Words starting with P

prior mortgagee

Defined in Registration of Deeds Act 1988, s 2

“includes a prior chargee or assignee in whose favour an estate or interest in respect of land was mortgaged, charged or assigned by way of mortgage”

priority date

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means the date determined as such under section 17”

prison

Defined in Prisons Act 1933, s 2

“means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison or reformative training centre under section 3, and includes the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

prison officer

Defined in Prisons Act 1933, s 2

“means any prison officer appointed under section 20 and includes the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and any Superintendent”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

prisoner

Defined in Prisons Act 1933, s 2

“means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

private company

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means —(a)any company which immediately prior to 29 December 1967 was a private company under the provisions of the repealed written laws;(b)any company incorporated as a private company by virtue of section 18; or(c)any company converted …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

private education

Defined in Private Education Act 2009, s 2

“has the meaning given to it in the Schedule”

Also defined in 1 other Act

private education function

Defined in Skills Future Singapore Agency Act 2016, s 65

“means any function of the Council for Private Education under the Private Education Act 2009 as in force before 4 October 2016”

private education institution

Defined in Private Education Act 2009, s 2

“means —(a)any person that offers to provide or provides private education whether in Singapore or elsewhere, whether or not the person offers to provide or provides the private education —(i)for profit;(ii)together with other education …”

private footway

Defined in Street Works Act 1995, s 2

“means any footway that is not vested in the Government and that —(a)is intended pursuant to a planning or conservation permission granted by the competent authority under the Planning Act 1998 to be used mainly for the movement or passage …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

private hire car

Defined in Income Tax Act 1947, s 2

“means a motor car —(a)that is used as a private hire car within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1961; and(b)in respect of which a licence is issued under Part 5 of that Act for such use”

private hospital

Defined in Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980, s 2

“means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception, lodging and treatment and care of persons who require medical treatment or suffer from any disease, and includes a maternity home and a nursing home.”

private insurer

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

“means an insurer approved by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health to sell severe disability insurance policies to CPF members under that Scheme”

private investigator

Defined in Private Investigation and Security Agencies Act, s 2

“means any person (whether or not he carries on any other business) who exercises or carries on or advertises or notifies or states that he exercises or carries on or that he is willing to exercise or carry on or in any way holds himself to …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

private key

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act, s 2

“means the key of a key pair used to create a digital signature”

private land

Defined in Active Mobility Act 2017, s 5

“means land that is not public land”

Also defined in 1 other Act

private lottery

Defined in Private Lotteries Act, s 2

“means a lottery which is confined to members of one society established and conducted for purposes not connected with gaming, wagering or lotteries”

Also defined in 1 other Act

private market

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act, s 29

“means a market other than a public market”

Also defined in 1 other Act

private parking place

Defined in Parking Places Act 1974, s 2

“means any land or premises or part thereof owned or occupied by any person other than the Government and used for the parking or housing of —(a)one or more motor vehicles other than heavy vehicles; (b)one or more heavy vehicles, whether or …”

private property

Defined in Vandalism Act 1966, s 2

“means movable or immovable property other than public property”

private residential estate

Defined in Building and Construction Authority Act 1999, s 2

“means any area in Singapore that comprises exclusively or primarily residential property, and excludes —(a)any housing estate of the HDB; or(b)common property or open space vested in or under the care, control or management of the HDB or a …”

private safety

Defined in Public Utilities Act, s 2

“means the obviation of danger to individuals or to private property”

Also defined in 1 other Act

private street

Defined in Street Works Act 1995, s 2

“means any street not being a public street”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

private trust

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2012, s 2

“means a trust for the benefit of one or more designated individuals who are the settlor’s friends or family members”

private trustee

Defined in Public Trustee Act 1915, s 2

“means a trustee other than the Public Trustee”

private wharf or dock

Defined in Port of Singapore Authority Act, s 2

“means any wharf or dock not owned or operated by the Authority”

prize

Defined in Chit Funds Act 1971, s 2

“means the difference between the chit fund amount and the interest”

Also defined in 1 other Act

prize amount

Defined in Chit Funds Act 1971, s 2

“means the difference between the chit fund amount and the interest”

probate

Defined in Probate and Administration Act 1934, s 2

“means a grant under the seal of the court issuing the same, authorising the executor or executors expressly or impliedly appointed by a testator’s will, or one or more of them, to administer the testator’s estate in compliance with the …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

probate action

Defined in Probate and Administration Act 1934, s 2

“means a cause or matter in which a probate application is contested by any person, and includes any application to alter or revoke the grant of any probate or letters of administration”