Words starting with O

oath

Defined in Oaths and Declarations Act 2000, s 2

“means an oath administered or taken for any purpose, whether in judicial proceedings or otherwise”

Also defined in 1 other Act

object

Defined in National Heritage Board Act 1993, s 2

“includes any work of art and any artefact.”

objectionable

Defined in Undesirable Publications Act 1967, s 2

“have the meanings given to them by sections 4 and 3, respectively”

objector

Defined in Copyright Act, s 140A

“means the person who gave the notice under section 140B(1) as a result of the giving of which the copies were seized”

obscene

Defined in Films Act 1981, s 2

“means a film the effect of which or (where the film comprises 2 or more distinct parts or items) the effect of any one of its parts or items is, if taken as a whole, such as to tend to deprave or corrupt persons who are likely, having …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

occupancy agreement

Defined in Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015, s 2

“means an agreement (written or unwritten) —(a)to which a proprietor or an operator of the boarding premises (or a person acting on behalf of the operator) is a party; and(b)under which a foreign employee is provided one or more beds or …”

occupancy load

Defined in Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015, s 2

“means the prescribed maximum number of individuals permitted by law to ordinarily occupy those premises at any one time”

occupational disease

Defined in Work Injury Compensation Act 2019, s 2

“means any condition specified in the first column of the Second Schedule”

Also defined in 1 other Act

occupier

Defined in Building and Construction Authority Act 1999, s 27

“means —(a)in relation to any premises or conveyance — the person in occupation of the premises or conveyance or having the charge, management or control of the premises or conveyance; and(b)in relation to any part of any premises …”

Also defined in 48 other Acts

OCPO

Defined in Organised Crime Act 2015, s 2

“means an organised crime prevention order mentioned in section 15”

of a pensionable age

Defined in Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Act 1904, s 2

“means, in the case of a male, that he is under the age of 21 years, and, in the case of a female, that she is under the age of 21 years and has not been married”

off‑course betting

Defined in Gambling Control Act 2022, s 3

“have the meanings given by section 13(4)”

off-shore industry mobile unit

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act 1995, s 2

“means —(a)a vessel that is used or intended for use in exploring or exploiting the natural resources of the subsoil of any seabed, or in any operation or activity associated with or incidental thereto, by drilling the seabed or its …”

offence

Defined in Civil Defence Act 1986, s 2

“means an offence punishable under any written law or a service offence”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

offence against a UN worker

Defined in United Nations Personnel Act 2011, s 2

“means —(a)an offence under section 4, 5 or 6; or(b)an abetment of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit, an offence under section 4 or 5”

offence against an internationally protected person

Defined in Internationally Protected Persons Act 2008, s 2

“means —(a)an offence under section 4, 5 or 6; or(b)an abetment of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit, an offence under section 4 or 5”

offence group

Defined in Online Criminal Harms Act 2023, s 2

“means the offences specified in a Part of the Second Schedule”

offence under this Act

Defined in Control of Essential Supplies Act 1973, s 2

“includes any contravention of or failure to comply with any order or regulation made under this Act and any contravention of or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of any licence or permit issued or authority granted under this …”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

offender

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 21E

“means a person who is 16 years of age or above who is convicted of an offence under section 17 or 19”

offending communication

Defined in Protection from Harassment Act 2014, s 2

“means any communication or statement made in contravention of that provision”

offensive weapon

Defined in Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958, s 2

“includes any instrument which if used as a weapon of offence is likely to cause hurt”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

offer to supply

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 66

“includes an attempt to supply or exposure for supply”

Office

Defined in Intellectual Property Officeof Singapore Act 2001, s 2

“means the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore established under section 3”

Also defined in 9 other Acts

office copy

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means a copy authenticated under the hand or seal of the Registrar or other proper officer of the Court”

Also defined in 1 other Act

office holder

Defined in Finance Companies Act 1967, s 34A

“means any person acting as the liquidator, the provisional liquidator, the receiver or the receiver and manager of the finance company, or acting in an equivalent capacity in relation to the finance company”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

office of profit

Defined in Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, s 2

“means, subject to clause (5), any whole time office in the public service”

Also defined in 1 other Act

office under the Government

Defined in Official Secrets Act 1935, s 2

“includes any office or employment in or under any department of the Government or any specified organisation and, in the event of war, of the government of any ally of Singapore”

office-holder

Defined in Banking Act 1970, s 48A

“means any person acting in relation to the bank as its liquidator, provisional liquidator, receiver, receiver and manager or an equivalent person”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

office‑holding Member

Defined in Parliamentary Pensions Act 1978, s 2

“means a Member who holds or has held any office and includes a Speaker who is not an elected Member of Parliament”

officer

Defined in Pensions (Expatriate Officers) Act, s 2

“means an officer to whom the Public Officers Agreement between Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of Malaysia in respect of Singapore signed at Kuala Lumpur on 9th July 1964 applies or applied and who was not …”

Also defined in 53 other Acts