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226 words defined in Brunei Acts, from “Safeguards Agreement” to “system”.

226 words · showing 181 to 210

  • subsidiary

    Defined in Authority for Infocommunications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam Order, 2001 (Formerly Known as Authority for Info-Communications Technology of Brunei Darussalam Order), s 2

    “has the same meaning as in the Companies Act !Chapter 39)”

    Read s 2
  • subsidiary company

    Defined in Companies Act, s 120A

    “means a company that is a subsidiary as defined in the Accounting Standards. ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT”

    Read s 120A
  • subsidiary legislation

    Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

    “means any regulation, order, Proclamation or other instrument made under any written law and having legislative effect”

    Read s 3
  • subsidiary strata title

    Defined in Land Code (Strata) Act, s 2

    “means a subsidiary strata title issued by the Commissioner under subsection (1) of section 21 in respect of a principal unit and where applicable, one or more accessory units on a strata plan”

    Read s 2
  • substance

    Defined in Medicines Act, s 2

    “means any natural or artificial substance whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of gas or vapour”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

    Read s 2
  • substantial shareholder

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

    “means a person who has a substantial shareholding in a company and — (a) a person has a substantial shareholding in a company if — (i) he has an interest or interests in one or more voting shares in the company; and (ii) the total votes …”

    Read s 2
  • subversive article

    Defined in Public Order Act, s 2

    “means any article which contains any subversive matter and any article purporting to be a subversive article shall be presumed to be a subversive article until the contrary is proved.”

    Read s 2
  • succession date

    Defined in Telecommunication Successor Company Order, 2001, s 2

    “means the date appointed by the Minister by order published in the Gazette for the purposes of section 3”

    Read s 2
  • sufferance wharf

    Defined in Customs Order, 2006, s 2

    “means any place other than an approved place of loading or unloading at which the senior officer of customs may, under such conditions and in such manner as he may direct, either 600 generally or in any particular case, allow any goods to …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 2
  • suit

    Defined in Bills of Exchange Act, s 2

    “includes action, counterclaim and set-off”

    Read s 2
  • sulh

    Defined in Syariah Penal Code, s 2

    “means a settlement or an agreement”

    Read s 2
  • Sultan

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

    “means His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam irrespective of whether a declaration has been made and confirmed under section 12 that by reason of infirmity of mind or body he is for the time being incapable of …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read art 2
  • summons

    Defined in Summonses and Warrants (Special Provisions) Act, s 2

    “includes any subpoena or other process for requiring the attendance of a witness in a criminal trial, criminal inquiry or other criminal proceeding under the appropriate Criminal Procedure Code but does not include summons to a juror or an …”

    Read s 2
  • summons case

    Defined in Criminal Procedure Code, s 2

    “means a case relating to an offence not being a warrant case”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 2
  • Superintendent

    Defined in Census Act, s 2

    “means the Superintendent of Census appointed under subsection (1) of section 4 of this Act and includes a Deputy Superintendent of Census. Power to direct census to be taken.”

    Read s 2
  • supervision

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

    “means the taking of any action for or in connection with the supervision of an operator, a settlement institution or a participant of a designated payment system, or any other person, regulated by the regulatory authority.”

    Read s 48
  • supervision order

    Defined in Intoxicating Substances Act, s 2

    “means an order in writing by the Director made under section 17”

    Read s 2
  • supervision period

    Defined in Intoxicating Substances Act, s 2

    “means the period for which a person is placed under supervision pursuant to a supervision order made under section 17”

    Read s 2
  • supervisor

    Defined in Insolvency Act, s 3

    “means the supervisor of the voluntary arrangement referred to in section 17(2)”

    Read s 3
  • supplementary record sheet

    Defined in Land Code (Strata) Act, s 2

    “means the supplementary record sheet set up and filed in the Land Office under section 25 in relation to that strata plan and strata corporation”

    Read s 2
  • supplementary shelf prospectus

    Defined in Securities Markets Order, 2013, s 115

    “means a document which provides material information necessary to update the information in a shelf prospectus subsequent to the registration of such shelf prospectus”

    Read s 115
  • supplier

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

    “means a person who, in the course of the person’s business — (a) provides goods or services to consumers; (b) manufactures, assembles or produces goods; (c) promotes the use or purchase of goods or services; or (d) receives or is entitled …”

    Read s 2
  • supply

    Defined in Competition Act, s 2

    “includes — (a) in relation to goods, the supply and re-supply, by way of sale, exchange, lease, hire or hire-purchase of the goods; and (b) in relation to services, the provision by way of sale, grant or conferment of the services”

    Also defined in 3 other Acts

    Read s 2
  • supply installation

    Defined in Electricity Act, s 2

    “means the whole of any plant or apparatus in an installation owned or managed by a person for the provision of electricity (other than electricity used for the transmission of any communication or signal) solely for his own use, including …”

    Read s 2
  • Supreme Court

    Defined in Supreme Court (Appeals to Privy Council) Act, s 2

    “means the Supreme Court for Brunei Darussalam established under the Supreme Court Act. Appeal from Supreme Court to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.”

    Also defined in 3 other Acts

    Read s 2
  • surety

    Defined in Contracts Act, s 100B

    “means a person referred to as a surety, or as a guarantor, or by any other corresponding term, in a scholarship agreement.”

    Read s 100B
  • surrender warrant

    Defined in Extradition Act, s 2

    “means — (a) in Part 2, a warrant, in accordance with Form 3 in Schedule 4, issued under section 17(4); (b) in Part 4, a warrant, in accordance with Form 5 in Schedule 4, issued under section 33”

    Read s 2
  • surveillance

    Defined in Infectious Diseases Act, s 2

    “means the subjection of a person or persons to periodical medical examinations or observations with a view to ascertaining his or their state of health”

    Read s 2
  • Survey plan

    Defined in Licensed Land Surveyors Act, s 2

    “means a plan signed by a licensed land surveyor recording the work carried out by 3 RL.R.O.J/1984 Appointment of Board for the purposes of this Act Licensed Land Surveyors him on a title survey, or a plan signed by an officer authorised by …”

    Read s 2
  • surveyor

    Defined in Merchant Shipping Order, 2002, s 2

    “means a surveyor appointed under section 5”

    Read s 2