Words starting with A

a citizen of Brunei Darussalam

Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

“means a person who is a subject of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan by virtue of the provisions of any written law relating to nationality”

a senior police officer

Defined in Common Gaming Houses Act, s 2

“means any police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent and includes any police officer by name or office specially authorised by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by notification published in the Gazette, to …”

abandon

Defined in Persons with Disabilities Act, s 18

“means to desert or knowingly forsake a person with disabilities under circumstances in which a reasonable person would continue to provide care and custody”

abduct

Defined in Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, s 2

“means in relation to an individual, to compel by force, or induce by any deceitful means, the individual to go from any place”

abduction

Defined in Kidnapping Act, s 2

“shall have the meanings assigned to them in sections 362, 339 and 340 of the Penal Code respec-tively. Citation Interpreta-tion”

abroad

Defined in Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act, s 2

“means out of Brunei Darussalam”

ABTC

Defined in Passports Act, s 2

“has the meaning assigned to it in the Immigration (APEC Business Travel Card) Regulations, 2003”

abuse of a person with disabilities

Defined in Persons with Disabilities Act, s 18

“means — (a) the intentional infliction of physical or emotional injury upon a person with disabilities; (b) an intentional act that could reasonably be expected to result in physical or emotional injury to a person with disabilities; (c) …”

abuse of a position of vulnerability

Defined in Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, s 2

“means taking advantage of the vulnerable position a person is placed in as a result of - (a) having entered the country illegally or without proper documentation; (b) pregnancy or any physical or mental disease or disability of the person …”

abuse of power

Defined in Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, s 2

“means any situation where a public officer uses his position or takes advantage of his position in order to commit an offence”

academic educational institution

Defined in Education Act, s 2

“means an educational institution which mainly provides academic education”

academic load

Defined in Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act, s 2

“means the quantitative measure of learning activities which includes lectures, tutorials, seminars, practical work, field work, self study and examinations to achieve a set of learning outcomes”

acceptance

Defined in Bills of Exchange Act, s 2

“means an acceptance completed by delivery or notification”

access

Defined in Payment and Settlement Systems (Oversight) Act, s 2

“means the entitlement or eligibility of a person to become a participant in the payment system, on a commercial basis on terms that are fair and reasonable”

access regime

Defined in Payment and Settlement Systems (Oversight) Act, s 2

“means an access regime imposed by the Authority under section 15”

accession

Defined in Secured Transactions Act, s 3

“means goods that are installed in, or affixed to, other goods without losing their identity”

accessory unit

Defined in Land Code (Strata) Act, s 2

“means a unit, whether or not part of a building, that is designed for use with any principal unit, whether as a garden, garage, car parking space, storage space, swimming pool, laundry, stairway, passage or any other such purpose, and that …”

accident

Defined in Civil Aviation Act, s 2

“means any unusual and unexpected situation or occurrence involving an aircraft in flight, or persons or property aboard such an aircraft, which results in serious personal injury, death or serious property damage, or which results in …”

accommodation premises

Defined in Tourism Act, s 2

“includes bed and breakfast, hostels, hotels, inns, boarding-houses, rest houses, lodging houses and homestay, held out by the proprietor, owner or manager, either wholly or partly, as offering lodging or sleeping accommodation to tourists …”

account debtor

Defined in Secured Transactions Act, s 3

“means a person who is obligated under an account receivable or chattel paper”

account receivable

Defined in Secured Transactions Act, s 3

“means a right to payment of a monetary obligation that is not evidenced by chattel paper, a negotiable instrument or an investment security, whether or not that obligation has been earned by performance”

accounting corporation

Defined in Accountants Act, s 2

“means a company approved as an accounting corporation under section 20”

Also defined in 1 other Act

accounting entity

Defined in Companies Act, s 2

“means a public accountant, an accounting corporation, an accounting firm or an accounting limited liability partnership”

accounting firm

Defined in Accountants Act, s 2

“means a firm approved as an accounting firm under section 21”

Also defined in 1 other Act

accounting limited liability partnership

Defined in Accountants Act, s 2

“means a limited liability partnership approved as an accounting limited liability partnership under section 22”

Also defined in 1 other Act

accounting officer

Defined in Audit Act, s 2

“includes every public officer who is charged with the duty of collecting, receiving, or accounting for, or who in fact collects, receives or accounts for, any public moneys, or who is charged with the duty of disbursing, or who does in …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

accounting period

Defined in Income Tax (Petroleum) Act, s 2

“means — (a) a period of 12 months commencing on the date of the first sale or disposal of petroleum by or on behalf of a company engaged in petroleum operations, whichever event shall be the earlier, or commencing on such date within the …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

accounting records

Defined in Companies Act, s 2

“includes such working papers and other documents as are necessary to explain the methods and calculations by which accounts of the corporations are made up”

accounting standard

Defined in Accounting Standards Act, s 2

“means — (a) an accounting standard made or formulated by the Council under Part 4; or (b) an accounting standard for statutory bodies established by the Authority under Part 5”

accounting standards

Defined in Companies Act, s 2

“means the accounting standards made or formulated by the Accounting Standards Council under Part I11 of the Accounting Standards Order, 20 10 (S 1 16/20 10) and applicable to companies and to companies to which Part 9 applies in respect of …”