Words starting with O

officer commanding

Defined in Police Force Act, s 2

“means the Deputy Commissioner of Police, a senior assistant commissioner of police, an assistant commissioner of police, the commandant of the Police Training School, and any police officer lawfully acting in any of these appointments”

officer in charge of a division

Defined in Internal Security Act 1960, s 2

“means any police officer appointed as such and, when any officer so appointed is unable through absence, illness or otherwise to perform his duties, means the police officer designated, under the authority of the Commissioner of Police, to …”

officer of customs

Defined in Customs Act 1960, s 3

“means —(a)the Director‑General;(b)any Deputy Director‑General of Customs or Assistant Director‑General of Customs appointed under section 4(2);(c)any senior officer of customs appointed under section 4(4);(d)any officer of customs …”

Also defined in 13 other Acts

officer of Parliament

Defined in Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act 1962, s 2

“means the Clerk or any Assistant Clerk of Parliament, the Serjeant‑at‑Arms and such other officers or persons as may be appointed to the staff of Parliament, and includes any person employed temporarily in Parliament and any police officer …”

officer of police

Defined in Official Secrets Act 1935, s 2

“includes any person upon whom the powers of a police officer not below the rank of sergeant are conferred by the Minister under section 18”

officer of the Bureau

Defined in Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992, s 2

“means the Director or any officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

officer of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau

Defined in Corruption (Confiscation of Benefits) Act, s 2

“means the Director of the Bureau appointed under section 3(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Deputy Director and any assistant director and special investigator of the Bureau appointed under section 3(2) of that Act”

officer on the Malayan Establishment

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

“means an officer whom the President has by notification in the Gazette declared to be on the Malayan Establishment”

officer on the pensionable establishment

Defined in Pensions Act 1956, s 2

“means an officer who has been confirmed in his or her appointment as the holder of a pensionable office”

officer or agent

Defined in Bus Services Licensing Authority Act, s 2

“includes —(a)a director, banker, solicitor or auditor of the licensee;(b)a person who at any time —(i)has been a person referred to in paragraph (a); or(ii)has been otherwise employed or appointed by the licensee;(c)a person who —(i)has in …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

officer-in-charge

Defined in Home Team Corps Act 2017, s 2

“means an officer for the time being commanding a unit of the National Police Cadet Corps or the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps, as the case may be”

Also defined in 1 other Act

officers

Defined in Temasek Polytechnic Act 1990, s 2

“means the officers of the Polytechnic”

officers in the public sector

Defined in Civil Service College Act 2001, s 2

“means public officers and officers and employees of any public body”

Official Assignee

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means the Official Assignee appointed under section 16(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 and includes a Deputy Official Assignee, a Senior Assistant Official Assignee and an Assistant Official Assignee”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Official Receiver

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means the Official Receiver appointed under section 17(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 and includes a Deputy Official Receiver, a Senior Assistant Official Receiver and an Assistant Official Receiver”

Also defined in 8 other Acts

official sign

Defined in Presidential Elections Act 1991, s 2

“means a poster, banner or other notice for an election prepared by, or with the authority of, the Returning Officer as required by or for the purposes of this Act”

offshore facility

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

“has the meaning given by the Bunker Convention”

offshore mineral

Defined in Income Tax Act 1947, s 2

“means mineral from the seabed or that is dissolved in sea water”

offshore renewable energy

Defined in Income Tax Act 1947, s 2

“means —(a)ocean thermal power;(b)offshore geothermal power;(c)offshore solar power;(d)offshore wind power;(e)osmotic power;(f)tidal power; or(g)wave power”

oil

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) Act 1998, s 2

“means any persistent hydrocarbon mineral oil such as crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil and lubricating oil, whether carried on board a ship as cargo or in the bunkers of such a ship”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

oil reception facilities

Defined in Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act, s 2

“has the same meaning as is assigned to it in section 8”

oil residues

Defined in Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act, s 2

“means any waste material consisting of, or arising from, oil or a mixture containing oil”

Also defined in 1 other Act

oil terminal

Defined in Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act, s 2

“means any place having permanent means of loading or discharging petroleum, whether in bulk or package, into or from any vessel”

Also defined in 1 other Act

oily mixture

Defined in Prevention of Pollution ofthe Sea Act 1990, s 2

“means a mixture with an oil content of 15 parts or more in 1 million parts of the mixture”

old ACRA Act

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 41

“means the ACRA Act as in force immediately before the section 36 commencement date”

old person

Defined in Homes for the Aged Act 1988, s 2

“means any person of the age of 60 years and above”

old trade or business

Defined in Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act 1967, s 3

“means the trade or business of a pioneer enterprise which satisfies all of the following conditions:(a)it is in respect of one or more pioneer products specified in a single pioneer certificate of the pioneer enterprise;(b)the part of the …”

omnibus

Defined in Singapore Tourism Board Act 1963, s 20

“means a bus which is on a scheduled service with passengers being charged separate and distinct fares, and in respect of which a public service vehicle licence is in force under Part 5 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 to use the bus as an …”

on demand

Defined in Copyright Act 2021, s 7

“has the meaning given by section 62”

on the death

Defined in Estate Duty Act 1929, s 2

“includes at a period ascertainable only by reference to the death”