Words starting with D

disposition of property

Defined in Payment and Settlement Systems (Finality and Netting) Act 2002, s 2

“includes a payment made into or out of an account of a participant”

dispute resolution scheme

Defined in Telecommunications Act 1999, s 50

“means a dispute resolution scheme established or approved by the Authority under section 51(1)”

disqualification order

Defined in Organised Crime Act 2015, s 2

“means a disqualification order mentioned in section 39”

distribute

Defined in Films Act 1981, s 2

“means doing any of the following without using a broadcasting service:(a)sell, supply or let for hire to a person in Singapore;(b)offer or agree to sell, supply or let for hire to a person in Singapore;(c)cause or permit to be sold …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

district cooling pipe

Defined in District Cooling Act 2001, s 2

“means any pipe lying between the chiller or similar cooling unit of a district cooling system and a connection point”

district cooling service

Defined in District Cooling Act 2001, s 2

“means the sale of coolant for space cooling in a service area by a licensee operating a central plant capable of supplying coolant via pipe to more than one building in the service area”

Also defined in 1 other Act

district cooling system

Defined in District Cooling Act 2001, s 2

“means the whole of the facility used for or in connection with the provision of district cooling services comprising the district cooling plant, one or more chillers or similar cooling units, district cooling pipes and other apparatus …”

District Court

Defined in Interpretation Act 1965, s 2

“means any District Court constituted under any written law for the time being in force relating to the courts”

District Court limit

Defined in State Courts Act 1970, s 2

“means $250,000 or any other amount specified by an order under section 30”

District Judge

Defined in Family Justice Act 2014, s 2

“means a District Judge appointed under section 9(1) of the State Courts Act 1970”

Also defined in 1 other Act

District Pneumatic Waste Conveyance System

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 31E

“means a pneumatic waste conveyance system that is established, or required to be established, for a DPWCS area”

dividend

Defined in Co-operative Societies Act 1979, s 2

“means a portion of the net surplus or the reserves (if approved under section 72A) of a society distributed among the members of the society in proportion to either or both of the following:(a)the paid‑up share capital held by the members …”

dividends

Defined in Apportionment Act 1928, s 2

“includes (besides dividends strictly so called) all payments made by the name of dividend, bonus or otherwise out of the revenue of trading or other public companies, divisible between all or any of the members of the respective companies …”

Division 4 determination

Defined in COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, s 86

“means a determination by a rental waiver assessor under section 102, on an application made under section 100, that it is just and equitable in the circumstances of the case for a notice of rental waiver to be issued even though the lease …”

Divisional Director

Defined in Prisons Act 1933, s 2

“means a Divisional Director of Prisons appointed under section 20”

divisional police officer

Defined in Protected Areas and Protected Places Act, s 2

“means the police officer in charge of a police division”

DNA

Defined in Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955, s 27

“means deoxyribonucleic acid”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

DNA database

Defined in Registration of Criminals Act 1949, s 2

“means the database maintained under section 13F”

DNA information

Defined in Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955, s 27

“means genetic information derived from the forensic DNA analysis of a body sample”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

dock

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

“means an artificial excavation or construction in which vessels can be placed for loading, unloading, fitting out or repairing and includes gridirons, slips, keel blocks, inclined planes and all machinery, works, fixtures and anything …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

doctor

Defined in Medicines Act 1975, s 2

“means a person registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997”

document

Defined in Business Names Registration Act 2014, s 2

“means —(a)any application, form, report, certification, notice, confirmation, declaration or other document to be filed or lodged with or submitted to the Registrar; or(b)any certificate, notice or other document to be issued by the …”

Also defined in 38 other Acts

document of title

Defined in Factors Act 1889, s 1

“includes any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper’s certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or …”

document of title to goods

Defined in Sale of Goods Act 1979, s 61

“has the same meaning as in the Factors Act 1889”

dog

Defined in Animals and Birds Act 1965, s 2

“means a domesticated dog of any breed or sex”

Doha Declaration Implementation Decision

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means the Decision adopted by the General Council of the World Trade Organisation on 30 August 2003 on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health adopted in Doha on 14 November 2001”

domestic

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2012, s 2

“means related to home or family”

domestic authority

Defined in Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970, s 86

“means any ministry or department of the Government, any Organ of State in Singapore and any statutory body (other than the Authority) established under a public Act for a public function, and includes the company designated to be the …”

domestic industry

Defined in Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1996, s 2

“means —(a)the domestic producers as a whole of the like goods; or(b)the domestic producers whose collective output of the like goods constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of those goods,but does not, if the …”

domestic money transfer service

Defined in Payment Services Act 2019, s 2

“has the meaning given by Part 3 of the First Schedule”