Words starting with O

optical appliances

Defined in Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007, s 2

“means lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, artificial eyes, contact lenses or appurtenances thereto for the aid or correction of visual or ocular anomalies of the eyes”

optical disc

Defined in Manufacture of Optical Discs Act 2004, s 2

“means any medium or article specified in the Schedule”

optician

Defined in Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007, s 2

“means a person who is registered in the Register of Opticians under this Act”

opticianry

Defined in Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007, s 2

“means any of the acts or activities specified in Part 1 of the Schedule”

optometrist

Defined in Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007, s 2

“means a person who is registered in the Register of Optometrists under this Act”

optometry

Defined in Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007, s 2

“means any of the acts or activities specified in Part 2 of the Schedule”

order

Defined in Control of Imports and Exports Act, s 2

“means an order made under section 3”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

order for financial relief

Defined in Women’s Charter 1961, s 121A

“means an order made under section 121G of a description mentioned in that section.”

order of compensation

Defined in Work Injury Compensation Act 2019, s 2

“means any of the following orders:(a)a notice of computation that, under section 44(5), has the effect of an order of compensation;(b)a notice of assessment that, under section 48(3), has the effect of an order of compensation;(c)an order …”

order of court

Defined in Central Provident Fund Act 1953, s 27A

“means —(a)an order made under section 112 of the Women’s Charter 1961 in proceedings for divorce, judicial separation or nullity of marriage under Part 10 of the Women’s Charter 1961; (b)an order made under section 52(3)(d), (7) or (9) of …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

order of the Board

Defined in Control of Rent Act, s 2

“means the last order of the Board by which the rent of the premises is fixed”

Ordinance

Defined in Interpretation Act 1965, s 2

“means any Ordinance of Singapore, and includes any Ordinance of the Colony of the Straits Settlements, any Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore or of the State of Singapore and any Proclamation having the force of law in Singapore”

ordinary account

Defined in Central Provident Fund Act 1953, s 2

“means an ordinary account maintained under section 13”

ordinary checking

Defined in Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026, s 3

“has the meaning given by section 5(1)”

ordinary CIQ power

Defined in Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026, s 3

“means a power described in section 4(1) and (2)”

ordinary polling station

Defined in Presidential Elections Act 1991, s 2

“means a polling station established in Singapore under section 18(1)”

ordinary resolution

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 2

“means a resolution decided by a majority in value of the creditors present personally or by proxy at a meeting of creditors and voting on the resolution”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

ordinary share

Defined in Co-operative Societies Act 1979, s 2

“means an ordinary share issued under section 66A”

organ

Defined in Human Organ Transplant Act 1987, s 2

“means —(a)except as provided in paragraph (b), any organ of a human body specified in the First Schedule; and(b)for the purposes of Parts 4 and 4A, any organ of a human body”

organisation

Defined in Mutual Benefit Organisations Act 1960, s 2

“means any organisation which by its objects and rules either as the principal object or as an ancillary object makes provision by voluntary subscriptions of the members thereof or subscribers thereto with or without the aid of donations …”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

organised crime activity

Defined in Organised Crime Act 2015, s 46

“has the meaning given by section 48”

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 …”

organised market

Defined in Financial Advisers Act 2001, s 2

“has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001”

Also defined in 1 other Act

organism

Defined in Parks and Trees Act 2005, s 2

“means —(a)a genetic structure that is capable of replicating itself, whether that structure comprises all or only part of an entity, and whether it comprises all or only part of the total genetic structure of an entity; or(b)a reproductive …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

original court

Defined in Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act 1921, s 2

“means the court by which the judgment was given”

Also defined in 1 other Act

original property

Defined in Central Provident Fund Act 1953, s 21E

“means any immovable property on which the relevant charge is constituted or in respect of which a relevant undertaking is given”

originating application

Defined in Women’s Charter 1961, s 92

“means an originating application for divorce, presumption of death and divorce, judicial separation, nullity of marriage or rescission of a judgment of judicial separation, as the case may be.”

originator

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act 2010, s 2

“means a party by whom, or on whose behalf, the electronic communication has been sent or generated prior to storage (if any) but does not include a party acting as an intermediary with respect to that electronic communication”

Also defined in 1 other Act

other charges

Defined in States of Malaya Customs Duties Collection Act 1958, s 2

“includes warehouse rent, weighing fees, handling charges and overtime fees, and any other moneys payable under the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, except customs duty”

other particulars

Defined in Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955, s 27

“means any particulars, information or description of that person, other than his registrable particulars, that may be relevant or useful in the identification of that person”

Also defined in 1 other Act