Words starting with D

daerah masjid

Defined in Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966, s 2

“means the area prescribed by the Majlis in accordance with section 83 within which a mosque is situated”

damage

Defined in Computer Misuse Act 1993, s 2

“means, except for the purposes of section 17, any impairment to a computer or the integrity or availability of data, a program or system, or information, that —(a)causes loss aggregating at least $10,000 in value, or such other amount as …”

Also defined in 6 other Acts

damage or loss

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“includes, in relation to a person, loss of life and personal injury”

damage policy

Defined in Building (Strata Management) Act 2004, s 69

“means a contract of insurance providing, in the event of the subdivided building being destroyed or damaged by fire, lightning, explosion or any other occurrence specified in the policy —(a)for —(i)the rebuilding of the subdivided building …”

danger area

Defined in Internal Security Act 1960, s 2

“means any area declared to be a danger area under section 49”

dangerous article

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

“includes —(a)an article which has a blade or is sharply pointed but is not an offensive weapon;(b)an explosive or explosive precursor within the meaning of the Arms and Explosives Act;(c)a corrosive substance within the meaning of the …”

dangerous cargoes

Defined in Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996, s 2

“means such cargoes, whether packaged, carried in bulk packagings or in bulk, as may be prescribed”

dangerous fireworks

Defined in Dangerous Fireworks Act 1972, s 2

“means firecrackers, rocket fireworks, sandcrackers and such other fireworks as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be dangerous fireworks for the purposes of this Act”

dangerous infectious disease

Defined in Infectious Diseases Act 1976, s 2

“means any of the diseases set out in the Second Schedule”

dangerous occurrence

Defined in Factories Act, s 7

“means any occurrence in any of the classes listed in the Fourth Schedule”

Also defined in 1 other Act

dangerous petroleum

Defined in Petroleum Act, s 2

“means petroleum which has a flashing point below 23º Celsius, or such standard as is fixed by the Minister to be ascertained as provided in this Act”

dangerous petroleum anchorage

Defined in Petroleum Act, s 2

“means any place prescribed for ships carrying dangerous petroleum”

dangerous substance

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 2

“means —(a)aquafortis, vitriol, naphtha benzine, gunpowder, lucifer matches, nitroglycerine and petroleum;(b)any explosive within the meaning of the Arms and Explosives Act;(c)any radioactive material within the meaning of the Radiation …”

dangerous thing

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

“means an object or a thing that is —(a)a gun, an explosive, a weapon or a noxious substance within the meaning of the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021;(b)any other pointed or bladed item capable of being used to cause bodily …”

dark smoke

Defined in Clean Air Act, s 2

“means smoke which by any prescribed method is ascertained to be dark smoke”

Also defined in 1 other Act

data

Defined in Computer Misuse Act 1993, s 2

“means representations of information or of concepts that are being prepared or have been prepared in a form suitable for use in a computer”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

data breach

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2012, s 26A

“means —(a)the unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification or disposal of personal data; or(b)the loss of any storage medium or device on which personal data is stored in circumstances where the unauthorised …”

data intermediary

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2012, s 2

“means an organisation which processes personal data on behalf of another organisation but does not include an employee of that other organisation”

data message

Defined in Arbitration Act 2001, s 4

“means information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, magnetic, optical or similar means, including, but not limited to, electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

data provider

Defined in Credit Bureau Act 2016, s 2

“means any person (including a member of the licensed credit bureau) that is obliged under any contract or arrangement with the licensed credit bureau, to provide to the licensed credit bureau for the purposes of the licensed credit …”

data sharing direction

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a direction given under section 4 on sharing of information or re‑identification of anonymised information under the control of a Singapore public sector agency”

data subject

Defined in Credit Bureau Act 2016, s 2

“means the person that is the subject of any data or credit report, as the case may be”

database report

Defined in Customs Act 1960, s 3

“means any automatic log, journal or other report which is automatically generated by the computer service mentioned in section 86 for the purposes of recording the details of a transaction relating to an electronic notice including the …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

date of filing

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means the date of filing that application by virtue of section 26; and(b)any other application, means the date which, under the law of the country where the application was made or in accordance with the terms of a treaty or convention to …”

date of legitimation

Defined in Legitimacy Act 1934, s 2

“means the date of the marriage leading to the legitimation, or, where the marriage occurred before 18 May 1934, that day”

date of registration

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 356

“means the date of registration of the foreign corporate entity specified in the notice of transfer of registration”

Also defined in 1 other Act

date of termination

Defined in COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, s 41

“means the day upon the expiry of which a contract terminates”

daughter

Defined in Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1966, s 2

“include a male or female child adopted by the deceased by virtue of an order made under the provisions of any written law relating to the adoption of children for the time being in force in Singapore, Malaysia or Brunei Darussalam, and …”

day

Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2

“means a period of 24 hours beginning at midnight”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

de facto partner

Defined in Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013, s 2

“means the man (if any) with whom the gestational mother is living in a relationship as if he were her spouse at that point in time”