Words starting with D

determined by the Registrar

Defined in Akta Petunjuk Geografi 2022, s 2

“means any determination made by the Registrar in the guidelines or practice directions under section 95”

detrimental action

Defined in Whistleblower Protection Act 2010, s 2

“includes— (a) action causing injury, loss or damage; (b) intimidation or harassment; (c) interference with the lawful employment or livelihood of any person, including discrimination, discharge, demotion, suspension, disadvantage …”

developer

Defined in Akta Jalan, Parit dan Bangunan 1974, s 3

“means any person, body of persons, company, firm or society who or which engages in or carries on or undertakes the business of developing or providing moneys for development or purchasing or partly developing and providing moneys for …”

development

Defined in Development Financial Institutions Act 2002, s 3

“includes the commencement of any new industrial, agricultural, commercial or other economic venture or the expansion or improvement of any such existing venture”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

development approval

Defined in Land Acquisition Act 1960, s 2

“means any approval for the carrying out of any building, engineering, industrial, or other similar operation in, on, over or under any land, or for the making of any material change in the restriction or condition relating to land use …”

development area

Defined in Land Development Act 1956, s 2

“means any area in and for which a local land development board has been established”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

development charge

Defined in Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982, s 2

“means the development charge levied under section 40”

Also defined in 1 other Act

development expenditure

Defined in Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility Act 2023, s 4

“means moneys applied for the purposes specified in the First Schedule of the Development Funds Act 1966”

development finance business

Defined in Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989, s 2

“means— (a) the business of providing capital or other credit facility on terms which would require the same to be utilised for industrial, agricultural, commercial or other economic development; and for the purposes of this definition”

Also defined in 1 other Act

development financial institution

Defined in Development Financial Institutions Act 2002, s 3

“means an institution which carries on any activity, whether for profit or otherwise, with or without any Government funding, with the purpose of promoting development in the industrial, agricultural, commercial or other economic sector …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Development Fund

Defined in Civil Aviation Act 1969, s 6B

“means the Development Fund specified in the Second Schedule to the Financial Procedure Act 1957”

development order

Defined in Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982, s 2

“means the development order issued under this Act granting planning permission with or without conditions for any development specified in such order”

development plan

Defined in Town and Country Planning Act 1976, s 2

“means— (a) the local plan for the area; or (b) if there is no local plan for the area, the structure plan for the area, and, in relation to any land or building, means the development plan, as so defined, for the area in which the land or …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

development proposal report

Defined in Town and Country Planning Act 1976, s 2

“means the report required to be submitted by an applicant for planning permission under subsection 21A(1)”

development work

Defined in Akta Pembangunan Mineral 1994, s 3

“means any work carried out in relation to the physical construction of a mine”

device

Defined in Akta Perdagangan Strategik 2010, s 2

“means any medium in which information, visual images, sounds or other data is or are recorded, stored or embodied in any form Strategic Trade 9 so as to be capable (with or without the aid of other equipment) of being retrieved or produced …”

die

Defined in Stamp Act 1949, s 2

“includes any plate, type, tool or implement whatever used under the direction of the Collector for expressing or denoting any duty or rate of duty, or the fact that any duty or rate of duty or penalty has been paid, or that an instrument …”

digital cadastral database

Defined in National Land Code (Revised - 2020), s 5

“means any computerized cadastral database based on the cadastral coordinate system adopted and maintained by the Survey and Mapping Department”

digital platform service provider

Defined in Akta Cukai Pelancongan 2017, s 2

“means any person who provides service relating to online booking accommodation premises to a tourist whether such person is in Malaysia or outside Malaysia”

digital service

Defined in Akta Cukai Perkhidmatan 2018, s 2

“means any service that is delivered or subscribed over the internet or other electronic network and which cannot be obtained without the use of information technology and where the delivery of the service is essentially automated”

digital signature

Defined in Akta Tandatangan Digital 1997, s 2

“means a transformation of a message using an asymmetric cryptosystem such that a person having the initial message and the signer’s public key can accurately determine— (a) whether the transformation was created using the private key that …”

diploma

Defined in Akta Institusi Pendidikan Tinggi Swasta 1996, s 2

“means the diploma awarded on a person after successful completion of a course of study which is designed to lead to the award of such diploma or the equivalent thereof; and includes an advanced diploma””

diplomatic agent

Defined in International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1992, s 2

“has the same meaning assigned to it by the Diplomatic Privileges (Vienna Convention) Act 1966”

diplomatic officer

Defined in Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act 1959, s 2

“includes an ambassador, high commissioner, minister, charge d’affaires, deputy high commissioner, secretary and attache of a diplomatic mission of Malaysia, including a high commission”

Also defined in 1 other Act

diplomatic representative

Defined in Akta Ekstradisi 1992, s 5

“means a chief representative or consular officer, as defined in the Diplomatic and Consular Privileges Ordinance 1957 [Ord. 53 of 1957]*”

direct sale

Defined in Akta Jualan Langsung dan Skim Anti-Piramid 1993, s 2

“means a door-to-door sale, a mail order sale or a sale through electronic transaction within the meaning of this Act”

direction

Defined in Competition Act 2010, s 2

“means a direction given by the Commission under Part III or Part IV of this Act”

Directior General

Defined in Akta Umur Persaraan Minimum 2012, s 3

“means— (a) in respect of Peninsular Malaysia, the Director General of Labour appointed under subsection 3(1) of the Employment Act 1955; (b) in respect of Sabah, the Director of Labour appointed under subsection 3(1) of the Sabah Labour …”

directive

Defined in Akta Keselamatan Siber 2024, s 4

“means a directive issued by the Chief Executive under section 13”

directly competitive products

Defined in Akta Pelindung 2006, s 2

“means products that are in competition despite differences in characteristics or composing materials, substitutability in terms of utility purpose or commercial competitiveness”