Words starting with D

designated telecommunication property

Defined in Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, s 2

“has the meaning given by section 31(2)”

designated transaction

Defined in Precious Stones and Precious Metals (Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing) Act 2019, s 15

“means any of the following transactions conducted wholly or partly in Singapore:(a)a sale of any precious stone, precious metal, precious product or asset‑backed token by a regulated dealer to a customer, for which cash or a cash …”

designated trust

Defined in Public Utilities Act 2001, s 44A

“means a trust that has been designated under section 44D as a designated trust”

Also defined in 1 other Act

designated website

Defined in Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, s 72A

“means the Internet website prescribed by regulations made under section 72V for the purpose of publishing notices to creditors and other persons under this Part”

designer

Defined in Registered Designs Act 2000, s 2

“means the person who creates it or, if there are 2 or more such persons, each of those persons”

destitute person

Defined in Destitute Persons Act, s 2

“means —(a)any person found begging in a public place in such a way as to cause or to be likely to cause annoyance to persons frequenting the place or otherwise to create a nuisance; and(b)any idle person found in a public place, whether or …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

detachment

Defined in Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972, s 60

“means a part of a unit so separated from the unit to which it belongs that the senior disciplinary officer of that unit cannot effectively exercise his or her disciplinary powers over it”

detain

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

“has the meaning given by section 5(5)”

detained goods

Defined in Geographical Indications Act 2014, s 55

“means goods detained under section 56 or 67”

detection agent

Defined in Arms and Explosives Act 1913, s 2

“means any of the substances specified in the First Schedule and which —(a)is intended to be used to enhance the detectability of explosives by vapour detection means;(b)is introduced into a plastic explosive during its manufacture in such …”

detection and monitoring equipment

Defined in Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015, s 13A

“means any equipment or device (including any software) or a combination of such equipment and devices (including any software) that is capable of detecting, monitoring or recording any activity causing unreasonable interference in a place …”

detention barrack

Defined in Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960, s 2

“means a building or any part of a building which is set apart by —(a)the Armed Forces Council under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;(b)the Commissioner of Civil Defence under the Civil Defence Act 1986;(c)the Commissioner of Police …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

detention barracks

Defined in Civil Defence Act 1986, s 2

“means any building or part of a building which is set apart by the Commissioner for those members who are serving sentences of detention”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

determination

Defined in Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970, s 56

“means a determination made by the Authority under section 57(1)”

develop

Defined in Housing and Development Act 1959, s 87

“means to construct or cause to be constructed any housing accommodation, common property or commercial property, including any building operations in, on, over or under any land for the purpose of erecting any housing accommodation, common …”

Also defined in 6 other Acts

developed land

Defined in Housing and Development Act 1959, s 2

“means any land of the Board upon which a building has been erected”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

developer

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means the person for whom or on whose behalf the building works are carried out”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

development

Defined in Building (Strata Management) Act 2004, s 2

“means any parcel on which any building is being or to be constructed”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

Development Agreement

Defined in Casino Control Act 2006, s 2

“means an agreement in writing by a statutory body to lease a designated site to a person (referred to hereinafter as the lessee) for the development of an integrated resort thereon by the lessee on the terms and conditions stated in the …”

development and expansion award

Defined in Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act 1967, s 29

“means an approval given by the Minister to a company under Part 4 to be a development and expansion company for a Part 4 qualifying activity”

development and expansion company

Defined in Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act 1967, s 20

“means a company which has been issued with a certificate under section 21(3)”

development charge

Defined in Planning Act 1998, s 2

“means the tax payable under section 35”

Development Fund

Defined in Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, s 142

“means the Development Fund established by the Development Fund Act 1959”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

developmental purpose

Defined in Developmental Investment Fund Act 2000, s 2

“means —(a)to promote, assist in or facilitate the establishment, development or expansion of any industry or class of business enterprise that will enhance, directly or indirectly, economic growth and employment opportunities in Singapore …”

device

Defined in Strategic Goods (Control) Act 2002, s 2

“means any tangible medium in which information, visual images, sounds or other data is or are recorded, stored or embodied in any form so as to be capable (with or without the aid of other equipment) of being retrieved or produced therefrom”

DI exempt member

Defined in Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011, s 2

“means a full bank or finance company which has been exempted by the Authority under section 6 from the requirement to be a DI Scheme member”

DI Fund

Defined in Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011, s 2

“means the Deposit Insurance Fund reconstituted under section 9”

DI Scheme

Defined in Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011, s 2

“means the Deposit Insurance Scheme reconstituted under section 4”

DI Scheme member

Defined in Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011, s 2

“means a member of the DI Scheme”

diagnosis

Defined in Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005, s 2

“means any activity undertaken solely with the intention of analysing any specimen from a person or an animal in which a biological agent is or is suspected of being present for the purpose of —(a)determining the cause of any disease …”