Words starting with P

probate application

Defined in Probate and Administration Act 1934, s 2

“means an application for a grant of probate or letters of administration, and “probate applicant” shall be construed accordingly”

probation committee

Defined in Probation of Offenders Act 1951, s 2

“means a group of persons appointed to carry out the duties under section 4”

probation officer

Defined in Probation of Offenders Act 1951, s 2

“means a person appointed to be a probation officer under section 3”

probation order

Defined in Probation of Offenders Act 1951, s 2

“has the meaning assigned to it by section 5”

probation period

Defined in Probation of Offenders Act 1951, s 2

“means the period for which a probationer is placed under supervision by a probation order”

probationer

Defined in Probation of Offenders Act 1951, s 2

“means a person for the time being under supervision by virtue of a probation order”

procedural representative

Defined in Plant Varieties Protection Act 2004, s 2

“means a person who is resident or has an office in Singapore and who is appointed by the breeder of that variety to act on the breeder’s behalf in respect of the making of any application for, or any proceedings relating to, a grant of …”

proceeding

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code 2010, s 2

“includes a criminal case disclosure conference and a case conference, held under Part 9 or 10, as the case may be”

proceedings

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

“means —(a)any civil proceedings or criminal proceedings before any court in Singapore, and includes a coroner’s inquiry;(b)any arbitration or mediation proceedings in Singapore;(c)any proceedings in Parliament or a committee of Parliament …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

proceedings against the Government

Defined in Government Proceedings Act 1956, s 2

“includes a claim by way of set‑off or counterclaim in proceedings by the Government”

proceeds

Defined in Charities Act 1994, s 35

“means all money or other property given (whether for consideration or otherwise) in response to the fund‑raising appeal in question”

Also defined in 1 other Act

process

Defined in Credit Bureau Act 2016, s 2

“means to carry out any operation or set of operations in relation to the data, and includes one or more of the following:(a)to collect or record the data;(b)to hold the data;(c)to organise, combine, adapt or alter the data;(d)to retrieve …”

Also defined in 8 other Acts

processed fish

Defined in Fisheries Act 1966, s 2

“means fish that has been cured, cooked, frozen or preserved in any manner and includes any product derived or manufactured wholly or partly from fish, and reference to “processing fish” shall be construed accordingly.”

processing

Defined in Slaughter-houses and Meat Processing Factories Act, s 2

“means the canning, cooking, curing, smoking, dehydrating, chilling, freezing or otherwise preparing food for commercial purposes.”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

processing establishment

Defined in Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999, s 2

“means any factory, plant or other premises where meat products or fish products (as the case may be) are processed for distribution to wholesalers or retailers or for export”

procession

Defined in Public Order Act 2009, s 2

“means a march, parade or other procession, whether or not involving the use of vehicles or other conveyances —(a)comprising 2 or more persons gathered at a place of assembly to move from that place substantially as a body of persons in …”

proclaimed area

Defined in Public Order (Preservation) Act, s 2

“means an area in respect of which a proclamation made or renewed under section 3 is for the time being in force”

proclamation of emergency

Defined in Requisition of Resources Act 1985, s 3

“means a Proclamation of Emergency issued under Article 150 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore”

procure

Defined in Building and Construction Authority Act 1999, s 27

“means to acquire (by purchase or exchange) and to import essential construction materials”

procurement

Defined in Government Procurement Act 1997, s 2

“means procurement of goods or service or a combination of goods and service by any contractual means, such as purchase or lease, rental or hire‑purchase, with or without an option to buy the goods or service or combination of goods and …”

procurement subject to the Act

Defined in Government Procurement Act 1997, s 2

“means a procurement declared, by order made under section 4(2), to be a procurement subject to this Act”

produce

Defined in Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 2000, s 2

“means forming the chemical through a chemical, biochemical or biologically mediated reaction; and includes forming the chemical by any such reaction as an intermediate, a by-product or a waste product during the manufacture of any product …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

producer

Defined in Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1996, s 2

“means such producer, manufacturer or processor as may be prescribed”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

producer responsibility scheme

Defined in Resource Sustainability Act 2019, s 2

“means a scheme in which —(a)the operator of the scheme collects, or organises the collection of, any specified waste from the public and causes such waste collected to be treated and recycled; and(b)members of the scheme finance the costs …”

product

Defined in Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act, s 2

“means any commodity, article or substance, artificial or natural or partly artificial or natural, or whether tangible or intangible, or whether raw or partly or wholly processed or manufactured, and includes any service”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

product financing

Defined in Securities and Futures Act 2001, s 2

“has the meaning given in the Second Schedule”

product safety functions

Defined in Competition Act 2004, s 101

“means the following functions:(a)promoting among suppliers in Singapore, and educating consumers on, the supply of safe consumer goods and the provision of relevant safety information about consumer goods;(b)preventing the supply of unsafe …”

production

Defined in Gas Act 2001, s 2

“means the production of gas from a production well or a manufacturing plant”

Also defined in 1 other Act

production day

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

“means the date specified in the pioneer enterprise’s pioneer certificate under section 5(5)(b) or (7)(a) or (c) as the production day of that product”

production of primary produce

Defined in Singapore Food Agency Act 2019, s 2

“includes the following:(a)the growing, cultivation, picking, harvesting, collection or catching (including fishing) of animals or plants;(b)the transport or delivery of primary produce;(c)the sorting or grading of primary produce;(d)the …”