Words starting with W

wages

Defined in Employee Trust Act Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act, s 2

“means the remuneration in money payable to an employee for work done in respect of his employment whether agreed to be paid monthly, weekly, daily or otherwise by the employer under his contract of service, apprenticeship or agreement or …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

wakaf am

Defined in Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act, s 2

“means a dedication in perpetuity of the capital and income of property for religious or charitable purposes recognised by Muslim law, and the property so dedicated”

wakaf khas

Defined in Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act, s 2

“means a dedication in perpetuity of the capital of property for religious or charitable purposes recognised by Muslim law, and the property so dedicated, the income of the property being paid to persons or for purposes prescribed in the …”

wali

Defined in Syariah Penal Code, s 2

“means wali nasab and includes female”

wali-ad-dam

Defined in Syariah Penal Code, s 2

“means heir or heirs of the victim of a crime who has the right to pardon the offender who has committed an offence against the victim.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

warehouse

Defined in Customs Order, 2006, s 2

“means a place for the deposit of goods under customs control. (2) For the purposes of this Order, goods shall be deemed to be under customs control whilst they are deposited or held in any free trade zone, or in any Ports Department …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

warehousing company

Defined in Investment Incentives Order, 2001, s 88

“means a company which has been approved as a warehousing company under section 89. Approved warehousing company or servici~g company.”

warrant case

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code, s 2

“means a case relating to an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment for a term exceeding 6 months”

Also defined in 1 other Act

warrant for goods

Defined in Stamp Act, s 2

“means any document or writing, being evidence of the title of any person therein named or his assigns or the holder thereof, to the property in any goods, wares or merchandise lying in any warehouse or dock or upon any wharf, and signed or …”

Warsaw-Hague Convention

Defined in Civil Aviation Act, s 2

“means the Convention for Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air done at Warsaw on the 12th October 1929, as amended by the Protocol to that Convention done at The Hague on the 28th September 1955.”

warship

Defined in Maritime Offences (Ships and Fixed Platforms) Act, s 2

“means a ship belonging to the armed forces of a state and bearing distinguishing external marks, under the command of an officer duly commissioned by the Government of that state, and manned by a crew which is under regular armed services …”

waste

Defined in Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act, s 2

“means a substance or object that is — (a) proposed to be disposed of; (b) disposed of; or (c) required by any written law to be disposed of.”

Water Authority

Defined in Water Supply Act, s 2

“means the Director-General of Public Works or such other person, officer or authority as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council may appoint to administer, manage or supervise a waterworks or water supply”

water fittings

Defined in Water Supply Act, s 2

“means pipes (other than mains), taps, stopcocks, ballcocks, valves, ferrules, meters, cisterns, baths, water closets, soil pans, hot water apparatus, and any other similar apparatus or appliances used on an inside service in connection …”

waters

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act, s 3

“means all waters, whether manageable or not, included within Brunei Darussalam, and are deemed to include territorial waters”

waters of Brunei Darussalam

Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

“means all waters, whether navigable or not, included within Brunei Darussalam, and are deemed to include territorial waters”

waters of the State

Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

“means all waters, whether navigable or not, included within Brunei Darussalam, and are deemed to include territorial waters”

waterworks

Defined in Water Supply Act, s 2

“means all catchment areas, reservoirs, dams, weirs, tanks, cisterns, tunnels, filter beds, conduits, aqueducts, mains, pipes, meters, fountains, standpipes, sluices, valves, hydrants, pumps, prime movers and all other works, or apparatus …”

Wazirs

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

“means the Duli Pengiran Perdana Wazir Sahibul Himmah Wal-Waqar, the Pengiran Bendahara Seri Maharaja Permaisuara, the Pengiran Digadong Sahibul Mal, the Pengiran Pemancha Sahibul Rae’ Wal-Mashuarah and the Pengiran Temanggong Sahibul Bahar”

Also defined in 1 other Act

week

Defined in Employment Act, s 68

“means a continuous period of 7 days commencing at midnight on Sunday.”

weighing or measuring equipment

Defined in Weights and Measures Act, s 2

“means equipment for measuring in terms of length, area, volume, capacity, weight or number, whether or not the equipment is constructed to give an indication of the measurement made or other information determined by reference to that …”

wholesale dealing

Defined in Medicines Act, s 2

“shall have the meaning ascribed to it under subsection (2)”

will

Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

“includes any testamentary instrument”

Also defined in 1 other Act

words

Defined in Defamation Act, s 2

“includes pictures, visual images, gestures and other methods of signifying meaning. Broadcast statements.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

work of engineering construction

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act, s 4

“means any work specified in Schedule 4”

work order

Defined in Small Claims Tribunals Act, s 2

“means an order to rectify a defect in goods or to make good any deficiency in the performance of services, by doing such work or attending to such matters (including the replacement of goods or parts thereof) as the case may be specified …”

worker

Defined in Trade Disputes Act, s 2

“means any person who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer in any capacity, whether the contract is express or im-plied, oral or in writing and whether it is a contract of service or of apprenticeship or a contract …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

workman

Defined in Employment Act, s 2

“means — (a) any person who has entered into a contract of service with an employer in pursuance of which he is engaged in manual labour, including any artisan or apprentice, but excluding any seaman or domestic worker; (b) any person …”

workplace

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act, s 4

“has the meaning ascribed to it by section 5(1)”

workplace safety and health auditor

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act, s 4

“means a workplace safety and health auditor appointed under section 30”