defined in Adoption of Children Act 2022, s 2

    “means the child in respect of whom an adoption application is made”

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  • child care centre

    Defined in Child Care Centres Act, s 2

    “means any premises at which 5 or more children who are under the age of 7 years are habitually received for the purposes of care and supervision during part of the day or for longer periods”

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  • child in state care

    Defined in Adoption of Children Act 2022, s 2

    “means a child who is the subject of any of the following orders that is in force:(a)an order under section 54(1)(b) or 56(2)(a) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993;(b)an order under section 56(2)(a) of the Children and Young Persons …”

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  • child of compulsory school age

    Defined in Compulsory Education Act 2000, s 2

    “means a child above the age of 6 years who has not yet attained the age of 15 years and who satisfies such conditions for receiving primary education as the Director‑General may determine”

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  • child of the marriage

    Defined in Women’s Charter 1961, s 92

    “means any child of the husband and wife, and includes any adopted child and any other child (whether or not a child of the husband or of the wife) who was a member of the family of the husband and wife at the time when they ceased to live …”

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  • child of the parties

    Defined in Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966, s 2

    “means any child of the parties to a marriage (including a purported marriage that is annulled), and includes any legally adopted child”

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  • chimney

    Defined in Clean Air Act, s 2

    “includes any structure or opening from or through which air impurities may be emitted, and any reference to a chimney of or used in connection with any premises includes a reference to a chimney which serves the whole or a part of the …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • chip purchase voucher

    Defined in Casino Control Act 2006, s 2

    “means a voucher issued by a casino operator to a patron named in the voucher entitling the patron to be issued with casino chips of an equivalent value to that specified in the voucher”

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  • chit fund

    Defined in Chit Funds Act 1971, s 2

    “means a scheme or an arrangement based wholly on the terms and conditions set out in section 24 or the regulations made under this Act or any scheme or arrangement that is deemed to be a chit fund under section 19 but does not include any …”

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  • chit fund amount

    Defined in Chit Funds Act 1971, s 2

    “means the pool or the aggregate of the contributions payable on any specified day or in respect of any specified interval”

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  • chit fund business

    Defined in Chit Funds Act 1971, s 2

    “means the business of carrying on chit funds”

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  • chit fund company

    Defined in Chit Funds Act 1971, s 2

    “means a company which carries on chit fund business and holds a valid licence granted under section 7. All branches and offices in Singapore of the company are deemed to be one chit fund company for the purposes of this Act”

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  • chosen court

    Defined in Choice of Court Agreements Act 2016, s 2

    “means a court, of a Contracting State, designated in an exclusive choice of court agreement”

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  • cigarette

    Defined in Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993, s 2

    “means any product which consists in whole or in part of cut, shredded or manufactured tobacco, or any tobacco derivative or tobacco substitute, rolled up in paper, tobacco leaf or other material and which is in any form that is capable of …”

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  • cinema

    Defined in Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Act, s 2

    “means the auditorium of any building used for the exhibition of films to which members of the public are admitted upon payment of an admission fee, but does not include any part of the premises of any club, association, institution or …”

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  • cinematograph film

    Defined in Films Act 1981, s 2

    “means a slide, disc, tape or other article or thing in which visual images are embodied and from which a moving picture may be shown or produced, and includes the aggregate of sounds embodied in a soundtrack (if any) associated with the …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • CIQ power

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

    “means an ordinary CIQ power or a special CIQ power”

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  • circulation

    Defined in Undesirable Publications Act 1967, s 2

    “includes the exhibition or supply thereof”

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  • CISCO

    Defined in CISCO (Dissolution) Act, s 2

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

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  • CITES

    Defined in Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 2006, s 2

    “means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora signed in Washington, D. C., on 3 March 1973, and any amendment to, or substitution of, the Convention that is binding on Singapore”

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  • citizen

    Defined in Residential Property Act 1976, s 2

    “means any person who, under the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, has the status of a citizen of Singapore”

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  • citizen of Singapore

    Defined in Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, s 2

    “means any person who, under the provisions of this Constitution, has the status of a citizen of Singapore”

    Also defined in 4 other Acts

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  • City Council

    Defined in Local Government Integration Act, s 3

    “means the City Council of Singapore originally incorporated by Indian…”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • Civil Aviation Authority

    Defined in Energy Conservation Act 2012, s 2

    “means the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore reconstituted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009”

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  • civil contravention

    Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2

    “means a contravention that is declared to be a civil contravention under section 126A”

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  • civil court

    Defined in Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972, s 2

    “means a court of ordinary criminal jurisdiction constituted under any written law in force relating to courts”

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  • civil defence

    Defined in Civil Defence Act 1986, s 2

    “means the planning, organisation, coordination and implementation of measures, other than measures amounting to an actual combat, that are necessary or desirable for the safety of the public and are designed to guard against, prevent …”

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  • civil defence emergency

    Defined in Civil Defence Act 1986, s 2

    “means any fire, explosion, earthquake, oil spill, eruption, flood, storm, hazardous materials incident or other happening (whether or not attributable to an attack by an enemy or to any warlike act) that causes or may cause destruction of …”

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  • civil defence force

    Defined in Requisition of Resources Act 1985, s 3

    “means any force constituted under the Civil Defence Act 1986”

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