Words starting with P

protected witness

Defined in Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, s 3

“means a witness whose exposure will jeopardize the gathering of evidence or intelligence or jeopardize his life and well-being.”

protecting power

Defined in Geneva Conventions Act 1962, s 2

“means the power or organization which is carrying out, in the interests of the power of which he is a national, or of whose forces he is, or was at any material time, a member, the duties assigned to protecting powers under the convention …”

Protection Officer

Defined in Akta Antipemerdagangan Orang dan Antipenyeludupan Migran 2007, s 2

“means any officer appointed under section 43”

protection order

Defined in Akta Antipemerdagangan Orang dan Antipenyeludupan Migran 2007, s 2

“means an order made by a Magistrate for the care and protection of a trafficked person under paragraph 51(3)(a)”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Protector

Defined in Akta Amanah Pesisir Labuan 1996, s 2

“means a person appointed in accordance with section 35”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Protocol

Defined in Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s 2

“means the Protocol on Narcotic Drugs signed at Lake Success, New York, on 11 December 1946”

provable debt

Defined in Insolvency Act 1967, s 2

“includes any debt or liability by this Act made provable in bankruptcy”

provident fund

Defined in Akta Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (Syarat Perkhidmatan) 1964, s 2

“means a provident fund established under section 5”

provident scheme

Defined in University of Malaya Act 1961, s 2

“means (a) any provident fund scheme established by the University of Malaya under the powers conferred on the University by the Constitution contained in the Schedule to the University of Malaya Ordinance 1949; and (b) any provident scheme …”

provision of finance

Defined in Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989, s 2

“includes— (a) the lending of money; (b) leasing business; (c) factoring business; (d) the purchase of bills of exchange, promissory notes, certificates of deposit, debentures or other negotiable instruments; and (e) the acceptance or …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

provisional block

Defined in Strata Titles Act 1985, s 4

“means— (a) in relation to a subdivided building, a block in respect of a building proposed to be, or in the course of being, erected on building or land, for which a separate provisional strata title is applied for; (aa) in relation to a …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

provisional Malaysian Standard

Defined in Akta Standard Malaysia 1996, s 2

“means a standard which has not undergone the formal procedures of technical committees deliberation and public comment and — (a) which in the opinion of the Council is urgently needed; or (b) in respect of which the Minister considers that …”

provisional measures

Defined in Akta Duti Timbal Balas dan Anti-Lambakan 1993, s 2

“means— (a) in relation to Part II, the requirement to post a security equal to the estimated subsidy found in the preliminary determination; and (b) in relation to Part III, the requirement to post a security equal to the estimated dumping …”

Provisional Quantity Surveyor

Defined in Quantity Surveyors Act 1967, s 2

“means a person who is registered under paragraph 10(1)(a)”

provisional register document of title

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

“means a register document of title prepared in accordance with section 175c”

provisional share units

Defined in Strata Titles Act 1985, s 4

“means the share value allotted to a provisional block shown in the strata register”

Also defined in 1 other Act

provisional strata title

Defined in Strata Titles Act 1985, s 4

“means the title registered and issued under section 16 in respect of a provisional block”

provisional warrant

Defined in Akta Ekstradisi 1992, s 5

“means a warrant which is issued under paragraph 13(1)(b)”

provisionally registered

Defined in Medical Act 1971, s 2

“means provisionally registered under section 12”

Also defined in 1 other Act

provisionally registered medical practitioner

Defined in Medical Act 1971, s 2

“means a medical practitioner issued with certificate of provisional registration under section 12”

Provost

Defined in Universiti Teknologi Mara Act 1976, s 2

“means the principal executive, administrative and academic officer of a Branch, by whatever name called, appointed under section 7”

provost officer

Defined in Armed Forces Act 1972, s 2

“means a provost marshal or officer appointed to exercise the functions conferred by or under this Act on provost officers”

psychiatric hospital

Defined in Akta Kesihatan Mental 2001, s 2

“means a government psychiatric hospital or a private psychiatric hospital including a gazetted private psychiatric hospital”

Also defined in 1 other Act

psychiatric nursing home

Defined in Akta Kesihatan Mental 2001, s 2

“means a government psychiatric nursing home or a private psychiatric nursing home, and includes a gazetted private psychiatric nursing home”

psychiatrist

Defined in Akta Kesihatan Mental 2001, s 2

“means a registered medical practitioner with qualifications, training and experience in the discipline of psychiatry recognized by the Director General”

psychotropic substance

Defined in Poisons Act 1952, s 2

“means any of the substances specified in the Third Schedule”

public archives

Defined in Akta Arkib Negara 2003, s 2

“means— (a) public records— (i) which are specified by the Director General as being of permanent and enduring national or historical value or both; and (ii) which have been transferred to the National Archives or such other place as the …”

public authority

Defined in Akta Perlindungan Saksi 2009, s 2

“means the public authority as defined in Clause (2) of Article 160 of the Federal Constitution”

Also defined in 1 other Act

public body

Defined in Akta Suruhanjaya Bebas Tatakelakuan Polis 2022, s 2

“means— (a) the Government of Malaysia; (b) the Government of a State; (c) any local authority and any other statutory authority; and (d) any department or service of the Government of Malaysia, the Government of a State or a local authority”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

public cleansing management services

Defined in Akta Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal dan Pembersihan Awam 2007, s 2

“means the following services: (a) the cleansing of public roads, public places, public toilets and public drains; (b) the cleansing of— (i) hawker centres excluding privately owned and maintained food courts; and (ii) markets excluding …”

Also defined in 1 other Act