Words starting with M

married woman

Defined in Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act, s 2

“means a female who has been married and whose marriage is still in force”

mas kahwin

Defined in Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act, s 2

“means the obligatory marriage payment due under Muslim law by the husband to the wife at the time the marriage is solemnised, whether paid in cash or in kind, or payable as a debt with or without security”

master

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

“means the captain of any ship or aircraft and includes any person for the time being in charge of any ship (other than a pilot) or aircraft”

Also defined in 11 other Acts

Master Plan

Defined in Town and Country Planning Act, s 2

“has the meaning assigned to it by section 9”

material

Defined in Payment and Settlement Systems (Oversight) Act, s 48

“includes any information, book, document or other record in any form whatsoever, and any container or article relating thereto; Payment and Settlement Systems (Oversight)”

material change

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act, s 3

“means any change in environmental impact that is significant to require a re-submission of the notification of prescribed activities to the Authority, and includes — (a) physical changes to the premises; (b) changes to operational …”

material fact

Defined in Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act, s 2

“means any information that a supplier knows or ought reasonably to know would affect the decision of a consumer to enter into a consumer transaction”

material form

Defined in Layout Design Order, 1999, s 2

“includes any form of storage or expression, whether visible or not, from which the layout design, or a substantial part of it, can be reproduced”

maximum price

Defined in Price Control Act, s 2

“means the maximum price at which under the provisions of this Act, goods may be sold”

meat

Defined in Halal Meat Act, s 2

“means beef, mutton, lamb, chicken, halal bird or flesh of any halal animal or any part or organ of such animal, with or without bone and includes bone of meat, processed meat and any edible thing wherein meat has been mixed”

Also defined in 1 other Act

meat product

Defined in Wholesome Meat Order, 2011, s 2

“means any product or by-product of meat which is intended for human consumption”

mechanical power

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act, s 4

“means any energy derived from steam, water, wind, electricity, compressed air or gas, or the combustion of fuel or explosive, which is used to drive or work any machinery”

medical advertisement

Defined in Medicines Act, s 51

“means an advertisement relating or likely to cause any person to believe that it relates to any medicinal product or any device, instrument, apparatus or contrivance used or represented to be used for a medicinal purpose”

medical centre

Defined in Pantai Jerudong Specialist Centre Act, s 2

“means a medical centre referred to in section 3(2)”

medical officer

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code, s 2

“means a registered medical practitioner employed by Government and if no such oficer is available then any other duly registered medical practitioner or any hospital assistant authorised by the Director-General of Medical Services either …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

medical practitioner

Defined in Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act, s 2

“means any person profes-sing to practise medicine or surgery, or holding himself out as ready and willing to treat patients for gain”

Also defined in 9 other Acts

medical social officer

Defined in Mental Health Act, s 2

“means a member of Medical Social Work Services in the Ministry of Health”

medicated wine

Defined in Excise Order, 2006, s 2

“means an intoxicating liquor which has been submitted to a process of preparation consisting of the addition of a drug or drugs intended to give special medicinal properties”

medicinal product

Defined in Medicines Act, s 2

“has the meaning ascribed to it by section 4”

Also defined in 1 other Act

medicine

Defined in Medicines Act, s 2

“means any substance or combination of substances presented for treating or preventing disease in human beings or animals. Any substance or combination of substances which may be administered to human beings or animals with a view to making …”

meeting

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

“means all sittings of that Council held during a period beginning when that Council first meets after being summoned at any time and ending when that Council is next thereafter either adjourned sine die or prorogued or dissolved without …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

member

Defined in Accounting Standards Act, s 2

“means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman thereof”

Also defined in 24 other Acts

member account

Defined in National Retirement Scheme Act, s 2

“means an account maintained under section 16(3)”

member institution

Defined in Deposit Protection Act, s 2

“means any financial institution deemed to be a member institution under section 27 whose membership has not been cancelled under section 31 or terminated under section 32”

member of the Commonwealth

Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

“means any independent Commonwealth country”

member of the family

Defined in Workmen’S Compensation Act, s 3

“means a wife, husband, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, step- - - Workmen's Compensation father, stepmother, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister …”

member of the public

Defined in Companies Act, s 310B

“includes - (a) in the case of a company, any member of the company acting in the member's capacity as such; and @) in the case of a foreign company, any member of the foreign company acting in the member's capacity as such”

members

Defined in Disaster Management Act, s 2

“means members of the Council”

memorandum

Defined in Companies Act, s 2

“means the memorandum of association of a company, as originally framed or as altered in pursuance of any written law”

Also defined in 1 other Act

mental disorder

Defined in Mental Health Act, s 2

“means any mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of the mind, psychiatric disorder or any other disorder or disability of the mind, however acquired”

Also defined in 1 other Act