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Words starting with D

121 words defined in Brunei Acts, from “dairy” to “dwelling-house”.

121 words · showing 91 to 120

  • disposed of

    Defined in Income Tax (Petroleum) Act, s 2

    “mean respectively — (a) delivery, without sale, of petroleum to a refinery for refining by or on behalf of the company; and (b) delivered, without sale, to a refinery for refining by or on behalf of the company”

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  • disposition

    Defined in Legitimacy Act, s 2

    “means an assurance of any interest in property by any instrument, whether inter vivos or by will”

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  • disposition of property

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

    “includes a payment made into or out of an account of a participant”

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  • distance education centre

    Defined in Education Act, s 2

    “means a place, an organisation or an institution providing instruction or teaching — (a) exclusively through the medium of electronics; (b) exclusively through correspondence; or (c) partly through the medium of electronics and partly …”

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  • distribute

    Defined in Electricity Act, s 2

    “means to convey electricity by means of a distribution system - • (a) from a main intake station to a distribution substation; or (b) from an electrical plant or a distribution substation to the electrical installation serving the premises …”

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  • distribution system

    Defined in Electricity Act, s 2

    “means a system of interconnected electric lines, electrical plants and substations used by a distribution licensee to distribute electricity”

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  • District Education Officer

    Defined in Education Act, s 2

    “means an education officer appointed under section 7”

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  • District Officer

    Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

    “means the officer in administrative charge of a district”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

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  • District Plan

    Defined in Town and Country Planning Act, s 2

    “means a land use plan for each of the administrative districts”

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  • dividend

    Defined in Co-Operative Societies Act, s 2

    “means a share of the profits of a registered society divided among its members in proportion to the volume of capital held by them”

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  • DNA

    Defined in Criminals Registration Act, s 2

    “means deoxyribonucleic acid”

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  • DNA database

    Defined in Criminals Registration Act, s 2

    “means the database maintained under section 13”

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  • DNA information

    Defined in Criminals Registration Act, s 2

    “means genetic information derived from the forensic DNA analysis of a body sample”

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  • document

    Defined in Evidence Act, s 3

    “means any matter expressed, described or howsoever represented upon any substance, material, thing or article, including any matter embodied in a disc, tape, film, sound track or other device whatsoever, by means of — (a) letters, figures …”

    Also defined in 6 other Acts

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  • document of title

    Defined in Secured Transactions Act, s 3

    “means a writing issued by or addressed to a bailee — (a) that covers goods in the possession of the bailee and are identified or are fungible portions of an identified mass; and (b) in which it is stated that the goods identified in it …”

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  • documents of carriage

    Defined in Civil Aviation Act, s 2

    “means, with respect to the transport of passengers and luggage, the properly completed passenger ticket, baggage tags and luggage coupons; and, with respect to the transport of cargo, the air waybill or any other means which would preserve …”

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  • Doha Declaration Implementation Decision

    Defined in Patents Act, s 2

    “means the Decision adopted by the General Council of the World Trade Organisation on 30th August 2003 on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health adopted in Doha on 14th November 2001”

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  • domestic servant

    Defined in Workmen’S Compensation Act, s 3

    “means a person employed ex-clusively in the work or in connection with the work of a private dwelling house and not of any trade, business or profession carried on by the em-ployer in such dwelling house and includes any person employed in …”

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  • domestic worker

    Defined in Employment Act, s 2

    “means any house, stable or garden worker or motor vehicle driver employed in, or in connection with the domestic services of, any private premises and not in connection with any Employment trade, business or profession carried on by the …”

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  • dominant position

    Defined in Competition Act, s 2

    “means a situation in which one or more undertakings possess such significant power in a market to adjust prices or outputs or trading terms, without effective constraint from competitors or potential competitors within Brunei Darussalam or …”

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  • double taxation convention

    Defined in Income Tax Act, s 86A

    “means an arrangement to afford relief from double taxation having effect under section 41”

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  • downstream petroleum operation

    Defined in Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam Act, s 2

    “means any operation or activity related to - (a) refining operations; (b) natural gas processing operations that relate to multiple development areas, including operations or activities for the liquefaction, storage or transportation of …”

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  • driver

    Defined in Exit and Entry Charges Act, s 4

    “means a driver of a vehicle”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • driving licence

    Defined in Road Traffic Act, s 2

    “includes a provisional driving licence”

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  • drug addict

    Defined in Misuse of Drugs Act, s 2

    “means a person who, through the use of any controlled drug, has developed — (a) a desire or need to continue to take such controlled drug; or (b) a psychological or physical dependence upon the effect of such controlled drug”

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  • Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Muda

    Defined in Constitutional Matters II - Succession and Regency Proclamation, 1959, art 2

    “means the person who, if His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan were to die immediately, would have the best claim to succeed to the throne but whose claim might be displaced by the emergence of a person with a better claim”

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  • dutiable goods

    Defined in Free Trade Zones Act, s 2

    “has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Customs Order, 2006 and Excise Order, 2006”

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  • duty

    Defined in Stamp Act, s 2

    “means any stamp duty for the time being chargeable by law”

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  • duty-free shop

    Defined in Customs Order, 2006, s 2

    “means any place licensed for the warehousing and sale of dutiable goods free of duty under section 63”

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  • dwelling house

    Defined in Wild Fauna and Flora Act, s 2

    “means any building or part of a building that is suitable for residential accommodation of any kind; and includes every garage, shed and other building used in connection therewith, but does not include the land appurtenant to a dwelling …”

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