Words starting with G

grantee

Defined in Apportionment of Rents Act 1909, s 2

“means the owner of a grant in perpetuity”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

gratification

Defined in Prevention of Corruption Act, s 2

“includes —(a)money or any gift, loan, fee, reward, commission, valuable security or other property or interest in property of any description, whether movable or immovable;(b)any office, employment or contract;(c)any payment, release …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

grave natural disaster or phenomenon

Defined in Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014, s 2

“means a natural disaster or other natural phenomenon of an exceptional, inevitable and irresistible character, the effects of which could not have been prevented by human action or avoided by the exercise of due care or foresight”

Green Channel

Defined in Customs Act 1960, s 3

“means any passage or area in a customs airport or customs station clearly indicated with a sign in the shape of a regular octagon and marked in green with the words “Customs” and “Nothing To Declare””

green verge

Defined in Parks and Trees Act 2005, s 2

“means the portion along the centre median or side of a public street, or a traffic island within a public street, which is provided for the growing of trees or plants”

greenhouse gas

Defined in Carbon Pricing Act 2018, s 2

“means any greenhouse gas specified in the first column of the First Schedule and having the chemical formula specified in the second column of that Schedule opposite the greenhouse gas”

Also defined in 1 other Act

grievous hurt

Defined in Adoption of Children Act 2022, s 36

“has the meaning given by section 320 of the Penal Code 1871”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

gross floor area

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 22FA

“means the aggregate of the gross areas of all floor spaces of the building that are prescribed (whether the floor space is within or outside the building, enclosed, covered or otherwise), but excludes any prescribed excluded area”

gross income

Defined in Charities Act 1994, s 2

“means its gross recorded receipts from all sources”

gross rate of pay

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

“means the total amount of money (including allowances) to which an employee is entitled under the employee’s contract of service, either for working for a period of time (that is, for an hour, a day, a week or a month, or for any other …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

gross tonnage

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008, s 2

“means its gross tonnage calculated in accordance with the regulations in Annex 1 of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

gross weight

Defined in Weights and Measures Act 1975, s 2

“means the aggregate weight of the goods and any container in or on which they are made up”

grounds

Defined in Presidential Elections Act 1991, s 2

“means land in Singapore that has a boundary fence or another structure or feature to mark the boundary of the land”

group

Defined in Organised Crime Act 2015, s 2

“means a group of 3 or more individuals (whether or not ordinarily resident in Singapore), however organised, including by forming a company or association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, whether or not —(a)the company or …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

Group 1 public body

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a public body specified in the First Schedule”

Group 1A public body

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a public body specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule”

Group 1B public body

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a public body specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule”

Group 1C public body

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a public body specified in Part 3 of the First Schedule”

Group 2 public body

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a public body specified in the Second Schedule, being a public body the main function of which is to regulate the practice and standards of a profession”

Group 2A public body

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a public body specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule”

Group 2B public body

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a public body specified in Part 2 of the Second Schedule”

Group 3 public body

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a public body specified in the Third Schedule, being a public body the main function of which is to represent particular community interests or the volunteer movement”

Group 3A public body

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a public body specified in Part 1 of the Third Schedule”

Group 3B public body

Defined in Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, s 2

“means a public body specified in Part 2 of the Third Schedule”

group of companies

Defined in Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970, s 82

“means —(a)the pertinent financial institution;(b)the entities that are subsidiaries of the pertinent financial institution; and(c)the entity that is the holding company of the pertinent financial institution, and the entities that are …”

group policy

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

“means any policy of insurance in respect of which the policy owner is not an individual”

group representation constituency

Defined in Parliamentary Elections Act 1954, s 2

“means any electoral division declared to be a group representation constituency under section 8A(1)(a)”

Also defined in 1 other Act

guaranteed policy liabilities

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

“means the policy liabilities, relating to benefits guaranteed under the insured policies only, calculated in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to section 17 of the Insurance Act 1966 for the valuation of assets and …”

guaranteed policy moneys

Defined in Insurance Act 1966, s 2

“means the benefits that an insured policy owner is entitled to receive under the policy owner’s insured policy under section 54(3) or (4) (as the case may be) of the Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011”

Also defined in 1 other Act

guarantor

Defined in Hire-Purchase Act 1969, s 2

“means a person who has guaranteed the performance by a hirer of all or any of his obligations under a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement but does not include the dealer or a person engaged, at the time of the giving of …”