Words starting with P

personal injuries

Defined in Limitation Act 1959, s 2

“includes any disease and any impairment of a person’s physical or mental condition”

personal injury

Defined in Work Injury Compensation Act 2019, s 2

“includes an occupational disease or a disease mentioned in section 10(1)(c)”

Also defined in 1 other Act

personal mobility device

Defined in Active Mobility Act 2017, s 2

“means a wheeled vehicle that —(a)is built to transport people only (with or without carry‑on baggage); and(b)is propelled by an electric motor attached to the vehicle or by human power or both,and includes a skateboard, but does not …”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

personal property

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

“means things worn or carried by an individual or apparently in the possession or immediate control of the individual”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

personal representative

Defined in Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001, s 2

“means the executor (original or by representation) or administrator for the time being of a deceased person”

Also defined in 1 other Act

pertinent financial institution

Defined in Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970, s 31

“has the meaning given by section 49”

pest

Defined in Agricultural Pests Act, s 2

“includes every insect, invertebrate animal, rodent, plant and fungus which is destructive or injurious, or apt to be destructive or injurious, to cultivated plants”

Also defined in 1 other Act

pesticide

Defined in Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act 1998, s 2

“means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or mixture or preparation of those substances, containing one or more active ingredients and used for vector control, but does not include any fumigant controlled under the Hydrogen Cyanide …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

pesticide residue

Defined in Control of Plants Act 1993, s 2

“means the remains of any substance resulting from the use of any pesticide, the level of which is prescribed by rules made under this Act”

petroleum

Defined in Petroleum Act, s 2

“includes the liquids commonly known by the names of rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burma oil, kerosene, paraffin oil, petrol, gasoline, benzol, benzoline, benzine, naphtha and any like inflammable liquid, whether a natural product or one that is …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

petroleum in bulk

Defined in Petroleum Act, s 2

“means petroleum in any vessel or receptacle having a capacity of 1,364 litres or more”

pharmaceutical product

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means a medicinal product which is a substance used wholly or mainly by being administered to a human being for the purpose of treating or preventing disease, but does not include —(a)any substance which is used solely —(i)for diagnosis or …”

pharmacist

Defined in Medicines Act 1975, s 2

“means a person who is registered as a pharmacist under the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007 and has in force a valid practising certificate issued under that Act”

Also defined in 1 other Act

photograph

Defined in Copyright Act, s 7

“means a product of photography or of a process similar to photography, other than an article or thing in which visual images forming part of a cinematograph film have been embodied, and includes a product of xerography, and “photography” …”

Also defined in 8 other Acts

physical abuse

Defined in Vulnerable Adults Act 2018, s 2

“includes conduct or behaviour —(a)that causes, or threatens to cause, personal injury or physical pain to an individual;(b)that coerces, or attempts to coerce, an individual to engage in sexual activity; or(c)that threatens an individual …”

physical currency

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

“means the coin and printed money (whether of Singapore or of a foreign country) that —(a)is designated as legal tender; and(b)circulates as, and is customarily used and accepted as, a medium of exchange in the country of issue”

physical feature

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 22D

“includes the following physical features (permanent or temporary):(a)any feature arising from the design or construction of the building;(b)any feature of any approach to, exit from or access to such a building;(c)any fixtures, fittings or …”

phytosanitary certificate

Defined in Control of Plants Act 1993, s 2

“means a phytosanitary certificate mentioned in section 30(1)”

picture

Defined in Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018, s 2

“includes —(a)a drawing, whether made by computer graphics or otherwise; or(b)a photograph, photographic negative, photographic plate or photographic slide”

pilgrim

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 144

“means a Muslim passenger of any age or of either sex, journeying or about to journey from any port in Singapore to any port in the Red Sea or in the Gulf of Aden or in the Arabian Sea, except ports in India or Pakistan, with a view to the …”

pilgrim broker

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 144

“means —(a)any person who is concerned in bringing into Singapore, any pilgrim, but does not include the owner, agent or master of the ship by which such pilgrim is brought into Singapore;(b)any person, other than the owner or agent of a …”

pilgrim of the lowest class

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 144

“means a pilgrim for whom no accommodation in any cabin, state-room or saloon is reserved”

pilgrim pass

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 144

“means a pass in the prescribed form issued to a pilgrim in pursuance of rules made under this Part, and includes a certificate of identity issued by the government of any foreign country to a subject of that country who is about to proceed …”

pilgrim ship

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 144

“means a ship conveying or about to convey pilgrims from or to any port in Singapore, to or from any port in the Red Sea or the Gulf of Aden, or to or from any port in the Arabian Sea, except ports in India or Pakistan:Provided that no ship …”

pilot

Defined in Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996, s 2

“means any person not belonging to a vessel who has the conduct of it”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

pilot in command

Defined in Police Force Act 2004, s 60

“means a person who for the time being is in charge of the piloting of the aircraft without being under the direction of any other pilot in the aircraft”

Also defined in 1 other Act

pilot of an aircraft

Defined in Control of Imports and Exports Act, s 2

“means every person having or taking command or charge of an aircraft”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

pilot-in-command

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means —(a)the pilot designated by the operator of the aircraft as being in command and charged with the safe conduct of a flight using that aircraft; and(b)if no such person under paragraph (a) is designated, a person who is, for the time …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

pilotage

Defined in High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act 1961, s 2

“mean towage and pilotage while the aircraft is waterborne.”

Pilotage Committee

Defined in Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996, s 2

“means the Pilotage Committee appointed under section 66”

Also defined in 1 other Act