Words starting with P

pledge

Defined in Pawnbrokers Act 1972, s 2

“means any tangible personal property, other than choses-in-action, titles, securities or documents evidencing indebtedness, which is deposited or delivered into the possession of a pawnbroker”

plinth area

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

“means the proportion of the area of any lot to be covered by building”

Also defined in 1 other Act

plot ratio

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

“means the ratio between the total floor area of a building and the area of the building plot”

Also defined in 1 other Act

plywood mill

Defined in Akta Industri Berasas Kayu (Kekuasaan Badan Perundangan Negeri) 1984, s 2

“means a machine or group of machines capable of peeling logs into veneer to make an assembled product made up of layers of wood glued or cemented together under pressure with the direction of the grain of adjacent layers at right angles to …”

poison

Defined in Poisons Act 1952, s 2

“means any substance specified by name in the first column of the Poisons List and includes any preparation, solution, compound, mixture or natural substance containing such substance, other than an exempted preparation or an article or …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

poisoned bait

Defined in Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, s 3

“means any bait attractive to any wildlife which is coated with, immersed in, powdered with or otherwise impregnated with, poison; Wildlife Conservation 17”

Poisons List

Defined in Poisons Act 1952, s 2

“means the Poisons List set out in the First Schedule as amended from time to time in accordance with section 6”

Also defined in 1 other Act

pole

Defined in National Forestry Act 1984, s 2

“means any section cut from a tree, and having a diameter of less than thirty centimetres at its larger end, which has not been further prepared for use other than the removal of bark and projection branches”

police district

Defined in Police Act 1967, s 2

“means any area designated as such by the Inspector General under paragraph 6(b) and unless and until areas are so designated, means any area constituted or recognized as a police district or police division at the commencement of this Act”

Also defined in 1 other Act

police division

Defined in Police Act 1967, s 2

“means any area designated as such by the Inspector General under paragraph 6(b) and unless and until areas are so designated, means any area constituted or recognized as a police district or police division at the commencement of this Act”

Police Force

Defined in National Service Act 1952, s 2

“means the Royal Malaysia Police Force”

Police Force Commission

Defined in Akta Suruhanjaya Bebas Tatakelakuan Polis 2022, s 2

“means the Police Force Commission established under Article 140 of the Federal Constitution.”

police forces

Defined in National Service Act 1952, s 2

“includes the Police Force and any other force which the Minister may declare for the purposes of Part VI of this Act to have been raised for police duties”

police officer

Defined in Police Act 1967, s 2

“means any member of the Royal Malaysia Police; Police 11”

Also defined in 21 other Acts

policy

Defined in Financial Services Act 2013, s 2

“means an insurance policy and includes a cover note or a contract of insurance, whether or not embodied in or evidenced by an instrument in the form of an insurance policy, and references to— (a) issuing a policy shall be construed as …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

policy moneys

Defined in Financial Services Act 2013, s 2

“includes any benefit, whether pecuniary or not, which is secured by a policy”

policy of insurance

Defined in Road Transport Act 1987, s 89

“includes a cover note. Motor vehicle users to be insured against third party risks”

Also defined in 1 other Act

policy owner

Defined in Financial Services Act 2013, s 2

“means the person who has legal title to a policy and includes— (a) where a policy has been assigned, the assignee; (b) where a personal representative of a deceased policy owner is entitled as against the insurer to the benefit of a …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

political party

Defined in Societies Act 1966 (Revised - 2021), s 2

“means— (a) any society which by any of its objects or rules, regardless whether such object or rule is its principal object or rule, or constitutes merely an object or rule which is ancillary to its principal object or objects or to its …”

polling centre

Defined in Elections Act 1958, s 2

“means any building, structure, vehicle or vessel, at the place appointed under section 7, set apart and equipped for the purpose of polling and counting of votes”

polling day

Defined in Election Offences Act 1954, s 2

“means the period, which may extend over one or more days, commencing from the commencement of the day on which the taking of polls in that election is scheduled to commence and ending at the time of the declaration by the returning officer …”

polling district

Defined in Elections Act 1958, s 2

“means a part of a constituency as divided under section 7”

polling station

Defined in Elections Act 1958, s 2

“means any room or partition which is also known as stream provided by the Election Commission in the polling centre”

pollutant

Defined in Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1984, s 2

“means any substance which, if introduced into the sea, is liable to create hazards to human health or to harm living resources in the sea or other marine life, or to damage amenities or interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea and …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

pollutants

Defined in Akta Kualiti Alam Sekeliling 1974, s 2

“means any natural or artificial substances, whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of gas or vapour, or in a mixture of at least two of these substances, or any objectionable odour or noise or heat emitted …”

pollution

Defined in Akta Kualiti Alam Sekeliling 1974, s 2

“means an act or process, whether natural or artificial, resulting in the introduction of any pollutant into the environment in contravention of the acceptable conditions as specified in the regulations made under section 21”

pollution damage

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1994, s 2

“means— (a) loss or damage caused outside a ship by contamination resulting from the discharge or escape of oil or bunker oil from the ship, wherever such discharge or escape may occur, provided that compensation for impairment of the …”

pool betting

Defined in Pool Betting Act 1967, s 2

“means a bet made by means of a totalisator situated in or outside Malaysia in respect of any prescribed event”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Pool of Assets

Defined in Akta Perbadanan Pengurusan Likuiditi Islam Antarabangsa 2011, s 2

“means the Shariah compliant assets contributed by the asset providers to the Corporation”

poppy-straw

Defined in Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s 2

“means all parts except the seeds of the opium poppy, after mowing”