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Words starting with P

702 words defined in Singapore Acts, from “PAB” to “pyramid selling scheme or arrangement”.

702 words · showing 391 to 420

  • Presidential Elections Committee

    Defined in Presidential Elections Act 1991, s 2

    “means the Presidential Elections Committee established under Article 18 of the Constitution”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

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  • pressure vessel

    Defined in Factories Act, s 7

    “means any container or vessel used for containing any substance under pressure and includes any steam boiler, steam receiver, steam container, cast-iron underfired vulcaniser, air receiver, refrigerating plant pressure receiver and gas …”

    Read s 7
  • preventive measures

    Defined in Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) Act 1998, s 23

    “means any reasonable measures taken by any person to prevent or minimise pollution damage, being measures taken —(a)after an incident has occurred; or(b)in the case of an incident consisting of a series of occurrences, after the first of …”

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  • preventive measures notice

    Defined in Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014, s 2

    “means a notice issued by the Director‑General under section 9(1)”

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  • preventive service flag

    Defined in Malaysia Revenue Vessels Act, s 2

    “means a flag of the colours and design described in the Schedule”

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  • preventive vessel

    Defined in Customs Act 1960, s 3

    “means any vessel employed for the prevention of smuggling or for any other purpose relating to this Act”

    Read s 3
  • previous Board

    Defined in Nurses and Midwives Act 1999, s 45

    “means the Singapore Nursing Board established under section 3 of the repealed Act”

    Read s 45
  • previous Regulations

    Defined in Nurses and Midwives Act 1999, s 45

    “means the Nurses and Midwives Regulations”

    Read s 45
  • price

    Defined in Public Transport Council Act 1987, s 2

    “includes —(a)the amount of any rate, fee, levy and charge and any other valuable consideration (however described) for a journey by bus, train, taxi or bookable vehicle (as the case may be), whether or not it is paid or given to an …”

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  • Price Controller

    Defined in Price Control Act 1950, s 2

    “means an officer appointed Price Controller under section 3 and includes any person appointed by the Minister to act in the place of the Price Controller during the Price Controller’s absence from Singapore or his inability from illness or …”

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  • Price Inspector

    Defined in Price Control Act 1950, s 2

    “means any person appointed under section 3(2) and includes a Chief Price Inspector and an Assistant Price Inspector”

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  • price-regulated goods

    Defined in Price Control Act 1950, s 2

    “means goods in respect of which maximum prices have been fixed under section 4 and includes services for which a maximum has been fixed under that section”

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  • pricing policy

    Defined in Public Transport Council Act 1987, s 2

    “means the policy for setting any fare, including a policy relating to the level or structure of prices for any fare”

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  • primary dealer

    Defined in Government Securities Act 1992, s 2

    “means a person approved under Part 7A to be a primary dealer”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

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  • primary education

    Defined in Compulsory Education Act 2000, s 2

    “means a 6-year course of education normally commencing when a child has attained the age of 6 years.”

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  • primary food production

    Defined in Sale of Food Act 1973, s 2

    “means the growing, raising, cultivation, picking, harvesting, collection or catching of food, and includes the following:(a)the transport or delivery of food on, from or between premises on which it was grown, raised, cultivated, picked …”

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  • primary food production business

    Defined in Sale of Food Act 1973, s 2

    “means a business or an undertaking or activity that involves, in whole or part, primary food production”

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  • primary produce

    Defined in Singapore Food Agency Act 2019, s 2

    “means —(a)food from or involved in the production of primary produce;(b)an animal or plant intended for human or animal consumption;(c)raw material taken from an animal or plant for food which is in substantially the same condition as when …”

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  • primary society

    Defined in Co-operative Societies Act 1979, s 2

    “means a society all of whose members are individual persons who, or institutions which, have the qualifications for membership set out in section 39”

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  • Prime Minister

    Defined in Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, s 2

    “means the Prime Minister of Singapore appointed under this Constitution”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 2
  • prime mover

    Defined in Factories Act, s 7

    “means every engine, motor or other appliance which provides mechanical energy derived from steam, water, wind, electricity, the combustion of fuel or other source”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • principal

    Defined in Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004, s 2

    “means a person who is liable to make payment to the respondent for or in relation to the whole or part of the construction work that is, or the whole or part of the goods or services that are, the subject of the contract between the …”

    Also defined in 14 other Acts

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  • principal Act

    Defined in Info-communications Media Development Authority Act 2016, s 87

    “means any Act under which the Former IDA or the Former MDA performed any function or exercised any power before the transfer date, excluding the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore Act and the Media Development Authority …”

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  • principal election agent

    Defined in Parliamentary Elections Act 1954, s 2

    “means an election agent of a candidate in a group who has been appointed under section 62(5) as the principal election agent for that group”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

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  • principal officer

    Defined in Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008, s 2

    “means the chairperson, medical board of the hospital which has been designated as a psychiatric institution or a part of which has been designated as a psychiatric institution (as the case may be) and includes any acting chairperson of the …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • principal register

    Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

    “means the register of members of the company kept pursuant to section 190”

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  • principal registration area

    Defined in Registration of Criminals Act 1949, s 2

    “means Singapore and Malaysia”

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  • printed

    Defined in National Library Board Act 1995, s 2

    “means produced by printing, lithography, duplication or any other like process, and “printer” has a corresponding meaning”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

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  • printed money

    Defined in Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992, s 59

    “means money comprising a note printed, written or otherwise made on polymer, paper or any other material”

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  • prior mortgage

    Defined in Registration of Deeds Act 1988, s 2

    “includes a prior charge or assignment which has been either secured by a mortgage or protected by a caveat lodged with and accepted by the Registrar as being in order for registration”

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