Words starting with H

holder

Defined in Bills of Exchange Act 1949, s 2

“means the payee or indorsee of a bill or note who is in possession of it, or the bearer thereof”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

holding

Defined in Boundaries and Survey Maps Act, s 34

“means a piece or parcel of land to the full extent whereof the same is in the actual possession of the owner by himself or other person holding by, through or under him.”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

holding company

Defined in Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, s 61

“has the meaning given by section 5 of the Companies Act 1967”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

holding yard

Defined in Active Mobility Act 2017, s 2

“means a place used under section 52 for the storage of vehicles moved to, surrendered at, detained, seized or forfeited under Division 2 of Part 5”

home

Defined in Nursing Homes and Maternity Homes Registration Act, s 2

“means a maternity home or a nursing home”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

home detention

Defined in Prisons Act 1933, s 51

“means the serving by the prisoner of a sentence of imprisonment in any place or places, outside the limits of any prison, that may be specified in the home detention order”

home detention order

Defined in Prisons Act 1933, s 51

“means an order of the Commissioner under section 52”

home for children and young persons

Defined in Children and Young Persons Act 1993, s 2

“has the meaning given by the First Schedule to the Social Residential Homes Act 2025”

home for the aged

Defined in Homes for the Aged Act 1988, s 2

“means any establishment the object of which is, or is held out to be, the provision of residential accommodation with board and personal care for 5 or more old persons, whether able-bodied or disabled, but does not include —(a)premises …”

Home Protection Fund

Defined in Central Provident Fund Act 1953, s 28

“means the Home Protection Fund established and maintained by the Board under section 33(1)”

Home Study Report

Defined in Adoption of Children Act 2022, s 2

“means a report —(a)applied for by 2 individuals or an individual before the date of commencement of section 11;(b)issued before, on or after that date by an adoption agency accredited by the Ministry of Social and Family Development for …”

Home Team agency

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

“means any department of the Government within the Ministry of Home Affairs”

Home Team Corps

Defined in Home Team Corps Act 2017, s 2

“means the National Police Cadet Corps and the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps established under section 3”

Home Team Corps Council

Defined in Home Team Corps Act 2017, s 2

“means the Home Team Corps Council established under section 5”

home-trade passenger steamer

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 2

“means every home-trade ship which is a passenger steamer”

home-trade ship

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 2

“means a ship plying solely upon a home-trade voyage”

home-trade voyage

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 2

“means a voyage within the following limits: an imaginary line drawn from a position in the Gulf of Martaban in latitude 16° 15' north, longitude 96° east in a south-easterly direction to a position in latitude 15° north, longitude 97° …”

homonymous geographical indication

Defined in Geographical Indications Act 2014, s 2

“means a geographical indication that, in part or in whole, has the same spelling as, or sounds the same as, a geographical indication for any goods having a different geographical origin”

honorarium

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 some or all of the members of the committee of management in consideration of their services which would not otherwise be …”

horse

Defined in Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906, s 2

“includes mules and asses”

horse race

Defined in Singapore Totalisator Board Act 1987, s 2

“includes a pony race”

hospital

Defined in Coroners Act 2010, s 2

“means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception, lodging, treatment and care of persons who require medical treatment or care or who suffer from any disease, injury or disability of mind or body, and includes a maternity …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Hospital Medifund Account

Defined in Medical Endowment Scheme Act, s 2

“means the account of an approved hospital referred to in section 11”

Hospital Medifund committee

Defined in Medical Endowment Scheme Act, s 2

“means the committee of an approved hospital appointed under section 12”

hostage-taking offence

Defined in Hostage-Taking Act 2010, s 2

“means —(a)the offence under section 3; or(b)an abetment of, or a conspiracy or attempt to commit, the offence under section 3.”

hotel

Defined in Hotels Act 1954, s 2

“includes a boarding house, lodging house, guesthouse and any building or premises not being a public institution and containing not less than 4 rooms or cubicles in which persons are harboured or lodged for hire or reward of any kind and …”

hotel-keeper

Defined in Hotels Act 1954, s 2

“means any person to whom a licence to keep or manage a hotel has been granted under section 7.”

hotwork

Defined in Gas Act 2001, s 2

“means any work on a non-isolated gas pipeline network involving the use of a local source of ignition and includes welding, gas‑cutting, grinding, chipping, and any process capable of generating heat, sparks or both, which may be capable …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

hours of rest

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014, s 2

“means a period during which the seafarer is free to dispose of his or her own time and movements, but does not include any short breaks and any intervals allowed during hours of work for rest and meals”

hours of work

Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2

“means the time during which an employee is at the employer’s disposal and is not free to dispose of his or her own time and movements exclusive of any intervals allowed for rest and meals”