Words starting with P

public scheme

Defined in Medi Shield Life Scheme Act 2015, s 2

“means any scheme to provide financial relief, assistance or support to citizens or permanent residents of Singapore, or any part of them, that is established —(a)by or under any written law and administered by a public authority; or (b)by …”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

public seal

Defined in Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, s 2

“means the public seal of Singapore”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

public sector

Defined in Civil Service College Act 2001, s 2

“means the Government and any public body.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

public sector body

Defined in Government Technology Agency Act 2016, s 2

“means a Ministry, a Government department, a public authority or any other body of persons in the public sector”

public security purpose

Defined in Home Team Science and Technology Agency Act 2019, s 2

“means —(a)the maintaining of law and order and the preserving or restoring of public peace and safety in Singapore;(b)the prevention and detection of crimes and offences under any written law; or(c)the prevention of, and the response to …”

public servant

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

“means an officer holding a pensionable office or an officer serving on probation or on agreement in a pensionable office, in the service of the Government, but does not include an officer —(a)who is not restricted by law to one wife at a …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

public service

Defined in Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, s 2

“means service under the Government”

Also defined in 6 other Acts

Public Service Commission

Defined in Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, s 2

“means the Public Service Commission constituted under this Constitution”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

public service motor vehicle

Defined in Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019, s 2

“means a public service vehicle which is a motor vehicle”

public service vehicle

Defined in Road Traffic Act 1961, s 2

“means a vehicle used or kept for use for the carriage, for hire or reward, of —(a)in the case of a motor car which does not ply for hire on any road but is hired under a contract, express or implied, for the use of the car as a whole, the …”

Also defined in 6 other Acts

public sewerage system

Defined in Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999, s 2

“includes —(a)sewerage systems which were vested in the Government before 1 April 1999 under the repealed Water Pollution Control and Drainage Act or any other written law;(b)sewerage systems with respect to which a declaration of vesting …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

public sewers

Defined in Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999, s 2

“includes —(a)sewers which were vested in the Government before 1 April 1999 under the repealed Water Pollution Control and Drainage Act or any other written law;(b)sewers with respect to which a declaration of vesting has been made under …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

public sewers and sewerage systems

Defined in Water Pollution Control and Drainage Act, s 2

“means all sewers and sewerage systems —(a)which, by virtue of the Local Government Integration Act, were immediately before the date of commencement of this Act vested in the Government;(b)constructed by the Government at its expense or …”

public shelter

Defined in Civil Defence Shelter Act 1997, s 2

“means a shelter in any building or part thereof for the use of any person needing to take refuge therein during a state of emergency”

public stores

Defined in Financial Procedure Act 1966, s 2

“means chattels which are the property of or in the possession of or under the control of Singapore”

public street

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act, s 2

“means any street over which the public has a right of way which was usually repaired or maintained by the City Council or the Rural Board before 1st September 1963, or which has been transferred to or has become vested in the Government …”

Also defined in 7 other Acts

public telecommunication licensee

Defined in Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, s 2

“means a person designated by the Authority under section 27”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Public Transport Council

Defined in Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019, s 2

“means the Public Transport Council established under the Public Transport Council Act 1987”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Public Transport Fund

Defined in Public Transport Council Act 1987, s 2

“means the fund of that name established under Part 4”

public transport official

Defined in Public Transport Council Act 1987, s 2

“means an individual appointed by the Council as a public transport official under section 51”

public transportation

Defined in Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005, s 2

“means transportation by bus, taxi, rail or any other conveyance, whether publicly or privately operated, which provides general or special service to the general public on a regular and continuing basis, and includes such other means of …”

public transportation system

Defined in Terrorism (Suppression of Bombings) Act 2007, s 2

“means all conveyances, facilities, buildings and objects (whether publicly or privately owned) used in or for services that are available to the public for the transportation of persons or cargo”

Public Trustee

Defined in Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960, s 2

“means the Public Trustee appointed under the provisions of the Public Trustee Act 1915 and includes a Deputy Public Trustee and an Assistant Public Trustee appointed under the provisions of that Act”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Public Utilities Board

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 78

“means the Public Utilities Board continued under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act 2001”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

public waste collector licensee

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 2

“means a person designated by the Director‑General under section 31(3)”

publication

Defined in Undesirable Publications Act 1967, s 2

“means any of the following other than a film:(a)any book, magazine or periodical, whether in manuscript or final form;(b)any sound recording;(c)any picture or drawing, whether made by computer graphics or otherwise howsoever;(d)any …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

publicly accessible place

Defined in Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Act 1992, s 2

“means any place to which the public or a section of the public has access as of right, or by virtue of express or implied permission with or without payment of a fee”

publicly accessible premises

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 2

“means any premises to which the public or a section of the public has access as of right, or by virtue of any express or implied permission with or without payment of a fee and whether or not access to the premises may be restricted at …”

publicly available

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2012, s 2

“means personal data that is generally available to the public, and includes personal data which can be observed by reasonably expected means at a location or an event —(a)at which the individual appears; and(b)that is open to the public”

publicly display

Defined in Presidential Elections Act 1991, s 2

“means to display, exhibit, screen or project the content —(a)in a public place in order that another person may see the content;(b)in or on a conveyance (whether mobile or stationary) used for public passenger transport and which is in a …”