“advocate” means an advocate and solicitor lawfully entitled to practise criminal law in Singapore;

“arrestable offence” and “arrestable case” mean, respectively, an offence for which and a case in which a police officer may ordinarily arrest without warrant according to the third column of the First Schedule or under any other written law;

“bailable offence” means an offence shown as bailable in the fifth column of the First Schedule or which is made bailable by any other written law, and “non-bailable offence” means any offence other than a bailable offence;

“complaint” means any allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate with a view to his taking action under this Code that some person, whether known or unknown, has committed or is guilty of an offence;

“computer” has the same meaning as in the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act (Cap. 50A);

“court” means the Court of Appeal, the High Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court, as the case may be, which exercises criminal jurisdiction;

“financial institution” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap. 65A);

“fine” means any fine or financial penalty imposed by any court upon any conviction of any offence;

“Judge” means a Judge of the High Court and includes the Chief Justice and any person appointed to exercise the powers of a Judge;

“Judge of Appeal” includes the Chief Justice and a Judge of the High Court sitting as a judge of the Court of Appeal under section 29(3) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322);

“judicial proceeding” means any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken by a court;

“juvenile” means a person who, in the absence of legal proof to the contrary, is 7 years of age or above and below the age of 16 years in the opinion of the court;

“law enforcement agency” means any authority or person charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders under any written law;

“life imprisonment” means imprisonment for the duration of a person’s natural life;

“non-arrestable offence” and “non-arrestable case” mean, respectively, an offence for which and a case in which a police officer may not ordinarily arrest without warrant according to the third column of the First Schedule or under any other written law;

“offence” means an act or omission punishable by any written law;

“police officer” has the same meaning as in the Police Force Act (Cap. 235);

“Postal Authority” and “public postal licensee” have the same meanings as in section 2 of the Postal Services Act (Cap. 237A);

“proceeding” includes a committal hearing, criminal case disclosure conference and a pre-trial conference, held under Part IX or X, as the case may be;

“property” means money and all other property, movable or immovable, including things in action and other intangible or incorporeal property;

“Registrar of the Supreme Court” includes the Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court;

“repealed Code” means the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68, 1985 Ed.) repealed by this Code;

“stolen property” has the same meaning as in section 410 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224);

“Subordinate Court” means any court constituted under the Subordinate Courts Act (Cap. 321) for the administration of criminal justice;

“travel document” means a passport and includes any document issued by any State (including Singapore) or territory for the purpose of facilitating travel by the holder thereof;

“writing” includes any mode of representing or reproducing words, figures, drawings or symbols in a visible form, whether permanent or otherwise.