Words starting with S

stillborn child

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

“has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021”

Also defined in 1 other Act

stock

Defined in Government Loans (Conversion and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, s 2

“means any stock or debenture issued in accordance with the terms of any Government Loans.”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

stock exchange

Defined in Securities Industry Act, s 2

“means any body corporate which has been approved by the Minister under section 16(2)”

stock market

Defined in Securities Industry Act, s 2

“means a market, or other place at which, or a facility by means of which —(a)offers to sell, purchase or exchange securities are regularly made or accepted;(b)offers or invitations are regularly made, being offers or invitations that are …”

stockbroker

Defined in Securities Industry Act, s 2

“means a person who is a member of a securities exchange and a director of a member company”

stocks

Defined in Government Securities Act 1992, s 2

“means stocks issued under Part 4”

stolen property

Defined in Secondhand Dealers Act, s 2

“means property the possession whereof has been transferred by theft, or by extortion, or by robbery, and property which has been criminally misappropriated or in respect of which criminal breach of trust or cheating has been committed …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

stop communication direction

Defined in Online Criminal Harms Act 2023, s 2

“means a direction described in section 8”

Also defined in 1 other Act

stop publication order

Defined in Protection from Harassment Act 2014, s 2

“means an order made under section 15A”

stop publishing

Defined in Protection from Harassment Act 2014, s 2

“means taking the reasonable steps to ensure that the communication is not made available in any form such that the communication is or can be seen, heard or otherwise perceived by the public in Singapore or any member of the public in …”

storage licence

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 77

“means a licence to store or keep any class of petroleum or any flammable material at any premises specified in the licence”

storage permit

Defined in Building and Construction Authority Act 1999, s 27

“means any storage permit granted under section 35 in respect of such premises as may be specified in the storage permit”

storage tank

Defined in Public Utilities Act 2001, s 2

“means any tank or storage cistern that has a free water surface under atmospheric pressure, but does not include —(a)a flushing cistern; or(b)a drinking-trough or drinking-bowl for animals (including poultry)”

stored value

Defined in Payment Systems (Oversight) Act, s 2

“means the sum of money that —(a)has been paid in advance for goods or services intended to be purchased through the use of the stored value facility;(b)is available for use from time to time for making payment under the terms and …”

stored value facility

Defined in Payment Systems (Oversight) Act, s 2

“means —(a)a facility (other than cash), whether in physical or electronic form, which is purchased or otherwise acquired by a person (referred to in this Act as the user) to be used as a means of making payment for goods or services up to …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

storey shelter

Defined in Civil Defence Shelter Act 1997, s 2

“means a shelter located on any storey of a building which is subdivided into flats for the use, primarily, of the occupants of, and of persons ordinarily frequenting, the flats on that storey of the building.”

stormwater

Defined in Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999, s 2

“means rainwater and surface water but does not include sewage”

Also defined in 1 other Act

stormwater drainage system

Defined in Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999, s 2

“means a system of drains for the conveyance or storage of stormwater and includes —(a)any weir, grating, float, boom, gauge, tidegate, sump, storage pond, pumping station, maintenance access, and debris interception and removal facility …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

stowaway

Defined in Immigration Act 1959, s 2

“means a person who is secreted in a vessel, an aircraft or a train without the consent of the master or other person in charge of the vessel, aircraft or train and includes such a person who is arriving in or departing from Singapore on …”

stranger

Defined in Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act 1962, s 2

“means any person who is not a Member or officer of Parliament.”

strata roll

Defined in Building (Strata Management) Act 2004, s 2

“means the roll mentioned in section 46 which relates to that plan”

Also defined in 1 other Act

strata subdivision

Defined in Building (Strata Management) Act 2004, s 2

“includes a subdivision of land to comprise one or more lots, whether or not any lot is on the same level as any other lot”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

strata title plan

Defined in Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967, s 3

“means a plan of registered land which —(a)is described in the title or heading thereto as a strata title plan;(b)shows the whole or any part of the land comprised therein as being divided into 2 or more strata, whether or not any stratum …”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

strategic goods

Defined in Strategic Goods (Control) Act 2002, s 2

“means any goods prescribed by the Minister as strategic goods under section 4A”

strategic goods technology

Defined in Strategic Goods (Control) Act 2002, s 2

“means any technology prescribed by the Minister as strategic goods technology under section 4A”

stratum

Defined in Building (Strata Management) Act 2004, s 2

“means any part of land which consists of a space of any shape below, on or above the surface of the land, or partly below and partly above the surface of the land, the dimensions of which are delineated”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

street

Defined in Street Works Act 1995, s 2

“includes —(a)any road, bridge, underpass, tunnel, square, path, footway or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public has a right of way; and(b)any road, path, footway or passage, open court or open alley, used or …”

Also defined in 18 other Acts

Street and Building Names Board

Defined in Property Tax Act 1960, s 2

“means the Street and Building Names Board established under section 49(1)”

street works

Defined in Street Works Act 1995, s 2

“includes works of levelling, paving, metalling, flagging, kerbing, channelling, draining, lighting, laying of cables and mains and other utility services and otherwise the making good of a street or part of the street”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

street-hail common pricing scheme

Defined in Public Transport Council Act 1987, s 2

“means a contract made between the prescribed street‑hail industry participants providing a street‑hail service that provides —(a)for a common price or price structure for a fare component in relation to that street‑hail service; and(b)for …”