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Words starting with P

292 words defined in Brunei Acts, from “package” to “purchaser”.

292 words · showing 151 to 180

  • premises

    Defined in Education Act, s 2

    “means any building used as an educational institution, and includes any building for the purpose of providing accommodation and other facilities for pupils and staff of the institution but does not include any land occupied therewith”

    Also defined in 16 other Acts

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  • premium receipt book

    Defined in Insurance Order, 2006, s 2

    “includes any book or document held by the policy owner in which acknowledgements of receipts of premiums payable in respect of the policy are entered”

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  • preparation

    Defined in Public Health (Food) Act, s 2

    “includes manufacture, processing and any form of treatment”

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  • prescribed

    Defined in Building Control Act, s 42

    “means prescribed in any regulations made under section 52.”

    Also defined in 9 other Acts

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  • prescribed activity

    Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act, s 3

    “means any activity set out in Schedule 1”

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  • prescribed form

    Defined in Distress Act, s 2

    “means the form prescribed by any rules of practice and procedure in force in the court where the proceedings are taken”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • prescribed healthcare body

    Defined in Personal Data Protection Order, 2025, s 2

    “means a healthcare body declared by the Minister of Health, by notification published in the Gazette”

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  • prescribed law enforcement agency

    Defined in Personal Data Protection Order, 2025, s 2

    “means a relevant authority charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders under any written law, declared by the relevant Minister responsible for that authority, by notification published in the Gazette”

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  • prescribed limit

    Defined in Small Claims Tribunals Act, s 2

    “means $10,000 or such other sum as the Chief Justice may, by order published in the Gazette, substitute therefor”

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  • prescribed offence

    Defined in Prevention of Corruption Act, s 2

    “means an offence punishable under section 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 213, 214 or 215 of the Penal Code or section 145 of the Customs Order, 2006 and includes — (a) an attempt to commit any such offence; (b) an abetment of or a criminal …”

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  • President

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

    “means the President of the Council of Succession”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

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  • President of the Majlis

    Defined in Syariah Courts Act, s 2

    “means a person appointed under section 13 of the Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act”

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  • preventive measures

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

    “means any reasonable measures taken by any person to prevent or minimise pollution damage, being measures taken — (a) after an incident has occurred; or (b) in the case of an incident consisting of a series of occurrences, after the first …”

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  • preventive vessel

    Defined in Customs Order, 2006, s 2

    “means any vessel employed for the prevention of smuggling or for any other purpose relating to customs”

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  • price

    Defined in Competition Act, s 2

    “includes any form of consideration given in return for any goods or services of any kind, whether such consideration has actually been given or is advertised or stated as being required to be given in exchange for such goods or services”

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  • Price Inspector

    Defined in Price Control Act, s 2

    “means any person appointed under section 3(2) as a Price Inspector and may include any police officer not below the rank of Inspector, any officer of Customs or so gazetted for the purposes of this Act”

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  • price-controlled goods

    Defined in Price Control Act, s 2

    “means goods in respect of which — (a) maximum prices have been fixed under section 3B; (b) minimum prices have been fixed under section 3C, and includes services for which a maximum price or a minimum price has been fixed”

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  • primary education

    Defined in Education Act, s 2

    “means a course of study at primary level which is designed for a duration of 6 years but which may be completed within 5 to 7 years”

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  • primary school

    Defined in Education Act, s 2

    “means a school that — (a) provides primary education for pupils of the appropriate age subject to section 25; and (b) prepares pupils for such examinations as may be prescribed”

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  • primary society

    Defined in Co-Operative Societies Act, s 2

    “means a society registered under section 4”

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  • Prime Minister Corporation

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

    “means the corporation referred to in section 2(1) of the repealed Constitution (Prime Minister Incorporation) Order, 1960”

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  • prime mover

    Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act, s 4

    “means every engine, motor or other appliance which provides mechanical energy derived from steam, water, wind, electricity, the combustion of fuel or other source of energy”

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  • principal

    Defined in Employment Act, s 2

    “means any person who, in the course of or for the purposes of his profession, business, trade or work, contracts with a contractor for the supply of labour or for execution by the contractor of the whole or any part of any work undertaken …”

    Also defined in 3 other Acts

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  • principal officer

    Defined in Insurance Order, 2006, s 2

    “means a person, by whatever designation called, appointed by an insurer and charged with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the insurer”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • principal unit

    Defined in Land Code (Strata) Act, s 2

    “means a unit that is designed for separate use or occupation, whether in conjunction with any accessory unit or not, as a place of residence or business or otherwise and that is shown on strata plan as a principal unit”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • printing

    Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

    “includes writing, printing, lithography, photography, typewriting, and every other mode of representing words or figures in a visible form; but, in the case of a book, “printing” does not include writing or typing. Nothing in this …”

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  • priority date

    Defined in Patents Act, s 2

    “means the date determined as such under section 17”

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  • prison

    Defined in Prisons Act, s 2

    “means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3”

    Also defined in 3 other Acts

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  • prison officer

    Defined in Prisons Act, s 2

    “means any Chief Officer, Warden, Principal Officer, Probation Officer, Matron, Warder or Wardress and includes the Director and the Assistant Director”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • prisoner

    Defined in International Transfer of Prisoners Act, s 2

    “means any person who has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment in Brunei Darussalam or in any designated country”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

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