Words starting with D

de‑registered vehicle

Defined in Road Traffic Act 1961, s 2

“means a vehicle the registration of which has been cancelled by the Registrar under section 27(1)”

deal

Defined in Rubber Dealers Act, s 2

“means to purchase and sell specific rubber pursuant to any agreement providing for completion by delivery of the rubber but does not include purchase and sale of unascertained rubber by description by means of a forward contract”

Also defined in 1 other Act

deal commercially

Defined in Copyright Act 2021, s 7

“has the meaning given by section 73(1)”

deal in

Defined in Arms and Explosives Act 1913, s 2

“includes repair, sell, keep or expose for sale”

deal with

Defined in Moneylenders Act 2008, s 21

“means —(a)in respect of property comprising funds —(i)use, alter, move, allow access to or transfer; or(ii)deal with in any other way that would result in any change in volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character or …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

dealer

Defined in Hire-Purchase Act 1969, s 2

“means a person, not being the hirer or the owner or a servant of the owner, by whom or on whose behalf negotiations leading to the making of a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement with the owner were carried out or by …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

dealing

Defined in Land Titles Act 1993, s 4

“means any instrument other than a certificate of title or caveat which is registrable or capable of being made registrable under the provisions of this Act or in respect of which any entry or notification in the land‑register is by this …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

dealing in capital markets products

Defined in Financial Advisers Act 2001, s 2

“has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001”

Also defined in 1 other Act

dealing in securities

Defined in Securities Industry Act, s 2

“means (whether as principal or agent) making or offering to make with any person, or inducing or attempting to induce any person to enter into or to offer to enter into —(a)any agreement for or with a view to acquiring, disposing of …”

death duties

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

“means estate duty and every other duty leviable or payable on death”

debarred

Defined in Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990, s 2

“means a person who is debarred under section 7(5)(d) from applying for, or being issued with, a work pass”

debenture

Defined in Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004, s 2

“includes debenture stock”

Also defined in 17 other Acts

debentures

Defined in Trustees Act 1967, s 3

“includes debenture stock, loan stock, bonds, notes and any other document which creates or acknowledges a debt, whether constituting a charge on assets or not”

debt

Defined in Debt Collection Act 2022, s 2

“means a monetary obligation owed by a debtor”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

debt bondage

Defined in Prevention of Human Trafficking Act 2014, s 2

“means a status or condition arising from —(a)the pledging by a debtor of the personal services of the debtor or an individual under the debtor’s control, as security for a debt; and(b)the reasonable value of such services not being applied …”

debt collection activity

Defined in Debt Collection Act 2022, s 2

“means any activity undertaken in Singapore that involves finding the debtor of a debt or requesting, demanding or collecting from the debtor money due under the debt”

debt collection business

Defined in Debt Collection Act 2022, s 2

“means the business carried on by a person of collecting any debt from a debtor —(a)on behalf of another person; or(b)where the firstmentioned person has acquired the debt”

debt collector

Defined in Debt Collection Act 2022, s 2

“means an individual who carries out any debt collection activity for or on behalf of another person”

debt provable in bankruptcy

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 2

“means any debt or liability that is made provable in bankruptcy under this Act”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

debtor

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 56A

“means the individual to whom a debt repayment scheme applies under this Part”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

deceased person

Defined in Medical (Therapy, Educationand Research) Act 1972, s 2

“includes a stillborn infant or foetus”

deck passenger

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 2

“means a passenger for whom no accommodation in any cabin, state-room or saloon is reserved”

declaration

Defined in International Interests in Aircraft Equipment Act 2009, s 2

“means a declaration or designation made by Singapore under the Convention or Protocol”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

declaration of compliance

Defined in Human Biomedical Research Act 2015, s 2

“means a declaration by a research institution or a tissue bank of its compliance with the requirements of this Act”

Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014, s 2

“means the declaration mentioned in section 50”

declared Commonwealth country

Defined in Extradition Act 1968, s 2

“means a country declared to be a Commonwealth country in relation to which Part 4 applies”

declared company

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 229

“means a company or foreign company which the Minister has by order declared to be a company to which this Part applies”

declared foreign newspaper

Defined in Newspaper and Printing Presses Act 1974, s 2

“means any newspaper published outside Singapore which has been declared by the Minister under section 24(1) to be engaging in the domestic politics of Singapore”

declared online location

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

“means an online location that is the subject of a Declaration that is in effect”

declared telecommunication licensee

Defined in Telecommunications Act 1999, s 50

“means a telecommunication licensee —(a)that is declared by the Authority to be a telecommunication licensee subject to this Part; or(b)that is within a class of telecommunication licensees declared by the Authority to be a class of …”