Words starting with L

label

Defined in Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act 1998, s 2

“means any written, pictorial or other descriptive matter marked on or affixed to the container or package”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

labelling

Defined in Medicines Act 1975, s 2

“means affixing to or otherwise displaying on it a notice describing or otherwise relating to the contents, and “label” has a corresponding meaning”

land

Defined in Land Titles Act, s 4

“means the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, and all substances thereunder, and so much of the column of air above the surface as is reasonably necessary for the proprietor’s use and enjoyment, and includes any estate or interest …”

Also defined in 33 other Acts

land or forest fire

Defined in Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014, s 2

“includes coal seam fire, peat fire or plantation fire”

land revenue

Defined in Land Revenue Collection Act 1940, s 2

“means every sum now due or which hereafter becomes due to the State on account of premium, rent, royalty, charges and fees of any kind chargeable in respect of land”

land surveyor

Defined in Planning Act 1998, s 2

“means a person who is registered as a surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act”

Land Titles Registry

Defined in Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967, s 3

“means the Land Titles Registry of the Authority”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Land Transport Authority

Defined in Energy Conservation Act 2012, s 2

“means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established by the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995”

Land Transport Authority of Singapore

Defined in Public Transport Council Act 1987, s 2

“means the public authority of that name constituted under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995”

land transport operator

Defined in Energy Conservation Act 2012, s 2

“means a person operating —(a)a bus service under a Class 1 bus service licence granted under the Bus Services Industry Act 2015;(b)a rapid transit system within the meaning of the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995;(c)a fleet of motor vehicles …”

Land Transport Revenue Account

Defined in Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995, s 2

“means the Land Transport Revenue Account established under section 12”

land transport system

Defined in Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995, s 2

“means the infrastructure facilitating transport on land by the railway or road”

land‑register

Defined in Land Titles Act 1993, s 4

“means the land‑register that is maintained under section 28”

landing

Defined in Hijacking of Aircraft and Protection of Aircraft and International Airports Act 1978, s 2

“includes alighting on water”

landlord

Defined in Control of Rent Act, s 2

“means the landlord of premises in respect of which a tenancy exists and includes the landlord of a statutory tenant and in the case of a subtenancy a tenant who sublets the premises or any part thereof”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

lands

Defined in Foreshores Act 1920, s 2

“includes messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments of any tenure”

landscape industry

Defined in National Parks Board Act 1996, s 2

“means an industry comprising persons who carry on any business or engage in any commercial activity in connection with one or more, or any part, or any combination, of the following:(a)landscaping works and services;(b)the supply of plants …”

landscaping works and services

Defined in National Parks Board Act 1996, s 2

“includes the provision of services in landscape design, landscape architecture, planting and landscaping, arboriculture maintenance, horticulture maintenance and turf maintenance”

large building works

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means any building works that are prescribed for the purposes of section 7(1)(b)”

large-scale production

Defined in Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005, s 2

“means the production by any person of the biological agent using equipment at a facility capable of producing in aggregate 10 or more litres of culture of the biological agent at any one time”

lasting power of attorney

Defined in Human Biomedical Research Act 2015, s 2

“means a valid lasting power of attorney registered under the Mental Capacity Act 2008”

Also defined in 1 other Act

latrine

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act, s 67

“means a place for defecating and urinating, other than a toilet or urinal, and includes bucket latrines, bore-hole latrines, water-seal latrines and pit-latrines”

Also defined in 1 other Act

lavatory

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act, s 67

“means a place with toilets or urinals or both and wash basins”

law

Defined in Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, s 2

“includes written law and any legislation of the United Kingdom or other enactment or instrument whatsoever which is in operation in Singapore and the common law in so far as it is in operation in Singapore and any custom or usage having …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

law corporation

Defined in Legal Profession Act 1966, s 2

“means a company licensed as a law corporation under section 153”

law enforcement

Defined in Police Force Act 2004, s 2

“means —(a)activities carried on by any police officer or law enforcement officer in the exercise of any function, power or duty of such an officer in accordance with law with respect to the commission of offences; or(b)activities carried …”

law enforcement activity

Defined in Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018, s 2

“means —(a)the exercise by any police officer or law enforcement officer of —(i)any function of maintaining law and order, preserving public peace or preventing and detecting crimes and offences; or(ii)any power of investigation, search …”

law enforcement agency

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code 2010, s 2

“means any authority or person charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders under any written law”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

law enforcement officer

Defined in Organised Crime Act 2015, s 2

“means —(a)a police officer;(b)an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau;(c)an immigration officer appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1959;(d)a Commercial Affairs Officer appointed under section 64 of the Police Force Act …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

law firm

Defined in Legal Profession Act 1966, s 2

“means a partnership, or a practice of a solicitor who practises on his or her own account, which is licensed as a law firm under section 131”