Words starting with W

wireless telegraphy apparatus

Defined in Copyright Act, s 7

“means an appliance or apparatus for the purpose of transmitting or receiving sounds or visual images by means of wireless telegraphy”

withdrawal application

Defined in Central Provident Fund Act 1953, s 67A

“means an application, submitted on behalf of a member, to the Board —(a)by a Medisave healthcare provider for any sum standing to the member’s credit in the member’s medisave account to be withdrawn and paid to the Medisave healthcare …”

word

Defined in Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act 1955, s 2

“includes a letter and a numeral.”

words

Defined in Defamation Act 1957, s 2

“includes pictures, visual images, gestures and other methods of signifying meaning.”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

work

Defined in Copyright Act, s 7

“means a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work”

Also defined in 1 other Act

work injury

Defined in Work Injury Compensation Act 2019, s 2

“means personal injury that is caused to the individual by an accident arising out of and in the course of the individual’s employment”

work of engineering construction

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, s 4

“means any work specified in the Third Schedule”

Also defined in 1 other Act

work of joint authorship

Defined in Copyright Act, s 7

“means a work that has been produced by the collaboration of 2 or more authors and in which the contribution of each author is not separate from the contribution of the other author or the contributions of other authors”

Also defined in 1 other Act

work order

Defined in Small Claims Tribunals Act 1984, s 2

“means an order to rectify a defect in goods or any damage to property, or to make good any deficiency in the performance of services, by doing such work or attending to such matters (including the replacement of goods or parts thereof) as …”

work pass

Defined in Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990, s 2

“means a work pass belonging to any prescribed category of work passes which is issued by the Controller under section 7.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

work permit

Defined in Regulation of Employment Act, s 2

“means a work permit issued under section 5.”

work place

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, s 2

“means any premises or place used for any industrial, trade, commercial or manufacturing purposes and includes all construction sites, work sites and farms.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Workforce Singapore Agency

Defined in Skills and Workforce Development Agency Act 2026, s 67

“means the public body of that name established by section 3 of the Workforce Singapore Agency Act 2003 as in force before the date of commencement of section 74”

Also defined in 1 other Act

working day

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means any day except Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday.”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

workman

Defined in Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955, s 5

“means any person who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer, whether the contract be for manual labour, clerical work or otherwise, be expressed or implied, oral or in writing, and whether it be a contract of service …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

workplace

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, s 5

“means any premises where a person is at work or is to work, for the time being works, or customarily works, and includes a factory.(2) Subject to this section”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

workplace safety and health auditor

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, s 4

“means a workplace safety and health auditor appointed under section 30”

workplace safety and health committee

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, s 4

“means a workplace safety and health committee appointed under section 29”

workplace safety and health coordinator

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, s 4

“means a workplace safety and health coordinator appointed under section 28”

workplace safety and health officer

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, s 4

“means a workplace safety and health officer appointed under section 28.”

works

Defined in Foreshores Act 1920, s 2

“means any of the works and things mentioned in section 4.”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

works within a conservation area

Defined in Planning Act, s 14

“means any decorative, painting, renovation or building works which may affect the character or appearance, whether external or internal, of any building, premises or land situated within a conservation area but does not include any works …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

World Trade Organisation Agreement

Defined in Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1996, s 2

“means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994.”

wreck

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Wreck Removal) Act 2017, s 2

“means —(a)a sunken or stranded ship;(b)any part of a sunken or stranded ship, including any object that is or has been on board such a ship;(c)any object that is lost at sea from a ship and that is stranded, sunken or adrift at sea; or(d)a …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

wreck removal insurance

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Wreck Removal) Act 2017, s 14

“means a contract of insurance or other financial security satisfying the requirements of Article 12 of the Convention.”

writ

Defined in Land Titles Act, s 113

“means a writ of execution issued out of the High Court, or any other court having jurisdiction to levy execution against land, and, where the context admits, includes renewal of a writ and a second or subsequent writ on the same judgment”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

writing

Defined in Copyright Act, s 7

“means a mode of representing or reproducing words, figures or symbols in a visible form, and “written” shall have a corresponding meaning.”

Also defined in 8 other Acts

written

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code, s 2

“include printing, lithography, photography, engraving and every other mode in which words or figures can be expressed on paper or on any substance”

written direction

Defined in Co-operative Societies Act 1979, s 2

“means a written direction issued under section 93(2).”

Also defined in 1 other Act

written directions

Defined in Trust Companies Act 2005, s 2

“means written directions issued by the Authority under section 76.”