Words starting with D

dairy

Defined in MUNICIPAL BOARDS ACT Sanitary Boards changed to Municipal Boards, s 2

“includes cowshed, milk store, milk shop, or other place from which milk is supplied or in which milk is drawn or kept for purposes of sale”

damage

Defined in Fatal Accidents and Personal Injuries Act, s 10

“includes loss of life and personal injury”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Dana

Defined in Dana Pengiran Muda Mahkota Al-Muhtadee Billah for Orphans Act, s 2

“means the Dana Pengiran Muda Mahkota Al-Muhtadee Billah for Orphans.”

dangerous infectious disease

Defined in Infectious Diseases Act, s 2

“means any of the diseases set out in Schedule 2”

dangerous occurrence

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act, s 4

“means any occurrence specified in Schedule 2;”

Darussalam Enterprise

Defined in Darussalam Enterprise Act, s 2

“means the Darussalam Enterprise established under section 3”

data breach

Defined in Personal Data Protection Order, 2025, s 25

“means - (a} the unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification or disposal of personal data; or (b} the loss of any storage medium or device on which personal data is stored in circumstances where the unauthorised …”

data message

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act, s 2

“means information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, optical or similar means, including, but not limited to, electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy”

data processor

Defined in Personal Data Protection Order, 2025, s 2

“means an organisation which processes personal data on behalf of another organisation or public agency”

database report

Defined in Customs Order, 2006, s 2

“means any automatic log, journal or other report which is automatically generated by the computer service referred to in section 103 for the purposes of recording the details of a transaction relating to an electronic notice, including the …”

date of filing

Defined in Patents Act, s 2

“means the date of filing that application by virtue of section 26; and (b) any other application, means the date which, under the law of the country where the application was made or in accordance with the terms of a treaty or convention …”

date of legitimation

Defined in Legitimacy Act, s 2

“means the date of the marriage leading to the legitimation”

day

Defined in Employment Act, s 2

“means a period of 24 hours beginning at midnight”

deal with

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

“includes dispose of”

dealer

Defined in Hire-Purchase Act, s 2

“means a person, not being the hirer or the owner or a servant of the owner, by whom or on whose behalf negotiations leading to the making of a hire-purchase agreement with the owner were carried out or by whom or on whose behalf the …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

debenture

Defined in Securities Markets Order, 2013, s 115

“means a written acknowledgement of indebtedness, issued by a company in respect of a loan made or to be made to it or to any other person, or of money deposited or to be deposited with the company or any other person, or of the existing …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

debenture issuance programme

Defined in Securities Markets Order, 2013, s 115

“means any scheme or arrangement by an entity for the issue of debentures or unit's of debentures where only part of the maximum amount or aggregate number of debentures or units of debentures under the programme is offered initially and a …”

debt

Defined in Constitutional Matters I - Constitution of Brunei Darussalam, art 2

“includes any liability in respect of any obligation to repay capital sums by way of annuities and any liability under any guarantee”

debt bondage

Defined in Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, s 2

“means a status or condition arising from - (a) the pledging by a debtor of the personal services of the debtor or an individual under the debtor's control, as security for a debt; and (b) the reasonable value of such services not being …”

debt provable in bankruptcy

Defined in Bankruptcy Act, s 2

“includes any debt or liability by this Act made provable in bankruptcy”

deceased person

Defined in Stamp Act, s 82

“means a person who died after the commencement of this Act”

deception

Defined in Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, s 2

“means any deception by words or by conduct as to - (a) the nature of work or services to be provided; (b) the conditions of work; (c) the extent to which the person will be free to leave his place of residence”

decision

Defined in Syariah Courts Civil Procedure Code, s 141

“includes judgment and order.”

declared area

Defined in Disaster Management Act, s 2

“means Brunei Darussalam or, if the disaster situation is declared for a part of Brunei Darussalam, that part”

declared disaster powers

Defined in Disaster Management Act, s 2

“means the powers of the Director under sections 30 and 31”

decoration

Defined in Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act, s 2

“includes medal, medal ribbon, clasp and good conduct badge”

default

Defined in Secured Transactions Act, s 3

“means — (a) the failure to pay or otherwise perform the obligation secured when due; or (b) the occurrence of an event that, under a security agreement, gives a secured party the right to enforce a security interest”

default arrangements

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

“means the arrangements put in place by a designated system to limit systemic and other types of risk which arise in the event of a participant appearing to be unable, or likely to become unable, to meet its obligations in respect of a …”

default fine

Defined in Companies Act, s 2

“means a default fine within the meaning of section 3 14”

defaulter

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

“means a person in respect of whom action has been taken by a designated system under its default arrangements; Payment and Settlement Systems (Finality and Netting)”