Words starting with S

statement

Defined in Protection from Harassment Act 2014, s 2

“means any words (including abbreviations and initials), numbers, image (moving or otherwise), sounds, symbols or other representation, or a combination of any of these”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

States of Malaya

Defined in Interpretation Act 1965, s 2

“means —(a)the States of Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor and Trengganu; and(b)every Federal Territory which before its establishment was part of the territory of any State mentioned …”

statistical purposes

Defined in Statistics Act 1973, s 2

“means the compilation of statistics or the preparation of anonymised microdata relating to any subject matter listed in the First Schedule.”

statutory adviser

Defined in Banking Act 1970, s 48A

“means a statutory adviser appointed under section 49”

Also defined in 6 other Acts

statutory authority

Defined in Loans (International Banks) Act 1958, s 2

“means a local authority and any body incorporated directly by any written law and exercising powers vested in such body by law for a public purpose.”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

statutory balance sheet

Defined in Insurance Act 1966, s 2

“mean respectively a balance sheet lodged with the Authority in order to comply with section 94, and a valuation of which the results are shown in a valuation balance sheet lodged with it on an actuarial investigation made in order to …”

statutory board

Defined in Statutory Boards (Taxable Services) Act 1968, s 2

“includes a public telecommunication licensee referred to in the Telecommunications Act 1999, a gas licensee under the Gas Act 2001 and a market support services licensee under the Electricity Act 2001”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

statutory body

Defined in Accounting Standards Act 2007, s 2

“means a body —(a)established or constituted by or under a public Act;(b)that has a public function; and(c)whose annual report and audited financial statements are required by written law to be presented to Parliament.”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

statutory condition of entry

Defined in Public Order Act 2009, s 20

“means a condition that is stated in the notification concerning the event under section 22 to be a statutory condition of entry to the special event area”

statutory corporation

Defined in Payment Systems (Oversight) Act, s 2

“means any body corporate established by or under written law to perform or discharge any public function”

statutory declaration

Defined in Interpretation Act 1965, s 2

“means a declaration made under the Oaths and Declarations Act 2000;(b)in the United Kingdom or any part of the Commonwealth other than in Singapore, means a declaration made before a justice of the peace, notary public or other person …”

statutory demand

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 2

“means a demand in the prescribed form which requires the person to whom it is addressed to pay, secure or compound to the reasonable satisfaction of the creditor making the demand, any debt owed by him to the creditor”

Also defined in 1 other Act

statutory duty of care

Defined in Trustees Act 1967, s 3

“means the duty of care required to be exercised by the trustee under Part 1A”

statutory expenditure

Defined in Financial Procedure Act 1966, s 2

“has the meaning given by Article 148(4) of the Constitution”

statutory lien

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

“means a statutory lien vested in the Authority under section 89”

statutory manager

Defined in Banking Act 1970, s 48A

“means a statutory manager appointed under section 49.”

Also defined in 8 other Acts

statutory meeting

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means the meeting mentioned in section 174”

Also defined in 1 other Act

statutory period

Defined in Organised Crime Act 2015, s 46

“means —(a)if the application for the confiscation order is preceded by a restraint order or charging order (or both) concerning the same subject and organised crime activity, the period of 7 years before the date of application for the …”

statutory repayment schedule

Defined in COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, s 19B

“means a repayment schedule described in section 19P”

statutory report

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means the report mentioned in section 174”

Also defined in 1 other Act

statutory statement

Defined in Feeding Stuffs Act 1965, s 2

“means a written statement furnished under section 5.”

statutory tenant

Defined in Controlled Premises (Special Provisions) Act, s 2

“has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Control of Rent Act”

statutory valuation

Defined in Insurance Act 1966, s 2

“mean respectively a balance sheet lodged with the Authority in order to comply with section 94, and a valuation of which the results are shown in a valuation balance sheet lodged with it on an actuarial investigation made in order to …”

STCW Code

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014, s 2

“means the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code adopted by the 1995 Conference of Parties to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 and any amendment to …”

steam boiler

Defined in Factories Act, s 7

“means any closed vessel in which for any purpose steam is generated under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, and includes any economiser used to heat water being fed to any such vessel, and any superheater used for heating steam”

steam container

Defined in Factories Act, s 7

“means any vessel (other than a steam pipe or coil) constructed with a permanent outlet into the atmosphere or into a space where the pressure does not exceed atmospheric pressure, and through which steam is passed at atmospheric pressure …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

steam receiver

Defined in Factories Act, s 7

“means any vessel or apparatus (other than a steam boiler, steam container, steam pipe or coil or a part of a prime mover) used for containing steam under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure”

Also defined in 1 other Act

step-down care

Defined in Medical and Elderly Care Endowment Schemes Act 2000, s 2

“means —(a)accommodation, personal care and health care for any person suffering or recovering from any sickness, disability or injury;(b)personal care and health care during the day for any such person; or(c)such other forms of health care …”

step-down care institution

Defined in Medical and Elderly Care Endowment Schemes Act 2000, s 2

“means any premises used (whether or not exclusively) for the purpose of providing step‑down care”

step-in order

Defined in Bus Services Industry Act 2015, s 2

“means an order made under section 30”