Words starting with S

schooling

Defined in Education Endowment and Savings Schemes Act 1992, s 2

“means enrolled as a full-time student of a prescribed school or a junior college”

Science Centre

Defined in Science Centre Act 1970, s 2

“means the Science Centre established under section 5.”

scientific adviser

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means any person with any scientific qualification, any medical practitioner, engineer, architect, surveyor, accountant, actuary and any other specially skilled person”

SCPR date

Defined in Care Shield Life and Long-Term Care Act 2019, s 2

“means the date on which the individual becomes a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident of Singapore, whichever occurs first”

screening

Defined in Private Security Industry Act 2007, s 2

“means —(a)a search of an individual, or of any property in the individual’s possession, by means of an equipment that is designed to carry out the search without touching the individual or the individual’s property, as the case may be;(b)a …”

sculpture

Defined in Copyright Act, s 7

“includes a cast or model made for purposes of sculpture”

Also defined in 1 other Act

SDR

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/”

sea

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act 1995, s 2

“includes any waters within the ebb and flow of tide”

sea-going ship

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 2

“means any ship going beyond port limits”

Seabed Disputes Chamber

Defined in Deep Seabed Mining Act 2015, s 2

“means the Seabed Disputes Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea established under the Convention”

seafarer

Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2

“means any person, including the master, who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a ship, but does not include —(a)a pilot;(b)a port worker;(c)a person temporarily employed on the ship during the period it is in port …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

seafarer recruitment and placement service

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

“means any person, company, institution, agency or other organisation which is engaged in recruiting seafarers on behalf of shipowners or placing seafarers with shipowners”

seal

Defined in State Courts Act 1970, s 2

“includes stamp.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

seaman

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

“means any person normally engaged on ship’s articles on any vessel going beyond the limits of the port, but does not include —(a)masters, mates, engineers, radio officers, pursers, cadets, laundrymen and stevedores;(b)probationer …”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

seamen

Defined in National Maritime Board Act, s 2

“means any person normally engaged on ship’s articles on any vessel going beyond the limits of any port, or place declared to be a port, from time to time by the Minister under section 3 of the Port of Singapore Authority Act, except …”

search

Defined in Patents Act 1994, s 2

“means a search conducted by an Examiner in relation to an application for a patent to discover such matters as may be prescribed”

Also defined in 1 other Act

searchable place

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

“means —(a)any premises in Singapore;(b)an aircraft, a vehicle or a vessel within the jurisdiction of Singapore;(c)a Singapore aircraft;(d)a Singapore platform; or(e)a Singapore vessel”

second emissions threshold

Defined in Carbon Pricing Act 2018, s 2

“means the second emissions threshold specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule”

Second Minister

Defined in Debt Collection Act 2022, s 36

“means the Second Minister to the Minister, if any.”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Second Schedule biological agent

Defined in Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005, s 2

“means any biological agent specified in the Second Schedule”

secondary securities

Defined in Exchange Control Act 1953, s 2

“has the meaning assigned to it by section 21”

secondary society

Defined in Co-operative Societies Act 1979, s 2

“means a society, each of whose registered members is a co‑operative society, a trade union or a platform work association”

secondhand goods dealer

Defined in Secondhand Goods Dealers Act 2007, s 2

“means any person who deals in secondhand goods”

Also defined in 1 other Act

secretary

Defined in Land Surveyors Act, s 2

“means the Secretary of the Board”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Secretary to the Cabinet

Defined in Interpretation Act 1965, s 2

“means the Secretary to the Cabinet appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution”

section 10 commencement date

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 41

“means the date of commencement of section 10”

section 34 prohibition

Defined in Competition Act 2004, s 2

“means the prohibition referred to in section 34(1)”

section 36 commencement date

Defined in Corporate Service Providers Act 2024, s 41

“means the date of commencement of section 36.”

section 45H direction

Defined in Broadcasting Act 1994, s 45T

“means a direction given under section 45H to a provider of an online communication service, and includes such a direction that is varied under section 59(3) on appeal”

section 45I blocking direction

Defined in Broadcasting Act 1994, s 45T

“means a direction given under section 45I to a provider of an internet access service, and includes such a direction varied under section 59(3) on appeal”