Words starting with F

foreign offence

Defined in Drug Trafficking (Confiscation of Benefits) Act, s 2

“means an offence punishable under a corresponding law”

Also defined in 1 other Act

foreign person

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 66

“means any person who is not a Singapore person”

Also defined in 1 other Act

foreign practitioner certificate

Defined in Legal Profession Act 1966, s 2

“means a certificate issued in respect of the registration of a foreign lawyer under section 36B”

foreign registered aircraft

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means an aircraft registered in a country or territory other than Singapore”

foreign registration authority

Defined in Architects Act 1991, s 2

“means the person in that country or territory having the function conferred by the laws of that country or territory of registering persons in connection with the persons carrying on the practice of architecture in that country or territory”

foreign resolution

Defined in Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970, s 82

“means any action by a foreign resolution authority of a foreign country or territory to do either or both of the following:(a)to maintain financial stability;(b)to deal with any serious problem in a financial institution of that country or …”

foreign resolution authority

Defined in Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970, s 82

“means an authority of the foreign country or territory which, whether alone or together with one or more other authorities of the foreign country or territory, is responsible for a foreign resolution, or for preparing plans for a foreign …”

foreign ship

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Wreck Removal) Act 2017, s 14

“means a ship other than a Singapore ship”

Also defined in 1 other Act

foreign society

Defined in Residential Property Act 1976, s 2

“means any society other than a Singapore society”

foreign State

Defined in Foreign Recruiting Act 1875, s 2

“includes any person or persons exercising, or assuming to exercise, the powers of government in or over any country, colony, province, or people beyond the limits of Singapore.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

foreign state aircraft

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means aircraft used in the military, customs or police services of a country or territory other than Singapore”

foreign tax evasion offence

Defined in Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000, s 2

“means an offence against the national law of a foreign country that consists of the doing of any of the following (however described) wilfully with intent to evade, or to assist any other person to evade, any tax of that …”

foreign trade repository

Defined in Securities and Futures Act 2001, s 46B

“means a trade repository which is incorporated or formed outside Singapore”

foreign trade repository licence

Defined in Securities and Futures Act 2001, s 46B

“means a licence that is granted by the Authority to a foreign trade repository under section 46E(2)”

foreign travel document

Defined in Passports Act 2007, s 2

“means —(a)a passport; or(b)a document issued for travel purposes (whether or not also issued for another purpose),that is issued by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country or an international organisation approved by the …”

foreign warrant

Defined in Extradition Act 1968, s 2

“means a judicial or other document issued under the law of, or of a part of, a foreign State and authorising the apprehension of a person”

foreign-going passenger steamer

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 2

“means every foreign-going ship which is a passenger steamer”

foreign-going ship

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 2

“includes every ship employed in trading or going between some place or places in Singapore and some place or places situate beyond the limits prescribed for home-trade ships”

foreign-owned bank incorporated in Singapore

Defined in Banking Act 1970, s 2

“means a bank incorporated in Singapore, the parent bank of which is incorporated outside Singapore”

foreign-owned merchant bank incorporated in Singapore

Defined in Banking Act 1970, s 2

“means a merchant bank incorporated in Singapore, the parent bank of which is incorporated, formed or established outside Singapore”

foreigner

Defined in Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990, s 2

“means any person who is not a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

forensic medical examination

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code 2010, s 40E

“means any one or more of the following:(a)a physical medical examination of the individual;(b)the taking of a body sample from the individual;(c)the taking of a photograph of any body part of the individual;(d)the taking of an impression …”

forensic pathologist

Defined in Coroners Act 2010, s 2

“means a pathologist appointed under section 4(1) as a forensic pathologist”

forensic procedure

Defined in Registration of Criminals Act 1949, s 2

“includes doing one or all of the following in relation to the individual:(a)taking an impression or cast of a wound from the external parts of the individual’s body other than the parts referred to in section 13A(3);(b)the taking of …”

forensic purpose

Defined in Home Team Science and Technology Agency Act 2019, s 2

“means —(a)investigating an offence or a suspected offence under any written law or offences generally;(b)investigating the death of an individual or identifying a deceased individual;(c)investigating the whereabouts of or identifying a …”

forensic specialist

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code 2010, s 40E

“means a person appointed under section 65A of the Police Force Act 2004, or any other person who is authorised in writing by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this Division”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

foreshore

Defined in Public Utilities Act 2001, s 2

“means the land lying between the high‑water mark and low‑water mark of the sea as is ordinarily covered and uncovered by the flow and ebb of the tide at spring tides”

forestry operations

Defined in Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014, s 2

“means —(a)logging operations;(b)activities relating to the management of land for timber production such as thinning and other silvicultural activities;(c)harvesting or collecting vegetation (whether living or dead and whether fallen or …”

Formal Law Alliance

Defined in Legal Profession Act 1966, s 2

“means a Formal Law Alliance licensed under section 170”

formal requirements

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means those requirements of this Act and the rules which are designated by the rules as formal requirements for the purposes of this Act”

Also defined in 1 other Act