Words starting with R

reserve

Defined in Armed Forces Act 1972, s 2

“means the Regular Forces Reserve established under section 189”

Reserve Fund

Defined in Akta Institut Koperasi (Pemerbadanan) 1968 (DISEMAK—2025), s 2

“means the Reserve Fund established under section 24”

Also defined in 1 other Act

reserved land

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

“means land for the time being reserved for a public purpose in accordance with section 62 or any previous land law”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

reservists

Defined in Armed Forces Act 1972, s 2

“means the officers and servicemen who upon termination or completion of their full time service with the regular forces are required under Part VIII to serve in the Regular Forces Reserve”

residence

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

“means the use for human habitation of any land or building or part thereof including gardens, grounds, garages, stables, and out-houses, appertaining to such building”

resident

Defined in Akta Amanah Pesisir Labuan 1996, s 2

“means any person— (a) who is a citizen or permanent resident of Malaysia; or (b) who has established a place of business and is operating in Malaysia, other than— (i) a Labuan company or a foreign Labuan company incorporated or registered …”

Also defined in 11 other Acts

resident manager

Defined in Akta Standard-Standard Minimum Perumahan dan Kemudahan Pekerja 1990, s 3

“means any employer or agent of an employer who resides on, or is in immediate charge of, the estate in which the employees are employed”

resident registered medical practitioner

Defined in Akta Standard-Standard Minimum Perumahan dan Kemudahan Pekerja 1990, s 3

“means any registered medical practitioner employed by the employer and who resides on the estate in which the employees are employed. Exemption”

residential 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 as residents therein, whether for reward or otherwise; but in the case of premises operated or managed by a natural person, a person who is a …”

residential property

Defined in Stamp Act 1949, s 2

“means a house, condominium, apartment, flat, service apartment or small office home office solely to be used as a dwelling house”

residual expenditure

Defined in Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967, s 14

“means the total qualifying exploration expenditure incurred before that date by the chargeable person in respect of those petroleum operations, reduced by the amount of— (a) any deductions made under section 16 pursuant to this Schedule in …”

resolution

Defined in Insolvency Act 1967, s 2

“means ordinary resolution”

resource provider

Defined in Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing Act 2017, s 4

“includes— (a) Federal Government, or State Authority, possessing biological resources in in-situ conditions; (b) Federal Government, or State Authority, in respect of ex-situ biological resource, where the resource originates; (c) a …”

respondent

Defined in Akta Antigangguan Seksual 2022, s 2

“means a person against whom a proceeding is commenced by the complainant; Anti-Sexual Harassment 7”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

restaurant

Defined in Weekly Holidays Act 1950, s 2

“means any premises in which is carried on principally or wholly the business of supplying meals or refreshments to the public or a class of the public for consumption on the premises”

restoration

Defined in Akta Warisan Kebangsaan 2005, s 2

“means the process of accurately recovering the form and details of a structure or part of a structure and its setting, as it appeared at some period in time, by removing the latter work and replacing the missing original work, and …”

restricted activity

Defined in Akta Perdagangan Strategik 2010, s 2

“means— (a) any activity that supports the development, production, handling, usage, maintenance, storage, inventory or proliferation of any weapon of mass destruction and its delivery systems; or (b) participation in transactions with …”

restriction

Defined in Hotels (Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur) Act 2003, s 2

“means a condition or restriction imposed under subsection 4(4).”

restriction in interest

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

“means any limitation imposed by the State Authority on any of the powers conferred on a proprietor by Part Nine, or on any of his powers of dealing under Division IV, and any like limitation imposed under any previous land law”

retail

Defined in Akta Bekalan Elektrik 1990, s 2

“means the activity of supplying and selling of electricity to end consumers”

retail dealing

Defined in Control of Supplies Act 1961, s 2

“includes every sale of any article or food other than wholesale dealing”

retail sale

Defined in Poisons Act 1952, s 2

“means any sale other than a wholesale sale; Poisons 11”

retired personnel

Defined in Tabung Angkatan Tentera Act 1973, s 2

“means an officer or a serviceman who has retired or has been discharged or who has terminated or completed his services with the regular forces of Malaysia; Tabung Angkatan Tentera 7”

retirement

Defined in Akta Umur Persaraan Minimum 2012, s 3

“means termination of a contract of service of an employee on the ground of age”

Also defined in 1 other Act

retirement benefit

Defined in Employees Provident Fund Act 1991, s 2

“means any payment paid to an employee upon retirement either compulsory or optional or on medical grounds as stated under the contract of service of the employee”

Retirement Fund (Incorporated)

Defined in Retirement Fund Act 2007, s 2

“means the Retirement Fund (Incorporated) established under section 3”

retiring allowance

Defined in Akta Penyelarasan Pencen 1980, s 2

“includes an annual allowance paid or payable to an officer on retirement on a non-pensionable appointment”

retiring personnel

Defined in Tabung Angkatan Tentera Act 1973, s 2

“means an officer or a serviceman who is about to retire or is about to be discharged or whose services with the regular forces of Malaysia is about to be terminated or completed”

return

Defined in Akta Koperasi 1993, s 2

“includes any form of rental, profit, dividend or benefit, including any fee or gift, payable or to be given in relation to any dealing, transaction or instrument”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

returning officer

Defined in Elections Act 1958, s 2

“means an officer appointed under section 3 and includes an assistant returning officer”

Also defined in 1 other Act