Words starting with S

Special Constabulary

Defined in Enlistment Act 1970, s 2

“means the Special Constabulary constituted under Part 8 of the Police Force Act 2004”

Special Constabulary Regulations

Defined in Police Force Act 2004, s 2

“means regulations made under section 85”

special development

Defined in Infrastructure Protection Act 2017, s 2

“means a new development designated as a special development under section 34”

special direction

Defined in Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015, s 3

“means a direction made by a court under section 6(2) against a contravening party (within the meaning of that section)”

special drawing right

Defined in Multimodal Transport Act 2021, s 2

“means the unit of account by that name as defined by the International Monetary Fund on its official website at https://www.imf.org/”

special employee

Defined in Casino Control Act 2006, s 2

“means a person, whether or not an employee of a casino operator, who —(a)is employed or working in a casino in a managerial capacity or who is authorised to make decisions, involving the exercise of his or her discretion, that regulate the …”

special employee licence

Defined in Casino Control Act 2006, s 2

“means a special employee licence issued by the Authority under Part 5”

special event

Defined in Public Order Act 2009, s 2

“means an event declared by the Commissioner or the Minister (as the case may be) to be a special event”

special event area

Defined in Public Order Act 2009, s 2

“means, for the period the declaration by the Commissioner or the Minister (as the case may be) for the event is in force —(a)the place or places stated in the declaration as the location or locations at which the event is or is to be …”

special export permit

Defined in Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act 1997, s 2

“means a permit under a set of Article 11 regulations permitting the export of hazardous or other waste”

special import permit

Defined in Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act 1997, s 2

“means a permit under a set of Article 11 regulations permitting the import of hazardous or other waste”

special infrastructure

Defined in Infrastructure Protection Act 2017, s 2

“means —(a)a special infrastructure described in section 40; or(b)any premises designated as a special infrastructure under section 41”

special investigator

Defined in Prevention of Corruption Act, s 2

“means a special investigator of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

special marriage licence

Defined in Women’s Charter 1961, s 2

“means a special marriage licence granted by the Minister under section 21”

special notice

Defined in Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, s 61

“has the meaning given by section 185 of the Companies Act 1967”

special permit

Defined in Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act 1997, s 2

“means a special export permit, a special import permit or a special transit permit”

special police officer

Defined in Police Force Act, s 2

“means a member of the Special Constabulary constituted under Part VIII”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

special polling station

Defined in Presidential Elections Act 1991, s 2

“means a polling station established in Singapore under section 30A(1)”

special power

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

“means any power conferred under Part 4 or section 31, 35(4) or (5) or 48”

special purpose company

Defined in Exchanges (Demutualisation and Merger) Act 1999, s 2

“means a company incorporated in Singapore and designated by the Minister under section 3(2)(b)”

special purpose financial statements

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 3

“have the meanings given by the part entitled “Glossary” in the Singapore Standards on Auditing”

special resolution

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 2

“means a resolution decided by a majority in number and three-fourths in value of the creditors present personally or by proxy at a meeting of creditors and voting on the resolution.”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

special transit permit

Defined in Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act 1997, s 2

“means a permit under a set of Article 11 regulations permitting the carrying out of one or more transit proposals relating to hazardous or other waste”

special upgrading works

Defined in Housing and Development Act 1959, s 75

“means —(a)any items of work necessary or ancillary to installing any lift or additional lift within or in relation to any building or part of a building; or(b)any other items of upgrading works prescribed by the Minister, being works to be …”

specialist

Defined in Advance Medical Directive Act 1996, s 2

“means a medical practitioner who possesses such postgraduate medical qualifications as the Director‑General may recognise for the purposes of this Act”

Also defined in 1 other Act

specialist accredited checker

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means an accredited checker who is registered under section 16 to undertake the work of an accredited checker as regards the geotechnical aspects of any geotechnical building works”

specialist building works

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means any of the following types of building works:(a)piling works consisting of the installation and testing of any of the following:(i)pre-cast reinforced concrete or pre-stressed concrete piles;(ii)steel piles;(iii)bored cast-in-place …”

specialist insurer

Defined in Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011, s 2

“means —(a)an insurer which is licensed under section 11 of the Insurance Act 1966 and which is permitted by its licence to carry on the business of issuing financial guarantee policies;(b)an insurer which is licensed under section 11 of …”

specialist medical clinic

Defined in Voluntary Sterilisation Act 1974, s 2

“means a medical clinic —(a)that is licensed under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980; and(b)at which a registered medical practitioner, who is registered under section 22 of the Medical Registration Act 1997 as a specialist …”

specialist professional engineer

Defined in Professional Engineers Act 1991, s 2

“means a person registered under section 22 as a specialist professional engineer”