Words starting with D

damage

Defined in Consumer Protection Act 1999, s 66

“means death or personal injury, or any loss of or damage to any property, including land, as the case may require”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

damage or loss

Defined in Civil Aviation Act 1969, s 2

“include, in relation to a person, loss of life and personal injury”

danger

Defined in Akta Bekalan Elektrik 1990, s 2

“means danger to health or to human life or limb from shock, burn, or other injury and includes danger to property, installation or equipment resulting from the generation, transmission, distribution or utilization of electricity”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

dangerous drug

Defined in Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s 2

“means any drug or substance which is for the time being comprised in the First Schedule”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

dangerous occurrence

Defined in Factories and Machinery Act 1967, s 3

“means any occurrence in any of the classes listed in the First Schedule”

dangerous pest

Defined in Plant Quarantine Act 1976, s 2

“means any pest which the Minister may by notification in the Gazette declares to be a dangerous pest for the purposes of this Act for the whole or any part of Malaysia: Provided that where the declaration of a dangerous pest affects the …”

dangerous things

Defined in National Security Council Act 2016, s 2

“includes firearms, ammunition, explosive substances, weapons or any other thing that is reasonably likely to be used to cause serious damage to property, or death or serious injury to a person”

darar syarie

Defined in Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984, s 2

“means harm, according to what is normally recognized by Islamic Law, affecting a wife in respect of religion, life, body, mind, dignity or property”

data

Defined in Akta Perkongsian Data 2025, s 3

“means any facts, statistics, instructions, concepts or other information in a form that is capable of being communicated, analyzed or processed, whether by an individual or a computer or other means”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

data analytics work

Defined in Akta Perkongsian Data 2025, s 3

“means the examination and analysis of data for the purpose of drawing conclusions as a result of that examination and analysis”

data integration

Defined in Akta Perkongsian Data 2025, s 3

“means the process of combination of data”

data message

Defined in Akta Timbangtara 2005, s 9

“means information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, magnetic, optical or similar means, including, but not limited to, electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy.”

data processing device

Defined in Postal Services Act 2012, s 2

“means any equipment or device from which information is capable of being reproduced, with or without the aid of any other equipment or device”

data processor

Defined in Akta Perlindungan Data Peribadi 2010, s 4

“means any person, other than an employee of the data user, who processes the personal data solely on behalf of the data user, and does not process the personal data for any of his own purposes”

data provider

Defined in Akta Perkongsian Data 2025, s 3

“means the public sector agency that shares data to a data recipient under Part IV”

data recipient

Defined in Akta Perkongsian Data 2025, s 3

“means the public sector agency to which data is shared under Part IV. Data Sharing 7 Pillars of data sharing”

data subject

Defined in Akta Perlindungan Data Peribadi 2010, s 4

“means an individual who is the subject of the personal data”

data user

Defined in Akta Perlindungan Data Peribadi 2010, s 4

“means a person who either alone or jointly or in common with other persons processes any personal data or has control over or authorizes the processing of any personal data, but does not include a data processor”

date of attestation

Defined in Armed Forces Act 1972, s 37

“means the date on which he signs the declaration and takes the oath mentioned in paragraph 3 of the First Schedule to this Act”

Dato Bandar

Defined in Road Transport Act 1987, s 2

“means the Dato Bandar Kuala Lumpur appointed under section 3 of the Federal Capital Act 1960 read with section 4 of the City of Kuala Lumpur Act 1971 and includes any officer in the service of the City of Kuala Lumpur authorized in writing …”

day

Defined in Employment Act 1955, s 2

“means— (a) a continuous period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight; or (b) for the purposes of Part XII in respect of an employee engaged in shift work or in work where the normal hours of work extend beyond midnight, a continuous …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

day care centre

Defined in Care Centres Act 1993, s 2

“means, subject to section 3, any premises at which four or more persons are received for care for a continuous period exceeding three hours between the hours of sunrise and sunset in a day, and for at least three days in a week, whether …”

day of appearance

Defined in Syariah Court Civil Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1998, s 3

“means the day appointed in any summons or other proceedings for the appearance of the defendant or any other day for hearing of the proceedings”

dead

Defined in Akta Bekalan Elektrik 1990, s 2

“means that it is not live or alive”

deal

Defined in Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia Act 1994, s 2

“means to handle, use, manufacture, supply, market, transfer, sell or buy, whether wholesale or retail, import or export”

dealer

Defined in Akta Warisan Kebangsaan 2005, s 2

“means any person who receives profit from the purchase and resale of exhibits and includes a registered dealer”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

dealing

Defined in Atomic Energy Licensing Act 1984, s 2

“means any activity involving the manufacturing, trading, producing, processing, purchasing, owning, using, transporting, transferring, handling, selling, storing, importing or exporting of such radioactive material, nuclear material …”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

dealing in derivatives

Defined in Akta Suruhanjaya Sekuriti 1993, s 2

“has the meaning assigned to it in the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007”

dealing in securities

Defined in Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act 2010, s 2

“means, whether as principal or agent, making or offering to make with any person or inducing or attempting to induce any person to enter into or to offer to enter into— (a) any agreement for, or with a view to, acquiring, disposing of …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

death duties

Defined in Akta Pewarisan (Peruntukan Keluarga) 1971, s 2

“means estate duty and every other duty leviable or payable on death”