“MDA” means the Media Development Authority of Singapore established under the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 172);
“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function;
“public place” means a place, or a part of a place, to which the public, or a section of the public, ordinarily has access, whether or not by payment or by invitation, such as but not limited to a shop, restaurant, hotel, cinema or club;
“section of the public” includes the members of a particular club, society or organisation;
“sporting event” includes any race, fight, game, sport or exercise;
“young person” means an individual below 21 years of age.
Meanings of “financial institution” and “financial transaction provider”, etc.
3.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
- “card issuer” means any person carrying on a business of issuing credit cards or charge cards in Singapore, and includes any agent of that person;
- “credit card” or “charge card” means any article, whether in physical or electronic form, of a kind commonly known as a credit card or charge card, or any similar article intended for use in purchasing goods or services on credit, whether or not the card or article is valid for immediate use;
- “financial institution” means—
- (a) any bank licensed under the Banking Act (Cap. 19);
- (b) any card issuer licensed under the Banking Act;
- (c) any holder of a stored value facility under the Payment Systems (Oversight) Act (Cap. 222A);
- (d) any operator of a payment system designated under the Payment Systems (Oversight) Act; or
