Words starting with V

valid certificate

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act, s 2

“means a certificate that a certification authority has issued and which the subscriber listed in it has accepted”

value

Defined in Bills of Exchange Act, s 2

“means valuable consideration.”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

variable payment

Defined in Employment Act, s 77

“means such payment, however expressed and whether paid annually or otherwise, which serves as an incentive to all employees to increase their productivity or as a reward for their contribution.”

variety

Defined in Plant Varieties Protection Act, s 2

“means a plant grouping within single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank, which grouping, irrespective of whether the conditions for the grant of breeder’s right are fully met, can be — (a) defined by the expression of the …”

vehicle

Defined in Disaster Management Act, s 2

“means anything used for carrying anything or any person by land, water or air.”

Also defined in 7 other Acts

vehicle registration fees

Defined in Hire-Purchase Act, s 2

“means any amount to be provided under a hire-purchase agreement by the owner for payment by or on behalf of the hirer under this Act in connection with the registration and use of a motor vehicle, including any amount payable for …”

vending machine

Defined in Tobacco Order, 2005, s 2

“means a machine or device that is constructed to contain tobacco products and which can automatically dispense any tobacco product upon the insertion of any note, coin, token or similar object into such a machine or device.”

ventilating system

Defined in Building Control Act, s 2

“means a mechanical system for introducing or exhausting air.”

verify a digital signature

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act, s 2

“means to determine accurately — (a) that the digital signature was created using the private key corresponding to the public key listed in the certificate; and Electronic Transactions 11 2008 Ed. (b) the record has not been altered since …”

vessel

Defined in Fisheries Act, s 2

“means any boat, ship or other water-going craft and includes a hovercraft.”

Also defined in 9 other Acts

veterinary biologics

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

“means any virus, serum, toxin, and analogous product of natural or synthetic origin, including genetically modified organisms, diagnostics, antitoxins, vaccines, live micro-organisms, killed micro-organisms, and the antigenic or immunising …”

veterinary centre

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

“means any premises used for the purpose of providing any of the following services to members of the public — (a) the diagnosis of diseases in, and injuries to, animals including tests performed for diagnostic purposes; (b) the treatment …”

veterinary medicine

Defined in Veterinary Surgeons Order, 2005, s 2

“includes veterinary medicine per se, surgery, animal husbandry and all other branches or specialities of veterinary medicine”

veterinary surgeon

Defined in Medicines Act, s 2

“means a person registered under the Veterinary Surgeons Order, 2005”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Vice-President

Defined in Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act, s 2

“means the Vice-President of the Majlis appointed under section 13”

victim

Defined in Islamic Family Law Act, s 60A

“means a victim of dharar Syar’ie. Protection order.”

visiting force

Defined in Protected Areas and Protected Places Act, s 2

“means any visiting force for the time being in Brunei Darussalam by virtue of any other written law or by virtue of any lawful arrangement made by or on behalf of the Government of Brunei Darussalam.”

Visiting Justice

Defined in Prisons Act, s 2

“means a member of the Board of Visiting Justice appointed under section 60”

Visitor

Defined in Mental Health Act, s 2

“means any member of a Board appointed as such under regulations made under this Act”

voluntary arrangement

Defined in Insolvency Act, s 3

“means the voluntary arrangement described in section 8.”

voluntary patient

Defined in Mental Health Act, s 2

“means a person admitted into a psychiatric facility under section 6(1).”

volunteer probation officer

Defined in Offenders (Probation and Community Service) Act, s 12

“mean respectively the probation officer and volunteer probation officer responsible for the supervision of the probationer. Community service order.”

voting share

Defined in Accountants Act, s 2

“means an issued share in the company or accounting corporation other than — (a) a share to which, in no circumstances, is there attached a right to vote; or (b) a share to which there is attached a right to vote only in one or more of the …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

voucher

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

“means any document that purports to give the holder of the document the right to obtain goods or a service or the right to obtain goods or a service at a discounted or reduced price.”

voyage

Defined in Merchant Shipping Order, 2002, s 2

“means the whole time and the whole distance when the ship is at sea between the ship's port of departure and its port of arrival”