Words starting with L

local company

Defined in Singapore Business Federation Act 2001, s 2

“means a company incorporated under Division 1 of Part 3 of the Companies Act 1967 or under any corresponding previous written law”

local craft

Defined in Customs Act 1960, s 3

“means any junk, tongkang, prahu, or other similar type of vessel, and any steam or motor vessel under 75 net registered tons and includes any type of motor vessel whether fitted with inboard engine or outboard motor”

local currency

Defined in Exchange Control Act 1953, s 2

“means currency which is, or has at any time been, legal tender in Singapore but does not include any currency issued by, or under the authority of, the Japanese military authorities”

local force

Defined in Local Forces (Relief of Financial Hardship) Act 1953, s 2

“means any force specified in the Schedule”

local stock

Defined in Development Loan Act, s 2

“means any stock issued in Singapore under this Act or under any of the written laws set out in the Schedule”

locally-linked organised criminal group

Defined in Organised Crime Act 2015, s 2

“means a group that has as its only purpose, or one of its purposes, the obtaining of a financial or other material benefit from the commission by, or the facilitation of the commission by, any person (whether or not the person is a member …”

lock

Defined in Massage Establishments Act 2017, s 18

“means a device for securing a door or window or other part of premises, and includes a lock in a master key system”

lock-out

Defined in Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955, s 5

“means the closing of a place of employment or the suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him in consequence of a trade dispute, done with a view to compelling those …”

lock-up prisoner

Defined in Prisons Act 1933, s 2

“means any person, whether convicted or not, who is confined in a lock‑up, or who is transported to, or from, a lock‑up”

lockout

Defined in Trade Disputes Act 1941, s 2

“means the closing of a place of employment or the suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him in consequence of a trade dispute, done with a view to compelling those …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

locum solicitor

Defined in Legal Profession Act 1966, s 2

“means an advocate and solicitor engaged (whether concurrently or otherwise) on a temporary or freelance basis by one or more law firms, law corporations, limited liability law partnerships or solicitors practising on their own account”

lodged

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means lodged under this Act or any corresponding previous written law”

lodgment

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means a lodgment of plans with the Commissioner of Building Control for the purpose of section 5AA”

lodgment works

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means building works which are prescribed as lodgment works in the building regulations”

logging operations

Defined in Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014, s 2

“means the cutting and removal of timber from land for the purpose of timber production”

loss

Defined in Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970, s 14

“means —(a)a loss in property or a supply of services, whether temporary or permanent; or(b)a loss of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration,but …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

lost property

Defined in Police Force Act 2004, s 2

“means any movable property or cash that has been lost and whose owner is unknown at the time at which it is found”

lot

Defined in Building (Strata Management) Act 2004, s 2

“means any stratum within a parcel comprised in a strata title plan and which —(a)is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of habitation or business or for any other purpose; and(b)is shown as a lot on …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

lot of packages

Defined in Weights and Measures Act 1975, s 2

“means a collection of packages enclosing goods that —(a)are of the same kind;(b)are of the same stated weight, measure or number; and(c)are available for inspection at the same time and place”

lottery

Defined in Private Lotteries Act, s 2

“means any game, method, scheme or device whereby money or money’s worth is distributed or allotted in any manner depending upon or to be determined by chance or lot, whether the same is held, drawn, exercised or managed either in whole or …”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

lottery ticket

Defined in Common Gaming Houses Act 1961, s 2

“includes any paper or figure or writing or symbol or other article whatsoever which either expressly or tacitly entitles or purports to entitle the holder or any other person to receive any money or money’s worth on the happening of any …”

low voltage

Defined in Electricity Act 2001, s 2

“means a voltage not exceeding 1000V a.c. or 1500V d.c. between conductors, or 600V a.c. or 900V d.c. between each conductor and Earth”

LTA

Defined in Bus Services Industry Act 2015, s 2

“means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore constituted under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

LTC Support Fund

Defined in Care Shield Life and Long-Term Care Act 2019, s 2

“means the Long‑Term Care Support Fund established by section 38”