Words starting with E

estimated delivery date

Defined in Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001, s 2

“means the estimated delivery date of a child as certified by a medical practitioner”

estuarine waters

Defined in Fisheries Act 1966, s 2

“means waters extending from the mouth of a river to the uppermost point upstream penetrated by sea water at the highest tide of the year and references to estuarine fishing and estuarine fisheries shall be construed accordingly”

European Patent Convention

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means the Convention on the Grant of European Patents”

European Patent Office

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means the office of that name established by the European Patent Convention”

evaluative purpose

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2012, s 2

“means —(a)the purpose of determining the suitability, eligibility or qualifications of the individual to whom the data relates —(i)for employment or for appointment to office;(ii)for promotion in employment or office or for continuance in …”

event

Defined in Gambling Control Act 2022, s 3

“includes a contingency relating to an event”

Also defined in 1 other Act

event contract

Defined in COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, s 2

“means a contract for the provision of a venue, accommodation, amenities, transport, entertainment, catering or other goods or services for —(a)a business meeting, incentive travel, conference, exhibition, sales event, concert, show …”

event organiser

Defined in Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015, s 2

“means the person who is responsible (whether fully or substantially) for the organisation and holding of the event and the receipt of revenue from the event (if any)”

Also defined in 1 other Act

evidence

Defined in Evidence Act 1893, s 3

“includes —(a)all statements which the court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry: such statements are called oral evidence; and(b)all documents produced for the inspection of …”

evidential material

Defined in Films Act 1981, s 2

“means any of the following:(a)a thing with respect to which an offence under this Act or its subsidiary legislation has been or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, to have been committed;(b)a thing that there are reasonable grounds for …”

ex-NSman

Defined in Civil Defence Act 1986, s 2

“means a former operationally ready national serviceman”

examination

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means an examination conducted by an Examiner in relation to an application for a patent to determine such matters as may be prescribed”

Also defined in 1 other Act

examination service

Defined in Private Education Act 2009, s 2

“means any test, examination or other method of assessing the level of proficiency, aptitude, skill, knowledge or understanding of a person attending or enrolled in any course provided by the private education institution”

examination station

Defined in Control of Imports and Exports Act, s 2

“means any place or premises appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to be an examination station for the purposes of this Act”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Examinations Division

Defined in Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board Act 2003, s 2

“means the department in the Ministry of Education known as the Examinations Division”

examine

Defined in Animals and Birds Act 1965, s 2

“means to carry out in respect of such animal, bird or carcase, such manner of inspection, examination and test as may be necessary for the purposes of determining whether the animal, bird or carcase thereof is infected with any disease”

Examiner

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means any person, organisation, entity or foreign or international patent office or organisation appointed by the Registrar for the purpose of referring any question or matter relating to patents (including the conduct of any search …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

excepted postal employees

Defined in Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, s 2

“has the meaning given by section 48(2)”

excepted telecommunication employees

Defined in Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, s 2

“has the meaning given by section 36(2)”

Exchange

Defined in Futures Trading Act, s 2

“means —(a)the Singapore International Monetary Exchange Ltd.; or(b)a body corporate —(i)that provides or proposes to provide the physical facilities necessary for trading in futures contracts; and(ii)that maintains or proposes to maintain …”

exchange of information arrangement

Defined in Income Tax Act 1947, s 105A

“means an arrangement having effect under section 105BA”

exchange of information provision

Defined in Income Tax Act 1947, s 105A

“means a provision in that arrangement which provides expressly for the exchange of information concerning the tax positions of persons”

exchange‑traded derivatives contract

Defined in Securities and Futures Act 2001, s 2

“means a derivatives contract —(a)that is executed on an organised market and is or will be cleared or settled by a clearing facility under an arrangement, process, mechanism or service by which the parties to the derivatives contract …”

excise duty

Defined in Customs Act 1960, s 3

“means duty on goods whether manufactured in Singapore or elsewhere”

Also defined in 1 other Act

excluded digital representation of value

Defined in Payment Services Act 2019, s 2

“means a digital representation of value that is prescribed by the Authority as an excluded digital representation of value”

excluded electronic service

Defined in Broadcasting Act 1994, s 2

“has the meaning given by section 2A(3)”

excluded financial institution

Defined in Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970, s 49

“means any person who is approved, authorised, designated, recognised, registered, licensed or otherwise regulated by the Authority under this Act or any of the written laws set out in the Schedule, and is prescribed by regulations made …”

excluded GHG emission

Defined in Carbon Pricing Act 2018, s 2

“means any GHG emission that is —(a)a greenhouse gas specified in the first column of Part 3 of the Second Schedule; and(b)emitted in the circumstances described in the second column of Part 3 of that Schedule opposite the greenhouse gas”

excluded information

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 45

“means —(a)all statements (whether oral or in writing) obtained from persons by an investigator, or a staff member or consultant of the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore in the course of an investigation or a preliminary …”

excluded liabilities

Defined in Post Office Savings Bank of Singapore (Transfer of Undertakings and Dissolution) Act, s 2

“means such existing liabilities of POSB or, as the case may be, Credit POSB as are excluded from the POSB undertaking or, as the case may be, the Credit POSB undertaking under section 4(3)”