Words starting with M

mentally disordered person

Defined in Mental Health Act, s 2

“means a person who suffers from a mental disorder”

meter

Defined in Water Supply Act, s 2

“means any appliance employed for the purpose of measuring or estimating the amount of water consumed or otherwise”

microfilm

Defined in Evidence Act, s 3

“means any transparent material bearing a visual image in reduced size either singly or as a series, and includes microfiche”

midwife

Defined in Medicines Act, s 2

“means a midwife registered under the Midwives Act”

miles

Defined in Brunei Darussalam Fishery Limits Act, s 2

“means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres. Brunei Darussalam fishery limits.”

military establishment

Defined in Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act, s 2

“means any establishment under the control of the Commander where persons may be required to serve military sentences of detention”

military person

Defined in Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act, s 31

“means separate premises under the control of the competent authority and primarily allocated for persons serving military sentences of imprisonment”

mine

Defined in Employment Act, s 2

“includes any undertaking, whether public or private, for the extraction of any substance from under the surface of the earth”

mineral rights

Defined in Petroleum Mining Act, s 2

“means the exclusive authority to explore, prospect and mine for petroleum within any State Land”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

mineral rights of the Company

Defined in Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam Act, s 2

“means the mineral rights in respect of the areas granted to the Company pursuant to section 3 of the Brunei National Petroleum company Sendirian Berhad Order, 2002 (S 612002) immediately before the appointed day”

mineral rights of the Government

Defined in Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam Act, s 2

“means the mineral rights in respect of the areas held by the Government immediately before the appointed day”

minimum amount

Defined in International Banking Order, 2000, s 2

“means such amount of capital funds to be maintained by licensee as may be prescribed”

minimum energy efficiency standard

Defined in Energy Efficiency (Standards and Labelling) Act, s 2

“means the minimum performance requirements for registrable goods that are specified or updated under section 15”

minimum price

Defined in Price Control Act, s 2

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

minimum retirement age

Defined in National Retirement Scheme Act, s 2

“means the retirement age provided in section 4 of the Retirement Age Act”

Minister

Defined in Minister for Finance (Incorporation) Act, s 2

“means the Minister responsible for Minister for Finance Corporation;”

Also defined in 128 other Acts

Minister of Finance

Defined in Evidence Act, s 176

“includes the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Copy of entry in banker’s record.”

minister of religion

Defined in Marriage Act, s 2

“means any priest of the Anglican Church, any minister of the Church of Scotland or Presbyterian Church of England, any priest of the Church of Rome and or any other minister or ecclesiastical or religious official of any other denomination …”

Ministry

Defined in Education Act, s 2

“means Ministry of Education”

minor

Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

“means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

minor building works

Defined in Building Control Act, s 2

“means building works (not being underground building works) that are prescribed in the building regulations as building works the plans of which do not require a certification from an accredited checker for the purposes of section 5 or 6”

minor prison offence

Defined in Prisons Act, s 2

“mean any offence committed by a prisoner against prison discipline and so specified in the rules made under this Act”

minor specialist building works

Defined in Building Control Act, s 42

“means — (a) specialist building works associated with minor building works; (b) structural steelwork comprising fabrication and erection work for structures with a cantilever length of not more than 3 metres, a clear span of less than 6 …”

minor works

Defined in Fire Safety Act, s 2

“means — (a) the addition, alteration or repair of a building that involves the use of combustible materials or that affects the means of escape or the effectiveness of fire safety measures; or (b) the provision, extension or alteration of …”

missing part

Defined in Patents Act, s 2

“means — (a) any drawing; or (b) any part of the description of the invention for which the patent is sought, which was missing from the application at the date of filing of the application”

model

Defined in Energy Efficiency (Standards and Labelling) Act, s 2

“means the design or structure of goods which many copies or reproduction are to be made by an importer or manufacturer”

Model Law

Defined in International Arbitration Act, s 2

“means the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 21st June 1985, the text in English of which is set out in Schedule 1”

money

Defined in Stamp Act, s 2

“includes all sums whether expressed in the currency of Brunei Darussalam or in any other currency”

money-changer

Defined in Coin (Import and Export) Act, s 2

“means a person who carries on the business of money-changing as his chief business.”

moneylenders

Defined in Moneylenders Act, s 2

“means any person who habitually lends money at interest: Provided that this expression shall not include the Government or a bank licensed under section 4 or 23 of the Banking Order, 2006, a finance company licensed under section 6 of the …”