Words starting with D

Disciplinary Authority

Defined in Allied Health Professions Act 2016, s 2

“means the Disciplinary Authority established under section 27”

Disciplinary Committee

Defined in Counsellors Act 1998, s 2

“means the Disciplinary Committee established under paragraph 36(2)(b)”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

disciplinary offence

Defined in Statutory Bodies (Discipline and Surcharge) Act 2000, s 4

“means the breach of any provision of the code of conduct set out in the Regulations and includes any act or omission in respect of which disciplinary action may be taken under the Regulations”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

disclose

Defined in Akta Perlindungan Data Peribadi 2010, s 4

“means an act by which such personal data is made available by a data user”

Also defined in 1 other Act

disclosed claim

Defined in Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009, s 1

“means any specific claim disclosed by the transferor to the transferee in writing prior to the vesting date”

Also defined in 1 other Act

disclosed obligation

Defined in Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009, s 1

“means an obligation or liability owed to the obligor by the transferor under or with respect to an asset and which obligation or liability is disclosed by the transferor to the transferee in writing prior to the vesting date”

Also defined in 1 other Act

disclosure documents

Defined in Akta Francais 1998, s 4

“means such disclosure documents as may be prescribed by the Minister”

discount house

Defined in Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989, s 2

“means a person which carries on discount house business”

discount house business

Defined in Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989, s 2

“means— (a) the business of— (i) receiving deposits on deposit account; and (ii) the investment of such deposits and other funds of the institution in Malaysian Government securities, Treasury bills or such other investments as may be …”

discover and develop

Defined in Akta Perlindungan Varieti Baru Tumbuhan 2004, s 2

“means activities which lead to the desired phenotypic expression and affect the crop genotype and which may or may not entail deliberate or artificial creation of genetic variability”

discrete organic chemical

Defined in Akta Konvensyen Senjata Kimia 2005, s 3

“means any chemical belonging to the class of chemical compounds consisting of all compounds of carbon, except for its oxides, sulfides and metal carbonates, identifiable by chemical name, by structural formula, if known, and Chemical …”

disease

Defined in Animals Act 1953, s 2

“means any disease infectious or contagious amongst animals or birds and includes anthrax, blackquarter, cattle plague (rinderpest), contagious pleuro-pneumonia, contagious abortion, tuberculosis, epizootic lymphangitis, foot and mouth …”

disease-bearing insect

Defined in Akta Pemusnahan Serangga Pembawa Penyakit 1975, s 2

“means any insect carrying or causing, or capable of carrying or causing, any disease of human beings or domestic animals, and includes the eggs, larvae and pupae of such insect”

diseased

Defined in Plant Quarantine Act 1976, s 2

“means bearing any pest”

dishonestly

Defined in Akta Bekalan Elektrik 1990, s 2

“has the meaning assigned thereto in the Penal Code”

Also defined in 1 other Act

disinfect

Defined in Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988, s 2

“means to destroy or remove the agents of disease”

disinsecting

Defined in Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988, s 2

“means the operation in which measures are taken to kill noxious insects”

dispensed medicine

Defined in Poisons Act 1952, s 2

“means a medicine supplied by— (a) a registered medical practitioner, registered dentist or registered veterinary surgeon under and in accordance with section 19; or (b) a registered pharmacist at or from a premises where a licensed …”

displaced cost

Defined in Akta Tenaga Boleh Baharu 2011, s 2

“means the average cost of generating and supplying one kilowatt hour of electricity from resources other than the renewable resources through the supply line up to the point of interconnection with the renewable energy installation”

disposal

Defined in Akta Arkib Negara 2003, s 2

“means the manner of managing the segregation of records with a view to destruction, transfer or otherwise”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

dispose

Defined in Akta Cukai Keuntungan Harta Tanah 1976, s 2

“means, subject to subsection (4), sell, convey, transfer, assign, settle or alienate whether by agreement or by force of law”

disposed of

Defined in Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967, s 2

“mean respectively— (a) delivery, without sale, of that petroleum to a refinery for refining by or on behalf of that chargeable person, and (b) delivered, without sale, to a refinery for refining by or on behalf of that chargeable person”

dispute

Defined in Akta Pekerja Gig 2025, s 2

“means any dispute between a gig worker and a contracting entity in relation to the terms and conditions of the service agreement, any rights of the gig worker or any other matters relating to it under this Act”

Dispute Resolution Panel

Defined in Quantity Surveyors Act 1967, s 2

“means a panel appointed by the Board under section 14B to mediate, adjudicate or arbitrate or otherwise resolve disputes including expert determination”

Disqualified Refundable Imputation Tax

Defined in Akta Kewangan (No. 2) 2023, s 157

“means any amount of Tax, other than a Qualified Imputation Tax, accrued or paid by a Constituent Entity that is— (a) refundable to the beneficial owner of a dividend distributed by such Constituent Entity in respect of that dividend or …”

dissolved Council

Defined in Perbadanan Labuan Act 2001, s 31

“means the Labuan Municipal Council dissolved under section 32”

dissolved Lembaga

Defined in Perbadanan Labuan Act 2001, s 31

“means the Lembaga Pembangunan Labuan dissolved under section 32”

distance education

Defined in Akta Institusi Pendidikan Tinggi Swasta 1996, s 2

“means instruction or training on or teaching of higher education— (a) exclusively through the medium of electronics; (b) exclusively through correspondence; (c) partly through the medium of electronics and partly through correspondence and …”

distance education centre

Defined in Akta Pendidikan 1996, s 2

“means a place, an organization or an institution providing instruction or teaching— (a) exclusively through the medium of electronics; (b) exclusively through correspondence; (c) partly through the medium of electronics and partly through …”

distinctive character

Defined in Trademarks Act 2019, s 2

“means the trademark shall be capable of distinguishing goods or services— (a) which the proprietor of the trademark is or may be connected to in the course of trade from goods or services; or (b) in the case of which no such connection …”