Words starting with D

designated payment instrument

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

“means a payment instrument prescribed as a designated instrument under section 35(1)”

designated payment system

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

“means a payment system that is designated by the Authority under section 7 to be a designated payment system for the purposes of this Act”

designated system

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

“means a system that is designated by the Authority under section 3 to be a designated system for the purposes of this Act”

designated telecommunication property

Defined in Telecommunication Successor Company Order, 2001, s 2

“means property of any description, whether movable or immovable, which the Minister may designate as necessary to be retained by the Authority (or the Authority's nominee) for the exercise of its duties and functions relating to …”

designer

Defined in Industrial Designs Order, 1999, s 2

“means the person who creates it or, if there are two or more such persons, each of those persons”

developer

Defined in Building Control Act, s 2

“means the person for whom or on whose behalf the building works are carried out”

development plans

Defined in Town and Country Planning Act, s 2

“means the Master Plan, the District Plans and the Local Plans”

digital signature

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act, s 2

“means an electronic signature consisting of a transformation of an electronic record using an asymmetric cryptosystem and a hash function such that a person having the initial untransformed electronic record and the signer’s public key can …”

diploma

Defined in Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act, s 2

“means the diploma of academic distinction awarded by a higher education institution to a person after the successful achievement by him of a course of study designed to lead to the award of such diploma or the equivalent thereof”

Also defined in 1 other Act

direct mail

Defined in Postal Services Act, s 2

“means a letter consisting solely of advertising, marketing or publicity material and comprising an identical message (except for the addressee’s name, address and identifying number and other modifications which do not alter the nature of …”

direct marketing message

Defined in Personal Data Protection Order, 2025, s 2

“means a message, whether in sound, text, visual or other form, containing advertising or marketing material of a commercial nature which is directed to a particular individual”

directions

Defined in Fisheries Act, s 2

“means any directions issued by the Director under section 9(1)”

Director

Defined in Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act, s 2

“means the Director of Agriculture and Agrifood”

Also defined in 34 other Acts

Director of Broadcasting

Defined in Broadcasting Act, s 2

“means the person appointed under subsection (1) of section 5”

Director of the Bureau

Defined in Criminal Law (Preventive Detention) Act, s 1A

“means the Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau appointed under section 2A of the Misuse of Drugs Act”

Director-General

Defined in Infectious Diseases Act, s 2

“means the Director-General of Health Services”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

disaster

Defined in Disaster Management Act, s 2

“has the meaning ascribed to it by section 4(1)”

disaster management

Defined in Disaster Management Act, s 2

“has the meaning ascribed to it by section 5”

disaster management guidelines

Defined in Disaster Management Act, s 2

“means the guidelines referred to in section 20”

disaster operations

Defined in Disaster Management Act, s 2

“has the meaning ascribed to it by section 6”

disaster situation

Defined in Disaster Management Act, s 2

“means a disaster situation declared under section 22”

discharge

Defined in Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Order, 2005, s 2

“means any release howsoever caused from a ship, and includes any escape, disposal, spilling, leaking, pumping, emitting or emptying but does not include - (a) dumping within the meaning of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine …”

discharge or escape

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) Act, s 22

“means the discharge or escape of oil from a ship”

Disciplinary Committee

Defined in Accountants Act, s 2

“means a Disciplinary Committee appointed under Part 7”

disciplinary offence

Defined in Prisons Act, s 2

“means any offence committed by a prison officer below the rank of Principal Officer against prison discipline as specified in rules made under this Act”

Disciplinary Panel

Defined in Accountants Act, s 2

“means the Disciplinary Panel appointed under section 45(1)”

disclose

Defined in Personal Data Protection Order, 2025, s 30

“includes providing access to personal data”

disease

Defined in Animal (Diseases and Quarantine) Act, s 2

“includes any animal disease that is infectious or contagious amongst animals and includes any other disease which the Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, declare to be a disease for the purpose of this Act”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

dispensing

Defined in Fire Safety Act, s 36

“means transferring any class of petroleum or any flammable material from one container to any other container or containers for the purpose of distribution, through hose, pipe or by any other means (but not including a pipeline laid or …”

disposal

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

“means an operation specified in Annex IV to the Basel Convention”

Also defined in 2 other Acts