Words starting with P

passport

Defined in Passports Act, s 2

“means a Singapore passport or other travel document.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

past officer

Defined in Co-operative Societies Act 1979, s 2

“means a person who at any time before the occurrence of the obligation was, or performed the duties of, an officer”

past reserves of the Government

Defined in Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, s 142

“means the reserves not accumulated by the Government during its current term of office, including accretions thereto deemed under clauses (1C) and (2) to be part thereof, but less such amount that is certified under clause (1A)(b) or such …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

patent

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means a patent under this Act and includes a patent in force by virtue of section 117(3)”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Patent Co-operation Treaty

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means the treaty of that name signed at Washington on 19 June 1970”

patent error

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

“means an error that is obvious, manifest or otherwise easily recognisable on the face of the claim”

patented invention

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means an invention for which a patent is granted and “patented process” is to be construed accordingly”

patented product

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means a product which is a patented invention or, in relation to a patented process, a product obtained directly by means of the process or to which the process has been applied”

patentee

Defined in Patents (Compulsory Licensing) Act, s 2

“means the person for the time being entered on the Register of Patents as the grantee or proprietor of the patent”

path‑connected open space

Defined in Active Mobility Act 2017, s 2

“means a courtyard, plaza, square, quadrangle, atrium, peristyle or other substantially level and unenclosed open space that —(a)is surfaced and is not a green verge or other area provided for the growing of grass, trees or other …”

pathologist

Defined in Coroners Act 2010, s 2

“means a medical practitioner who is registered as a specialist in pathology under the Medical Registration Act 1997”

patient

Defined in Advance Medical Directive Act 1996, s 2

“means any person (whether or not he or she is undergoing any medical treatment, care or therapy) who is not mentally disordered, who has attained 21 years of age and who has made or desires to make a directive in accordance with this Act”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

patron

Defined in Amusement Rides Safety Act 2011, s 2

“means any person who uses an amusement ride”

patronage refund

Defined in Co-operative Societies Act 1979, s 2

“means a portion of the net surplus of a society distributed among its members in proportion to the volume of business done by them with the society from which the surplus of the society was derived”

pawn

Defined in Pawnbrokers Act 2015, s 3

“means to give possession of goods to a lender of money as security for the repayment of a loan”

pawnbroker

Defined in Pawnbrokers Act 2015, s 3

“means a person who carries on a business of lending money on the security of pledges”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

pawnbroking

Defined in Pawnbrokers Act 2015, s 3

“means lending money on the security of a pledge”

pawner

Defined in Pawnbrokers Act, s 2

“means a person delivering an article for pawn to a pawnbroker”

Also defined in 1 other Act

payable maintenance

Defined in Women’s Charter 1961, s 76

“means any amount that has not fallen due but will become due and payable by a respondent, under a maintenance order, by such date or dates as the court may specify in a show‑payment order”

payee

Defined in Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975, s 2

“means the person entitled to the payments for which the order provides”

Also defined in 1 other Act

payer

Defined in Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1975, s 2

“means the person liable to make payments under the order”

Also defined in 1 other Act

paying audience

Defined in Copyright Act 2021, s 7

“has the meaning given by section 76(1)”

payment blocking order

Defined in Gambling Control Act 2022, s 116

“means an order under section 118(1)(b) or (3) to block specified transactions”

Also defined in 1 other Act

payment claim

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

“means a claim made by a claimant for a progress payment under section 10”

payment entity

Defined in Payment Services Act 2019, s 77

“means any of the following entities:(a)a licensee;(b)a person that is granted a licence under section 57B of the Banking Act 1970 to carry on the business of issuing credit cards or charge cards in Singapore;(c)an operator of a designated …”

payment for admission

Defined in Entertainments Duty Act, s 2

“includes any payment made by a person who, having been admitted to one part of a place of entertainment, is subsequently admitted to another part thereof for admission to which a payment or a further payment involving duty is required”

payment order

Defined in Payment Services Act 2019, s 2

“means an instruction to a payment service provider requesting for the execution of a payment transaction”

payment response

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

“means a response to a payment claim made by a respondent under section 11(1) or 12(4)”

payment service

Defined in Payment Services Act 2019, s 2

“means any service that is specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule, but excludes any service that is specified in Part 2 of that Schedule”

payment service provider

Defined in Payment Services Act 2019, s 2

“means any person that provides a payment service”